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1019846

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vacant civilian staff full-time equivalent posts Defence Equipment and Support has had in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	198736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Defence Equipment and Support now operates a balanced matrix approach to the deployment of personnel, which means that people will frequently move to different assignments based on prioritisation of customer needs. Consolidated information on the number of vacancies in the organisation is therefore not held.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 10/12/2018 17:10:17 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1019849

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of Defence Equipment and Support apprentices left that organisation before completing their apprenticeships in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	198738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of Defence Equipment and Support apprentices who left the organisation before completing their apprenticeships since 2015 is in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Engineering</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Intake</strong></p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Completed</strong></p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p>84.4%</p></td><td><p>83.4%</p></td><td><p>92.1%</p></td><td><p>97.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Left organisation before completion</strong></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p>15.6%</p></td><td><p>16.6%</p></td><td><p>8.9%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Project professionals</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Intake</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Completed</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>81.9%</p></td><td><p>84.6%</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Left organisation before completion</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>18.1%</p></td><td><p>15.4%</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Finance</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Intake</strong></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Completed</strong></p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>81.9%</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Left organisation before completion</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>18.1%</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 10/12/2018 17:08:42 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1019404

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Galileo System: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the Government concluded that it would not be in the UK’s security interests to seek to use the secure aspects of the Galileo satellite system.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	198213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK remains absolutely committed to European security. However, security-critical military applications require the greatest level of assurance that they will work as needed. The stance taken by the EU does not meet our security needs, and since January 2018 they have excluded UK companies from participating in the security elements of the programme, pre-empting and prejudicing negotiations and limiting the possibility of retaining the necessary level of assurance. This leaves us no alternative but to rule out military and critical national infrastructure use of the secure aspects of Galileo. We have asked the UK’s world-leading space and cryptography industries to develop plans for a UK system which fully meets our security requirements.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/12/2018 16:58:55 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1019544

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Ambush
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of repairs to HMS Ambush was as a result of that submarine's collision with a merchant vessel off Gibraltar in July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	198370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The costs of repair to HMS AMBUSH following the collision off Gibraltar in July 2016 can be found in the Ministry of Defence's 2017-18 Annual Report and Accounts available at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-defence-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/12/2018 16:34:47 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1019546

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Victorious: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish his Department's decision on a second refit for HMS Victorious.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	198372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>It is UK policy that we do not comment on matters relating to submarine activity or operations.</p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the written statement regarding the decision not to refuel HMS Victorious, made by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence, on 5 November 2018 (HCWS1065).</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/12/2018 16:34:06 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name HCWS1065_Refuel_of_HMS_Victorius.docx title HCWS1065 - Refuel of HMS Victorious
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1019547

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AWE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 15 December 2015 to Question 20228 on AWE, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) anticipated out-turn cost and (b) projected in-service date of each of the new build projects in the Atomic Weapons Establishment Site Development Context Plan.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	198373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The tables below show the approved costs and in-service dates of the new build projects listed in the Atomic Weapons Establishment Site Development Context Plan (SDCP).</p><p> </p><p>In-service dates are shown in bandings to avoid prejudice to national security and defence. Costs for planned projects are subject to approval.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 – Approved new build projects.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Ongoing projects</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Function</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>In-Service Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Approved cost</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warhead assembly/disassembly – Mensa</p></td><td><p>Manufacturing/ production</p></td><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>£1.8 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uranium components – Pegasus</p></td><td><p>Manufacturing/ production</p></td><td><p>Requirement under consideration</p></td><td><p>£634 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2 – Planned projects not yet approved.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Ongoing projects</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Function</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>In-Service Period</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salts Processing - Octans</p></td><td><p>Testing/research</p></td><td><p>2020-25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Initiator system manufacture-Taurus</p></td><td><p>Manufacturing/production</p></td><td><p>2025-30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Large Scale formulations-Scorpius</p></td><td><p>Manufacturing/production</p></td><td><p>2030-40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Depleted Uranium Facility</p></td><td><p>Manufacturing/production</p></td><td><p>2020-25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assembly for Trials-Columba</p></td><td><p>Testing/research</p></td><td><p>2030-35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Explosive Climatic Trials</p></td><td><p>Testing/research</p></td><td><p>2030-35</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Four of the projects previously listed are no longer included, as it is now planned to use the existing facilities. These are Small Scale Formulations (Cepheus), New Plutonium Facility, Non-Metallics and Materials (Libra) and Chemical Processing (Astra).</p><p>Planned new build projects now also include the Hub, a testing/research facility to be brought into service over the period 2020 – 2025.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/12/2018 17:12:47 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1019548

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator: Annual Reports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timeframe is for the (a) completion and (b) publication of the annual assurance report for the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator for 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	198374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator report for 2017-18 is complete. With regard to its publication, I refer the hon. Member to the answer my predecessor gave to the hon. Member for Leeds North East (Fabian Hamilton) on 3 July 2018 to Question 157649.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/12/2018 16:30:40 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name WQnA extract.docx title 157649 - MOD - Nuclear weapons; safety
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1017497

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the total amount spent by his Department on military equipment manufactured in the (a) UK, (b) EU, (c) USA and (d) rest of the world since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	197585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not break down procurement expenditure by country of manufacture.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/12/2018 17:32:52 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1017313

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the resources used to calculate the market benchmarks for the new pay structure for Defence Equipment and Support employees that began in April 2017 were taken from the sum allocated for pay increases in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	197437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>No.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 04/12/2018 16:11:24 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1017314

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the methodology used to calculate the market benchmarks to set pay increases for Defence Equipment and Support employees.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	197438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 29 November 2018, to Question 195524.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 04/12/2018 16:08:13 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name 195524_Defence_Equipment_and_Support_Pay.docx title 195524 - Defence Equipment and Support; Pay
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden