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1131667

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date	12/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust
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 4 June 2019 to Question 257677, which funding theme was considered as the primary reason by the Armed Forces Covenant Trust when the application for There But Not There was submitted to the Covenant Reference Group.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	263751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Armistice and Armed Forces Communities Programme was agreed by the Covenant Reference Group (CRG) as a funding priority for Financial Year 2018-19 which sat under the theme to '<em>fund projects which support</em> <em>measures to integrate military and civilian communities and allow the Armed Forces community to participate as citizens'. </em>The CRG set the overall priorities for funding, which the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust (AFCFT) deliver as programmes.</p><p>Under this programme, the AFCFT awarded silhouettes to over 2,700 community groups across the UK and these organisations were required to hold an event which brought together the military and civilian communities to recognise the significance of the Armed Forces community today.</p><p>There But Not There (encompassed in the charity 'Remembered') did not submit an application to the CRG nor to the AFCFT. They did not receive a grant under this programme; their primary role was to dispatch the silhouettes directly to our grant recipients.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/06/2019 15:50:23 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1131765

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Statistics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions her Department has received representations from the UK Statistics Authority on her Department's presentation and use of statistics in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	263736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>Details on the UK Statistics Authority's interventions are published in the correspondence[1], publications[2], and issues log[3] sections of their website since 2010.</p><p>The Authority's Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) also carry out regular assessments and systemic reviews, details of which can also be found on the Authority's website[4].</p><p>In September 2018, the Authority published the first annual summary of its interventions for the financial year 2017-18[5]. The report for 2018-19 will be published in the autumn.</p><p>[1] https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/correspondence-list/</p><p>[2] https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/publications-list/</p><p>[3] https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/reports-and-correspondence/issues-log/</p><p>[4] https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/osr/</p><p>[5] https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/publication/annual-casework-review-20172018/</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/06/2019 15:51:23 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1131788

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to the letter of 4 April 2019 from the hon. Member for Glasgow Central on behalf of veterans in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	263889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Rt Hon the Earl Howe responded to the hon. Member on 7 May 2019. A copy of the letter has been emailed to the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/06/2019 15:51:56 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1131888

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made with initiatives to (1) encourage and enable serving members of the Royal Navy to purchase homes near to bases where they are serving, and (2) provide information about financial assistance that is available to those members.
tabling member printed	Lord Carlile of Berriew
uin	HL16306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>As well as access to Forces Help to Buy and Government Help to Buy schemes the Royal Navy is leading on the tri-service pilot for the Future Accommodation Model which will commence at the end of September 2019. This will offer further incentive for home-ownership for Royal Navy and Royal Marine personnel.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 17/06/2019 15:40:21 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1138 label Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew

1131248

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on securing the remaining £340 million sought for the Transformation Fund.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	263108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The budgetary arrangements for the Transformation Fund will be considered in the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/06/2019 15:29:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1131337

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Naval College
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people from (a) state and (b) independent schools were accepted to the Britannia Royal Naval College in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	263110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>Since January 2019, Britannia Royal Naval College have asked cadets, on a voluntary basis, whether they went to a state or an independent school prior to joining the Royal Navy. Figures provided are based on a question asked at cadet joining interviews. Cadets are under no obligation to answer the question so the figures do not reflect 100% of the intake. The figures for January and May 2019 intake are:</p><p> </p><p>State School 160*</p><p>Private School 40*</p><p>Served in Ranks First 30*</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>*Notes:</p><p>1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 in line with disclosure control policy. Figures ending in 5 are rounded to the nearest 20 to avoid bias.</p><p> </p><p>2. Figures are a single service estimate provided by Britannia Royal Naval College. As such they have not been validated, are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics and will differ from total Officer intake published in the Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/06/2019 15:52:57 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1130836

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AWACS: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the procurement of Boeing E-7 Wedgetail aircraft will be subject to oversight by the Single Source Regulations Office; and if so, whether Boeing has agreed to the baseline profit rate.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL16203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The prime contract with Boeing Defence UK for the E-7 Wedgetail is assessed as a qualifying defence contract (QDC) in accordance with the Single Source Contract Regulations (SSCR) and is subject to oversight by the Single Source Regulations Office as any QDC would be. The profit rate for the contract has been agreed in accordance with the SSCR six-step calculation process which begins with the baseline profit rate applicable at the time of contract placement.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 17/06/2019 15:34:08 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

1130618

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AWACS: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they chose to implement an E-7 Wedgetail conversion programme to maintain the UK’s Airborne Early Warning and Control capability rather than procure new Boeing 737–700 AEW&C aircraft.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL16162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The E-7 Wedgetail is a military derivative based on the Boeing 737 NG civil aircraft and has always been produced by modifying that aircraft with a sophisticated radar and mission system suite along with other military systems. Wherever the E-7 is produced it involves the modification of the base aircraft and by undertaking this work at Marshall Aerospace and Defence in Cambridge we have ensured that several hundred highly-skilled jobs have been sustained in the United Kingdom.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 17/06/2019 15:42:08 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie