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1524265

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to review the Department’s procurement system to help ensure (a) the UK meets its NATO obligations and (b) value for money.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	66890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department is committed to continuous reform of its acquisition system to make it more agile and to ensure it delivers the best possible value for money.</p><p>Acquisition reform is a key enabler for the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy and supports the objectives set out in the 2021 Defence Command Paper, including Defence's contribution to the UK's NATO obligations.</p><p>Our continuous improvement agenda across Defence acquisition covers five themes:</p><p>· Improving cost estimating and cost control</p><p>· Improving relationships with industry</p><p>· Delivering strategic intent and Defence priorities through our requirements</p><p>· Empowering and enabling programme leadership</p><p>· Streamlining acquisition and approvals processes and addressing project resourcing challenges</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 27/10/2022 16:24:11 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1524266

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to limit the expense of funds from the public purse caused by (a) fruitless payments, (b) cancelled contracts and (c) administrational errors.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	66891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department is responsible for delivering a huge range of complex programmes and ambitious modernisation plans ensuring our Armed Forces have the very best resources to meet future threats.</p><p> </p><p>Aided by our £24 billion spending settlement, the Department remains committed to delivering value for money through new streamlined processes and developing our industry contracts with a focus on delivery. This will be grounded by the Integrated Review, Defence Command Paper and Defence Security and Industrial Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>As would be expected of any responsible organisation, MOD regularly reviews our programmes and assets to determine how best to meet future threats including taking appropriate action to address changes. This helps avoid future support and maintenance costs on programmes and assets that are now less relevant or no longer required which can then be re-invested in other programmes.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 27/10/2022 16:13:17 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1524270

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Skynet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects Skynet 6A to enter service.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	66894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave on 17 October 2022 to Question 58891 to the right hon. Member for Rayleigh and Wickford (Mr Mark Francois).</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 27/10/2022 15:41:40 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk attachment 1 file name UIN 58891.docx title Satellite Communications: Procurement
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1524271

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of service personnel have occupied Single Living Accommodation in each of the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	66895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The table below shows Service personnel who have occupied Single Living Accommodation (SLA) by calendar year as a percentage of full strength.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Permanent SLA occupied</p></td><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022 (to date)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Graded1</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other2</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand total</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The information provided was extracted from the Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) System on 21 October 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Please note a Service person may have occupied more than one type of SLA at different times of the Calendar Year. Therefore the sum of the individual parts may be higher than the grand total.</p><p> </p><p>1 Graded accommodation levels 1-4</p><p> </p><p>2 Other- Hospital accommodation, Lodging Allowance recipients, MCMV Environmental Allowance, Enhanced Environmental Allowance, Northern Ireland Living out, Onboard ship accommodation, SSSA, SFA Misappropriation (No Charge), Unpleasant Living Accommodation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 27/10/2022 16:30:09 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1524275

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of service personnel living in Single Living Accommodation maintained by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation have been in accommodation graded at grade (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3 and (d) 4 and below in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	66899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>Information relating to Single Living Accommodation (SLA) maintained by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation is not held centrally and is only available at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the breakdown of Permanent Single SLA occupied by Service Personnel across the last five calendar years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Calendar Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Permanent SLA Occupied</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022 to date</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 1</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 2</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 4 and below</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>*Other</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 27/10/2022 16:28:33 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1524276

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Service Family Accommodation maintained by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation has been graded at grade (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3 and (d) 4 and below in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	66900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>All Service Family Accommodation (SFA) allocated to Service families in the UK meets the Government’s Decent Homes Standard as a minimum. Homes below this standard are not allocated to Service personnel and their families.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the Decent Home Standard applied to the MOD’s SFA stock over the last five years:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decent Homes +</p></td><td><p>87.88%</p></td><td><p>87.74%</p></td><td><p>87.33%</p></td><td><p>86.40%</p></td><td><p>84.88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decent Homes</p></td><td><p>8.31%</p></td><td><p>9.11%</p></td><td><p>9.65%</p></td><td><p>10.61%</p></td><td><p>10.54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decent Homes -</p></td><td><p>2.70%</p></td><td><p>2.21%</p></td><td><p>2.16%</p></td><td><p>2.24%</p></td><td><p>3.79%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 27/10/2022 16:25:25 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1524376

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: LE TacCIS Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Department will declare initial operating capability for the AJAX Armoured Fighting Vehicle without initial operating capability being declared for MORPHEUS.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	66922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer provided to him on 28 April 2022 to Question 160459.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 27/10/2022 15:49:36 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk attachment 1 file name UIN 160459.docx title Ajax Vehicles: LE TacCIS Programme
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1524377

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	BOWMAN Combat Radio System: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the extension contract for Bowman was signed; and until what date the service contract has been extended.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	66923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 18 October 2022 to Question 62726. This referred back to the answer given on 8 September 2021, to Question 40637.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 66924 question first answered 27/10/2022 15:40:38 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk attachment 1 file name UIN 62726.docx title BOWMAN Combat Radio System
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1524378

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	BOWMAN Combat Radio System: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the Bowman contract was extended.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	66924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 18 October 2022 to Question 62726. This referred back to the answer given on 8 September 2021, to Question 40637.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 66923 question first answered 27/10/2022 15:40:38 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk attachment 1 file name UIN 62726.docx title BOWMAN Combat Radio System
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1524707

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Skynet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what enhanced capability does Skynet 6A offer that Skynet 5 does not currently provide.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	67850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The primary purpose of SKYNET 6A is to extend and supplement the capability provided by the current SKYNET 5 constellation, prior to the delivery of a new generation of satellites being introduced from 2028 onwards, which will replace the extant ageing constellation.</p><p> </p><p>The design of SKYNET 6A is such that it will deliver a similar capability to that provided by SKYNET 5 spacecraft. However advances in technology will mean that the SKYNET 6A will deliver a higher level of Super High Frequency (SHF) capacity (compared to SKYNET 5 satellites), along with improvements to the security aspects of the spacecraft. SKYNET 6A is expected to be in-service for a minimum of 15 years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 27/10/2022 15:43:24 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey