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1668687

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Indo-Pacific Region: Armed Forces
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to deploy UK Armed Forces to the Indo-Pacific region to help counter the threat from China to Taiwan.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
	uin	HL138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK has a clear interest in peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. We consider the Taiwan issue one to be settled peacefully by the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait through constructive dialogue, without the threat or use of force or coercion. We do not support any unilateral attempts to change the status quo. This includes increased Chinese assertiveness towards Taiwan.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 22/11/2023 16:47:55 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
	tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

1669118

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Cuba and Russia: Armed Forces
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have carried out any analysis of the number of troops from Cuba who may be fighting for Russia against Ukraine.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence are aware of the open-source reports on networks operating in Cuba and Russia alleged to have facilitated young Cubans to join Russia’s war in Ukraine. We are concerned that these individuals have been deceived and recruited to fight for Russia.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 23/11/2023 17:15:21 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1669152

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that single living and service family accommodation is adequately maintained this winter.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
	uin	HL191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2023 answer text <p>To ensure Single Living Accommodation is adequately maintained this winter, the Department has introduced enhanced planned maintenance for heating and hot water systems with &quot;plug-in&quot; functionality for temporary boilers and generators to improve resilience, reliability, and availability across a significant number of Single Living Accommodation. Furthermore, fault, defect and maintenance management information for heating, hot water, damp and mould is being enhanced, enabling pro-active interventions that will reduce the probability of failure and improve the reliability of installations.</p><p>All Single Living Accommodation service contracts are recognised to be performing to the required Key Performance Indicator standards.</p><p> </p><p>A Written Ministerial Statement (WMS) to communicate the action that has been taken to prepare for Service Family Accommodation over the winter period was laid in the House on 13 November 2023. A link to the WMS can be found below:</p><p><a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-11-13/hcws28" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-11-13/hcws28</a></p><p> </p><p>The WMS includes planned works to address issues such as damp and mould that have greater impact in winter; and measures to improve performance delivering responsive repairs resulting from, or occurring during, inclement weather.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 23/11/2023 17:18:28 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
	tabling member	4935 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich

1669372

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Accidents
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the conclusions of the Boards of Inquiry into the fatal accidents of (1) the Chinook crash on 2 June 1994 and (2) the Nimrod crash on 2 September 1995, what assessment they have made of the similarities between the conclusions reached on human failings in each report.
	tabling member printed	Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
	uin	HL200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>As the noble Lord will be aware, Lord Philip’s independent review of 2011 into the Mull of Kintyre accident of 1994 was instrumental in the replacement of Boards of Inquiry with Service Inquiries. A Service Inquiry is an inquiry held under statute and seeks to identify where there are lessons to help prevent recurrence. As such, Service Inquiries are not permitted to apportion blame or find negligence.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 27/11/2023 16:22:44 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
	tabling member	56 label Biography information for Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom

1670114

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when the British Army most recently evaluated the feasibility of a transition to all-adult recruitment; and what the findings of any such evaluation were.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The last evaluation specifically focussed on transitioning to all-adult recruitment was the 2019 Junior Entry Review whereby the two non-enlistment options for under-18s were rejected, due to expected negative implications on the Army's overall strength and operational effectiveness. A more recent evaluation has been conducted exploring bespoke Terms of Service for under-18s.</p><p>British Army Terms of Service are routinely reviewed to ensure best practice and operational effectiveness.</p><p> </p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 28/11/2023 13:08:13 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1001938

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2018 to Question 907182 on Defence: Scotland, if he will estimate the total defence spending by (a) current and (b) capital expenditure in Scotland in each year for which information is available since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	188235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Our regional analyses do not provide a breakdown on whether defence spending relates to resource or capital expenditure.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/11/2018 15:51:00 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

1001940

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Scotland
	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 22 October 2018 to Question 907182 on Defence: Scotland, how much of the £1.592 billion of his Department's expenditure in 2016-17 was spent on (a) maritime, (b) land and (c) air equipment.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	188236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The budgetary structure of the Ministry of Defence does not show separately the costs of the three individual Armed Services. This is because large parts of the Armed Services operate as fully integrated joint organisations in which elements from the Navy, Army and Air Force work closely together and share land, buildings and facilities, and sometimes equipment. The attached table shows expenditure with Scottish industry broken down by industry group.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/11/2018 16:00:51 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name Department's Expenditure UIN 188236.docx title Defence Scotland
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

1001963

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Minesweepers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the Royal Navy’s autonomous mine warfare capabilities.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	188247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Mine Countermeasures and Hydrographic Capability project is investigating the use of autonomous systems to deliver the Royal Navy's future Mine Counter Measures capability.</p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 1 November 2018 to Question 184916 to the right hon. Member for North Durham (Kevan Jones).</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/11/2018 16:00:02 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 184916.docx title Minesweepers
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1002638

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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 and Type 31 Frigates: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's latest timetables are for the orders of (a) Type 31e (first batch), and (b) Fleet Solid Support vessels.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	188742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>We plan to award a contract for Type 31e by December 2019 and for the Fleet Solid Support ships in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/11/2018 15:56:27 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1002657

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Cost Effectiveness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the (a) Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft programme (b) Apache capability sustainment programme and (c) Type 26 frigate programme have realised those efficiencies referred to on page 8 of the Defence Equipment Plan 2018.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	188743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>As stated in the Defence Equipment Plan 2018, the Ministry of Defence has secured sizeable cost savings on the Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft (£207 million), Apache Capability Sustainment Programme (£132 million) and Type 26 frigates (£104 million). These are the result of efficiencies identified and realised by Defence Equipment and Support through transformation initiatives. In particular, on the Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft, negotiations with the US Navy and Boeing achieved savings on the aircraft and the initial provision of capital spares. On Apache, economies of scales were achieved through negotiating combined requirements with the US Army and Boeing. And for Type 26, savings were achieved through using improved project control and commercial skills to adopt a much stronger negotiating strategy.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 14/11/2018 16:08:11 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones