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1132820

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Hawk Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Hawk T1s are currently being used for RAF pilot training.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	266153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Number 100 Squadron based at RAF Leeming provides air threat training for the Typhoon Force and Close Air Support training for land units.</p><p>However, when required, up to three of their Hawk T1 aircraft may be given over to Advanced Fast Jet Training, although the exact figure can vary according to need on a daily basis.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 24/06/2019 15:38:01 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1132826

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Military Academy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people that identified as (a) BAME and (b) White were accepted to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	266157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The intake into the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) by ethnicity for the last five years can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Intake</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>590</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which:</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BAME</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table represents those that have been posted to RMAS on the Joint Personnel Administration System but does not represent all of those that attend RMAS. The ethnicity of total Officer intake, both Regular and Reserve, can be found in the published Biannual Statistics at the following link, but will include small numbers of trained personnel who do not go through RMAS selection:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-2019</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes/Caveats:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Information is recorded by optional self-declaration. The 'Unknown' category includes those that declined to declare their ethnicity.</li><li>Figures are for untrained intake of Regular Officers starting at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) over the past 5 financial years. The figures are for the Regular Army only, and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service, Mobilised Reserves, Army Reserve and all other Reserves.</li><li>Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes; numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</li><li>Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not appear to be the sum of their parts.</li><li>“-” denotes zero or rounded to zero</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/06/2019 14:02:34 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1132843

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	British Steel: Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment she has made of the effect of British Steel's recent insolvency announcement on (a) the Fleet Solid Support contract and (b) other defence-related contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	266168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Steel for our major defence programmes is generally sourced by our prime contractors from a range of UK and international suppliers and that remains the case. This Government is committed to creating the right conditions in the UK for a competitive and sustainable steel industry. It publishes its future pipeline for steel requirements, together with data on how Departments are complying with steel procurement guidance at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/publications/steel-public-procurement</p><p> </p><p>This enables UK steel manufacturers to better plan and bid for Government contracts.</p><p> </p><p>It is too early to comment on the sourcing of steel for the Fleet Solid Support ships.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 24/06/2019 14:00:56 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1133169

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Iron and Steel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if her Department will be signing the UK Steel Charter.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	266721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is currently considering whether to become a signatory to the UK Steel Charter.</p><p>The MOD is committed to addressing any barriers preventing UK steel suppliers from competing effectively in the open market. This includes, for example, publishing our future pipeline for steel requirements on GOV.UK, which enables UK steel manufacturers to better plan and bid for Government contracts.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 24/06/2019 15:39:49 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1133396

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	A400M Aircraft: Repairs and Maintenance
	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 of the programme to improve the airworthiness of the RAF's A400M fleet; and whether any of that cost is being being borne by (a) the RAF, (b) Airbus and (c) a combination of the two.
	tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
	uin	266855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The A400M aircraft is fully compliant with all UK safety and airworthiness standards. A modification programme is under way to improve the reliability of aircraft systems to increase availability. This programme of work is fully funded by Airbus and their subcontractors under the terms of the contract.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 24/06/2019 15:38:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois