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724553

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to the public purse of reductions in the number of Army personnel since the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	71999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2017 answer text <p><B>The House of Commons was prorogued before the earliest date of answer for this Question.</B></p> answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered 02/05/2017 10:00:00 answering member 0
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1519005

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Helicopters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with regard to the new medium support helicopter, (a) what definition of initial operating capability his Department has set for the programme; and (b) what is the estimated date for (i) initial operating capability and (ii) full operating capability.
	tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
	uin	59155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>Industry's detailed responses to the second half of the New Medium Helicopter programme competition will provide an improved understanding of aspects such as production capacity, which will enable us to confirm the definitions and timing of the programme's capability milestones.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 17/10/2022 15:33:41 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1519004

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	LE TacCIS Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with regard to the new Morpheus communications system, (a) what definition of initial operating capability his Department has set for the programme; and (b) what is the estimated date for (i) initial operating capability and (ii) full operating capability.
	tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
	uin	59151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer the previous Minister for Defence Procurement gave on 15 June 2022 to Questions 13638, 13639 and 13640 to the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey).</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 18/10/2022 13:25:05 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke attachment 1 file name 13638 - LE TacCIS Programme.docx title LE TacCIS Programme
	tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1518876

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Challenger Tanks: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with regard to the new Challenger 3 main battle tank, (a) what definition of initial operating capability his Department has set for the tank; and (b) what is the estimated date for (i) initial operating capability and (ii) full operating capability.
	tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
	uin	59026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>For the Challenger 3 programme, initial operating capability (IOC) is defined as a single squadron of Main Battle Tanks equipped with trained crews. IOC is expected to be achieved in 2027, however work is ongoing to scope options to bring this forward. Full operating capability (FOC) is expected in 2030.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 17/10/2022 14:28:08 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1518880

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Apache Helicopters: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with regard to the new AH-64E Apache attack helicopter, (a) what definition of initial operating capability his Department has set for the programme; and (b) what is the estimated date for (i) initial operating capability and (ii) full operating capability.
	tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
	uin	59094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The Apache AH-64E initial operating capability (IOC) is defined as one AH-64E v6 squadron 'at Readiness', cleared to support operational use with full security accreditation; the delivery of two linked and accredited land simulators to conduct mission rehearsal training; and a long-term maintenance and training package.</p><p> </p><p>IOC is expected to be achieved in 2023 and Full Operating Capability in 2026.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 17/10/2022 15:36:49 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1504996

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the travel sections of his Department’s publications of government procurement card spending over £500, whether the transaction dates associated with negative values typically reflect the dates for which any refunded bookings were originally made.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	47412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>Where negative values set out in the Electronic Purchasing Card spend data published by the Ministry of Defence relate to refunds, the transaction date will typically be that when the refund is submitted and not the original travel date or the original transaction date.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 13/09/2022 12:12:04 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1504995

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the travel sections of his Department’s publications of government procurement card spending over £500, first published on 19 April 2021, whether the negative values up to a level of –£80,000 published in those sections reflect the refunds made to his Departmental budget in each month of amounts previously paid to (a) travel operators, (b) transport companies and (c) hotels.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	47411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>Negative values set out in the Electronic Purchasing Card spend data published by the Ministry of Defence, which are associated with travel operators, transport companies and hotels, typically represent refunds from these providers.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 13/09/2022 12:11:35 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1504994

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the travel section of his Department’s government procurement card spending over £500 for October 2021, for what reason there is a negative value under the account code ending in 0248 recorded as –£5,246,855.41 with transaction date of 13 October 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	47410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>These negative values of -£5,246,855.41 set out in the travel section of the Electronic Purchasing Card spend data for October 2021, and of -£8,104,758.24 and -£3,864,252.86 in the equivalent data for December 2021, are payments by the Ministry of Defence to Barclaycard, the Electronic Purchasing Card provider, for Travel Management Account expenditure in September, November and December 2021. This covers a range of business travel services such as flights, rail travel and hire cars, that are charged to a centrally lodged card.</p><p>The transaction dates in the Travel and Stationery data sheets use the month/day/year format, and as such, the actual dates of these transactions in December 2021 were 8 December 2021, and 7 January 2022 respectively.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke grouped question UIN 47409 question first answered 13/09/2022 12:11:02 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1504993

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the travel section of his Department’s government procurement card spending over £500 for December 2021, for what reason there are negative values under the account code ending in 0248 recorded as (a) –£8,104,758.24 with transaction date 12 August 2021 and (b) –£3,864,252.86 with transaction date 1 July 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	47409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>These negative values of -£5,246,855.41 set out in the travel section of the Electronic Purchasing Card spend data for October 2021, and of -£8,104,758.24 and -£3,864,252.86 in the equivalent data for December 2021, are payments by the Ministry of Defence to Barclaycard, the Electronic Purchasing Card provider, for Travel Management Account expenditure in September, November and December 2021. This covers a range of business travel services such as flights, rail travel and hire cars, that are charged to a centrally lodged card.</p><p>The transaction dates in the Travel and Stationery data sheets use the month/day/year format, and as such, the actual dates of these transactions in December 2021 were 8 December 2021, and 7 January 2022 respectively.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke grouped question UIN 47410 question first answered 13/09/2022 12:11:02 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1504992

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the travel section of his Department’s Government procurement card spending over £500 for February 2022, for what reason there is a negative value of –£7,755,844.69 under the account code with last four digits 0102 with transaction date 2 November 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	47408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>The negative value of -£7,755,844.69 is a payment by the Ministry of Defence to Barclaycard, the Electronic Purchasing Card provider, for its hotel lodged card bill for spend in January 2022. This covers hotels booked for official travel in the UK where a bill back arrangement is in place, meaning the stay is paid for immediately, instead of via the pay and claim arrangement in place for overseas accommodation.</p><p>The transaction date in the Travel and Stationery data sheet for February 2022 uses the month/day/year format, and as such, the actual date of the transaction was 11 February 2022.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 13/09/2022 12:10:01 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry