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1361154

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date	19/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Taliban: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment the Government has made of the role of (a) Whatsapp, (b) Signal, (c) Telegram and (d) other social media messaging services in Taliban military command, control and communications in (i) totality and (ii) the summer 2021 advance on Kabul; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	58996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>It is not Ministry of Defence policy to comment on intelligence matters.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 22/10/2021 09:23:29 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1361220

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Training
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 October 2021 to Question 52414, how many and what proportion of his Department's staff have received their refresher training for information security.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	58730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>All Ministry of Defence (MOD) personnel are required to undertake initial and refresher training to ensure they can recognise threats to security and can respond appropriately. The mandated training is the Defence Information Management Passport (DIMP) online course, which must be retaken every three years, and annual attendance at a General Security Threat Brief (this covers all elements of protective security and includes information and cyber security).</p><p>In the period 1 February 2021 (when Version six was introduced) to 4 October 2021, a total of <del class="ministerial">81,306</del><ins class="ministerial">12,520</ins> MOD <ins class="ministerial">civil service</ins> staff completed or refreshed their DIMP in accordance with the three-yearly cycle. Completion data is not held by grade within the Defence Learning Environment. Longer term training records will be held locally by business units, but collating this information would involve going out to all sites across MOD, and this would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>General Security Threat Briefs are delivered locally, and no data regarding attendance is held centrally. Again, collating this information would involve going out to all sites across MOD, and this would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 22/10/2021 13:11:07 question first ministerially corrected 25/01/2022 12:13:41 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty previous answer version 26264 answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1361283

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his oral contribution of 21 September 2021, Official Report, column 151, whether he will offer a Privy Council briefing on the security situation on the ground in Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	58731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>The Secretary of State will offer a briefing on Privy Council terms and has asked officials to make the necessary arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 22/10/2021 13:58:42 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1361299

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of excluding dependents over the age of 18 as part of Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy on eligible family’s wellbeing; and what support is being offered to families affected by that policy.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	58873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>Under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP), an eligible applicant can be accompanied by a spouse over the age of 18 and their dependent children under the age of 18, however we will always consider exceptionally compelling and compassionate circumstances for additional dependants on a case-by-case basis.</p><p>The ARAP Leave Outside The Rules (LOTR) scheme is enduring, and under this the ARAP team continue to consider and accept additional family members of ARAP eligible individuals for relocation where those family members are highly vulnerable, at risk and dependant on the primary applicant.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 22/10/2021 12:48:42 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1361300

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce timescales in responding to Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy applicants; and what assessment he has made of the effect of current timescales on the risk to life for applicants.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	58874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>The Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) team at PJHQ continues to be augmented with additional staff to conduct detailed casework on outstanding applications and make the most appropriate eligibility decisions on these applications. As at 19 October the ARAP team has 59 members of staff from across the MOD to assist with this work.</p><p>Work is ongoing to reform the workflows within the ARAP team, including the revision of how and when the team communicates with ARAP applicants. Changes to this process continue to be implemented to improve the efficiency of the ARAP application process and ensure the safety of eligible applicants.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 22/10/2021 12:49:44 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1361421

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Aircraft Carriers: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made of the award of the tender for the Queen Elizabeth Class dry dock contract.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
uin	58892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is currently conducting a commercial competition for Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier dry-docking periods, with work ongoing to identify a preferred bidder. This process is expected to conclude in early 2022, with the first dry-docking period planned for 2023.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 22/10/2021 09:45:53 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

1361422

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 23 Frigates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which year each Royal Navy Type 23 frigate will be retired.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	58732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>As the Rt Hon. Member is aware HMS Monmouth was decommissioned in June 2021, on current plans the remainder of the class will be incrementally retired before the last exit from service in 2035.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 22/10/2021 12:42:41 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1361424

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what year he estimates the (a) Type 26, (b) Type 31 and (c) Type 32 will enter service.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	58733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>For details on Type 26 and Type 31, I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given by my noble Friend, the Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence (Baroness Goldie), on 9 March 2021 to Question HL13634 in the House of Lords and the answer I gave to the Rt Hon. Member for North Durham on 5 March 2021 to Question 22374.</p><p>Type 32 remains in the conceptual phase, however on current projected plans, the expected in-service date is in the early 2030s.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 22/10/2021 12:44:47 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name Hansards.docx title Frigates
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1361431

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Shipping
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 8 September 2021 to Question 41708, on Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Shipping, and his letter dated 29 September 2021, for all periods of planned maintenance on (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Fleet Auxiliary surface vessels between 2017 and 2021 that finished later than originally scheduled, what the average delay was to the completion of the maintenance period (a) in number of weeks and (b) as a proportion of the originally planned time.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	58746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>Unfortunately, it will take some time to collate and analyse the information requested. To ensure I can provide as much detail as possible, I will write to the Rt Hon. Member with the detail requested once it has been gathered and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 22/10/2021 09:47:18 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1361433

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Shipping
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 8 September 2021 to Question 41708, on Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Shipping, and his letter dated 29 September, for all periods of planned maintenance on (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Fleet Auxiliary surface vessels between 2017 and 2021, if he will provide details of (a) which contractors undertook that maintenance and (b) the number of projects each contractor completed later than scheduled.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	58747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>Unfortunately, it will take some time to collate and analyse the information requested. To ensure I can provide as much detail as possible, I will write to the Rt Hon. Member with the detail requested once it has been collated and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 22/10/2021 09:47:40 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones