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1381848

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident Submarines: 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 forecast total cost is of the Vanguard class submarine Life Extension Programme.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	80908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>As the Dreadnought Class submarine programme progresses, we continue to review life extension options to ensure the Vanguard Class submarines continue to operate safely during the phased transition from the Vanguard Class to the Dreadnought Class. The associated costs will be linked to the operational programme, information on which is withheld as disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 29/11/2021 15:30:58 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1381881

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Dstl: Termination of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of staff have left the Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	81117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The number of staff who have left Dstl since 2019 are set out in the table below: <table><tbody><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Leavers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Leavers as a percentage of overall headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>688</p></td><td><p>6.45%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>596</p></td><td><p>6.09%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021*</p></td><td><p>467</p></td><td><p>5.69%</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*To 26.11.2021</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 30/11/2021 11:32:13 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1381882

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Dstl: Pay
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 a potential pay disparity between employees of the Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory and those directly employed by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	81118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), is an Executive Agency of the MOD and operates a workforce model, distinct to that of the wider MOD, which reflects its specialist role.</p><p>MOD and Dstl have their own individual pay priorities. Dstl has delegated authority to determine the organisation's rates of pay and terms and conditions for civil servants, and to put arrangements in place that meets its particular needs, subject to the Civil Service Pay Guidance and Treasury approvals.</p><p>A pay benchmarking exercise was conducted in March 2020 that compared Dstl's pay ranges to broad MOD equivalents using a small sample of jobs and job families.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 30/11/2021 11:39:31 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1381884

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Watchkeeper WK450
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date Watchkeeper received release to service certification.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	80922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>The initial Release to Service (Issue 1) for WK was issued 28 February 2014. A further Release to Service date (Issue 2) was published on 1 April 2019.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 29/11/2021 11:19:00 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1381887

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Watchkeeper WK450
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the accumulative flying hours undertaken by Watchkeeper are since it entered service with the British Army.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	80923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>As of 24 November 2021, Watchkeeper has flown 2778 hours and 46 mins in total since it received its release to service in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 29/11/2021 13:52:49 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1381933

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Watchkeeper WK450
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 the Watchkeeper fleet are operational as of 24 November 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	80975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>As at 1 April 2021, the Ministry of Defence had 46 Watchkeeper Aircraft in active fleet management, of which 11 were in service. The remainder are held in the sustainment fleet in storage or being used in test and evaluation.</p><p>I am withholding the number that are operational, as its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 80976 question first answered 29/11/2021 11:21:30 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1381937

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Watchkeeper WK450
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Watchkeeper's are in service as of 24 November 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	80976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>As at 1 April 2021, the Ministry of Defence had 46 Watchkeeper Aircraft in active fleet management, of which 11 were in service. The remainder are held in the sustainment fleet in storage or being used in test and evaluation.</p><p>I am withholding the number that are operational, as its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 80975 question first answered 29/11/2021 11:21:30 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1381938

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Watchkeeper WK450
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many flying hours have been undertaken by Watchkeeper in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021 as of 24 November 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	80977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>The number of flying hours undertaken for watchkeeper for 2019, 2020 and 2021 as of 24 November 2021 is shown in the below table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year (01 January – 31 December)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>199 hours 20 mins</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p>406 hours 36 min</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p>432 hours 34 mins</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 29/11/2021 11:19:32 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1381939

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Watchkeeper WK450: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any Watchkeeper WK450's have been exported since 2018.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	80978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>No Watchkeeper WK450 UAVs have been exported since 2018.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 29/11/2021 11:20:39 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans