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1150810

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	If he will introduce a statute of limitations to protect servicemen and women from prosecution.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	900016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The prosecution of veterans is something that we take very seriously. Our Service personnel are of course subject to the law, but veterans should not have to face repeated investigations many years after the events in question. This is why we have just completed a public consultation on proposed legal protections measures for serving personnel and veterans. Once we have analysed the responses, we will bring forward legislation.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 21/10/2019 16:42:04 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1150811

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	If he will take steps to ensure that veterans who served before 1975 for less than 22 years are granted a service pension.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	900020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>I understand and sympathise with the veterans affected. However, the issue of pre-1975 pensions is common to all contemporary public service schemes. Given the likely number of former employees, the financial impact of resolving legacy pension issues is expected to be very significant. There would also be potentially overwhelming practical and administrative difficulties in recreating precise service and pay records and calculating pension awards for people who served about half a century ago, or for their surviving dependants.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 21/10/2019 16:41:21 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1150107

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Private Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent from the Continuity of Education Allowance on placements at (a) Eton, (b) Charterhouse, (c) Harrow, (d) Rugby, (e) Shrewsbury, (f) Westminster, (g) Winchester, (h) St Paul's and (i) Merchant Taylors in the last financial year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	1129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA) payments made by Service personnel to the schools in question during Financial Year 2018-19 were as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>School</p></td><td><p>£</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eton College</p></td><td><p>184,592</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charterhouse School</p></td><td><p>14,814</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow School</p></td><td><p>249,726</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rugby School</p></td><td><p>155,547</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shrewsbury School</p></td><td><p>355,978</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster School</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester College</p></td><td><p>60,925</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Paul’s School</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merchant Taylor’s School</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Service personnel may select from a wide variety of schools across the UK from within the independent and state-maintained sectors. To qualify for the purposes of CEA, a school must: offer full boarding facilities; be registered with the appropriate UK education department; be subject to Ofsted inspection and, in the case of independent schools, be a member of an organisation affiliated to the Independent Schools Council or the Scottish Council for Independent Schools. Each claimant is required to contribute at least 10 per cent of the fees.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 21/10/2019 10:57:20 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1149335

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's current US dollar contract liability is.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>We address the impact of foreign exchange using forward purchase contracts agreed with the Bank of England.This mechanism provides budget stability in the forward programme and is not intended to generate gains or savings from the foreign exchange market.</p><p>In 2018-19, the Department held a central contingency that provided support for fluctuations of the exchange rates.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 480 question first answered 21/10/2019 12:16:01 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1149340

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent from the public purse on foreign exchange losses in the 2018-19 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>We address the impact of foreign exchange using forward purchase contracts agreed with the Bank of England.This mechanism provides budget stability in the forward programme and is not intended to generate gains or savings from the foreign exchange market.</p><p>In 2018-19, the Department held a central contingency that provided support for fluctuations of the exchange rates.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 476 question first answered 21/10/2019 12:16:01 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1149338

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Maritime Patrol Aircraft: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Government's announcement of 15 August 2019 that it would invest £3 billion in purchasing nine Boeing Poseidon P-8A maritime patrol aircraft, what proportion of construction work for the nine aircraft will be carried out in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The RAF's P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft is produced by Boeing at its production facilities in Seattle and is based on the 737-Next Generation civil airliner, the supply chain for which includes a range of UK manufacturing companies. Boeing estimates that around 5% of every P-8 aircraft produced globally is UK content. UK produced components are used in all P-8 aircraft, not just those ordered for the RAF, meaning that UK industry and manufacturers are involved with, and benefit from, every P-8 aircraft produced, including the one hundred or so aircraft already delivered and in-service worldwide.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 21/10/2019 11:00:33 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1149337

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Maritime Patrol Aircraft: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost was of purchasing nine P-8 Poseidon military aircraft.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The current forecasted cost of procuring our fleet of nine P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft is £2,207 million, as reported in the Project Performance Summary Table in the Defence Equipment Plan 2018:</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/788481/20190318-EP18_v3.pdf</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 21/10/2019 10:59:34 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1149364

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	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, when he plans to place the order for the first fleet solid support ships; and how many of those ships he plans to order.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>We anticipate that a design and build contract for the Fleet Solid Support ships will be awarded in 2020, for a class of up to three ships.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 21/10/2019 10:58:54 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1149245

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	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, whether there is a statutory requirement for a (a) military and (b) legal review of the Trident Replacement Decision.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>There is no statutory requirement for a military or legal review of the decision to maintain the United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 21/10/2019 10:58:30 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1149853

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of his Department's progress on meeting armed forces recruitment targets.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	900006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>I refer the right Hon. Member to the answer I gave earlier today to the Members for Harrogate and Knaresborough (Andrew Jones), Harlow (Robert Halfon), Chelmsford (Vicky Ford), Poole (Robert Syms) and Clacton (Giles Watling).</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 21/10/2019 16:42:26 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh