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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

1138708

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money the Royal Fleet Auxiliary spent on vessel maintenance in each financial year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	276529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The amounts spent in each financial year on vessel maintenance for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (rounded to the nearest million) are shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total Spend (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">116</del><ins class="ministerial">74</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">56</del><ins class="ministerial">48</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">96</del><ins class="ministerial">95</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data for financial years 2009-10 to 2014-15 is no longer held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 17/07/2019 15:08:25 question first ministerially corrected 24/07/2019 16:02:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew previous answer version 129491 answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

873761

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 17 of the National Security Capabilities Review, what estimate he has made of the minimum size of the armed forces required to deliver Joint Force 2025.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	134875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2018 answer text <p>Joint Force 2025 is defined in the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review. There is no prescribed minimum number of personnel or platforms required to deliver the outputs that this force is designed to achieve.</p><p>Our Armed Forces are fulfilling all their commitments across the globe, and this Government will ensure that they can continue to do so.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 17/04/2018 13:52:18 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson previous answer version 52145 answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

938562

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Modernisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his oral contribution of 9 July 2018, Official Report, column 690, when he plans for the substantive findings of the Modernising Defence Programme to be published.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	163049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>We are aiming to share headline conclusions from the Modernising Defence Programme before the summer recess, with a further period of cross-Government analysis and discussion to continue into the autumn.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 17/07/2018 15:27:02 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson previous answer version 69853 answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

942678

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Future Combat Air System
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of the combat aircraft concept model he unveiled at Farnborough International Air show in July 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	164364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>There was no cost to the public purse for the Tempest concept model unveiled at the Farnborough International Airshow.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 20/07/2018 13:26:55 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson previous answer version 70572 answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

942695

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 31, paragraph 51 of the Combat Air Strategy, published in July 2018, when his Department plans to launch a Combat Air Skills Index.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	164365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>We are consulting with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy as well as industry partners and subject matter experts on the development of a Combat Air Skills Index which will form an important element of the acquisition programme. As stated in the strategy, I will provide an annual update to Parliament on progress in implementation.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 20/07/2018 13:25:44 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson previous answer version 70568 answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

942696

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 31, paragraph 54 of the Combat Air Strategy, when he plans to publish the National Value Framework.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	164366
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>The National Value Framework is already outlined in Chapter 4 of the Combat Air Strategy.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 20/07/2018 13:26:25 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson previous answer version 70564 answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

942698

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Future Combat Air System
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 19, paragraph 27 of the Combat Air Strategy what the criteria will be for assessing the performance of Team Tempest.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	164368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>Chapters 2 and 5 of the Combat Air Strategy outline the expected behaviours and performance of Team Tempest. These, along with the technical outcomes delivered, will be used to inform the acquisition programme.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 20/07/2018 13:21:30 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson previous answer version 70561 answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

942699

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Future Combat Air System
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 19, paragraph 27 of the Combat Air Strategy, whether the name Tempest will be given to the next UK-developed combat aircraft.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	164369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>Tempest is the name given to the capability concept unveiled on 16 July 2018 at the Farnborough International Air Show. The Combat Air Strategy makes clear that the UK intends to take a measured and collaborative approach to delivery of our future capability. The name of the next UK developed combat aircraft will be decided as part of the acquisition and partnering timeline set out in the Strategy.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 20/07/2018 13:20:51 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson previous answer version 70557 answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

851656

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	USA: Joint Exercises
	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 January 2018 to Question 123796, which joint exercises with the US he plans the UK to participate in over the next two years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	130419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>There are currently 82 exercises planned to have UK and US participation (and in some cases, other coalition countries) between March 2018 and March 2020. These are laid out in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide specific figures for numbers of personnel participating as those details are not finalised until closer to the date of the exercise.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 130422 question first answered 15/03/2018 16:21:54 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name Exercise Extract for US Involment..docx title EX Planning Name (EPN) previous answer version 44810 answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith