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1146035

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to row V of the table headed Spending in Departmental Expenditure Limits on page 47 of the Central Government Supply Estimates 2019-20: Main Supply Estimates, published in May 2019, if he will publish a breakdown of the spending allocation under the heading Operations Other Costs and Services.
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	uin	290903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is committed to appropriate transparency of its finances, and we make regular reports to Parliament on our expenditure as well as being subject to regular National Audit Office studies on various aspects of our expenditure. In particular, we produce an account of the Department's actual expenditure every year in the Annual Report and Accounts, and we also publish annually a detailed report on the Equipment Plan, focusing on departmental spending on the procurement and support of military equipment. These reports set out actual expenditure at the end of the relevant financial year. We published the 2018-19 Annual Report before the summer recess and the equipment plan report is due to be published later this year.</p><p>The figures concerned are estimates and are subject to variations in expenditure that take place throughout the year as the Department undertakes its business. The definitive record of our expenditure is set out in the Annual Report and Accounts and Equipment Plan. The Annual Report for the year ending 31 March 2020 will be published in summer 2020 and the Equipment Plan 2019 is due to be published later this year. The latest versions of both publications can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-defence-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-19</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-defence-equipment-plan-2018</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 290891 290892 290893 290894 290895 290904 290905 290906 290907 291097 291098 291099 291100 question first answered 30/09/2019 16:51:41 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1146036

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to row W of the table headed Spending in Departmental Expenditure Limits on page 47 of the Central Government Supply Estimates 2019-20: Main Supply Estimates, published in May 2019, if he will publish a breakdown of the spending allocation under the heading Operations Receipts and other Income.
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	uin	290904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is committed to appropriate transparency of its finances, and we make regular reports to Parliament on our expenditure as well as being subject to regular National Audit Office studies on various aspects of our expenditure. In particular, we produce an account of the Department's actual expenditure every year in the Annual Report and Accounts, and we also publish annually a detailed report on the Equipment Plan, focusing on departmental spending on the procurement and support of military equipment. These reports set out actual expenditure at the end of the relevant financial year. We published the 2018-19 Annual Report before the summer recess and the equipment plan report is due to be published later this year.</p><p>The figures concerned are estimates and are subject to variations in expenditure that take place throughout the year as the Department undertakes its business. The definitive record of our expenditure is set out in the Annual Report and Accounts and Equipment Plan. The Annual Report for the year ending 31 March 2020 will be published in summer 2020 and the Equipment Plan 2019 is due to be published later this year. The latest versions of both publications can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-defence-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-19</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-defence-equipment-plan-2018</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 290891 290892 290893 290894 290895 290903 290905 290906 290907 291097 291098 291099 291100 question first answered 30/09/2019 16:51:41 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1146037

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to row X of the table headed Spending in Departmental Expenditure Limits on page 47 of the Central Government Supply Estimates 2019-20: Main Supply Estimates, published in May 2019, if he will publish a breakdown of the spending allocation under the heading Operations Capital Single Use Military Equipment.
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	uin	290905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is committed to appropriate transparency of its finances, and we make regular reports to Parliament on our expenditure as well as being subject to regular National Audit Office studies on various aspects of our expenditure. In particular, we produce an account of the Department's actual expenditure every year in the Annual Report and Accounts, and we also publish annually a detailed report on the Equipment Plan, focusing on departmental spending on the procurement and support of military equipment. These reports set out actual expenditure at the end of the relevant financial year. We published the 2018-19 Annual Report before the summer recess and the equipment plan report is due to be published later this year.</p><p>The figures concerned are estimates and are subject to variations in expenditure that take place throughout the year as the Department undertakes its business. The definitive record of our expenditure is set out in the Annual Report and Accounts and Equipment Plan. The Annual Report for the year ending 31 March 2020 will be published in summer 2020 and the Equipment Plan 2019 is due to be published later this year. The latest versions of both publications can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-defence-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-19</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-defence-equipment-plan-2018</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 290891 290892 290893 290894 290895 290903 290904 290906 290907 291097 291098 291099 291100 question first answered 30/09/2019 16:51:41 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1146039

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to row Y of the table headed Spending in Departmental Expenditure Limits on page 47 of the Central Government Supply Estimates 2019-20: Main Supply Estimates, published in May 2019, if he will publish a breakdown of the spending allocation under the heading Non-Departmental Public Bodies Costs (net).
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	uin	290906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is committed to appropriate transparency of its finances, and we make regular reports to Parliament on our expenditure as well as being subject to regular National Audit Office studies on various aspects of our expenditure. In particular, we produce an account of the Department's actual expenditure every year in the Annual Report and Accounts, and we also publish annually a detailed report on the Equipment Plan, focusing on departmental spending on the procurement and support of military equipment. These reports set out actual expenditure at the end of the relevant financial year. We published the 2018-19 Annual Report before the summer recess and the equipment plan report is due to be published later this year.</p><p>The figures concerned are estimates and are subject to variations in expenditure that take place throughout the year as the Department undertakes its business. The definitive record of our expenditure is set out in the Annual Report and Accounts and Equipment Plan. The Annual Report for the year ending 31 March 2020 will be published in summer 2020 and the Equipment Plan 2019 is due to be published later this year. The latest versions of both publications can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-defence-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-19</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-defence-equipment-plan-2018</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 290891 290892 290893 290894 290895 290903 290904 290905 290907 291097 291098 291099 291100 question first answered 30/09/2019 16:51:41 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1146040

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to row Z of the table headed Spending in Departmental Expenditure Limits on page 47 of the Central Government Supply Estimates 2019-20: Main Supply Estimates, published in May 2019, if he will publish a breakdown of the spending allocation under the heading Defence Capability Admin Service Personnel Costs.
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	uin	290907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is committed to appropriate transparency of its finances, and we make regular reports to Parliament on our expenditure as well as being subject to regular National Audit Office studies on various aspects of our expenditure. In particular, we produce an account of the Department's actual expenditure every year in the Annual Report and Accounts, and we also publish annually a detailed report on the Equipment Plan, focusing on departmental spending on the procurement and support of military equipment. These reports set out actual expenditure at the end of the relevant financial year. We published the 2018-19 Annual Report before the summer recess and the equipment plan report is due to be published later this year.</p><p>The figures concerned are estimates and are subject to variations in expenditure that take place throughout the year as the Department undertakes its business. The definitive record of our expenditure is set out in the Annual Report and Accounts and Equipment Plan. The Annual Report for the year ending 31 March 2020 will be published in summer 2020 and the Equipment Plan 2019 is due to be published later this year. The latest versions of both publications can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-defence-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-19</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-defence-equipment-plan-2018</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 290891 290892 290893 290894 290895 290903 290904 290905 290906 291097 291098 291099 291100 question first answered 30/09/2019 16:51:41 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1146236

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Energy Supply
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which provider supplies energy to his Department; how much CO2 was emitted through his Department’s energy consumption in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the criteria his Department uses to select an energy supplier includes how environmentally friendly the supplier is; and what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from its energy use.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	291002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>A list of the providers who supply energy to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Type of Energy</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Name of Supplier/s</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electricity (metered non-half hourly)</p></td><td><p>British Gas Business</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electricity (metered half hourly)</p></td><td><p>EDF</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas</p></td><td><p>Corona</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LPG</p></td><td><p>Flogas and Calor</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Biomass</p></td><td><p>Forest Fuels</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas in Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>Firmus</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electricity in Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>Veridian trading as Energia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oil</p></td><td><p>Certas Energy UK Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oil</p></td><td><p>Certas Energy UK Ltd trading as Scottish Fuels</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oil</p></td><td><p>Highland Fuels Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oil</p></td><td><p>Oil NRG</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oil</p></td><td><p>WFL UK Limited - a World Fuel Services company</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oil</p></td><td><p>Standard Fuel Oils Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oil</p></td><td><p>LCC Group</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The latest published Greening Government Commitment figures for MOD CO<sub>2</sub> emissions are for 2018/19 and cover the UK estate. 827,829 tonnes of CO<sub>2</sub> were emitted in that year. This represented a 42% reduction against a 2009/10 baseline, compared to a 2020 target of 40%.</p><p> </p><p>The criteria used to select energy suppliers, is set by Crown Commercial Services.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD has taken a number of steps to reduce CO<sub>2</sub> emissions including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Estate rationalisation and optimisation;</li><li>Introduction of Energy Master Plans;</li><li>Participation in the Cabinet Office and BEIS Modern Energy Partners initiative pilot programme to use the scale of the central Government public sector estate to accelerate deployment of sophisticated clean energy solutions.</li><li>Introduction of spend to save programmes using proven technology such as LED lighting; installation of dynamic boiler management Uunits and automated urinal flushing units;</li><li>Piloting energy performance contracts and largescale ground mounted solar Photovoltaic arrays; and</li><li>Entering into a power purchase agreement for the supply of low carbon renewable electricity to RAF Marham.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 01/10/2019 15:44:38 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1145765

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a proportion of the additional £2.2 billion announced in the Spending Round 2019 for the armed forces can be allocated towards increasing the headcount of procurement-related civil servants and support services.
	tabling member constituency	South East Cornwall
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sheryll Murray
	uin	290758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>This additional funding will enable our world-class Armed Forces to begin to modernise and meet the intensifying threats and risks we now face, including prioritising investment in key capabilities such as shipbuilding, offensive cyber and the nuclear deterrent. We will decide on the allocation of this funding as part of our normal financial planning and budgeting process.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 01/10/2019 14:03:10 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4100 label Biography information for Mrs Sheryll Murray

1146142

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Stonehouse Barracks: Royal Marines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish new basing arrangements for the Royal Marines based at Stonehouse Barracks in Plymouth.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	291125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 9 September 2019, to Question 287622.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 01/10/2019 13:57:30 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1146280

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Navy: Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress the Royal Navy has made on the development of the NavyX project; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	291158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>Since being established on 1 April 2019, NavyX is pursuing 15 autonomy projects across the above-water, surface, underwater and littoral environments. Recent activity has included delivering the first live trial, integrating autonomous vessels with HMS ARGYLL at the Defence and Security Equipment International event earlier this month.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 30/09/2019 16:56:22 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1146031

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Civil Disorder
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the armed forces will be used to police civil unrest in the event that the scenarios outlined in Operation Yellowhammer: HMG Reasonable Worst Case Planning Assumptions occur.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	290659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has been working across Government, including with the Home Office and the National Police Chiefs' Council, to ensure that Government is adequately prepared for the range of YELLOWHAMMER Planning Assumptions. The maintenance of public order is the responsibility of the police. There are no plans to utilise military personnel in the event of civil unrest in the event of a no-deal Brexit.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 30/09/2019 15:05:37 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett