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992609

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What priority his Department accords to the preservation of UK shipbuilding capacity when awarding contracts to build the fleet solid support ships.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	907175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s National Shipbuilding Strategy was clear that for reasons of national security warships must be built in the UK.</p><p>Fleet solid support ships do not fall under the National Shipbuilding Strategy definition of a warship. All non-Warships are procured through international competition to secure best value for money.</p><p>We have encouraged UK shipyards to participate in the competition and have been pleased with the positive engagement so far.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 22/10/2018 15:47:22 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

991138

registered interest
date	19/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	USA: Trident Submarines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) employees of the United States Government and the US Electric Boat company have been seconded to the Dreadnought programme and (b) UK Government employees working on the Dreadnought programme are currently based in the United States.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	181551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>We are interpreting this question as individuals providing direct support to the Dreadnought programme and it excludes sub-contractors and individuals working within the wider nuclear enterprise.</p><p>There are currently 43 employees of the United States Government and US General Dynamics Electric Boat company seconded to the Dreadnought programme and there are 20 UK Government employees working on the Dreadnought programme based in the United States. Employees work on a range of programme elements, such as Nuclear Propulsion and the Common Missile Compartment which support both the US and UK programmes.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 29/10/2018 16:43:23 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

990285

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Storage
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 6 September 2018 to Question 169313 on military aircraft: storage, (a) how many and (b) what models of aircraft are held in storage.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
uin	181228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>Aircraft held in storage are part of the Sustainment Fleet which includes aircraft undergoing upgrade or maintenance.</p><p> </p><p>The number of aircraft available varies from day-to-day according to normal fleet management activities.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for fixed and rotary wing aircraft as at 1 October 2018 are given in the table below. They exclude contractor provided aircraft fleets with the exception of Voyager which is included for completeness.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Aircraft</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Service</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sustainment Fleet</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Air Seeker (Rivet Joint)</p></td><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Atlas A400M</p></td><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bae 146</p></td><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>C-17 Globemaster</p></td><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>C-130J Hercules</p></td><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hawk T1</p></td><td><p>RAF/RN</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hawk T2</p></td><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lightning</p></td><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sentinel</p></td><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sentry</p></td><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shadow/King Air 350</p></td><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tornado</p></td><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tucano</p></td><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Typhoon</p></td><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Voyager</p></td><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avenger</p></td><td><p>Navy</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defender</p></td><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islander AL Mk1</p></td><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 23/10/2018 13:58:08 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

990304

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence Police: Retirement
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 appropriateness of the retirement age for Ministry of Defence Police officers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
uin	181297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>Treasury and Cabinet Office Ministers have given thorough consideration to the merits of introducing an enhanced effective pension age of 60 years for Ministry of Defence Police Officers, but have not been minded to make such a change on the grounds that this would conflict with a key principle of the Government pension reforms that increased longevity requires longer working lives.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence is working with the Cabinet Office to reduce the Ministry of Defence Police Officers pension age to state pension age minus three years for alpha pension scheme members (with a minimum pensionable age of 65), to be funded by the Ministry of Defence. We are currently working with the Defence Police Federation on implementation.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 181298 question first answered 23/10/2018 13:59:38 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

990305

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence Police: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to apply the effective pension age reduction to Ministry of Defence Police officers pensions.
tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
uin	181298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>Treasury and Cabinet Office Ministers have given thorough consideration to the merits of introducing an enhanced effective pension age of 60 years for Ministry of Defence Police Officers, but have not been minded to make such a change on the grounds that this would conflict with a key principle of the Government pension reforms that increased longevity requires longer working lives.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence is working with the Cabinet Office to reduce the Ministry of Defence Police Officers pension age to state pension age minus three years for alpha pension scheme members (with a minimum pensionable age of 65), to be funded by the Ministry of Defence. We are currently working with the Defence Police Federation on implementation.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 181297 question first answered 23/10/2018 13:59:37 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

990308

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Powered Vessels: Shipbuilding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the re-baselining of the core production capability project has taken place; what the forecast cost and completion date of the project is; and what assessment he has made of the best funding approach for that project.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	181208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The funding approach for the Core Production Capability remains under review.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/10/2018 14:06:10 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

990309

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident Submarines: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the titles of the budget categories in the £600 million of contingency fund allocated to the Dreadnought programme are for the current financial year.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	181209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Treasury has allowed the Ministry of Defence to access up to £600 million of funds from the £10 billion contingency allocated to the Dreadnought submarine programme in the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review. The funds are for capital expenditure in the current financial year.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 26/10/2018 12:03:12 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

990310

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Water-cooled Reactors: Testing
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 the implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Navy nuclear reactor test facility review published in May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	181210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19 October 2018 to Question 177598 to the hon. Member for Leeds North East (Fabian Hamilton).</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 26/10/2018 12:09:31 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

990311

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	France: Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money has been spent by the UK on the joint French-UK Teutates project; whether that money is taken from the Nuclear Weapons Capability Sustainment Programme budget; and what estimate he has made of (a) the total cost to the UK of the project and (b) the timescale over which that cost is expected to be spread.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	181211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>In accordance with the TEUTATES Treaty, the building, operating and dismantling costs will be shared equitably between the UK and France. UK funding forms part of the Nuclear Warhead Capability Sustainment Programme budget.</p><p>The Treaty will remain in force for the lifetime of the facilities. Further details are being withheld as their release would, or would be likely to, prejudice relations between the United Kingdom and other States and constitute a breach of confidence.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/10/2018 14:08:49 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

989463

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	International Military Services: Legal Costs and Pay
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 the cost to the public purse of (a) legal fees and (b) directors’ emoluments in relation to IMS Ltd since that company ceased trading in July 1991.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	180829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>There has been no cost to the public purse for legal fees or directors' emoluments since 1991. IMS operating costs have been met from accumulated profit from business activities and investment interest.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 30/10/2018 15:20:27 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew previous answer version 81210 answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq