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1196582

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Chief Scientific Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many meetings he had with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser (a) from 1 September to 30 November 2019 and (b) from 1 December 2019 to 29 February 2020.
tabling member constituency	Tunbridge Wells
tabling member printed	Greg Clark
uin	48358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2020 answer text <p>Between 1 September 2019 and 29 February 2020, one bilateral meeting was held between the Secretary of State for Defence and the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Chief Scientific Adviser. Additionally the Secretary of State for Defence and the MOD Chief Scientific Adviser meet regularly in group briefings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 21/05/2020 14:47:00 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark

1196033

registered interest
date	15/05/2020
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 retirement of the RAF Nimrod fleet, for what reason the UK has not replaced its maritime surveillance capability; and what assessment he has made of (a) the disadvantages of the lack of UK maritime patrol aircraft, (b) when such capability could be restored, and (c) the requirement to restore the capability.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	47165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>In the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, the Government confirmed that it would close the Maritime Patrol Aircraft capability gap with the procurement of nine Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The UK's first aircraft was delivered to the Royal Air Force in October 2019 and we declared an initial operating capability on 1 April 2020.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/05/2020 07:44:21 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1196204

registered interest
date	15/05/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft
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 suitability of the F-35 Lightening II for long periods of supersonic flight.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	47244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>When required, the Lightning can cruise at supersonic speed for long periods. However operationally, like most modern combat fast jets, supersonic speeds would only be used in limited tactical situations and would only be required for short bursts; the vast majority of its tactical employment is predicated around subsonic operating speeds. As a result, it is highly unlikely that Lightning would need to be routinely flown at supersonic speed for sustained periods.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/05/2020 07:30:53 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1196264

registered interest
date	15/05/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Sentinel Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which (a) conventional and (b) counterinsurgency campaigns Sentinel aircraft have seen action since their entry into service; what the original design life of each Sentinel aircraft is, and by how much this can practicably be increased by a life extension project; whether the UK possesses alternative systems that can provide (i) strategic and (ii) tactical surveillance coverage over land equivalent to that currently provided by Sentinel; and how future land campaigns will adequately be conducted if a capability gap is created by the retirement of the Sentinel fleet.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	47167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2020 answer text <p>The Sentinel R1 has been operationally deployed in support of a number of operations. Some operations are considered to be both conventional and counter-insurgency; for example operations in Afghanistan (Op HERRICK) and Iraq (Op SHADER). It has also been deployed on operations in Libya (Op ELLAMY), Nigeria (Op TURUS) and Mali (Op NEWCOMBE), all considered conventional operations.</p><p> </p><p>Sentinel was introduced in 2008 in the knowledge that a significant equipment upgrade would be required in the mid 2010’s.</p><p> </p><p>The Defence Review in 2010 cancelled this expected upgrade bringing forward the likely out of service date.</p><p> </p><p>The SDSR 2015 determined that Sentinel should be retained for a further period and set a new out of service date of March 2021. While some work was conducted on the on-board equipment this fell well short of a full system upgrade.</p><p> </p><p>The radar and mission system are now increasingly obsolescent and will face increasing reliability issues as time progresses.</p><p> </p><p>Retaining the capability would have required significant upgrade expenditure and the March 2021 out of service date has been retained.</p><p> </p><p>No identical capability is operated by the UK (though similar capabilities exist in the NATO inventory).</p><p> </p><p>The UK does however have a number of other intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities that collect different types of intelligence information, including long-range strategic assets (Sentry, Rivet Joint and Poseidon) and shorter-range more tactically-focused assets (including Shadow, Reaper and Watchkeeper).</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 21/05/2020 17:08:47 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin previous answer version 23097 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1195550

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Tankers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the former Secretary of State for Defence's keynote speech at the Sea Power Conference on 15 May 2019, what progress he has made on (a) commissioning and (b) setting a timescale for completion for work examining the lessons from the Mars tanker procurement; and if he will place a report of the findings of that work in the House of Commons Library.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	46552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>For details of the schedule for the MARS (Tide Class) Tanker Learning from Experience report, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the then Minister for Defence Procurement (Anne-Marie Trevelyan) on 4 September 2019 to Question 286672 to the right Hon. Member for North Durham (Kevan Jones).</p><p> </p><p>I also refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Warley (John Spellar) on 18 May 2020 in response to Question 45955.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/05/2020 07:38:27 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name Hansard Extracts.docx title Royal Fleet Auxiliary
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1195551

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
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, what progress he has made on the procurement of the Fleet Solid Support ships.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	46553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my noble Friend, the Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence (Baroness Goldie of Bishopton), on 10 March 2020 to Question HL2182 in the House of Lords.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 18/05/2020 16:43:46 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name HL2182 - Royal Fleet Auxillary (2).docx title HL2182 - Royal Fleet Auxilliary
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1195693

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
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, further to Answer of 13 May 2020 to Question 43761, on Animal Experiments: Porton Down, for what reasons infant marmosets are not reared on site prior to re-homing.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	46803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2020 answer text <p>Infant marmosets are reared on site within their family group where the family are able to do this successfully. In captivity, larger litter sizes (for example triplets) are more frequent and some marmoset families are not able to successfully rear triplets. Optimal family group welfare is maintained, where appropriate, by euthanasia of some infants to reduce litter size down to a number that the family can rear. The decision to reduce litter size is made on a case by case basis, under veterinary supervision. It would not be appropriate to hand rear marmoset infants away from their families (on site or anywhere else) as their physical and psychological welfare needs could not be met in these circumstances.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 21/05/2020 13:07:04 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1195152

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Tankers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library his Department's report on the Tide-force vessels contract.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	45955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>Careful consideration has been given as to whether the MARS (Tide Class) Tanker Lessons Learnt report can be made public at this time. It has been concluded that it cannot as its disclosure would be prejudicial to the formulation of Government policy and commercial interests.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 18/05/2020 16:13:20 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1193662

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Rifles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Lee Enfield No.8 small bore target rifles his Department has destroyed in the last five years; and whether his Department plans to destroy any more of those rifles.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	43845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) Warehouse Management System records that twelve Lee Enfield No.8 small bore target rifles were destroyed in the last five years. The MOD is examining possible disposal options for the remaining rifles, although no decisions have yet been made.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 12/05/2020 16:23:57 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1193747

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 45 Destroyers: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of the Type 45 Upkeep 2020 programme was (a) in total and (b) by sub-system (i) Sampson upgrade, (ii) LRR upgrade, and (iii) PIP project.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	43846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>The total overall cost of the Type 45 Destroyer Upkeep programme in Financial Year 2019-20 was approximately £38.5 million. There were no upgrades to either the Sampson or Long Range Radar systems. However, the cost of planned routine overhaul of these systems amounted to some £400,000.</p><p> </p><p>The Power Improvement Project is not part of the Upkeep programme, but expenditure on the project during Financial Year 2019-20 amounted to some £11.6 million.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 12/05/2020 14:31:31 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones