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1110736

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date	09/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	GKN: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2018 deed of covenant undertakings provided by Melrose Industries, whether he has plans to issue a note of concern in relation to the announcement by GKN Aerospace that it intends to close its Kings Norton plant.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	242681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>As required by the undertakings provided last year, Melrose Industries have notified the Ministry of Defence (MOD) of their intention to relocate Defence work from GKN's Kings Norton site to other GKN sites. The MOD has discussed these proposals with Melrose and is confident that the important work that GKN does for Defence will continue. The MOD understands that there will be no overall reduction in GKN's defence capacity, as the defence work is being moved, not stopped. On that basis there are no plans to issue a note of concern.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 15/04/2019 15:34:25 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

1110332

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Torpedoes: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has agreed a torpedo development road-map.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	242249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given in the House of Lords by my right hon. Friend, the Minister of State for the Ministry of Defence (Earl Howe) on 26 February 2019 to Question HL13684 to the Noble Lord, Lord West of Spithead.</p><p>A submarine launched heavy-weight torpedo development roadmap is in place.</p><p>A roadmap for a replacement lightweight torpedo is subject to the decision on programme timing.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 242252 question first answered 11/04/2019 14:09:43 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 26 February 2019, HL 13684..docx title Torpedoes
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1110333

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Torpedoes: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what weighting his Department will apply to the national security objective 3 on UK prosperity in future torpedo procurement decisions.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	242250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>As with all procurement decisions, our investment appraisals process follows HM Treasury Green Book rules, which allow consideration of a range of factors including those within the scope of National Security Objective 3, if relevant, robust data is available.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/04/2019 13:25:06 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1110334

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Maritime Patrol Aircraft: Torpedoes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the integration of Sting Ray onto the Boeing Poseidon P-8A.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	242251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given in the House of Lords by my right hon. Friend, the Minister of State for the Ministry of Defence (Earl Howe) on 16 March 2018 to Question HL6179 to the Noble Lord, Lord West of Spithead.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/04/2019 14:08:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 16 March 2018, HL 6179.docx title Maritime Patrol Aircraft:Torpedoes
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1110335

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Torpedoes: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timeframe is for a decision on an upgrade for the Sting Ray torpedo.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	242252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given in the House of Lords by my right hon. Friend, the Minister of State for the Ministry of Defence (Earl Howe) on 26 February 2019 to Question HL13684 to the Noble Lord, Lord West of Spithead.</p><p>A submarine launched heavy-weight torpedo development roadmap is in place.</p><p>A roadmap for a replacement lightweight torpedo is subject to the decision on programme timing.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 242249 question first answered 11/04/2019 14:09:43 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 26 February 2019, HL 13684..docx title Torpedoes
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1110377

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Animal Experiments
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 reduce, refine and replace the use of animals for warfare experiments in Porton Down and other facilities which engage in such testing.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	242201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) at Porton Down, Wiltshire, is licensed by the Home Office to conduct the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) in-house research involving the use of animals.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office only allows testing if it is clear that the benefits outweigh the harms, and that the principles of the 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction and Refinement) have been fully taken into account and will be implemented.</p><p> </p><p>Dstl operates in accordance with the principles of the 3Rs, and has an active programme to increase 3Rs implementation. For example, Dstl has developed an in-vitro method to measure the biological activity of anti-toxin medical countermeasures and has recently agreed with the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency that our new tissue culture can replace animals in the future.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015, Dstl was part of a five-organisation partnership with the National Centre for the Replacement Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research, which published a roadmap on developing and applying non-animal technologies (NATs) to improve the methods and ways of testing the safety and effectiveness of pharmaceuticals, veterinary products, chemicals, agrichemicals and consumer products.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/04/2019 13:23:31 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1110438

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Health Care Resourcing Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts his Department has awarded to Healthcare Resource Group in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	242180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has not awarded any contracts to Healthcare Resource Group in the last five years. However, seven contracts have been awarded to Health Care Resourcing Group Limited over this period; a contract for the provision of medical services to the Army (started November 2014 and ended December 2017) and six contracts for temporary healthcare workers (started February 2017 and due to end in May 2019).</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/04/2019 13:23:54 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

1110439

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	MOD Boscombe Down
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Boscombe Down Airfield emergency cover tender is a classified as matter of national defence.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	242181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The tender for the provision of emergency ambulance cover at Ministry of Defence Boscombe Down is not classified as a matter of national defence.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/04/2019 13:24:19 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

1110440

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	MOD Boscombe Down
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on the Joint Forces Command review into the Boscombe Down Airfield emergency cover tender.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	242182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>A strategic review of the requirement was initiated in February 2019, which is still being undertaken.</p><p>The original competed contract has been terminated and the future requirement is being reviewed; I envisage a new competition will be initiated and completed by March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/04/2019 13:24:44 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

1110450

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Cybersecurity
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 ensure that the UK is a world leader in autonomous cyber defence of military systems.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	242052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The National Cyber Security Strategy 2016-2021 is supported by a £1.9 billion of transformational investment. It sets out ambitious policies to protect the UK in cyber space. Defence operates many Cyber defence capabilities with varying levels of automation. These systems are typically used for monitoring and defending key capabilities. New, emergent and advanced technologies are also monitored by working closely with Dstl, academia and industry partners.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 15/04/2019 15:39:25 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell