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1673645

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Israel: Military Aid
	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 28 November 2023 to Question 2667 on Israel: Military Aid, whether any (a) lethal and (b) other military equipment other than medical supplies has been provided to Israel since 7 October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	4277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>Since 7 October 2023, the UK <ins class="ministerial">Government</ins> has provided no lethal or military equipment other than medical supplies to Israel.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 04/12/2023 14:47:11 question first ministerially corrected 12/12/2023 17:12:17 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey previous answer version 4903 answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1673930

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 19 September 2023 to Question 198289 on Defence: Buildings, whether surveys to identify buildings which may have been constructed with RAAC on his Department's land have been completed.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	4359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>As at 28 November 2023, 12,660 buildings on the Defence Estate have been assessed as requiring Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete surveys. Initial surveys have been completed for 11,602 of these; surveys for the remaining 1,058 buildings are ongoing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 04/12/2023 16:39:10 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1673939

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Guided Weapons: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to publish the total cost of the spearfish torpedo upgrade upon the conclusion of that programme.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	4355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The Spearfish Upgrade Programme will sustain an underwater tactical fight capability through an upgraded Spearfish Heavy Weight Torpedo. This will be carried by all in-service Astute and Vanguard class submarines.</p><p>I am currently unable to release whole life programme costs for this upgrade due to ongoing commercial sensitives. A decision on the future release of cost information will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 04/12/2023 16:38:32 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1673941

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Global Combat Air Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the Global Combat Air Programme to make an announcement of new future generation combat aircraft.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	4356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>On 9 December 2022, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom announced that we have reached an agreement to launch the Global Combat Air Programme. This will merge our national programmes with the ambition to jointly develop a new next-generation fighter aircraft, due to enter service from 2035.</p><p> </p><p>The Global Combat Air Programme’s trilateral partners are currently working to establish the core platform concept and set up the structures needed to deliver this massive defence project, ready to launch the development phase in 2025. Future announcements will be made as the programme progresses and as agreed by our trilateral partners.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 04/12/2023 16:38:51 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1674039

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Israel: Military Aid
	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 29 November 2023 to Question 3678 on Israel: Military Aid; on what dates the Overseas Security and Justice Assistance assessments which provide the basis for internal MOD decision making processes on a range of defence engagement activity with Israel have been updated since 7 October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	4573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>Overseas Security and Justice Assistance assessments (OSJAs) are continuously reviewed. This will occur as and when either the proposed assistance or the situation in country changes, requiring an update to the overall risk assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 04/12/2023 14:47:35 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1674165

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pay
	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 28 November 2023 to Question 2491 on Armed Forces: Pay, what the (a) mean, (b) median and (c) mode average salary was for personnel in the (i) Royal Navy, (ii) Royal Air Force, and (iii) Army in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	4341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the hon. Member's Question. I will write to him when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 04/12/2023 15:35:07 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1674166

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Consultants and Temporary Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Annual Report and Accounts for 2021-22, published in July 2022, HC 500, and for 2022-23, published in July 2023, HC 1468, what the (a) Consultancy and (b) Temporary Staff costs were for each contract for MOD main building in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	4342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not maintain records of temporary staff and consultancy contract numbers and expenditure by location. However, we can confirm that the value of expenditure on consultancy and temporary staff incurred by the Department’s Head Office in 2022-23 and 2021-22 was as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Head Office and Enabling Organisations</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022-23 £million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-22 £million</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Consultancy</p></td><td><p>16.066</p></td><td><p>10.620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Temporary Staff</p></td><td><p>11.480</p></td><td><p>6.425</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Head Office includes a number of different teams for example the Directorate General Finance, Chief of Defence People, Secretariat, Policy and Operations as well as others.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 04/12/2023 16:38:11 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1674169

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	National Shipbuilding Office: Finance
	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 28 November 2023 to Question 2485 on Ministry of Defence: Shipbuilding, if he will provide a breakdown of the funding the National Shipbuilding Office's received from (a) his Department, (b) Department for Business and Trade, (c) Cabinet Office and (d) Department for Education in 2023-24.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	4345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I provided on 30 November 2023 to Question 3702.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 04/12/2023 16:06:52 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name 3702 - National Shipbuilding Office Finance.docx title National Shipbuilding Office: Finance
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1673489

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Armed Conflict
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with his Ukrainian counterpart on reports on the number of Russian personnel and tanks lost during the war in Ukraine.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	4078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State regularly holds discussions with Defence Minister Umerov but we are unable to provide details on operational discussions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 04/12/2023 14:39:47 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1673509

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles
	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 20 November 2023 to Question 1826 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles, what the average age of a British Army Snatch Land Rover is.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	4084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The British Army currently has 30 Snatch Land Rovers in its inventory. Defence Equipment and Support have calculated that the average age of the vehicle is 28 years old.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 4085 question first answered 04/12/2023 15:33:57 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones