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date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which units within the (a) Royal Navy and (b) Army are the primary agencies within those respective bodies for identifying and investigating innovative solutions to future combat requirements.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	167181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>There is a dedicated innovation cell in Navy Command's Maritime Capability Division that has responsibility for identifying the future combat capability requirements for the Royal Navy and for developing potential capability solutions as cost-effectively as possible.</p><p>For the Army, the Future Force Development Branch of the Army Headquarters' Capability Directorate leads on considering how the Army will fight in the future and identifying related combat capability requirements. In addition, the Land Warfare Centre leads on innovating solutions to the shorter term future, and 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade is leading on 'Strike Experimentation' in support of the Joint Force 2025.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/09/2018 15:07:40 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

946985

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to investigate the potential uses of directed energy on future UK armed forces platforms.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	167182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is making a significant investment in the development of Directed Energy Weapons technology and continues to do so as part of its science and technology portfolio; this includes the development of Dragonfire, the UKs first Laser Directed Energy Weapon technology demonstrator.</p><p>The MOD recognises that directed energy technologies and systems are now reaching maturity. It has appointed a Senior Responsible Owner and established a Novel Weapons team to specifically investigate the military utility of Directed Energy Weapons. The team is addressing key enablers such as logistics, doctrine, interoperability and is also focused on understanding safety, legal and ethical aspects of deploying them as part of future military capability. It is undertaking this work with the front line commands and consulting with the UK supplier base; acting as a focal point for a cross defence effort.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/09/2018 15:05:50 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

946994

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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 progress has been made on procuring fleet support ships for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	167314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my hon. Friend the then Minister for Defence Procurement (Guto Bebb) on 9 July 2018 to Question 906314 and on 19 June 2018 to Question 152792 from the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife (Douglas Chapman).</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 167316 question first answered 05/09/2018 15:09:40 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name Hansard Extracts.docx title Royal Fleet Auxiliary
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

946995

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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 recent progress his Department has made on procuring Type 31e frigates; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	167315
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 167940 167941 167942 167945 question first answered 05/09/2018 15:02:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

946996

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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, if he will take steps to restrict the competition of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary support ships being procured to UK-only bidders; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	167316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my hon. Friend the then Minister for Defence Procurement (Guto Bebb) on 9 July 2018 to Question 906314 and on 19 June 2018 to Question 152792 from the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife (Douglas Chapman).</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 167314 question first answered 05/09/2018 15:09:40 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name Hansard Extracts.docx title Royal Fleet Auxiliary
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens