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818658

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Ocean
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has approved the sale of HMS Ocean to Brazil.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	121422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Discussions with the Government of Brazil about the sale of HMS OCEAN are ongoing, but no decisions have been made.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 10/01/2018 17:13:30 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

923355

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Tankers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Wave-class RFA tankers are planned to enter service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	153441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to sell the Wave Class ships to Brazil. No further Wave Class ships will enter service as the Royal Fleet Auxiliary is receiving four Tide Class tankers: Tidespring, Tiderace, Tidesurge and Tideforce. These ships will support the Royal Navy over the next 10 years.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb grouped question UIN 153440 153443 question first answered 18/06/2018 16:01:03 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

825758

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Former Members
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former Conservative Members of Parliament who were defeated at the 2017 general election and who now work in his Department were appointed after a publicly advertised and open recruitment process.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	123825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>Records held by the Ministry of Defence indicate that no former Conservative Members of Parliament who were defeated in the General Election of 2017 are currently employed as members of the Senior Civil Service (SCS). Information on the previous employment history of Civil Servants below SCS is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 30/01/2018 15:02:15 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

844053

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Ocean
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the crew of HMS Ocean will (a) remain in Devonport, (b) transfer to Portsmouth, (c) transfer to other Royal Navy bases and (d) leave the Royal Navy after the ship is decommissioned.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	128170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>There will be no change in the level of Ministry of Defence civilian staff at Devonport as a result of the sale of HMS OCEAN.</p><p>The number of Royal Navy (RN) personnel in Devonport changes on a daily basis. As part of normal career management of RN personnel, those serving in HMS OCEAN will be individually re-assigned. These assignments will be determined by the skills required to deliver RN tasking, while taking into account individual preferences.</p><p>A breakdown of these assignments by location could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb grouped question UIN 128167 question first answered 27/02/2018 14:31:08 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

844050

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Ocean
	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 net change in levels of employment in (a) Royal Navy personnel and (b) civilian staff supporting such personnel at Devonport resulting from the sale of HMS Ocean to Brazil.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	128167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>There will be no change in the level of Ministry of Defence civilian staff at Devonport as a result of the sale of HMS OCEAN.</p><p>The number of Royal Navy (RN) personnel in Devonport changes on a daily basis. As part of normal career management of RN personnel, those serving in HMS OCEAN will be individually re-assigned. These assignments will be determined by the skills required to deliver RN tasking, while taking into account individual preferences.</p><p>A breakdown of these assignments by location could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb grouped question UIN 128170 question first answered 27/02/2018 14:31:08 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

818659

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Ocean
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what postings he plans for the crew of HMS Ocean following its decommissioning.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	121423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>As part of normal career management of Royal Navy (RN) personnel, those serving in HMS OCEAN will be individually re-assigned. These assignments will be determined by the skills required to deliver RN tasking, while taking into account individual preferences.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 15/01/2018 16:59:15 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

887193

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2018
	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: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on its four-year assessment phase of the procurement process for new fleet solid support ships for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	136757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>In line with the strategy to procure the Fleet Solid Support ships through international competition, the programme has recently completed a period of market engagement with UK and global shipbuilders. These informal discussions have helped us to better understand the technical challenges and cost drivers of the project. We are planning to launch the formal competition to build the ships in summer of this year, and award the main build contract in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 24/04/2018 15:16:56 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

844046

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Metals: Theft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he has received on the status of Royal Navy war graves on the shipwrecks of HMS Electra, HMS Exeter and HMS Encounter near Indonesia and Malaysia and on similar wrecks in other areas of the world at risk from metal scavengers.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	128394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are aware that the Java Sea wrecks HMS EXETER and HMS ENCOUNTER have been almost completely salvaged, while HMS ELECTRA has been partially salvaged. We are working with the Indonesian government to agree protected status for British World War II (WWII) wrecks in Indonesian waters. We are also aware that the wrecks HMS REPULSE and HMS PRINCE OF WALES near the coast of Malaysia have been partially salvaged. They are designated as 'Protected Places' under the United Kingdom's Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.</p><p>In response to media reports that human remains, which may include British sailors and soldiers, have been removed from WWII wreck sites in the Java Sea, the British Ambassador to Indonesia has written to the Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs raising these concerns and asking the Indonesian authorities to investigate.</p><p>If further evidence confirms that military remains have been removed and placed in a mass grave, we will consider the options to ensure that our Servicemen are appropriately commemorated. In the event that the remains prove to be conclusively those of British Service personnel, the Ministry of Defence, with support from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, would arrange for a dignified funeral and the marking of their final resting place.</p><p>Where we have evidence of desecration of the wrecks of Royal Navy vessels, we will take appropriate action, including working with regional Governments and partners to prevent inappropriate activity at such sites. It should be appreciated however that, given the vast locations of Royal Navy wrecks around the world, that there are limitations on what protection we can provide.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 128164 128395 question first answered 27/02/2018 14:39:05 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

844048

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Metals: Theft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to deter metal scavenging from shipwrecks and war graves.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	128164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are aware that the Java Sea wrecks HMS EXETER and HMS ENCOUNTER have been almost completely salvaged, while HMS ELECTRA has been partially salvaged. We are working with the Indonesian government to agree protected status for British World War II (WWII) wrecks in Indonesian waters. We are also aware that the wrecks HMS REPULSE and HMS PRINCE OF WALES near the coast of Malaysia have been partially salvaged. They are designated as 'Protected Places' under the United Kingdom's Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.</p><p>In response to media reports that human remains, which may include British sailors and soldiers, have been removed from WWII wreck sites in the Java Sea, the British Ambassador to Indonesia has written to the Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs raising these concerns and asking the Indonesian authorities to investigate.</p><p>If further evidence confirms that military remains have been removed and placed in a mass grave, we will consider the options to ensure that our Servicemen are appropriately commemorated. In the event that the remains prove to be conclusively those of British Service personnel, the Ministry of Defence, with support from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, would arrange for a dignified funeral and the marking of their final resting place.</p><p>Where we have evidence of desecration of the wrecks of Royal Navy vessels, we will take appropriate action, including working with regional Governments and partners to prevent inappropriate activity at such sites. It should be appreciated however that, given the vast locations of Royal Navy wrecks around the world, that there are limitations on what protection we can provide.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 128394 128395 question first answered 27/02/2018 14:39:05 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

887882

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2018
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a decision on the base-porting arrangements of the new Type 26 frigates will be announced in the report of the defence modernisation programme.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	136877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>As we move towards the Type 26 Global Combat Ships entering service with the Royal Navy in the 2020s, preparations will include consideration of their future base-porting. This is part of normal forward planning and an announcement will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 27/04/2018 13:14:47 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard