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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

964052

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	Typhoon Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 16 of his Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18, what the timetable is for the completion of Project Centurion.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	169196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Project Centurion is due to deliver transition of Attack capability from Tornado GR4 to Typhoon by 31 December 2018, ahead of Tornado GR4 reaching its out of service date of 31 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/09/2018 16:41:34 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

964291

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	Challenger Tanks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve safety training and procedures for operating Challenger 2 tanks.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	169211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Following the tragic incident at Castlemartin ranges in 2017, the Army has implemented changes to the procedures and documentation for firing the main armament of Challenger 2, and engaged with industry to adjust the main armament's mechanical infrastructure. It is also in the process of considering and implementing the recommendations from both the Defence Safety Authority's (DSA) Service Inquiry and Coroner's Inquest. The DSA's Service Inquiry can be found at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/service-inquiry-report-into-the-challenger-2-incident-at-castlemartin-ranges-pembrokeshire-on-14-june-2017</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/09/2018 14:33:39 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

964300

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	Army: Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made on package one of the Multi-Role Vehicle - Protected programme.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	169215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Our current planning assumption remains that we will procure the Joint Land Tactical Vehicle to meet the Army's requirement for a future protected multi-role vehicle. Funding has been set aside for this acquisition in the Department's Equipment Plan. A final decision to proceed will not be taken until the Modernising Defence Programme has been completed and our wider plans for Armed Forces modernisation are fully mature.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/09/2018 14:32:57 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

964302

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	Artillery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the artillery system requirement to support the Strike brigades.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	169217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Army is in the process of assessing its future artillery system capability requirement for the Armoured Infantry and Strike Brigades. It has established a programme, known as Mobile Fires Platform, to refine the requirement and modernise the capability.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/09/2018 14:36:20 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

964304

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	Ballistic Missile Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 4.16 of the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, what progress has been made on his Department's plans to invest in the ground-based ballistic missile defence radar.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	169219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The ground-based ballistic missile defence radar will be a first in class capability for UK Defence. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is working with the Missile Defence Centre, a joint MOD/Industry organisation, to ensure a robust capability is procured.</p><p>The Department has issued a request for information to industry to inform the procurement strategy for a ground-based ballistic missile defence radar system and to inform future options in accordance with standard UK Defence procurement practices.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/09/2018 16:42:04 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

944652

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to publish a land warfare strategy.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	166110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to investing over £17 billion in the Land environment to provide the Army with a modernised warfighting division that includes the transformational STRIKE capability. This investment will support and provide opportunities for the UK's Land and defence sector. To date only Shipbuilding and Combat Air have been selected for a specific sector strategy, other sectors (such as Land) are kept under review. Further sector specific approaches will need to be informed by thorough analysis of the military capability, prosperity, internaitonal, industrial and prosperity benefits and will only be applicable in a very small number of cases.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 27/07/2018 10:45:01 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith