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1566452

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	AUKUS
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Minister in his Department is responsible for AUKUS.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	122051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>I am the responsible minister for AUKUS activity within the Ministry of Defence and am supported by the Permanent Secretary as the Defence accounting officer and cross Government SRO, as well as Director General Nuclear and Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Financial and Military Capability).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 20/01/2023 10:04:56 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1356465

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	AUKUS: Disinformation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the countering of weaponised and industrialised disinformation from cybertroops based in (a) the UK and (b) overseas will play in AUKUS.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	51004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>As part of the AUKUS agreement I will work with my counterparts, and the Five Eyes, to increase Australia-UK-US security collaboration. This will involve a range of areas, such as submarines and other undersea capabilities, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and cyber capabilities, including defence against such disinformation campaigns.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 51005 question first answered 22/09/2021 16:25:47 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1356466

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	AUKUS: Disinformation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his AUKUS counterparts on weaponised and industrialised disinformation from cybertroops.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	51005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>As part of the AUKUS agreement I will work with my counterparts, and the Five Eyes, to increase Australia-UK-US security collaboration. This will involve a range of areas, such as submarines and other undersea capabilities, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and cyber capabilities, including defence against such disinformation campaigns.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 51004 question first answered 22/09/2021 16:25:47 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1357186

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	AUKUS: Job Creation
	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 number of jobs that will be created in the UK as a result of the AUKUS partnership.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	52590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>As set out to the House on 16 September 2021 by the Prime Minister, the initial scoping phase for the AUKUS partnership is expected to take 18 months, therefore it is too early to provide an estimate of the number of UK jobs that will be created. This is a complex, long term project, and the 18 month programme of work is the first step in the process to identify potential opportunities and interdependencies with the UK submarine programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 52591 question first answered 18/10/2021 11:34:29 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1357188

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	AUKUS: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has received guarantees that British industry will benefit from contracts resulting from the AUKUS agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	52591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>As set out to the House on 16 September 2021 by the Prime Minister, the initial scoping phase for the AUKUS partnership is expected to take 18 months, therefore it is too early to provide an estimate of the number of UK jobs that will be created. This is a complex, long term project, and the 18 month programme of work is the first step in the process to identify potential opportunities and interdependencies with the UK submarine programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 52590 question first answered 18/10/2021 11:34:29 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1507717

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	AWE: Security Guards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department outsources the security of the Atomic Weapons Establishment to a private contractor.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	54464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>We do not comment on security arrangements for sensitive Ministry of Defence sites. To do so would potentially pose a risk.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 17/10/2022 15:58:09 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1354314

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Armed Conflict
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister's oral contribution on 8 July 2021, Official Report, column 1107, what the evidential basis was for the statement that there was no military path to victory for the Taliban.
	tabling member constituency	Forest of Dean
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Harper
	uin	45812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government made a range of assessments of the military strength and capabilities of the Taliban and the likely speed and success of their efforts to regain control over Afghanistan. However, none suggested that the Taliban assume power through military force alone. As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said during the debate, the Taliban will be aware that there must be 'a peaceful and a negotiated settlement for the political crisis' as well.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 17/09/2021 09:27:56 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 21417 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper

1418739

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to Question 113243 on 31 January 2022, on British Nationals Abroad: Afghanistan, who asked the Minister to reply on behalf of the Prime Minister; whether the Prime Minister's Parliamentary Private Secretary arranged or attempted to arrange any charter flights to evacuate (a) animals, (b) constituents from Slough constituency and (c) other UK nationals remaining in Afghanistan as at 27 January 2022; and whether attempts were made by persons acting on behalf of a Government Minister outside of Operation Pitting to evacuate anyone or anything from Afghanistan.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	116019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence can not answer on behalf of MP’s from outside the Department.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 04/02/2022 15:11:36 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 48996 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1420228

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: British Nationals Abroad
	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 compatibility of his responses to Questions 116019 on Afghanistan: British Nationals Abroad and 113243 on British Nationals Abroad: Afghanistan; and what his Department's policy is on answering on behalf of hon. Members from outside his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	119769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my previous answer, which was in line with the Ministerial Code; 'Ministers have a duty to Parliament to account, and be held to account, for the policies, decisions and actions of their departments and agencies.'</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, as Operation Pitting was under MOD command, I have provided a response.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 119770 question first answered 10/02/2022 18:00:29 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1420229

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 31 January and 4 February 2022 to Questions 113243 and 116019 on British Nationals Abroad: Afghanistan, who asked him to respond on behalf of the Prime Minister.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	119770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my previous answer, which was in line with the Ministerial Code; 'Ministers have a duty to Parliament to account, and be held to account, for the policies, decisions and actions of their departments and agencies.'</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, as Operation Pitting was under MOD command, I have provided a response.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 119769 question first answered 10/02/2022 18:00:29 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi