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172156

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date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Infrastructure Organisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for the publication of his Department's Footprint Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The revised Footprint Strategy is due to be completed in February 2016 and we anticipate publication soon after completion.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 13/01/2015 16:46:21 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172157

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Support Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the announcement of the preferred bidder for the Defence Support Group, what the timetable is for agreement between his Department and Babcock on the rationalisation of the estate in order to meet their future plans.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="5"> </td><td colspan="6" rowspan="5"><p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement which I laid in the House on 6 January 2015 (Official Report, Column 9WS) on the sale of the Defence Support Group (DSG) land business to Babcock and signature of a 10-year contract to continue and transform the services DSG currently provides the Army.</p><p>The commencement of Babcock's contract on 1 April this year will lead a business improvement programme over several years aimed at optimising the output performance of the business. Under the contract and governance arrangements, Babcock will share any estates proposals with the Ministry of Defence on a six-monthly basis.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/01/2015 16:44:23 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name Defence Support Group WMS 6 January 2015.doc title Hansard Extract 6 January 2015
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172158

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Investment Approvals Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Investment Approvals Committee met in each of the last three years; and how many proposals that committee was asked to consider.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The majority of Investment Approvals Committee business is taken out-of-committee. It has met in-committee on 11 occasions in 2012, seven occasions in 2013 and 10 occasions in 2014.</p><p>In this period the Investment Approvals Committee considered 300 proposals (all category A investment projects) (93 in 2012, 104 in 2013, 103 in 2014), both in and out of committee.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/01/2015 16:40:02 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172160

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Assistance Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the size of the Defence Assistance Fund was in each of the last four years; and whether monies from that Fund are being used to support the Defence Language Training Centre.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Defence Assistance Fund (DAF) is an internal Ministry of Defence resource used to help to develop and maintain bilateral defence relationships in support of wider UK Government objectives, in line with the International Defence Engagement Strategy published in February 2013. In the current financial year (FY) 2014-15 the DAF totalled £16.558 million. In the preceding three years the totals were as follows: FY2013-14 - £15.635 million; FY2012-13 £12.327million; FY2011-12 - £12.027million</p><p>The Defence Culture and Language Centre (DCLC) is funded by the Defence Academy, an element of Joint Forces Command. No direct funding is received from the DAF, but the DAF is used on occasion to fund attendance at DCLC of international students who require English Language Training prior to joining further military training and education in the UK or before returning to their home country to train others.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 13/01/2015 16:26:02 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172163

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Audit Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Defence Audit Committee met in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Defence Audit Committee met eight times in Financial Year 2013-14; six times in 2012-13 and five times in 2011-12.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 13/01/2015 16:25:04 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172172

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Support Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has agreed with the Homes and Communities Agency the release of existing Defence Support Group sites for housing.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement which I laid in the House on 6 January 2015 (Official Report, column 9WS) on the sale of the Defence Support Group (DSG) land business to Babcock and signature of a 10-year contract to continue and transform the services DSG currently provides the Army.</p><p> </p><p>Any DSG estate which Babcock decides to vacate will be handed back to the Ministry of Defence (MOD), at which stage the MOD will decide the most appropriate use for that estate. This could include potential re-use for Defence purposes. However, as with the potential release of any MOD estate, the Government's targets to increase the land available for housing will be a key consideration.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/01/2015 16:39:32 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name Defence Support Group WMS 6 January 2015.doc title Hansard Extract 6 January 2015
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck