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1355433

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Technology: Publications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who commissioned the production of the report entitled 'Human Augmentation - The dawn of a new paradigm, published in May 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	49253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>'Human Augmentation - The Dawn of a New Paradigm' was a bilateral cooperation proposed by MOD's Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC) with the Bundeswehr Office for Defence Planning in Germany, as part of DCDC's Strategic Analysis Programme, to build on themes identified in 'Global Strategic Trends: The Future Starts Today' [published in 2018].</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 20/09/2021 08:37:59 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1354509

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Hearing Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether armed forces personnel may be required under their terms of service to have steroid injections for hearing damage or loss sustained during their service.
	tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
	uin	46940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>All hearing rescue treatment for Armed Forces personnel is based on informed consent. It is not compulsory.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 20/09/2021 16:49:43 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1355643

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of state, what recent progress has been made on the delivery of the Defence Equipment Plan 2020; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	903506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>An update on the Equipment Plan was published in January 2021 but did not reflect the impact of the Spending Review and a £24 billion cash increase in the Defence Budget over four years. An updated Equipment Plan reflecting this increase in funding and the Defence Command Paper will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/09/2021 16:17:24 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1354512

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Testing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Army Reserve have been involved in the trials of the Ajax Armoured Fighting Vehicle programme to date.
	tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
	uin	46942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>As I stated in the House, in total 310 personnel have been identified as requiring medical assessment following exposure to AJAX, but not all of those have been directly involved in trials.</p><p> </p><p>MOD-led Ajax vehicle trials are conducted by the Armoured Trials and Development Unit (ATDU) at Bovington. Since 2015, 104 Armed Forces Personnel have served with the ATDU Ajax Reliability Trials Team and been involved in the trials programme. The team is composed of Regular personnel only; therefore, no Reservists have been involved. No medical personnel have participated directly in the trials, but they have supported the subsequent assessment and treatment of personnel who have operated Ajax vehicles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 46943 46944 question first answered 20/09/2021 12:25:37 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1354513

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Testing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many medical personnel have been involved in the trials of the Ajax Armoured Fighting Vehicle programme as at 10 September 2021; and of what ranks those personnel were.
	tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
	uin	46943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>As I stated in the House, in total 310 personnel have been identified as requiring medical assessment following exposure to AJAX, but not all of those have been directly involved in trials.</p><p> </p><p>MOD-led Ajax vehicle trials are conducted by the Armoured Trials and Development Unit (ATDU) at Bovington. Since 2015, 104 Armed Forces Personnel have served with the ATDU Ajax Reliability Trials Team and been involved in the trials programme. The team is composed of Regular personnel only; therefore, no Reservists have been involved. No medical personnel have participated directly in the trials, but they have supported the subsequent assessment and treatment of personnel who have operated Ajax vehicles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 46942 46944 question first answered 20/09/2021 12:25:37 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1354515

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Testing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Armed Forces personnel have been involved in the trials programme for the Ajax Armoured Fighting Vehicle as at 10 September 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
	uin	46944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>As I stated in the House, in total 310 personnel have been identified as requiring medical assessment following exposure to AJAX, but not all of those have been directly involved in trials.</p><p> </p><p>MOD-led Ajax vehicle trials are conducted by the Armoured Trials and Development Unit (ATDU) at Bovington. Since 2015, 104 Armed Forces Personnel have served with the ATDU Ajax Reliability Trials Team and been involved in the trials programme. The team is composed of Regular personnel only; therefore, no Reservists have been involved. No medical personnel have participated directly in the trials, but they have supported the subsequent assessment and treatment of personnel who have operated Ajax vehicles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 46942 46943 question first answered 20/09/2021 12:25:37 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1355901

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2021
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2021 to Question 44207 on Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement, to which (a) companies and (b) consortiums the £5 million design contracts have been awarded in that procurement.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	49966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>As announced on 1 September, the four consortia awarded Competitive Procurement Phase (CPP) contracts for the Fleet Solid Support competition are (in alphabetical order):</p><p> </p><ul><li>Larsen &amp; Toubro, which includes UK company Leidos Innovations, teamed with Gibbs and Cox.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Serco/Damen, which includes UK company Serco.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Team Resolute, which includes UK companies Harland &amp; Wolff and BMT, teamed with Navantia.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Team UK, which includes UK companies Babcock and BAE Systems.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The award of the CPP design contracts, each initially worth around £5 million, means the Fleet Solid Support competition has successfully moved to the next stage.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/09/2021 10:24:11 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1355395

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Mali: Desertion
	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 desertion rates among Mali’s (a) police and (b) military.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	49287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>Desertion rates amongst Mali's defence and security forces were high in late 2019, but subsequently appear to have improved. Given the role of the UK Armed Forces in Mali as part of the UN Mission, there we keep the security situation under regular review.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 20/09/2021 08:34:53 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1356717

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to support the families of armed forces personnel.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
	uin	903515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>Families are at the heart of the Defence Community. Our assistance to them includes, wraparound childcare and children’s education partner employment. The Armed Forces Families Strategy, to be published this autumn, will provide a cross-Government policy framework to support outcomes for families.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 20/09/2021 16:57:10 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1355908

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2021
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2021 to Question 44204 on Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement, whether the prime contractor for the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract must be a UK-based company.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	49967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given by my noble friend, the Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence (Baroness Goldie), on 13 July 2021 to Question HL1745 in the House of Lords.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/09/2021 10:24:49 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name HL1745 - Fleet Solid Support Ships Procurement.docx title HL1745 - Fleet Solid Support Ships Procurement
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones