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992611

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What estimate he has made of the change in real terms defence spending in Scotland since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	907182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Ministry of Defence (MOD) expenditure with Scottish industry has increased in real terms from £1.372 billion in 2013-14 to £1.592 billion in 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>The number of jobs supported by MOD expenditure with industry in Scotland currently stands at 10,500, and this has increased every year since 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 22/10/2018 15:46:42 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

992609

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What priority his Department accords to the preservation of UK shipbuilding capacity when awarding contracts to build the fleet solid support ships.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	907175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s National Shipbuilding Strategy was clear that for reasons of national security warships must be built in the UK.</p><p>Fleet solid support ships do not fall under the National Shipbuilding Strategy definition of a warship. All non-Warships are procured through international competition to secure best value for money.</p><p>We have encouraged UK shipyards to participate in the competition and have been pleased with the positive engagement so far.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 22/10/2018 15:47:22 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

988861

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2018 to Question 176572 on Arms trade: exports, what estimate he has made of the number of UK jobs that depend (a) directly and (b) indirectly on arms exports.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	180282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 22/10/2018 15:42:51 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

988859

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish an substantive Answer to Questions 142890 and 142899, on Clyde Naval Base: Submarines, tabled on 10 May 2018 by the hon. Member for Edinburgh North and Leith.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	180221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The work to retrieve and assess the data to provide a substantive answer to the hon. Member's questions is still ongoing. Once the process is complete I will provide a response, placing a copy in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 22/10/2018 15:29:49 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

988772

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Autonomous Weapons
	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 merits of the possible guiding principles set out in the final report of the 2018 Group of Governmental Experts on emerging technologies in the area of lethal autonomous weapons.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	uin	180126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government welcomes the Chair's summary of possible guiding principles in the field of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS). These principles mark a move towards international consensus on the key considerations in the LAWS debate, and will provide a useful basis for further discussions as the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) continues its work next year.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 22/10/2018 15:55:15 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

988670

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Cadets
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Army Cadets there were in each year between 2007 and 2017.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	180112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence publishes official statistics on Cadet strengths. The number of Army Cadets as at 1 April each year between 2007 and 2017 can be found in the publications below.</p><p>2007-2016 (Excel Spreadsheet - Table 1, Row 27)</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-sponsored-cadet-forces-statistics-2016</p><p>2017 (Excel Spreadsheet - Table 1, Cell M34)</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-sponsored-cadet-forces-statistics-2018</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 22/10/2018 15:31:17 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

986420

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the new out of service dates are for (a) HMS Albion and (b) HMS Bulwark; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	178537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The out of service dates for HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark remain 2033 and 2034 respectively.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 22/10/2018 15:06:00 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard