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540978

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Apache Helicopters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department has not negotiated a workshare component in its contract to buy Apache helicopters off-the-shelf from Boeing in the US.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	43478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>We are buying our new Apache AH-64E helicopters through a Foreign Military Sale with the United States Government. This approach delivers the best possible value for money for the UK taxpayer, allowing us to take advantage of established production lines and the resulting economies of scale, while ensuring we deliver a world-leading capability to our Armed Forces.</p><p>A number of UK companies have secured work on the global Apache supply chain, delivering products that will be used in our new helicopters and those being delivered to the US Army as well as other international customers. There will also be significant opportunities for UK companies to assist in the provision of support and training services for our new Apache helicopter fleet.</p><p>Separately, as per the announcement at Farnborough Airshow on 11 July 2016, Boeing are investing significantly in the UK creating more than 100 new jobs.</p><p><del class="ministerial">We are buying our new Apache AH-64E helicopters through a Foreign Military Sale with the United States Government. This approach delivers the best possible value for money for the UK taxpayer, allowing us to take advantage of established production lines and the resulting economies of scale, while ensuring we deliver a world-leading capability to our Armed Forces.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">A number of UK companies have secured work on the global Apache supply chain, delivering products that will be used in our new helicopters and those being delivered to the US Army as well as other international customers. There will also be significant opportunities for UK companies to assist in the provision of support and training services for our new Apache helicopter fleet.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Separately, as per the announcement at Farnborough Airshow on 11 July 2016, Boeing are investing significantly in the UK creating more than 100 new jobs.</del></p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 07/09/2016 14:40:39 question first ministerially corrected 13/09/2016 14:33:02 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin previous answer version 9536 answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

685469

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2017
	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, when he plans to announce the final number of vehicles his Department plans to procure as part of the Mechanised Infantry Vehicle programme.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	63162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 1 November 2016 to Question 49995. The <del class="ministerial">Mechanical</del><ins class="ministerial">Mechanised</ins> Infantry Vehicle project is in the concept phase and it remains too early to provide a timeline by which a decision on numbers can be provided.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 09/02/2017 15:34:58 question first ministerially corrected 16/02/2017 12:30:20 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 1 November 2016.docx title Armoured Fighting Vehicles previous answer version 35016 answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 1 November 2016.docx title Armoured Fighting Vehicles
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

705556

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Body Armour
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the roll-out of Virtus body armour to be complete.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	65607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>There have been 20,407 sets of Virtus body armour issued, with further sets to be issued, and the full operating capability for Virtus to occur in <del class="ministerial">2015</del><ins class="ministerial">2025</ins>.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 02/03/2017 16:04:47 question first ministerially corrected 06/03/2017 10:17:04 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin previous answer version 37994 answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

802769

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Non-departmental Public Bodies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what bodies for which his Department is responsible are required to lay reports before Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	118318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2017 answer text <p>The following entities which come within the Ministry of Defence (MOD) boundary are required to lay reports before Parliament:</p><p> </p><p>Armed Forces' Pay Review Body</p><p>Defence Equipment and Support</p><p>Defence Electronics and Components Agency</p><p>Defence Science and Technology Laboratory</p><p>Greenwich Hospital and Travers Foundation</p><p>National Army Museum</p><p>National Employer Advisory Board</p><p>National Museum of the Royal Navy</p><p>Reserve Forces and Cadets Associations</p><p>Royal Air Force Museum</p><p><ins class="ministerial">Royal Hospital Chelsea</ins></p><p>Service Complaints Ombudsman</p><p>Single Source Regulations Office</p><p>United Kingdom Hydrographic Office</p><p> </p><p>A list of the bodies for which the MOD is responsible can be found on the gov.uk website and in the MOD Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17 (HC 21) at Note 22.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/12/2017 14:48:27 question first ministerially corrected 21/12/2017 17:41:57 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin previous answer version 30060 answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

794540

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	EU Defence Policy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the UK programmes providing support for the development of the European Defence Technology Industrial Base.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	115513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>As the largest defence spender in Europe, there are a number of UK programmes that support the development of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB). These include our ongoing investment in Typhoon; the UK-French Maritime Mine Counter-Measure programme; the UK-French Future Anti-Surface Guided Weapon (Heavy) (SeaVenom); the 'METEOR' missile; the A400M; Tornado aircraft; and the UK procurement of the 'AJAX' armoured fighting vehicle.</p><p>The UK remains an irreplaceable component of European defence capability and is a key industrial partner in European cooperative development programmes. The UK also holds membership of two non-EU intergovernmental agencies; the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation and the Letter of Intent Treaty nations framework which promote the strengthening of the EDTIB.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 04/12/2017 17:04:00 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin previous answer version 26547 answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster answering member 1544
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

794258

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	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, how many (a) officers and (b) soldiers there were in the British Army in each year since 2000.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	115231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The officer and soldier strengths of the Army at 1 April for each year since 2000 are shown below:</p><p> </p><p>Army Full Time Strength</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Officers</p></td><td><p>Soldiers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>14,130</p></td><td><p>100,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>14,320</p></td><td><p>99,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>14,550</p></td><td><p>100,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>14,940</p></td><td><p>102,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>15,180</p></td><td><p>102,030</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>15,040</p></td><td><p>98,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>15,130</p></td><td><p>96,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>15,100</p></td><td><p>95,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>15,090</p></td><td><p>94,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>14,930</p></td><td><p>96,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>15,020</p></td><td><p>98,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>15,020</p></td><td><p>95,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>14,660</p></td><td><p>93,560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>14,060</p></td><td><p>89,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>13,360</p></td><td><p>80,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>13,000</p></td><td><p>77,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>12,790</p></td><td><p>75,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>12,910</p></td><td><p>73,870</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Future Reserves 2020 Strength</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Officers</p></td><td><p>Soldiers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td><td><p>21,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td><td><p>20,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4,350</p></td><td><p>19,230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>4,490</p></td><td><p>20,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>4,840</p></td><td><p>23,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>5,100</p></td><td><p>24,840</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. Numbers are for trained and untrained personnel and have been produced by Defence Statistics.</p><ol start="2"><li>Full time strength in the above tables includes the trained element which contributes to the liability. e.g. it includes Gurkhas but it excludes Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) Home Commitment (HC) and those FTRS serving on Operational Commitment Establishment (Reserve). As such these may differ from published statistics.</li></ol><p>3. The Future Reserves 2020 population consists of Group A Army Reserves, some Sponsored Reserves and those personnel serving on FTRS(HC) contracts who were previously Army Reservists. Ministry of Defence does not hold Future Reserves 2020 population data pre – 2012.</p><p>4. Figures have been rounded to 10, numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 04/12/2017 17:04:56 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin previous answer version 26546 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

535194

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Trident
	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 ensure that the actual cost of replacing Trident does not exceed the current estimated cost.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	42451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>As set out in the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, we are taking steps to manage the defence nuclear enterprise and ensure the Successor submarines are delivered to time and budget. As part of this, we have established a new Director-General Nuclear to act as single and accountable focal point within the Ministry of Defence for all aspects of the defence nuclear enterprise. We are also establishing a new submarine delivery body for the procurement and in-service support of all nuclear submarines, including the Successor submarines. We have deliberately moved away from a traditional single 'Main Gate' approach, to a staged investment approach with multiple control points. This will enable us to better regulate and control programme funding and delivery.</p><p>The rollout of the Successor submarines supports the programme to maintain a Continuous at Sea Deterrent.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 42452 question first answered 19/07/2016 15:08:19 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

535195

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Trident Submarines
	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 ensure that the rollout of the new submarines for the replacement Trident programme does not disrupt the Government's commitment to having a constant at-sea deterrent.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	42452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>As set out in the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, we are taking steps to manage the defence nuclear enterprise and ensure the Successor submarines are delivered to time and budget. As part of this, we have established a new Director-General Nuclear to act as single and accountable focal point within the Ministry of Defence for all aspects of the defence nuclear enterprise. We are also establishing a new submarine delivery body for the procurement and in-service support of all nuclear submarines, including the Successor submarines. We have deliberately moved away from a traditional single 'Main Gate' approach, to a staged investment approach with multiple control points. This will enable us to better regulate and control programme funding and delivery.</p><p>The rollout of the Successor submarines supports the programme to maintain a Continuous at Sea Deterrent.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 42451 question first answered 19/07/2016 15:08:19 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

536240

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will respond to the findings of the Human Rights Watch report, Saudi Coalition Airstrikes Target Civilian Factories in Yemen, on remnants of UK-manufactured weapons found at three strike sites in that country.
	tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
	tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
	uin	42675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence analyses allegations of International Humanitarian Law violations arising from air strikes in Yemen conducted by the Saudi-led Coalition. Allegations are identified from a range of sources, including reports published by Non-Governmental Organisations such as Human Rights Watch.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 21/07/2016 15:18:28 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

540003

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Hyde Park Barracks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the sale of Knightsbridge Barracks; and when he expects the site to be put out to tender.
	tabling member constituency	Braintree
	tabling member printed	James Cleverly
	uin	43338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>The plans to dispose of Hyde Park Barracks are in development and it is too early to say when land may be released for sale.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/07/2016 14:26:32 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly