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1607046

registered interest
date	24/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Peter Brown
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's recent research into the service history of Flight Sergeant Peter Brown established whether he was paid the same rate of (a) war service gratuity payment and (b) post war service credit upon leaving the Royal Air Force in 1950 as white service personnel of the same rank engaged in the same duties discharged in the same period.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	172999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>Flight Sergeant Brown would have received exactly the same renumeration as any other member of the Royal Air Force with the same rank, trade, and seniority, regardless of race or ethnicity.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 29/03/2023 12:54:32 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1607087

registered interest
date	24/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Mull of Kintyre Crash Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the The Mull of Kintyre Review, HC 1348, published July 2011, what assessment he has made of the implications of that review on similar cases that occurred between 1983 and 2011.
tabling member constituency	Grantham and Stamford
tabling member printed	Gareth Davies
uin	173114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The Mull of Kintyre review was instrumental in the replacement of Boards of Inquiry with Service Inquiries. As the hon. Member will be aware, a Service Inquiry is an inquiry held under statute and is not permitted to apportion blame or find negligence, but rather seeks to identify where there are lessons to help prevent recurrence.</p><p>It is not possible to overturn aspects of Boards of Inquiry held in the past without full reinvestigation of the original incident, and it would not be benificial to re-open any such inquiries, where it is deemed there are no lessons to be identified for the Service, such as where aircraft are no longer in service for example.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 30/03/2023 09:57:50 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies

1607090

registered interest
date	24/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Aviation
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 23 March 2023 to Question 169225 on Ministry of Defence: Aviation, on how many occasions he has travelled overseas on non-scheduled flights with members of (a) the media and (b) business delegations in the travelling party in the period since 1 January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	173003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>Figures for media and business delegation attendance for all international travel events between 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2022 are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Business delegations attending</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Media attending</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Details for the current period will be available once they are confirmed and released as part of the quarterly published Transparency returns on Gov.UK.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 29/03/2023 16:31:34 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1607127

registered interest
date	24/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether in the context of the war in Ukraine he has recently reviewed the potential for future use of the AJAX vehicles in (a) surveillance and (b) reconnaissance.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	172970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department continues to study and learn lessons from the conflict in Ukraine. Ajax remains wholly relevant to future warfighting and forms a vital part of the Army system of systems that enables combined arms operations. The open digital architecture and capacity to upgrade Ajax through life ensures it can integrate new systems and evolve to meet emerging threats. As we progressively bring the platform into service, we will continue to test our employment assumptions against the lessons of current conflicts to maximise the opportunities that AJAX presents as part of a combined arms force.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 29/03/2023 12:52:10 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1607128

registered interest
date	24/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the written statement entitled Ajax Payments Update, UIN HCWS652, made by the Minister for Defence Procurement on 20 March 2023, how many (a) operational AJAX vehicles and (b) trained personnel will comprise the trained and deployable squadron to meet initial operating capability.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	172971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>As laid out in my response to Question 169217, achieving Initial Operating Capability (IOC) requires 50 vehicles to be delivered in total. In addition to the 27 identified for the deployable squadron, the remaining 23 will be used by the Army to train crews and maintainers.</p><p> </p><p>It is anticipated that circa 115 trained, deployable personnel will be required at IOC as crew, however the precise breakdown will be determined closer to the time depending on operational requirements.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 29/03/2023 15:40:58 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk attachment 1 file name UIN 169217.docx title Ajax Vehicles
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1607129

registered interest
date	24/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the written statement entitled Ajax Payments Update, UIN HCWS652, made by the Minister for Defence Procurement on 20 March 2023, when his Department will pay the balance of the payments to General Dynamics Land Systems UK for the AJAX programme withheld since December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	172972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>Future payments will be made against the new schedule and its milestones, conditional on the delivery of compliant and deployable Ajax vehicles and continued progress of remaining trials activity. All payments will be conditional on continued satisfactory progress against the revised contracted schedule and full payment will not be made until all 589 vehicles have been delivered to the contracted requirement. Further specific contractual information remains commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 172973 172974 question first answered 29/03/2023 12:52:53 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1607130

registered interest
date	24/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the written statement entitled Ajax Payments Update, UIN HCWS652, made by the Minister for Defence Procurement on 20 March 2023, whether the balance of the payments to General Dynamics Land Systems UK for the AJAX programme, withheld since December 2020, will be paid irrespective of the new schedule and its milestones.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	172973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>Future payments will be made against the new schedule and its milestones, conditional on the delivery of compliant and deployable Ajax vehicles and continued progress of remaining trials activity. All payments will be conditional on continued satisfactory progress against the revised contracted schedule and full payment will not be made until all 589 vehicles have been delivered to the contracted requirement. Further specific contractual information remains commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 172972 172974 question first answered 29/03/2023 12:52:53 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1607131

registered interest
date	24/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the written statement entitled Ajax Payments Update, UIN HCWS652, made by the Minister for Defence Procurement on 20 March 2023, at which future milestones in the new schedule future contract payments to General Dynamics Land Systems UK for the AJAX programme will become payable.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	172974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>Future payments will be made against the new schedule and its milestones, conditional on the delivery of compliant and deployable Ajax vehicles and continued progress of remaining trials activity. All payments will be conditional on continued satisfactory progress against the revised contracted schedule and full payment will not be made until all 589 vehicles have been delivered to the contracted requirement. Further specific contractual information remains commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 172972 172973 question first answered 29/03/2023 12:52:54 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1607132

registered interest
date	24/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the written statement entitled Ajax Payments Update, UIN HCWS652, made by the Minister for Defence Procurement on 20 March 2023, who met or will meet the costs of the user validation trials for the AJAX programme.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	172975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The User Validation Trials were bespoke trials to establish the effectiveness of the proposed Ajax modifications, conducted jointly with General Dynamics. General Dynamics bore all of their costs associated with this activity and the Ministry of Defence bore approximately £650,000 in costs for the preparation, execution and analysis of the independent monitoring and instrumentation necessary for these joint trials.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 172339 question first answered 28/03/2023 15:37:30 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1607133

registered interest
date	24/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Lessons Learned Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who in his Department has had access to the draft Sheldon report on the Ajax lessons learned review.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	172976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>Clive Sheldon KC shared his initial draft report with the Second Permanent Secretary, as part of his most recent progress update, and with those officials involved in or supporting the representations process, which includes fact-checking and suggesting refinements to the recommendations as well as the Maxwellisation exercise. As is usual practice, Mr Sheldon will decide which comments to accept.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 30/03/2023 10:44:48 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey