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1658191

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Challenger Tanks
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 of the Challenger 3 upgrade programme; what the definition is of initial operating capability for Challenger 3; and what the planned date is for that initial operating capability.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	197700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">To ensure I can provide as much detail as possible, I will write to the right hon. Member with the detail requested once it has been collated and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House. </del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We do not routinely release forecast figures regarding the resource and capital expenditure of our major projects. Portfolio data is published annually in support of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) Annual Report which includes a budget baseline and the latest HM Treasury approved estimates in respect of whole life costs. The current report is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/infrastructure-and-projects-authority-annual-report-2022-23" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications//infrastructure-and-projects-authority-annual-report-2022-23</a></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> Initial Operating Capability is defined as a single squadron of Main Battle Tanks with trained crews and is planned to be achieved in 2027.</ins></p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 11/09/2023 16:46:20 question first ministerially corrected 12/09/2023 13:04:29 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge previous answer version 93597 answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1653921

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
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 6 July to Question 192193 on Armed Forces: Housing, how many service accommodation units do not have valid gas certificates.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	194672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>As at 19 July 2023, <del class="ministerial">116</del><ins class="ministerial">353</ins> occpied Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties do not have a valid gas safety certificate. This equates to 0.26% of the 43,928 SFA properties with a mains gas supply.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 20/07/2023 15:01:55 question first ministerially corrected 18/08/2023 10:27:30 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge previous answer version 89169 answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1653412

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to sub-target two of the Greening Government Commitments reporting requirements for 2021 to 2025 last updated on 15 December 2022, whether his Department follows the encouragement in that guidance to (a) monitor and (b) report on the number of domestic flights for which her Department is responsible each year; and how many domestic flights were taken by Ministers in his Department in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	194399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>In support of the Greening Government Commitments (GGC), Defence's domestic business flights are recorded and associated annual carbon emissions reported in the Department's Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p>For 2021, our records show there was a total of <del class="ministerial">48</del> <ins class="ministerial">36 </ins>domestic flights recorded as being used by Ministers e.g. Commercial flights, RAF planes and RAF helicopters. For 2022, our records show there were a total of<del class="ministerial"> 91</del> <ins class="ministerial">41</ins> domestic flights.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 20/07/2023 13:24:04 question first ministerially corrected 24/07/2023 08:49:26 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge previous answer version 89096 answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1651760

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: P&O Ferries
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 10 July 2023 to Question 192709 on 10 July 2023, what was the cost to the public purse of payments made to P&O Ferries for (a) support of operational movement services and (b) business travel between 17 March 2022 and 1 July 2023.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	193273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Between 17 March 2022 and 1 July 2023, the Ministry of Defence made payments of nearly £92,000 directly to P&amp;O using ePC cards primarily for freight movements, some £235,000 by the National Movement Coordination Centre (Army) for operational movements, and some £164,000 was spent through GBT, the MOD’s contracted travel management company, primarily for business travel.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Department will continue to use P&amp;O Ferries where there are robust operational or technical reasons for doing so. Some routes are solely serviced by P&amp;O Ferries and may offer the only option for our strategic movement requirements.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Between 17 March 2022 and 1 July 2023, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) made payments of £425,166 directly with P&amp;O using ePC cards primarily for freight movements (this includes operational and freight movements by the National Movement Coordination Centre (Army)), and a further £164,000 was spent through GBT, the MOD’s contracted travel management company, primarily for business travel.</ins></p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 13/07/2023 09:01:57 question first ministerially corrected 19/07/2023 09:44:52 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge previous answer version 87335 answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1650312

registered interest
date	05/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Military Aid
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 5 July to Question 191735 Ukraine: Military Aid, how many of the contracts placed from Urgent Bidding Round 1 have delivered capabilities to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	192474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>The International Fund for Ukraine (IFU) announced the first major package of capabilities from Urgent Bidding Round one on 15 February 2023. Following commercial checks and negotiations to confirm specifications, contractual terms and costs, six contracts have been placed as at 7 July 2023, and <del class="ministerial">three</del><ins class="ministerial">two</ins> of these are planned to begin delivering capabilities to the Ukrainian Armed Forces later this month.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 10/07/2023 11:31:50 question first ministerially corrected 11/07/2023 15:47:48 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge previous answer version 86365 answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1623876

registered interest
date	25/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Hercules Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any RAF C-130 Hercules aircraft have been sold for disposal.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	182517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2023 answer text <p>Yes. The managed drawdown of the C-130J Hercules fleet has been ongoing since 2017. A number of airframes have already been disposed of to the Bangladesh Air Force, Royal <del class="ministerial">Brunei Armed Forces</del> <ins class="ministerial">Bahraini Air Force</ins> and United States Navy.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 04/05/2023 15:32:15 question first ministerially corrected 15/05/2023 10:43:45 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge previous answer version 73118 answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois