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1081745

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date	04/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civilian staff and (b) military personnel based in (i) the UK and (ii) Saudi Arabia were employed on the (A) Saudi Arabian National Guard Communications Project and (B) Ministry of Defence Saudi Armed Forces Project on 1 April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	228071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The number of civilian and military personnel based in the UK and Saudi Arabia who were employed by the Saudi Arabian National Guard Communications Project (SANGCOM) and the Ministry of Defence Saudi Armed Forces Projects (MODSAP) on 1 April 2018 is shown below. The Saudi Arabian Government reimburses the UK Ministry of Defence for these staff costs and there is, therefore, no cost to the UK taxpayer.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Manpower number as at 01 April 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SANGCOM</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>MODSAP</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK-based Civilian Staff</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK-based Military Staff</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi-based Civilian Staff</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi-based Military Staff</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/03/2019 15:32:27 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1081746

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) expenditure was in the financial year 2017-18 and (b) budget is for 2018-19 for the (i) Saudi Arabian National Guard Communications Project and (ii) Ministry of Defence Saudi Armed Forces Project.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	228072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The costs incurred by the Ministry of Defence Saudi Armed Forces Projects (MODSAP) in financial year 2017-18 amounted to £74.75 million. The budget for financial year 2018-19 is £63.64 million. The costs of MODSAP are met from a management fee received from the Saudi Arabian Government.</p><p>The costs of the Saudi Arabian National Guard Communications Project (SANGCOM) are similarly recovered from the Saudi Arabian Government, but SANGCOM operates under a separate Memorandum of Understanding from MODSAP, under which the details of such recoveries are confidential to the two Governments.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/03/2019 15:39:01 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1081760

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to ensure secure military communications hardware procurement maintains sovereign capability.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	228015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>Whilst the Ministry of Defence's default approach is for open procurement, which eases interoperability with our international partners, there are a few cases where our objectives are served by specific sector approaches, which help either to deliver value-for-money, operational advantage or national freedom of action. One such sector is the high-grade cryptography required to protect our secure military communications; this creates a sovereign requirement to control cryptographic hardware production, deployment and support.</p><p>In addition, we continue to take a broader risk-based approach to the provision of military capability, which includes balancing the accessibility of widely used commercial technology, general military technology and bespoke sovereign technology. Consequently, the acquisition strategies for military capabilities are kept under review by the MOD's delivery agencies to ensure that they remain fit for purpose. To safeguard national security, it would not be appropriate to identify publicly further details of the aspects of capabilities we might regard as critical to be maintained in the UK and how we assure them.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/03/2019 15:37:13 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1081765

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Maritime Patrol Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of (a) the annual in service cost of the P-8 patrol aircraft and (b) the number of years those aircraft can be expected to remain in service.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	228018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>Initial support for the RAF P-8A fleet is covered as part of the Foreign Military Sale case for procurement of these aircraft, enabling us to utilise US experience and leverage economies of scale from the existing US Navy support arrangements as we develop our own UK-based support.</p><p>Work is currently under way to define the requirements for the UK support solution, but I am withholding details of financial estimates as disclosing this information would prejudice our commercial interests.</p><p>The UK has ordered nine P-8A maritime patrol aircraft and the current planning assumption is that they will have an expected service life of 25 years.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/03/2019 15:35:19 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1081874

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Shipping
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 13 February 2019 to Question 221002 on Navy: Shipping, what the maximum (a) lifespan is of newly constructed warships and (b) number of years commercial vessels can have been in service to be considered for military refurbishment.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	228136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The maximum lifespan of newly constructed warships is dependent on many factors that are both set in the design phase and vary through the service life of the vessel, and are determined by the capability required.</p><p>The maximum age of a commercial vessel considered for military refurbishment is also dependent on a number of factors such as design, working life and the capability requirement.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/03/2019 15:38:05 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone