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1043058

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Legal Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the highest hourly rate paid for legal advice was by (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's arms length bodies in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	209814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The highest hourly rate paid for legal advice by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) was £<del class="ministerial">580.</del><ins class="ministerial">597.</ins></p><p> </p><p>The highest hourly rate paid for legal advice by the MOD’s arms length bodies is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Name of Arms Length Body</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Highest Rate</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence Electronics and Components Agency</p></td><td><p>£295</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence Science and Technology Laboratory</p></td><td><p>£148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Army Museum</p></td><td><p>£550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Museum of the Royal Navy</p></td><td><p>£580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oil and Pipelines</p></td><td><p>£250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Air Force Museum</p></td><td><p>£280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Hospital Chelsea</p></td><td><p>£530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Single Source Regulations Office</p></td><td><p>£450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom Hydrographic Office</p></td><td><p>£675</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/01/2019 16:35:44 question first ministerially corrected 28/03/2019 17:00:18 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 97151 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

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

1167814

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Honours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of staff in his Department in receipt of each category of Honour in (a) December 2018 and (b) June 2019 were (i) from ethnic minority backgrounds and (ii) female aged (A) under 30, (B) 31 to 40, (C) 41 to 50 and (D) aged over 50.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	8593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the honours system is fully representative of UK society. The proportion of women and people from ethnic minorities receiving recognition on each honours list is available on GOV.UK, and a breakdown of ethnicities of recipients is published on the Ethnicity Facts and Figures website at:</p><p><del class="ministerial">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/honours-recipients-by-</del>.<ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fhonours-recipients-by-ethnicity&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliBranch-ParliQuestions%40mod.gov.uk%7C91281305e22d4dd5ee7a08d761e9b7b9%7Cbe7760ed5953484bae95d0a16dfa09e5%7C0%7C0%7C637085528743185737&amp;sdata=%2BJN33nDlzXY32F9mRq1aRptkbCOvQXMtWrs%2BqVlJ0cM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/honours-recipients-by-ethnicity</a></ins></p><p>Information on ages is not correlated with other diversity factors. We also publish the proportion of honours by independent committee on GOV.UK. The numbers of honours recipients in the Ministry of Defence are very small and vary from year to year. Releasing the requested data would identify the individuals and they have given permission for their data to be used for statistical purposes only.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 05/11/2019 11:55:21 question first ministerially corrected 05/11/2019 16:22:55 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton previous answer version 3986 answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1174355

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Dstl: Animal Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many experiments were conducted on animals by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory on behalf of his Department in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	9721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) makes has an active programme to reduce and replace animal experiments and in recent years we have developed a number of alternative methods for testing that do not require animals. We will continue to look for alternatives so that we minimise our use of animals.</p><p> </p><p>Animal experiments are regulated by the UK Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA). Under ASPA, “animal experiments” are referred to as “scientific procedures”. In accordance with ASPA, Dstl makes an annual report of scientific procedures to the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>The numbers of scientific procedures using animals conducted at Dstl Porton Down between 2009 and 2015 have been previously reported to the House as in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>8,452</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>9,438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>9,722</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>8,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6,461</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4,124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3,249</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">For the years 2016 to 2018, the numbers of procedures are in the table below. Data for 2019 will be available later this year.</ins></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Year </strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2016</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,747</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2017</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,905</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2018</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,941</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 06/02/2020 12:34:17 question first ministerially corrected 10/02/2020 10:20:25 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey previous answer version 5248 answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

155437

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his letter to the Defence Committee of 1 August 2014, whether the cost-benefit analysis of the recruitment of minors was based on (a) the final analysis or (b) the draft cost-benefit analysis; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	214174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The figures used in my right hon. Friend the Defence Secretary's letter of 1 August 2014 to the Defence Committee were taken from the final version of the cost-benefit analysis.</p><p>The report has been finalised and a copy is attached<ins class="ministerial">.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name AFC CO's Supervisory Care Directive dated Sep 14.doc title Army Foundation College Supervisory Care Directive 2 file name 20140514-Junior Entry_CostBenefitAnalysis_CITGvs 8_OS (3)[2].doc title Army Junior Entry Training Cost Benefit Analysis previous answer version 29898 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry 30491 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 20140514-Junior Entry_CostBenefitAnalysis_CITGvs 8_OS (3).doc title Army Junior Entry Training Cost Benefit Alaysis 2 file name AFC CO's Supervisory Care Directive dated Sep 14.doc title Army Foundation College Supervisory Care Directive answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry question first answered 27/11/2014 16:12:57 question first ministerially corrected 22/01/2015 11:08:57 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

155438

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter of 1 August 2014 to the Defence Committee, whether his Department's cost-benefit analysis of the recruitment of minors has been finalised; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	214175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The figures used in my right hon. Friend the Defence Secretary's letter of 1 August 2014 to the Defence Committee were taken from the final version of the cost-benefit analysis.</p><p>The report has been finalised and a copy is attached<ins class="ministerial">.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry previous answer version 29896 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry 30432 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 20140514-Junior Entry_CostBenefitAnalysis_CITGvs 8_OS (3).doc title Army Junior Entry Training Cost Benefit Alaysis 2 file name AFC CO's Supervisory Care Directive dated Sep 14.doc title Army Foundation College Supervisory Care Directive answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry question first answered 27/11/2014 16:12:57 question first ministerially corrected 22/01/2015 11:15:27 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name AFC CO's Supervisory Care Directive dated Sep 14.doc title Army Foundation College Supervisory Care Directive
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

155805

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	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, how much his Department spent on television recruitment campaigns for (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Navy, (c) the Royal Air Force and (d) in total in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	214674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The table below shows how much each of the three Services has spent on television recruitment campaigns for the current and last two financial years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year/Service </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p><p><strong>£ million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14 </strong></p><p><strong>£ million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p><p><strong>£ million</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Navy</p></td><td><p>2.80</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1.86</del><ins class="ministerial">4.45</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2.95*</del><ins class="ministerial">6.79*</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>2.99**</p></td><td><p>1.28</p></td><td><p>1.75</p><p>(to 31 August 2014)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Air Force</p></td><td><p>2.25</p></td><td><p>2.67</p></td><td><p>3.37</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>* Forecast</p><p>** From 1 October 2012 to 31 March 2013</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not incurred any costs in respect of television recruitment for civilian staff.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier previous answer version 29711 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry 35698 answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier question first answered 18/12/2014 16:34:34 question first ministerially corrected 22/01/2015 12:00:01 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

156597

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Young People
	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 28 October 2014 to Question 211635, what progress he has made on reviewing the cost-benefit analysis of the recruitment and training of minors; and when he plans to publish that report.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	215248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The figures used in my right hon. Friend the Defence Secretary's letter of 1 August 2014 to the Defence Committee were taken from the final version of the cost-benefit analysis.</p><p>The report has been finalised and a copy is attached<ins class="ministerial">.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name AFC CO's Supervisory Care Directive dated Sep 14.doc title Army Foundation College Supervisory Care Directive 2 file name 20140514-Junior Entry_CostBenefitAnalysis_CITGvs 8_OS (3)[2].doc title Army Junior Entry Training Cost Benefit Alalysis previous answer version 30263 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry 30492 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 20140514-Junior Entry_CostBenefitAnalysis_CITGvs 8_OS (3).doc title Army Junior Entry Training Cost Benefit Alaysis 2 file name AFC CO's Supervisory Care Directive dated Sep 14.doc title Army Foundation College Supervisory Care Directive answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry question first answered 27/11/2014 16:12:57 question first ministerially corrected 22/01/2015 10:42:29 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

168003

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to reply to the letter of 5 August 2014 from the hon. Member for York Outer to the Minister of State for the Armed Forces, about the relocation of 15 North East Brigade from Imphal Barracks.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	217154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>I will reply to the hon. Member before the House rises for the Christmas recess.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 09/12/2014 17:28:28 question first ministerially corrected 26/03/2015 15:44:22 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 32557 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

172492

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	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, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be created in the UK as a result of the Scout specialist vehicle programme.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	220065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>General Dynamics UK (GDUK) continues to award contracts to tier one suppliers for manufacture of the Scout Specialist Vehicle. GDUK currently estimates the amount of UK jobs involved in this work to be approximately 1,400 <del class="ministerial">in the first tier of the supply chain</del> across over 160 companies.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 12/01/2015 17:57:37 question first ministerially corrected 14/01/2015 13:46:06 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 38071 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker