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1659427

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date	05/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to increase innovation in defence technologies.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Simon Jupp
uin	906309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Defence Command Paper highlighted the importance of science, innovation and technology in securing strategic advantage for our Armed Forces. Defence is investing over £6.6 billion in advanced Research and Development, and is working closely with UK industry and academia, to identify and invest in innovative technologies to ensure we have the capabilities we need to meet threats.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 11/09/2023 16:47:33 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4862 label Biography information for Simon Jupp

1627562

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Shipbuilding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support British shipbuilding.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Simon Jupp
uin	904902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>The National Shipbuilding Strategy supports our ambition to grow the UK shipbuilding enterprise and support UK jobs. Five new T31 frigates being built in Rosyth will support more than 1,000 UK jobs. The Fleet Solid Support contract will create more than 1,200 UK shipyard jobs and Type 26 will sustain over 4,000 jobs across the UK supply chain.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 08/06/2023 15:22:59 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4862 label Biography information for Simon Jupp

1343388

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support veterans.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Simon Jupp
uin	902185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ensuring that veterans receive a gold standard of support and the recognition they deserve so that the UK becomes the best place in the world to be a veteran.</p><p> </p><p>Later this year we will publish the next iteration of the Veterans Strategy Action Plan setting how we’ll ensure veterans can lead successful civilian lives, this will build on the steps we have already taken through improved support for employment, housing and access to healthcare.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 05/07/2021 15:14:56 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4862 label Biography information for Simon Jupp

1258550

registered interest
date	07/12/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Deployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of recent Royal Navy deployments to the Black Sea.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Simon Jupp
uin	909798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>HMS DRAGON and HMS ENTERPRISE have both recently operated in the Black Sea conducting a highly successful programme of regional defence engagement activity with Georgia, Ukraine and Romania. This included joint exercising with the Ukrainian and Romanian Navies to share expertise and knowledge, as well as delivery of a package of maritime interdiction training to the Georgian Coastguard. This is a further demonstration of the UK’s ability to provide reassurance to allies and partners, as well as a deterrent effect across the Euro-Atlantic area.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 07/12/2020 16:36:37 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4862 label Biography information for Simon Jupp

1138125

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	EU Defence Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on parliamentary accountability of the EU defence structures that the UK has joined since the EU referendum in 2016.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	275696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to ensure that parliamentary accountability for UK-EU defence cooperation is maintained. In addition to the public speeches made by the Prime Minister and the white paper of last July, the Government provided further clarification in September, in its response to the House of Commons Defence Committee report, on its proposals for a future security partnership with the EU. The Government has also participated in parliamentary debates or hearings on Permanent Structured Cooperation last April, Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) Operation Sophia last June, the European Defence Industrial Development Programme last November and on CSDP missions and operations in May this year. The Government will continue to provide regular updates to both European Scrutiny Committees in Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 15/07/2019 13:42:00 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1137765

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	EU Defence Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment she has made of the merits of UK participation in EU defence structures after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	275127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>As we leave the EU, we remain committed to playing a leading role on Euro-Atlantic security. NATO remains the cornerstone of our defence. Nonetheless, the UK and the EU will continue to face common threats, which are evolving and growing in complexity, and we share the same values. That is why we have agreed the outline terms, through the Political Declaration, of a flexible and scalable future UK-EU security partnership to cooperate as a sovereign third country with EU partners on a case-by-case basis where there is a clear shared interest.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 15/07/2019 13:44:13 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1137603

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	EU Common Foreign and Security Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if she will place a copy of the most recent UK National Implementation Plan under the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy in the Library; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	274456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>National Implementation Plans under the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) may refer to either Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) or civilian CSDP. As the UK is not a PESCO participating Member State and is not subject to the PESCO binding commitments, we have not developed a National Implementation Plan for PESCO. We are considering whether a National Implementation Plan for civilian CSDP is required before the UK leaves the EU.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/07/2019 15:08:06 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1137604

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	EU Common Foreign and Security Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions she has had with the UK Permanent Representative EU on the EU Council meeting on security and defence on 17 June 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	274457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>Ministry of Defence officials regularly engage with the UK Permanent Representative to the European Union on a number of issues. I was not present at the EU Foreign Affairs Council Meeting on 17 June 2019 but met with the UK Permanent Representative to the European Union in the margins of the NATO Defence Ministerial in Brussels on 29 June 2019 to discuss a number of issues related to European security and defence.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/07/2019 15:08:58 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1127587

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Victory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the wreck of HMS Victory was gifted to the Maritime Heritage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	256235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>Following a 2011 report on the public consultation in relation to potential options for the management of the HMS VICTORY 1744 wreck site, it was decided to place responsibility for the future management of the site with a charitable trust.</p><p>In 2012, the Maritime Heritage Foundation was considered to be suitable for the management of the site.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 28/05/2019 13:08:58 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1122487

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the overall pass rates were for the British Army personal fitness assessment in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	246473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The percentage of trained personnel who achieved the target level, against the total number who took the Personal Fitness Assessment (PFA), can be found below for each of the last five years. Those who failed the assessment would have been supported with a personal fitness plan.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Training Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pass Rate Regular (%)</strong></p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pass Rate Reserve (%)</strong></p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes/Caveats:</p><p> </p><ol><li>Figures are a Single Service estimate and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics</li><li>Figures include Officers and Other Ranks (Regulars and Reserves) who took the PFA.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 29/04/2019 15:18:40 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire