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	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

1519072

	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	Clyde Naval Base and RNAD Coulport: Radioactive Materials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear safety events occurred at (a) Coulport and (b) Faslane in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	59138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of Nuclear Site Event Reports (NSERs) at Coulport and Faslane recorded between 2010 and 2022 (January 2022-June 2022). These are shown according to their categorisation using criteria agreed locally in 2015.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nuclear Site Events - 2010</p></td><td><p>Category A</p></td><td><p>Category B</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>Category D</p></td><td><p>Below Scale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coulport</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nuclear Site Events - 2011</p></td><td><p>Category A</p></td><td><p>Category B</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>Category D</p></td><td><p>Below Scale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coulport</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nuclear Site Events - 2012</p></td><td><p>Category A</p></td><td><p>Category B</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>Category D</p></td><td><p>Below Scale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coulport</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nuclear Site Events - 2013</p></td><td><p>Category A</p></td><td><p>Category B</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>Category D</p></td><td><p>Below Scale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coulport</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nuclear Site Events - 2014</p></td><td><p>Category A</p></td><td><p>Category B</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>Category D</p></td><td><p>Below Scale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coulport</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nuclear Site Events – 2015*</p></td><td><p>Category A</p></td><td><p>Category B</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>Category D</p></td><td><p>Below Scale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coulport</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>*Updated categorisation criteria in 2015</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nuclear Site Events - 2016</p></td><td><p>Category A</p></td><td><p>Category B</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>Category D</p></td><td><p>Below Scale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coulport</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nuclear Site Events - 2017</p></td><td><p>Category A</p></td><td><p>Category B</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>Category D</p></td><td><p>Below Scale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coulport</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nuclear Site Events - 2018</p></td><td><p>Category A</p></td><td><p>Category B</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>Category D</p></td><td><p>Below Scale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coulport</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nuclear Site Events - 2019</p></td><td><p>Category A</p></td><td><p>Category B</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>Category D</p></td><td><p>Below Scale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coulport</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nuclear Site Events - 2020</p></td><td><p>Category A</p></td><td><p>Category B</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>Category D</p></td><td><p>Below Scale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coulport</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nuclear Site Events - 2021</p></td><td><p>Category A</p></td><td><p>Category B</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>Category D</p></td><td><p>Below Scale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coulport</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nuclear Site Events- 2022</p></td><td><p>Category A</p></td><td><p>Category B</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>Category D</p></td><td><p>Below Scale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coulport</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>In line with Industry Good Practice and in common with other defence and civil nuclear sites, HMNB Clyde has a well-established system for raising NSERs.</p><p> </p><p>NSERs are raised to foster a robust safety culture that learns from experience, whether that is equipment failures, human error, procedural failings, documentation shortcomings or near-misses.</p><p> </p><p>The safety significance of all reported events remains low and are below Level 1, the lowest of the seven-point International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES).</p><p> </p><p>None of the events caused harm to the health of any member of staff on the Naval Base or to any member of the public or have resulted in any radiological impact to the environment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 17/10/2022 14:12:00 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1505132

	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	Russia: Defence Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to prevent British technology from being used in Russian radars and missile systems; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	47390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government reviews all licence applications for the export of UK-manufactured military and dual-use equipment against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, including an assessment of any risk that the items will be diverted to an undesirable end-user or for an undesirable end-use. In addition, the UK ensures its arms exports are compliant with the Arms Trade Treaty, and international trade sanctions. Restrictions on the export of military and dual use goods will also make it more difficult for Russia to access this technology.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence is an advisory Department to the Department of International Trade on the export licence assessment process, and assesses the risk of such exports against our defence capability and national security, as well as the risk of diversion. The Government works hard to ensure that sensitive classified defence technologies have the necessary protections in place.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 13/09/2022 10:47:34 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1505133

	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	Russia: Defence Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent potential smuggling of British military and dual-use technology into Russia through the use of Chinese and Indian companies.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	47391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend (Jeremy Quin) on 6 June 2022 to Question 7924 to the right hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Kevan Jones).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 13/09/2022 12:09:13 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke attachment 1 file name 7924 - Arms Trade Russia.docx title Arms Trade: Russia
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1505286

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Artillery: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to replenish its supply of long-range artillery weapons.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	48279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>The Army's long-range artillery capability is continually under review. The department plans to invest in the recapitalisation of our M270 tracked missile launcher system and various missile types to complement our current Guided Multi Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) munition stock.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 13/09/2022 10:43:32 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1520548

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Protective Clothing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants are employed in his Department on overseeing the storage of Personal Protective Equipment.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	61147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Defence uses a range of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from off-the-shelf generic PPE used in civilian settings to high-end PPE for specific environments only encountered in a military context. PPE is procured, stored and distributed both centrally and locally. For these reasons it is not possible to provide an answer to the question without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 18/10/2022 12:55:45 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1520314

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	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, what recent steps he has taken to progress the procurement of a new medium lift helicopter.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	61034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The New Medium Helicopter competition aligns with the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy. The competition's contract notice and dynamic pre-qualification questionnaire were released in May this year and responses are being evaluated to determine a shortlist of credible suppliers. The second half of the competition, in which we will ask the selected suppliers to provide more detailed responses, is due to be launched later this financial year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 18/10/2022 12:45:44 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1520316

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: 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 a decision made on the future of Ajax by December 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	61036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department continues to work with General Dynamics to resolve the challenges on Ajax and is actively working to validate the effectiveness of proposed modifications to address noise and vibration in line with the contract.</p><p> </p><p>We expect to be in a position to consider the way forward for the programme by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence will not accept a vehicle until it can be used safely for its intended purpose.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 18/10/2022 12:45:04 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1520341

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Noise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Ajax armoured vehicle continues to pose a risk of noise exposure to service personnel.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	61037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The safety of our Armed Forces personnel always comes first. The Ministry of Defence is working to validate the effectiveness of proposed modifications to address noise and vibration as per the contract.</p><p> </p><p>These are conducted under a very tight set of controls approved by the Ajax Safety Assurance Panel that includes monitoring the health of those conducting the trials. All personnel involved in executing the trials are explicitly empowered to stop the activity if they identify a safety concern.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence will not accept a vehicle until it can be used safely for its intended purpose.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 18/10/2022 12:44:22 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1520342

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his department is taking to develop the UK's industrial capacity and skills required to design, test and manufacture armoured vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	61038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>In order to develop the UK’s industrial capacity and skills, the Department has this year published its first sector specific strategy for Land capabilities in the Land Industrial Strategy. This sets out the measures we intend to take as we plan and implement the modernisation and through life support of our Armoured Vehicle Fleet and related capabilities in the Land Sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 19/10/2022 15:16:11 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans