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1312013

registered interest
date	26/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to include reform of parliamentary scrutiny of procurement within the broader reforms in the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy, published in March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	187276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The Defence Command Paper has set out the Government's intent for defence capability and the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy sets out how we will work with industry to achieve this. We will continue proactively to publish information on MOD procurement, including the Annual Report and Accounts, and the Equipment Plan. The Government envisages that the Defence Select Committee will continue to be a focus for the parliamentary oversight and scrutiny of the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Ministry of Defence, while the Public Accounts Committee draws on the work of the National Audit Office to examine the value for money of Government projects, programmes and service delivery.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 29/04/2021 08:11:06 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1312014

registered interest
date	26/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether plans in the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy, published in March 2021 to reform the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations as part of the broader government review of procurement regulations will include the incorporation of new transparency procedures in the Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement, published in December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	187277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is part of the Cabinet Office led programme seeking to reform the UK’s public procurement regime, with a proposal to rationalise the current Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations (DSPCR) within a new single, uniform set of rules for all contract awards.</p><p> </p><p>As recognised in the Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement, there may be a need to adopt different rules in specific sectors or to protect our national interest. We recognise the importance of transparency for demonstrating confidence in the integrity of the process and encouraging suppliers to participate in defence procurements, but no decisions have yet been taken on which new transparency procedures will apply to defence procurements.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 29/04/2021 07:25:54 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1312152

registered interest
date	26/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts are in place with UK companies to support and maintain F-35.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	187166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The F-35 Joint Program Office places contracts to support and maintain the global fleet of F-35 aircraft, including those operated by the UK. It places the support and maintenance contracts through its two main prime contractors, Lockheed Martin and Pratt and Whitney. These two companies then place contracts across and through the F-35 global supply chain, including UK based companies. These include maintenance and repair contracts, initial and replenishment spares, and technical support.</p><p>Further to my answer to the hon. Member on 2 March 2021 to questions 158864 and 158865, I will be writing to him shortly regarding UK industrial content in the F-35 programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 29/04/2021 07:22:51 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1312154

registered interest
date	26/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of officers of the rank of Colonel and above in the British Army are stationed in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	187323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>Trade Trained Regular Army Strength and UK proportion of Paid Rank Colonel and above stationed in Scotland as at 1 January 2021</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>1 January 2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UK Proportion</strong></p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source: Analysis (Army)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes/Caveats:</p><p> </p><ol><li>The figures are for the Trade Trained Regular Army only and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service, Mobilised Reserves, Army Reserve and all other Reserves, but includes those personnel that have transferred from GURTAM to UKTAP.</li><li>The proportion refers to Colonels and above stationed in Scotland as a percentage of all Colonels and above in the UK. The percentage calculation excludes Colonels and above stationed overseas.</li><li>The information is based on an individual’s stationed location. Where personnel are deployed on operations to an area away from their stationed location, the information above reflects their stationed location prior to this deployment. The same applies to those personnel who are administered by APC as a part of the Resilience Margin, but are not physically located in Scotland.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 29/04/2021 07:25:38 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1312180

registered interest
date	26/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Queen Elizabeth: F-35 Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the majority of F-35s deployed on Queen Elizabeth's voyage to the Indo-Pacific will be US Marine Corps aircraft.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	187167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH will embark 18 F-35Bs for CSG21 in two squadrons: eight from the UK's 617 Squadron RAF and 10 from the US Marine Corps squadron VMFA-211. The Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers are international by design and the fact they can operate a mixed US/UK air group is a strategic advantage, offering choice and flexibility to both nations.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 29/04/2021 07:14:02 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1311798

registered interest
date	23/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officer cadets from the UK who entered training at Sandhurst were from ethnic minorities, in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	186134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The table below shows the Regular Army UK BAME intake to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) from 2010 – 30 Sept 2021, by financial year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Personnel from the UK</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FY 2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FY 2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FY 2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FY 2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FY 2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FY 2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FY 2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FY 2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FY 2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FY 19/20</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FY 20/21 up to 30 Sept</strong></p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source: Analysis (Army)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Table notes:</p><p> </p><ol><li>The figures are for the UK Regular Army only and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service, Mobilised Reserves, Army Reserve and all other Reserves, but includes those personnel that have transferred from GURTAM to UKTAP.</li><li>Ethnicity has been extracted from the Joint Personnel Administration System.</li><li>There are a number of people with unknown ethnicity, a proportion of who may be BAME.</li><li>Figures above include those personnel who join the Pre-RMAS (PRMAS) and Leadership Development Course (LDC) schemes prior to starting RMAS. This means that the latest figures may differ slightly from those supplied in previous PQ answers which excluded the PRMAS and LDC elements.</li><li>There were ~20 additional personnel whose primary nationality is not British.</li><li>Figures have been rounded to 10 as a means of disclosure control to protect individuals; numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</li><li>Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not appear to be the sum of their parts.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 28/04/2021 16:27:05 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1311871

registered interest
date	23/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Oman
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list all the Chiefs of the Defence staff that attended the Sultan's Privy Council in Oman while serving in the UK. UK.military.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	186190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>I can confirm the following Chiefs of Defence Staff have attended the Oman Privy Council whilst serving in the UK military:</p><p>Gen Sir Charles Guthrie GCB LVO OBE ADC Gen</p><p>Gen Sir Nicholas Houghton GCB CBE ADC Gen</p><p>Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach GBE KCB ADC Gen</p><p>Gen Sir Nick Carter GCB CBE DSO ADC Gen</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 28/04/2021 14:07:41 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1310536

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of paid Colonels in the British Army are stationed in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	184545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>Regular Trade Trained Strength of Paid Rank of Colonel stationed in Scotland as at 1 January 2021</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>1 January 2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of Colonels in the British Army stationed in Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Proportion of Colonels in the British Army stationed in Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source: Analysis (Army)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes/Caveats:</p><p> </p><ol><li>The figures are for the Trade Trained Regular Army only and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service, Mobilised Reserves, Army Reserve and all other Reserves, but includes those personnel that have transferred from GURTAM to UKTAP.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 26/04/2021 09:34:43 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1310677

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Oman: Official Hospitality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir Nick Carter did not register the hospitality he received at the Sultan's Privy Council in Oman on 5-6 January 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	184555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The hospitality the Chief of Defence Staff received at the Sultan's Privy Council in Oman on 5-6 January 2019 is registered. Transparency guidance for Senior Officials from the Cabinet Office states that Hospitality provided by overseas governments should not normally be included in published returns.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 26/04/2021 10:11:24 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1310682

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Greensill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Ministers or officials in his Department have had contact with Greensill Capital in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	184372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence publishes in arrears details of Ministers' and Senior Officials' meetings on a quarterly basis on:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-with-external-organisations-in-the-ministry-of-defence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-with-external-organisations-in-the-ministry-of-defence</a></p><p> </p><p>and</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/senior-staff-meetings-with-external-organisations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/senior-staff-meetings-with-external-organisations</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 26/04/2021 14:52:02 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones