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969220

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	International Military Services: Accountancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons International Military Services Ltd financially reports under UK Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for small companies rather than the reporting standard for public bodies of International Financial Reporting Standards.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	171475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>International Military Services Ltd reports its annual accounts in accordance with the UK Government's guidance on preparing annual accounts for a private limited company. This states that a private limited company must meet either the UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice or the International Financial Reporting Standards.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 14/09/2018 10:05:58 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

944780

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons expenditure on equipment support is falling when major new equipment is being brought into service.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	166093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to real terms growth of the Equipment Plan by 1% each year and to meeting the NATO guideline to spend 20% of its defence expenditure on major equipment, and associated research and development. We plan to spend £179 billion over the 10 years to 2027 to deliver the cutting edge ships, aircraft, and armoured vehicles our military need now and in the future. This includes increasing spending on Equipment Support from £8.3 billion in 2017-18 to almost £10 billion in 2026-27.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 27/07/2018 13:32:00 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

947486

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Type 31 Frigates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the Type 31e frigate acquisition process has been halted; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	167940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence took the decision to stop the procurement of the Type 31e Frigate because we had not received sufficient compliant bids for the Competitive Design Phase. The market was formally notified on 20 July 2018.</p><p>We communicated our plans for the first stage of the new procurement on 13 August 2018 by issuing a Prior Information Notice (PIN). This PIN invited potential suppliers to a short period of early market engagement to allow us to share with industry key elements of the new procurement, including technical and commercial information. The outcome of this market engagement will inform the next steps of the new procurement process.</p><p>There has been no change in our plan to procure a first batch of five new Type 31e Frigates for £1.25 billion.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 167315 167941 167942 167945 question first answered 05/09/2018 15:02:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

964845

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Storage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many aircraft of each (a) model and (b) type owned and operated by the armed forces are in storage.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
	uin	169313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The number of aircraft available varies from day-to-day according to normal fleet management activities, aircraft held in storage are part of the Sustainment Fleet for undergoing upgrade or maintenance.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/09/2018 16:08:59 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

964994

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and which (a) current and (b) former RAF aircraft are in (i) RAF museums (ii) front line service and serviceable (iii) front line service and non-serviceable.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	169813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The number of fixed and rotary wing aircraft available varies from day-to-day according to normal fleet management activities and requirements.</p><p>The Sustainment Fleet includes aircraft undergoing upgrade or maintenance or being held in storage.</p><p>The RAF Museums operate at arm's length from the Ministry of Defence and any RAF aircraft that have been donated to them are not maintained in airworthy condition and are for static display purposes only.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/09/2018 16:08:32 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

964303

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Type 45 Destroyers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many days each Type 45 destroyer has spent at sea in each year since those ships came into service.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	169218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The normal operating cycle of every ship involves them entering different readiness levels depending on their programmes and Departmental planning requirements.</p><p>From records available, the number of days each Type 45 destroyer has spent at sea in each calendar year since those ships came into service up to 1 September 2018, is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Unit and Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DARING</strong></p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DAUNTLESS</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DIAMOND</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>288</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DRAGON</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DEFENDER</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DUNCAN</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>331</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/09/2018 14:32:05 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

964730

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	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, how much and what proportion of public spending on defence equipment has been allocated to equipment made in the UK in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	169070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The proportion of the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) equipment spending allocated to equipment made in the UK is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, information on the Department's expenditure with industry and other regional information is published on GOV.uk at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mod-regional-expenditure-with-uk-industry-and-supported-employment-index.</p><p>Additionally, total MOD equipment expenditure (not just with UK industry) can be found at the following link, but this is not broken down by country:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/defence-departmental-resources-index.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/09/2018 16:39:28 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

969222

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Iran: International Military Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will (a) publish the value of contingent liabilities relating to the ongoing dispute on the International Military Services Ltd debt to Iran and (b) identify the portion of that liability that relates to government to government contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	171477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>There are no contingent liabilities to the ongoing dispute on the International Military Services Ltd debt to Iran. International Military Services Ltd is a commercial company and its published accounts identify provisions made for liabilities.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 14/09/2018 10:07:02 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

969221

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	International Military Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a list of government to government contracts through International Military Services Ltd that remain unresolved.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	171476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has no unresolved government to government contracts through International Military Services Ltd. International Military Services Ltd is a commercial company.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 14/09/2018 10:05:28 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

969267

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Mobile Phones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a list of the mobile phone applications developed by his Department and its agencies in the last three years; and what the cost to the public purse was of developing of each of those applications.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	171512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and will take time to collate and verify. I will write to the hon. Member in due course.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 14/09/2018 10:04:46 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders