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	registered interest
	date	26/04/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army
	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 total savings to the public purse of reductions in the number of Army personnel since the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	71999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2017 answer text <p><B>The House of Commons was prorogued before the earliest date of answer for this Question.</B></p> answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered 02/05/2017 10:00:00 answering member 0
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1566750

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Challenger Tanks
	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 12 January to Question 118815 on Challenger Tanks, how many main battle tanks he plans to upgrade to Challenger 3 each year until the completion of the upgrade programme.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	122417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>The Challenger 3 prototypes will be delivered through 2023 and <del class="ministerial">2024</del><ins class="ministerial">early 2025</ins> for use in demonstration trials. Once the design has been proven it is currently planned that the Challenger 3 tanks will be delivered to the Army from 2027, with Full Operating Capability delivered by 2030. The number of tanks to be delivered is under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 18/01/2023 17:50:04 question first ministerially corrected 20/01/2023 10:11:44 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk previous answer version 48221 answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1535892

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Government's target is for defence spending by 2030.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
	tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
	uin	71123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>Information regarding the Government's spending plans are currently due to be announced in the Autumn Statement on 17 November.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 28/10/2022 08:11:36 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

1564377

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	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, how much and what proportion of his Department's procurement spend was spent in each UK region in 2022; and what the per capita expenditure was for each region.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	117868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>The report containing this information for Financial Year 2021-22 is due to be published on 26 January 2023.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 16/01/2023 17:13:28 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1548431

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Criminal Justice (Armed Forces Code of Practice for Victims of Crime) Regulations 2015
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, what plans he has to (a) revoke (b) replace and (c) retain the Criminal Justice (Armed Forces Code of Practice for Victims of Crime) Regulations 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	102914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to supporting fully those victims of crime who are going through the Service Justice System. Our current Armed Forces Code of Practice for Victims of Crime will be retained in law and updated to reflect provisions for civilians, adapted where necessary for the Service environment. The legislative basis for the Armed Forces Code will be changed so that it forms part of UK, rather than European Union, law.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 08/12/2022 14:05:01 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1582299

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether he plans to (a) revoke, (b) retain or (c) replace The Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (DSPCR).
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	136668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>The Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (DSPCR) will be revoked once the new procurement regime under the Procurement Bill, which includes Defence provisions and is currently going through Parliament, comes into effect.</p><p> </p><p>To prevent a gap in statutory procurement regulation arising from the 'sunset' clause in the Retained EU Law (REUL) Bill revoking the DSPCR and other procurement regulations before the procurement regime under the Procurement Bill comes into effect, the DSPCR, along with the other public procurement regulations, will be saved using the powers in the REUL Bill. This allows the current procurement regulations to continue to apply until the new procurement regime is ready.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 03/02/2023 08:40:10 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1579722

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Satellite Communications
	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 adequacy of the UK's satellite communications capacity.
	tabling member constituency	South Swindon
	tabling member printed	Sir Robert Buckland
	uin	129814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>Current operational capacity demands are actively managed and assessed on a monthly basis to ensure that Defence’s requirements are continuously met. Future capacity needs are extensively modelled and subject to regular review, which informs the on-going SATCOM delivery programmes.</p><p> </p><p>In formulating this response, it is assumed that ‘communications capacity’ refers to bandwidth.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 30/01/2023 11:17:56 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland

1544999

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Air Force: Alternative Fuels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with aircraft manufactures about the safe use of (a) sustainable and (b) synthetic fuels in the RAF.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	94693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has discussed the use of sustainable and synthetic fuels in air platforms over a number of years. These discussions enabled the Royal Air Force (RAF) to fly the UK's first military air transport flight using 100% sustainable aviation fuel on one of their operational Voyager aircraft. This was a joint endeavour between the MOD and industry partners, Airbus, AirTanker and Rolls-Royce, with the fuel supplied by Air BP.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 28/11/2022 14:07:15 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1551862

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Air Force: Alternative Fuels
	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 cost differential of powering RAF flights by sustainable fuel compared with traditional fuel.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	110597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>While the RAF conducted a test flight on 15 November 2022 using 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel, we have made no estimate of the cost differential for all RAF flights to use such fuel as it is not available at scale and is not yet manufactured in industrial quantities.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/12/2022 16:29:38 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1567092

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2023
	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 recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of housing for armed forces personnel.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Samantha Dixon
	uin	124121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 12 January 2023 to Question 117844 to the hon. Member for Slough (Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi).</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/01/2023 09:57:08 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk attachment 1 file name UIN 117844.docx title Armed Forces: Housing
	tabling member	4976 label Biography information for Samantha Dixon