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1137824

	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	Type 45 Destroyers: Deployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the UK's six Type 45 destroyers have been put to sea in the last twelve months.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	275139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 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> </p><p>From records available, the number of days each Type 45 destroyer has spent at sea between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2019 is shown below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Type 45</p></td><td><p>Total number of days at sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS DEFENDER</p></td><td><p>118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS DIAMOND</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS DRAGON</p></td><td><p>154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS DUNCAN</p></td><td><p>116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS DARING</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS DAUNTLESS</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>479</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 15/07/2019 13:43:17 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1137825

	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	F-35 Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many F-35 aircraft are currently available for operations.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	275140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>617 Squadron is the UK's first operational frontline F-35 Lightning squadron with an initial complement of nine aircraft capable of undertaking operations from the land.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 15/07/2019 13:42:34 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1137827

	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	HMS Prince of Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the HMS Prince of Wales will be placed into the service of the Royal Navy.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	275141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>Yes. HMS PRINCE OF WALES is structurally complete and on current plans will commence contractor sea trials in late 2019. Her first entry to Portsmouth will take place during those sea trials and her commissioning into the Royal Navy will follow their completion. Both of these dates have yet to be determined.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 16/07/2019 15:16:13 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1136576

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	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, what steps she is taking to reduce the affordability gap between the equipment plan and her Department's budget.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	272780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>We recognise that the Equipment Plan is currently unaffordable and have set out a range of measures in response to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report to put the programme on a sustainable financial footing. We have committed to providing further progress updates to the Committee by the end of this month on the development of financial functional skills and our engagement with industry.</p><p>Our response to the PAC report was published in the Treasury Minutes on 1 April 2019 and can be found at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/treasury-minutes-april-2019</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/07/2019 14:58:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1136402

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Shipbuilding: 3D Printing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps her Department is taking to support the development of metal 3D printing in the shipbuilding industry.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	272162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence recognises the importance of 3D printing in the UK manufacturing sector and is taking into account related research when developing manufacturing policy. We will support the commercialisation of new technologies such as 3D printing and work with defence suppliers to review requirements and develop manufacturing technologies that can benefit shipbuilding.</p><p>We judge that 3D printing could have future benefit to the shipbuilding and wider defence sector.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 09/07/2019 15:25:57 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1136047

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Type 31 Frigates: Guided Weapons
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether her Department has plans for the Sea Ceptor missile system to be fitted to the five planned Type 31e frigates.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	271442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>Final decisions on the weapons specification and fit of the Type 31e frigates will be made at the main investment decision point, taking into account the role of the ship, operating environment and future threats.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 09/07/2019 15:15:35 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1134469

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Modernisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for the publication of the Defence Technology Framework.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	269007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is planning to publish the Defence Technology Framework in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/07/2019 12:41:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1131294

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much her Department has spent on SMEs in (a) the UK, (b) each region of the UK and (c) each constituent part of the UK in last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	263092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Each year, the Cabinet Office publishes information on central government spend with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The latest publication, 2017-2018, can be accessed at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/central-government-spend-with-smes-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/central-government-spend-with-smes-2017-to-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>This includes overall Ministry of Defence (MOD) expenditure with SMEs. Statistics on MOD expenditure, broken down by region is published in Tables 4 and 5 of the MOD regional expenditure with UK industry and supported employment 2017-18 bulletin, which can be found at the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-regional-expenditure-with-uk-industry-and-supported-employment-201718" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-regional-expenditure-with-uk-industry-and-supported-employment-201718</a></p><p> </p><p>Data for 2018-19 will be published in January 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD does not collate detailed information about spend on individual companies, including small and medium-sized enterprises, in each region or constituent part of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 19/06/2019 15:20:21 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1126065

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which defence contracts were granted exemption from the single source regulation regime in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18; and what was the value of each of those contracts.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	253527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>All exemptions from the Single Source Contract Regulations have to be personally authorised by the Secretary of State, who only does so under exceptional circumstances. Between April 2015 and March 2018, fewer than 10 contracts were exempted, valued at less than 1% of the 19.4 billion worth of single source defence contracts brought under the regime during that period. These were exempted from the regulations on a variety of grounds, including when value for money assurance could be achieved through, for example, purchasing commercially priced items.</p><p>Details of individual contracts and the numbers exempted in each year have not been provided because disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of the companies involved or the Ministry of Defence.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 16/05/2019 15:18:14 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1125900

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Type 31 Frigates: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the export strategy for the Type 31 frigate following increases to the construction costs of that frigate.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	252838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>We still want all five Type 31e Frigates at an average production price of £250 million per ship. We are confident that it will be competitively priced in the global export market.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 252885 252886 question first answered 15/05/2019 16:18:36 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones