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1539134

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Electric Cables and Telecommunications Cables: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in the context of recent incidents of undersea cables being cut, when his Department last undertook a review of the security arrangements for protecting the UK’s undersea cable infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	78639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The recent incident in the Shetlands was assessed to have been caused by fishing. Accidental breakage of subsea communications cables is not uncommon, particularly through trawling and other seabed-disturbing activities, and mechanisms to repair them are well tested.</p><p> </p><p>Overall Governmental responsibility for subsea power and telecommunications cables lies with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Subsea internet cables are specifically considered in the National Risk Assessment which is kept under review. The UK Government, with the support of Defence, continuously reviews the broad range of national security threats including threats and hazards to subsea communication cables.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 08/11/2022 11:45:11 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1539136

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
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 27 October to Question 66895 on Armed Forces: Housing, what estimate his Department has made of the number of service personnel living in Single Living Accommodation in each year since 2018.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	78640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The following table details the number of Service personnel living in Single Living Accommodation in each calendar year since 2018.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Calendar Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dates</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022 <br> to date</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Count of Service Personnel</strong> <strong>living in Single Living Accommodation</strong></p></td><td><p>93,990</p></td><td><p>96,370</p></td><td><p>98,530</p></td><td><p>100,250</p></td><td><p>96,160</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This information was extracted from the Joint Personnel Administration Management Information System on 4 Nov 2022. Please note all numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 08/11/2022 17:39:24 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1539137

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
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: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how he plans to announce the final decision on the award of the Fleet Solid Support ship contract; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	78641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The selection of the Preferred Bidder will be announced in due course, prior to the award of a manufacture contract. Parliament and all other interested parties will be informed of the decision in the usual manner.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 08/11/2022 13:29:45 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1539138

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Inflation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral evidence to the Defence Select Committee on 2 November 2022, what his Department's estimate of inflationary pressures for the next two years was before the announcement of the Growth Plan 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	78642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department's estimate of inflationary pressures has not changed since the announcement of the Growth Plan 2022.</p><p>The estimate is based on a number of inflation indices that are produced periodically and have not been updated since the announcement of the Growth Plan 2022.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 08/11/2022 13:30:05 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1538539

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Radiation Exposure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 13 December 2018 to Question 200586 on Armed Forces: Radiation Exposure and to National Archives documents Annex G to O92/2534(ASD 26), dated 9 January 1957, and C/6084/PA 1, dated 19 November 1957, where the results of the samples referred to in those documents are held.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
uin	77326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>Service personnel who were present at the UK nuclear weapon tests may have had blood samples taken throughout their career. Any records taken either before, during or after participation at the UK nuclear weapon tests would be held in individual military medical records in the Government's archives.</p><p>These medical records are unlikely to be collated in a form related to samples or incidences, and to ascertain what blood and urine tests may have been undertaken by service personnel would require the individual medical record of each of the personnel present at the UK nuclear tests to be located and reviewed. These records are not held centrally and to provide the information could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Atomic Weapons Establishment holds copies of the results of urine radioactivity measurements and blood tests for a small number of individuals where these were included in scientific documentation on the nuclear weapons trials.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 75820 75821 75822 question first answered 08/11/2022 13:27:38 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1538779

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Manston Asylum Processing Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of the appointment of an Army General to the Manston immigration short-term holding facility; and from which Departmental budget this cost will be paid.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	77593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>As agreed between Departments, the Ministry of Defence will use the 'full costs' charging model for the loan of Lt. General Skeates to the Home Office. This will include all pay, pension and related costs (the capitation rate for this rank is £266,752 per annum), plus any travel and subsistance costs associated with the role.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 08/11/2022 11:56:07 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1538780

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Manston Asylum Processing Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Armed Forces personnel are on secondment to Manston immigration short-term holding facility as of 2 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	77594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>Armed Forces personnel are not seconded to the Manston site and are instead working as part of Defence's operation for military primacy for small boat crossings of the English Channel.</p><p>At any time, between 13 and 19 military personnel, all from the Army, are assigned to the Manston site. Across three shifts, the total assigned to support Border Force at Manston is 43 military personnel. These personnel assist with logistics and the initial triage of migrants upon arrival at the site.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey grouped question UIN 77598 question first answered 08/11/2022 11:46:11 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1538782

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Manston Asylum Processing Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the time that the Army will be in control of the Manston immigration short-term holding facility.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	77595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office assumed occupation of the former Defence Fire Training and Development Centre in Manston via a Memorandum of Transfer of Occupation in December 2021. The Manston facility is therefore under the control of the Home Office and not the Ministry of Defence. Defence has, however, agreed to loan Lieutenant General Stuart Skeates to the Home Office to provide advice and coordination on their cross-Channel migration programme and this may include support on the challenges at Manston</p><p>Under Defence primacy for small boats crossings of the English Channel, military personnel provide limited support to the Border Force whilst they conduct initial assessment and screening of new arrivals at Manston. Decisions on detention timings are the responsibility of the Home Office.</p><p>Military primacy for managing small boat crossings of the Channel will operate until 31 January 2023, at which point responsibility will revert to the Home Office and Border Force.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 08/11/2022 15:57:42 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1538784

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Manston Asylum Processing Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Minister signed off the appointment of an Army General to the Manston immigration short-term holding facility; and to which Department the General will report.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	77596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The agreement to loan Lieutenant General Skeates to the Home Office until the end of the 2022-23 financial year was made between the Permanent Secretaries of MOD and the Home Office. The loan was expedited through the standard interdepartmental loan process and Defence will be recovering from the Home Office the full costs associated with the appointment. The General works directly to the Home Office, coordinating and advising on migration issues, including relating to the Manston facility.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 08/11/2022 11:48:47 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1538785

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aid: Manston Asylum Processing Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a Military Aid to the Civil Authorities request was submitted prior to the appointment of an Army General to the Manston immigration short-term holding facility.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	77597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The loan of Lieutenant General Skeates to the Home Office was expedited through the standard interdepartmental loan process. No Military Aid to the Civil Authorities request was received. In accordance with the terms of the loan agreement Defence will be recovering from the Home Office the full costs associated with the loan.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 08/11/2022 11:49:51 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard