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1137343

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Industry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to support the UK defence industry.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	911786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>On the 14 of March, we provided an update to Parliament on our ambitious Defence Prosperity Programme. This includes work to sustain an internationally competitive and productive UK Defence sector and grow exports and inward investment. In the past two years, we have published strategies for Shipbuilding and Combat Air and refreshed our Defence Industrial Policy with a new emphasis on supporting growth and competitiveness.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/07/2019 16:29:27 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1082530

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nimrod Aircraft: Operating Costs
	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 operating cost per unit of Nimrod aircraft in each financial year until their withdrawal from service in 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	229135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/03/2019 16:55:50 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1081760

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to ensure secure military communications hardware procurement maintains sovereign capability.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	228015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>Whilst the Ministry of Defence's default approach is for open procurement, which eases interoperability with our international partners, there are a few cases where our objectives are served by specific sector approaches, which help either to deliver value-for-money, operational advantage or national freedom of action. One such sector is the high-grade cryptography required to protect our secure military communications; this creates a sovereign requirement to control cryptographic hardware production, deployment and support.</p><p>In addition, we continue to take a broader risk-based approach to the provision of military capability, which includes balancing the accessibility of widely used commercial technology, general military technology and bespoke sovereign technology. Consequently, the acquisition strategies for military capabilities are kept under review by the MOD's delivery agencies to ensure that they remain fit for purpose. To safeguard national security, it would not be appropriate to identify publicly further details of the aspects of capabilities we might regard as critical to be maintained in the UK and how we assure them.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/03/2019 15:37:13 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1081765

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Maritime Patrol Aircraft
	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 (a) the annual in service cost of the P-8 patrol aircraft and (b) the number of years those aircraft can be expected to remain in service.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	228018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>Initial support for the RAF P-8A fleet is covered as part of the Foreign Military Sale case for procurement of these aircraft, enabling us to utilise US experience and leverage economies of scale from the existing US Navy support arrangements as we develop our own UK-based support.</p><p>Work is currently under way to define the requirements for the UK support solution, but I am withholding details of financial estimates as disclosing this information would prejudice our commercial interests.</p><p>The UK has ordered nine P-8A maritime patrol aircraft and the current planning assumption is that they will have an expected service life of 25 years.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/03/2019 15:35:19 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

944668

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Spain: Submarines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the future launch of the S-80-class submarine by the Spanish Navy, what steps he is taking to ensure that Spain respects the national territorial waters around Gibraltar.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	166131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2018 answer text <p>We are confident of UK sovereignty over the whole of Gibraltar, including British Gibraltar Territorial Waters. The Royal Navy continues to challenge all incursions by State vessels into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office support this by making formal diplomatic protests to the relevant authorities.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 27/07/2018 13:22:01 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma