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1234927

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to proceed with the acquisition of more F-35 Lightning aircraft; and how many such aircraft will be purchased.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
uin	HL8176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>The UK's F-35B aircraft are procured using a 'Block Buy' approach through the US-led Joint Programme Office. The UK has ordered 35 aircraft to date, and procurement of the next 13 has already commenced, these will be delivered through the 'Block Buy 2' Programme (also referred to as Lot 15-17). This will take the UK to 48 F-35B aircraft.</p><p>Further decisions on procurement beyond the 48 aircraft will follow the ongoing Integrated Review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 23/09/2020 15:32:42 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

1235012

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of morale in the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	91151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>The maintenance of morale in the Armed Forces is a high priority and is measured in a robust, consistent and scientific manner, through mechanisms such as the Armed Forces Continuous Attitude Survey (AFCAS). Ratings of high self-morale have remained unchanged since last year at 41%.</p><p> </p><p>There are a range of measures underway in the fields of recruitment and retention designed to maintain morale; these are kept under constant review.</p><p> </p><p>All personnel will shortly receive an increase to pensionable pay, delivered alongside September 2020 salaries and backdated to 1 April 2020. This follows the 2019 pay award which saw an increase in starting salaries for Other Ranks. We have also introduced other financial initiatives in certain priority areas. The Future Accommodation Model (FAM) is now being piloted across a number of sites providing eligible personnel greater choice of housing options to better suit their lifestyles. The introduction of Flexible Service is helping Regular personnel balance busy, committed careers with changing circumstances in their personal lives by offering temporary part-time working or restricted separation from home base, subject to operational capability. We have also collaborated with industry to provide new opportunities for those with critical skills in order to improve retention within the wider Defence community.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed analyses of morale, commitment and engagement can be found in the AFCAS publications: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Farmed-forces-continuous-attitude-survey-index&amp;data=02%7C01%7CMatthew.Aves243%40mod.gov.uk%7C0f904cd24bb54df5b12b08d85bcb17b1%7Cbe7760ed5953484bae95d0a16dfa09e5%7C0%7C0%7C637360275111640896&amp;sdata=ZBpOO1hpL5KZZPehc4gWqX0HtjChv6KWE%2FBhTJrLzKM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/armed-forces-continuous-attitude-survey-index</a></p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 22/09/2020 10:00:59 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1235019

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
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, for what reason he has not replied to the letter of 6 May 2020 from the Defence Select Committee on the Overseas Operations Bill; and on what date he plans to respond.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	91140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>The Overseas Operations Bill seeks to help tackle vexatious claims and the cycle of reinvestigations against our Armed Forces personnel and veterans. This is one of the Government's key commitments.</p><p> </p><p>I assure the hon. member that the Committee will receive a response before the Second Reading of the Bill on 23 September, to ensure consistency of communications while the Bill is finalised.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 21/09/2020 16:52:33 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1235110

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) access to phone calls, (b) access to high speed internet and (c) the welfare of armed services personnel deployed abroad on exercise or operations.
tabling member constituency	Filton and Bradley Stoke
tabling member printed	Jack Lopresti
uin	91008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>Defence spends in excess of £9 million per year to provide digital welfare services to deployed personnel. To maximise value for money and to get the best possible service for personnel deployed overseas on Operations and Exercises, Defence always seeks to use local telecoms infrastructure (4G, WiFi or Broadband Internet) wherever possible. As a minimum this enables regular daily voice calls and, in most cases, provides access to video communication and on-line entertainment streaming services, but this is dependent on both the infrastructure and security considerations.</p><p>When there is no local or only poor-quality fixed infrastructure available (e.g. on deployed Maritime operations), welfare services such as video communications and entertainment services are provided using the Skynet 5 satellites. In recent months, recognising the impact caused by the COVID crisis and the strain on Service personnel, Defence Digital and Airbus Defence and Space has increased capacity for the maritime welfare services.</p><p>Future welfare services for deployed personnel will be provided as part of the follow-on Skynet 6 programme, which is expected to be delivered in the mid-2020s timeframe. The aim is to provide service personnel with unlimited access to high-speed internet anywhere in the world and at any time. As this work forms part of an underway competitive tendering process the expected costs cannot be provided at this time.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 23/09/2020 12:39:36 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	3989 label Biography information for Jack Lopresti

1235176

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Clergy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many chaplains in each religious denomination served in the Sea Cadet Corps in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	90941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Ministry of Defence (MOD).</p><p>Unlike the Army, Royal Air Force and Combined Cadet Forces, the Sea Cadet Corps (SCC) is not wholly funded or managed by the MOD. SCC units are independent charities in their own right, affiliated to the Marine Society and Sea Cadets (MSSC), itself an independent charity. The MSSC is responsible for the overall management of cadets and volunteers.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey grouped question UIN 90942 90944 question first answered 23/09/2020 12:38:01 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1235177

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Cadets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the religious denomination of (a) cadets and (b) adults in the Sea Cadet Corps in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	90942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Ministry of Defence (MOD).</p><p>Unlike the Army, Royal Air Force and Combined Cadet Forces, the Sea Cadet Corps (SCC) is not wholly funded or managed by the MOD. SCC units are independent charities in their own right, affiliated to the Marine Society and Sea Cadets (MSSC), itself an independent charity. The MSSC is responsible for the overall management of cadets and volunteers.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey grouped question UIN 90941 90944 question first answered 23/09/2020 12:38:01 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1235179

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Cadets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) abuse allegations, (b) abuse cases referred to the police, (c) volunteers dismissed as a result of abuse allocations were recorded in the Sea Cadet Corps (SCC) in each year since 2017; and how many chaplains serving in the SCC were involved in those cases.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	90944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Ministry of Defence (MOD).</p><p>Unlike the Army, Royal Air Force and Combined Cadet Forces, the Sea Cadet Corps (SCC) is not wholly funded or managed by the MOD. SCC units are independent charities in their own right, affiliated to the Marine Society and Sea Cadets (MSSC), itself an independent charity. The MSSC is responsible for the overall management of cadets and volunteers.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey grouped question UIN 90941 90942 question first answered 23/09/2020 12:38:01 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1235185

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost per flight hour is of the in-service aircraft (a) C130J, (b) C17, (c) E3 AWACS Sentry, (d) A400M, (e) P-8, (f) R1 Sentinel, (g) Rivet Joint and (h) C17.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	90952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>I am withholding the information requested as its release would prejudice commercial interests.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 21/09/2020 09:24:07 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1234379

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will delay the decision on disposal of his Departments land at Chorlton Cum Backford, Chester, until further consultation with (a) previous landowners and (b) local residents has been undertaken.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	90156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>In accordance with the Crichel Down Rules, the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) offered the land at Chorlton Cum Backford, to the former owner. These rules require all Government Departments to offer back surplus land (that meets the conditions set out in the rules) to the former owner at current market value.</p><p>Consultation with the former owner began in September 2019. The former owner has had the opportunity to consider the formal valuation of current market value since June 2020. The former owner has provided his response. The DIO are reviewing the former owner’s proposal.</p><p>If the sale to the former owner does not proceed, then the site will be offered to the open market, in line with Treasury Guidance. This enables consultation with all interested parties, including local residents.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 21/09/2020 16:30:40 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1234409

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Shipbuilding: Hydrogen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the role of hydrogen in decarbonising the naval ship building industry.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	90305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Defence, in his role as Shipbuilding Tsar, is working across Government to support the shipbuilding enterprise. This includes supporting the Department for Transport and Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on how industry can embrace zero emissions technology, including alternative fuels like hydrogen. The Royal Navy are taking actions to reduce carbon emissions where possible and explore alternative fuels.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 90175 question first answered 23/09/2020 16:08:31 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford