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967916

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Temperature
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 performance of the Foxhound in extreme heat.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	170291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>In common with other vehicles deployed on operations, the availability of Foxhound in high-temperature environments is subject to regular monitoring. Reliability data confirms that Foxhound availability continues to meet operational requirements.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 10/09/2018 16:25:30 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

964298

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Qatar: Hawk Aircraft
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 26 February 2018 to Question 128885, if he will provide an update on progress on the potential order by the Qatari Government of Hawk aircraft.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	169213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>On 29 June 2018 it was confirmed by BAE Systems that the contract that had been signed with the State of Qatar on 10 December 2017 for 24 Typhoon aircraft had been amended to include the supply of nine Hawk.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/09/2018 16:07:43 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

964299

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Qatar: Hawk Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he had with the Amir of Qatar at their meeting on 24 July 2018 on the potential order of Hawk aircraft by the Qatari Government.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	169214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Defence and the Amir of Qatar discussed the strength of our bilateral defence and security relationship and the unique opportunities associated with Qatar's recent acquisition of Typhoon and Hawk aircraft.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/09/2018 16:06:59 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

964303

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 45 Destroyers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many days each Type 45 destroyer has spent at sea in each year since those ships came into service.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	169218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The normal operating cycle of every ship involves them entering different readiness levels depending on their programmes and Departmental planning requirements.</p><p>From records available, the number of days each Type 45 destroyer has spent at sea in each calendar year since those ships came into service up to 1 September 2018, is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Unit and Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></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>DARING</strong></p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DAUNTLESS</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DIAMOND</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>288</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DRAGON</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DEFENDER</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DUNCAN</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>331</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/09/2018 14:32:05 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

964845

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many aircraft of each (a) model and (b) type owned and operated by the armed forces are in storage.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
uin	169313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The number of aircraft available varies from day-to-day according to normal fleet management activities, aircraft held in storage are part of the Sustainment Fleet for undergoing upgrade or maintenance.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/09/2018 16:08:59 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

964994

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and which (a) current and (b) former RAF aircraft are in (i) RAF museums (ii) front line service and serviceable (iii) front line service and non-serviceable.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	169813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The number of fixed and rotary wing aircraft available varies from day-to-day according to normal fleet management activities and requirements.</p><p>The Sustainment Fleet includes aircraft undergoing upgrade or maintenance or being held in storage.</p><p>The RAF Museums operate at arm's length from the Ministry of Defence and any RAF aircraft that have been donated to them are not maintained in airworthy condition and are for static display purposes only.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/09/2018 16:08:32 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

947347

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 26 Frigates
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 the basing decisions for the Type 26 frigate.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	168109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The decision on the baseporting for the Type 26 frigate will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/09/2018 15:06:35 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

947370

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on procuring (a) Type 31e frigates and (b) fleet support ships for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary; and if they will be built at UK shipyards.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	167908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>For the position on the Type 31e frigate programme, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for North Durham (Kevan Jones) on 5 September 2018 to Questions 167940, 167941, 167942 and 167945 and to the hon. Member for Glasgow South West (Chris Stephens) to Question 167315.</p><p>For the position on the Fleet Solid Support ships, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the then Minister for Defence Procurement (Guto Bebb) on 9 July 2018 to Question 906314 from the hon. Member for Glasgow South West (Chris Stephens).</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/09/2018 15:36:16 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name 906314_Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary_Fleet_Support_Ships.docx title RFA Fleet Support Ships
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

947486

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 31 Frigates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the Type 31e frigate acquisition process has been halted; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	167940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence took the decision to stop the procurement of the Type 31e Frigate because we had not received sufficient compliant bids for the Competitive Design Phase. The market was formally notified on 20 July 2018.</p><p>We communicated our plans for the first stage of the new procurement on 13 August 2018 by issuing a Prior Information Notice (PIN). This PIN invited potential suppliers to a short period of early market engagement to allow us to share with industry key elements of the new procurement, including technical and commercial information. The outcome of this market engagement will inform the next steps of the new procurement process.</p><p>There has been no change in our plan to procure a first batch of five new Type 31e Frigates for £1.25 billion.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 167315 167941 167942 167945 question first answered 05/09/2018 15:02:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

947487

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 31 Frigates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his plans are for the new Type 31e frigate procurement competition.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	167941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence took the decision to stop the procurement of the Type 31e Frigate because we had not received sufficient compliant bids for the Competitive Design Phase. The market was formally notified on 20 July 2018.</p><p>We communicated our plans for the first stage of the new procurement on 13 August 2018 by issuing a Prior Information Notice (PIN). This PIN invited potential suppliers to a short period of early market engagement to allow us to share with industry key elements of the new procurement, including technical and commercial information. The outcome of this market engagement will inform the next steps of the new procurement process.</p><p>There has been no change in our plan to procure a first batch of five new Type 31e Frigates for £1.25 billion.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 167315 167940 167942 167945 question first answered 05/09/2018 15:02:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones