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944021

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date	18/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships
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 16 July 2018 to Question 162497 on Patrol Vessels, and with reference to his Department's policy of not classifying offshore patrol vessels as warships for shipbuilding purposes, as outlined in the Answer of 9 July 2018 to Question 160710, whether he has a remit to exempt future orders of Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships from international competition under Article 346 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	165494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The National Shipbuilding Strategy made clear that Royal Navy warships (destroyers, frigates and aircraft carriers) will be built in the UK. This recognises that preserving this national capability to design, integrate and build warships is critical to national security. The exemption under Article 346 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, allowing any member nation to reserve a procurement for reasons of national security, applies to warships - not to naval auxiliary vessels.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 23/07/2018 16:02:08 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

944043

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date	18/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
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 18 July 2018 to Question 163026, for what reasons more time is required to provide the information requested on the strength of the Army's (a) 1st Division, (b) 3rd Division and (c) Force Troops Command.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	165495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Additional time was required for Defence Statistics to reconcile and assure the Single Service estimate provided by HQ Field Army, ensuring the provision of accurate information to Parliament. These figures are used for planning purposes, and are not routinely held at such a level of assurance.</p><p>The figures requested are set out below. Figures represent the structures and strength of each formation as of 1 April 2018:</p><p>1st (UK) Division: 11,200</p><p>3rd (UK) Division: 14,050</p><p>Force Troops Command: 18,250</p><p>Notes/Caveats:</p><p>Figures are for Trade Trained Regular and Gurkha personnel who are serving at Units within the Division.</p><p>Structures of formations are subject to change as a part of Army 2020 (Refine).</p><p>Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes; numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 23/07/2018 16:38:15 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

944044

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date	18/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AWACS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the status is of negotiations between his Department and Boeing over a possible contract to replace its six RAF E-3D Sentry airborne early warning aircraft with a fleet of Boeing E-7 Wedgetail aircraft.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	165496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is considering options to meet its future Airborne Warning and Control capability requirements. No investment decisions have yet been taken and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 23/07/2018 16:03:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones