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705556

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Body Armour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the roll-out of Virtus body armour to be complete.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	65607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>There have been 20,407 sets of Virtus body armour issued, with further sets to be issued, and the full operating capability for Virtus to occur in <del class="ministerial">2015</del><ins class="ministerial">2025</ins>.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 02/03/2017 16:04:47 question first ministerially corrected 06/03/2017 10:17:04 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin previous answer version 37994 answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

705558

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Body Armour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individual service personnel have received custom-fitted Virtus body armour.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	65603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>As at 28 February 2017, 20,407 sets of Virtus body armour have been issued to land forces. Information on how many of these have been issued by units to individual personnel could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>As at 28 February 2017, the following units have received Virtus body armour:</p><p> </p><p>40 Commando Royal Marines</p><p>42 Commando Royal Marines</p><p>45 Commando Royal Marines</p><p>1 Assault Group Royal Marines</p><p>24 Commando Regiment Royal Engineers</p><p>29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery</p><p>30 Commando Information Exploitation Group Royal Marines</p><p>Commando Logistic Regiment Royal Marines</p><p>Headquarters 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines</p><p>Royal Marines Reserves Bristol</p><p>Royal Marines Reserves London</p><p>Royal Marines Reserves Mersey</p><p>Royal Marines Reserves Scotland</p><p>Commando Training Centre Royal Marines</p><p>Headquarters 16 Air Assault Brigade</p><p>Headquarters Force Troops Command</p><p>1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade</p><p>7 Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery</p><p>The Royal Dragoon Guards</p><p>The Queen’s Royal Hussars</p><p>The King’s Royal Hussars</p><p>The Light Dragoons</p><p>12 Regiment Royal Artillery</p><p>26 Regiment Royal Artillery</p><p>22 Engineer Regiment</p><p>23 Parachute Engineer Regiment</p><p>26 Engineer Regiment</p><p>32 Engineer Regiment</p><p>35 Engineer Regiment</p><p>101 Engineer Regiment (EOD)</p><p>1st Battalion Grenadier Guards</p><p>1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p><p>2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p><p>3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p><p>4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p><p>1st Battalion the Princess of Wales’ Royal Regiment</p><p>1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment</p><p>1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers</p><p>1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment</p><p>2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment</p><p>1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment</p><p>2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment</p><p>2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment</p><p>1st Battalion The Royal Welsh</p><p>2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment</p><p>3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment</p><p>2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles</p><p>2nd Battalion The Rifles</p><p>3rd Battalion The Rifles</p><p>4th Battalion The Rifles</p><p>5th Battalion The Rifles</p><p>3 Regiment Army Air Corps</p><p>13 Air Assault Support Regiment Royal Logistic Corps</p><p>16 Medical Regiment</p><p>7 Air Assault Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers</p><p>Special Operations Regiment Royal Military Police</p><p>The Royal Wessex Yeomanry</p><p>4th Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment</p><p>216 (Parachute) Signal Squadron</p><p>Pathfinders Platoon</p><p>4th Battalion the Parachute Regiment</p><p>Infantry Battle School</p><p>Infantry Training Centre (Catterick)</p><p>Support Weapons School (Warminster)</p><p>Infantry Trials and Development Unit (ITDU)</p><p>RAF Regiment</p><p>2503 (County of Lincoln) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force</p><p>2620 (County of Norfolk) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force</p><p>2622 (Highland) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force</p><p>2623 (East Anglian) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force</p><p>RAF Instructor Training Flight</p><p>Defence HUMINT Unit</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 65602 question first answered 02/03/2017 16:04:06 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

705559

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Body Armour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the roll-out of the Virtus body armour has cost; and how much he expects the total cost of the roll-out to be.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	65604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The cost to date of the Virtus system is £71 million and the total cost is estimated to be circa £228 million (both figures are inclusive of VAT).</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 02/03/2017 16:02:32 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

705560

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Body Armour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which regiments have received Virtus body armour.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	65602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>As at 28 February 2017, 20,407 sets of Virtus body armour have been issued to land forces. Information on how many of these have been issued by units to individual personnel could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>As at 28 February 2017, the following units have received Virtus body armour:</p><p> </p><p>40 Commando Royal Marines</p><p>42 Commando Royal Marines</p><p>45 Commando Royal Marines</p><p>1 Assault Group Royal Marines</p><p>24 Commando Regiment Royal Engineers</p><p>29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery</p><p>30 Commando Information Exploitation Group Royal Marines</p><p>Commando Logistic Regiment Royal Marines</p><p>Headquarters 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines</p><p>Royal Marines Reserves Bristol</p><p>Royal Marines Reserves London</p><p>Royal Marines Reserves Mersey</p><p>Royal Marines Reserves Scotland</p><p>Commando Training Centre Royal Marines</p><p>Headquarters 16 Air Assault Brigade</p><p>Headquarters Force Troops Command</p><p>1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade</p><p>7 Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery</p><p>The Royal Dragoon Guards</p><p>The Queen’s Royal Hussars</p><p>The King’s Royal Hussars</p><p>The Light Dragoons</p><p>12 Regiment Royal Artillery</p><p>26 Regiment Royal Artillery</p><p>22 Engineer Regiment</p><p>23 Parachute Engineer Regiment</p><p>26 Engineer Regiment</p><p>32 Engineer Regiment</p><p>35 Engineer Regiment</p><p>101 Engineer Regiment (EOD)</p><p>1st Battalion Grenadier Guards</p><p>1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p><p>2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p><p>3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p><p>4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p><p>1st Battalion the Princess of Wales’ Royal Regiment</p><p>1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment</p><p>1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers</p><p>1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment</p><p>2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment</p><p>1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment</p><p>2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment</p><p>2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment</p><p>1st Battalion The Royal Welsh</p><p>2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment</p><p>3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment</p><p>2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles</p><p>2nd Battalion The Rifles</p><p>3rd Battalion The Rifles</p><p>4th Battalion The Rifles</p><p>5th Battalion The Rifles</p><p>3 Regiment Army Air Corps</p><p>13 Air Assault Support Regiment Royal Logistic Corps</p><p>16 Medical Regiment</p><p>7 Air Assault Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers</p><p>Special Operations Regiment Royal Military Police</p><p>The Royal Wessex Yeomanry</p><p>4th Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment</p><p>216 (Parachute) Signal Squadron</p><p>Pathfinders Platoon</p><p>4th Battalion the Parachute Regiment</p><p>Infantry Battle School</p><p>Infantry Training Centre (Catterick)</p><p>Support Weapons School (Warminster)</p><p>Infantry Trials and Development Unit (ITDU)</p><p>RAF Regiment</p><p>2503 (County of Lincoln) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force</p><p>2620 (County of Norfolk) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force</p><p>2622 (Highland) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force</p><p>2623 (East Anglian) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force</p><p>RAF Instructor Training Flight</p><p>Defence HUMINT Unit</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 65603 question first answered 02/03/2017 16:04:06 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

670175

registered interest
date	09/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Weddings
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 9 May 2016 to Question 35843 to the hon. Member for Bridgend, what the outcomes were of the pilot project implemented to explore registering Ministry of Defence sites for civil marriages and partnerships including same-sex unions.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	59184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The pilot project identified a number of sites that may be suitable for registration to carry out civil marriages and partnerships.</p><p>Officials visited these sites to identify those which would be most likely to meet the requirements for licensing for civil marriages without impacting Ministry of Defence (MOD) operations or Security.</p><p>Officials are in discussion with the Registrar General regarding how best to implement their Guidance on the approval of sites for use for civil marriages and partnerships to MOD sites, after which the shortlisted sites will be taken through the local authority run licencing process which can take up to 12 weeks per site.</p><p>In addition sites in Scotland can also be used for civil marriages and partnerships without registration. Any request to use Scottish sites for civil marriages and partnerships would be dependent on security and ongoing MOD training use.</p><p>If the initial registration of sites through the pilot project is successful, and once MOD has a clear understanding of the process, other sites will be considered for submission as suitable venues.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/01/2017 16:57:33 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

650283

registered interest
date	02/12/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral statement of 7 November 2016, Official Report, column 1286, on the Defence Estate, how many (a) military and (b) civilian personnel are based at each of the sites identified to be disposed of by 2040.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	55968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>The military and civilian personnel based at each site identified for disposal by 2040 as made in the oral statement of November 2016 are shown in the attached table:</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 07/12/2016 14:26:31 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name PQN16-17-2016-08245 -11783.docx title Defence Sites
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

638646

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 8 November 2016, Armed Forces Pension Scheme - Advance from the Contingencies Fund, HCWS249, when he was first made aware of the shortfall in the net cash requirement amount for the Armed Forces Pension and Compensation Schemes.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	53724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 16 November 2016 to Question 52701 to the hon. Member for Chesterfield (Mr Perkins).</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 23/11/2016 16:40:19 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name 20161116_52701_Armed_Forces_Pensions.docx title 52701 - WQnA on Armed Forces Pensions
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

638647

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 8 November 2016, Armed Forces Pension Scheme - Advance from the Contingencies Fund, HCWS249, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to ensure that shortfalls in the net cash requirement amounts do not arise in the future.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	53725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 16 November 2016 to Question 52704 to the hon. Member for Chesterfield (Mr Perkins). Ministry of Defence officials continue to work with their Treasury counterparts to ensure this error does not arise in the future.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 23/11/2016 16:28:27 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name 20161116_52704_WQnA_extract_on_Public_Expenditure.docx title 52704 - WQnA extract on Public Expenditure
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

637838

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many defence estates sites whose closure was announced on 7 November 2016 are potentially affected by the Crichel Down Rules; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	53400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>“A Better Defence Estate” is a military-led review.</p><p> </p><p>All sites that have been identified for disposal will be disposed of in accordance with the standard procedures mandated by HM Treasury, which ensure best value is achieved for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>This process involves determining if any site is impacted by the Crichel Down Rules. It is too early at this time to say how many of the sites may be affected.</p><p> </p><p>All sites will also be subject to assessment to determine if there are any contamination or safety issues. Any issues will either be rectified prior to sale or made known to potential purchasers, depending on the individual circumstances of the sale in line with Departmental policy.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the disposals process other public bodies will have an opportunity to express an interest in a site.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence recognises the historical significance of designated sites that have been identified for disposal and, where this is applicable, appropriate maintenance plans will be explicitly part of the tender process.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 53399 53426 question first answered 21/11/2016 16:10:03 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

637839

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the economic effect of the defence estate closures announced on 7 November 2016 on each local community affected.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	53401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The Better Defence Estate strategy has been developed using military advice from the Front Line Commands as well as the Chief of Defence People. Its purpose is to optimise infrastructure to support military capability.</p><p>Consolidating the estate enables us to release sites which do not effectively accommodate the capabilities based there and invest in significantly better facilities to support the men and women of our Armed Forces. It will also enable greater certainty for service families, with an estate designed around regional and capability clusters.</p><p>Following the announcement of the strategy, the Ministry of Defence will now begin engagement with the relevant Local Authorities on how to take forward the disposal of each site and where there are potential opportunities to maximise both enhance local economic development as well as value for money for Defence.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 21/11/2016 16:16:24 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith