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1078971

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date	27/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Gibraltar: Warships
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to improve the vessels available for naval protection in the territorial waters of Gibraltar.
tabling member printed	Lord Hoyle
uin	HL14093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave on 25 February 2019 to Question HL13801 to the noble Lord, Lord Taylor of Warwick.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 13/03/2019 15:40:07 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 25 February 2019, HL 13801.docx title Gibraltar: Navy
tabling member	1000 label Biography information for Lord Hoyle

1078982

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Foreign Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many non-UK Commonwealth nationals are serving in the UK armed forces.
tabling member printed	Lord Luce
uin	HL14103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of Commonwealth citizens serving in our Armed Forces as at 1 October 2018:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Service</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Navy/</strong> <strong>Royal Marines</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Air Force</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regulars</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>3,890</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p><strong>4,500</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FR20 Reserves</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><strong>210</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>520</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,080</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,710</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The 4,500 Commonwealth citizens in the Regular forces represent 3.3% of the Regular trained strength. The 210 Commonwealth citizens in the FR20 Reserves represent 0.65% of the FR20 Reserve trained strength.</p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Figures for the Royal Navy/Royal Marines and Royal Air Force are for the Trained Regular Population and Trained FR20 population. Army figures are for Trade Trained Regular population, and Trained FR20 population.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Nationality is as reported on the Joint Personnel Administration system upon intake.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10, though numbers ending in a “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent the systematic bias caused by always rounding numbers upwards.</li></ul> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 12/03/2019 16:00:36 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce

1078987

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Exports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what specific responsibility the Chief of Defence staff has, if any, to support UK companies that export defence and security goods and services.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL14107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The Strategic Defence and Security Review in 2015 confirmed support to defence exports as a core task for the Department as part of National Security Objective 3 - promoting our prosperity. The Chief of Defence Staff does not have specific export responsibility, however he and all Ministry of Defence (MOD) personnel as representatives of MOD collectively play a key role in the promotion of defence equipment and services from UK-based suppliers to overseas partners and allies.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 13/03/2019 15:40:42 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

1078988

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 26 Frigates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to accelerate the Type 26 warship building programme; and what assessment they have made of the impact on the UK’s programme of the recent announcements by the governments of Australia and Canada on their plans for Type 26 warships.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL14108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has no plans to change the schedule for the Type 26 Frigate procurement programme. Under the terms of the contract we signed in 2017 to build the first batch of three Type 26 Frigates, the first ship, HMS Glasgow, will enter service in 2027. HMS Cardiff and HMS Belfast will then follow.</p><p>Building on the recent success of the Global Combat Ship-Type 26 design in the Australian SEA 5000 and the Canadian Surface Combatant competitions, the MOD continues to work with BAE Systems to understand the opportunities that may materialise as the respective shipbuilding programmes mature.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 12/03/2019 15:58:26 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

1078303

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 25 February (HL13624), whether that money previously announced by the Secretary of State for Defence to be spent on the nuclear deterrent and anti-submarine warfare has been spent in other areas.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL14075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The £1 billion for Defence announced in the 2018 Autumn Budget ensures that the Armed Forces can continue to modernise and invest in key priority capabilities. Funding has been allocated to modernising our critical assets, including anti-submarine warfare and our nuclear deterrent.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 07/03/2019 15:30:17 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1077112

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Future Combat Air System
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 20 February (HL13769), what discussions there have been between the UK Tempest team and the Future Combat Air System programme.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL14032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>Team Tempest is a UK national project and is a subset of the UK's Future Combat Air System Technology Initiative (FCAS TI), a 10-year technology development and demonstration programme. The term Future Combat Air System could refer to a number of international Air projects or systems being developed, including the UK programme to replace Typhoon's capabilities from 2040 onwards. This programme is called the Combat Air Acquisition Programme (CAAP). The RAF team who deliver FCAS TI work closely with the CAAP team, based in Head Office, informing the CAAP Concept Phase.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 07/03/2019 15:31:35 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1077113

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 20 February (HL13628), whether the UK is expected to become a net defence importer in the next five years.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL14033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>Further to my earlier response, the Ministry of Defence has not specifically undertaken this type of analysis. According to official data from the UK Defence and Security Organisation in 2017 the UK won defence orders worth £9 billion and, on a 10-year rolling basis, remains the second largest global defence exporter.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 07/03/2019 15:30:49 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1064615

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Infrastructure Organisation: Billing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, for each of the last three years, what percentage of invoices submitted to the Defence Infrastructure Organisation were paid to suppliers within 30 days; how many invoices were paid later than 30 days; what was the potential interest and compensation liability due to late payment; and how much interest and compensation was claimed and paid.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL13934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The total number of invoices paid on behalf of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation in Financial Years 2015-2016, 2016-2017 and 2017-2018, along with the number paid later than 30 days and the percentage paid within thirty days, can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Invoices Paid</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Paid Later Than 30 Days</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Paid Within 30 Days</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>306,674</p></td><td><p>29,852</p></td><td><p>90.27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>209,308</p></td><td><p>6,089</p></td><td><p>97.09%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>318,016</p></td><td><p>1,940</p></td><td><p>99.39%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>No interest or compensation due to late payment of Defence Infrastructure Organisation invoices, was claimed or paid.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the potential interest and compensation liability due to late payment of invoices is not held and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 05/03/2019 15:34:41 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1064223

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Combined Cadet Force: Air Force
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Combined Cadet Force Royal Air Force cadets (1) applied to attend, and (2) were allocated places at Easter and summer camps to be held at Royal Air Force stations in 2019.
tabling member printed	Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate
uin	HL13869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The total number of Combined Cadet Force (CCF) Royal Air Force cadets who applied for Easter and summer camps at Royal Air Force stations in 2019 was 2,673 with 197 applying for Easter and 2,476 applying for summer.</p><p>A total of 776 have been allocated to the summer camps at Royal Air Force stations. No CCF places were allocated to Easter Camps at Royal Air Force Stations.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 04/03/2019 16:33:44 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	891 label Biography information for Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate

1064242

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 26 Frigates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the unit price of each of the three Type 26 frigates presently on order.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL13888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>In July 2017, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) announced the award of a contract valued at £3.7 billion to manufacture the first batch of three Type 26 Frigates. The manufacture contract covers the build of the first three Type 26 Frigates through to sea trials and vessel acceptance by the Royal Navy, as well as the remaining development costs for the class. The contract also includes the procurement of the medium calibre gun for the first three ships and the modifications needed to the Clyde shipyards at Govan and Scotstoun to enable the manufacture of the Type 26. The detailed pricing of the contract is a commercial matter between the MOD and BAE Systems and I am withholding the cost per ship, as its publication would be prejudicial to commercial interests.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 26/02/2019 15:46:11 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead