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988687

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether gagging clauses have been used in contracts drawn up between his Department and any charities, voluntary sector organisations, social enterprises or companies with the intention of stopping any criticism of Ministers of his Department.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	180071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>Ministry of Defence policy is to use standard contract conditions to prevent the unauthorised disclosure of information for a variety of legitimate reasons, including protection of national security, commercial confidentiality and personal data. However, they would not stop criticism of Ministers or the Department as these conditions only protect information supplied in connection with or under the contract.</p><p>Information on bespoke contract conditions is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 23/10/2018 14:03:45 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

982503

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Brexit
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 13 March 2018 on Spring Statement, HCWS540, how much of that funding he has allocated to (a) programmes, (b) administration and (c) staffing in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	175816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence was allocated £12.7 million for costs arising as the UK leaves the EU in the Government's Spring Statement 2018. The final breakdown between programme and administration spend will be confirmed in the Supplementary Estimates.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 16/10/2018 16:40:53 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

964436

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost to the public purse of his Department’s work preparing for the UK to leave the EU has been since 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	168896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Treasury has allocated over £2 billion of additional funding to Departments and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:</p><ul><li>£412 million of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.</li></ul><ul><li>£286 million of additional funding for financial year (FY) 2017-18, a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 2017-18 available at the following link.</li></ul><ul><ul><li>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf.</li></ul></ul><ul><li>Over £1.5 billion of additional funding for FY 2018-19 . A full breakdown of which can be found in the Chief Secretary's Written Ministerial Statement (HCWS540) of 13 March 2018.</li></ul> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/09/2018 15:07:40 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

964446

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Brexit
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 cost to his Department of leaving the EU in accordance with (a) the proposals set out in the Government’s White Paper and (b) a no-deal scenario.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	168906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>At Autumn Budget 2017, the Chancellor set aside £1.5 billion of additional funding for EU Exit preparations in Financial Year (FY) 2019-20. Departments will be invited to bid for FY 2019-20 EU Exit preparation funding later in the year. Details of timings and process will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/09/2018 11:09:59 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

964524

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence,what the cost to the public purse has been of his Department hiring additional staff to cover issues related to the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	168932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has a small central team who have been appointed to deal exclusively with Defence issues relating to the UK's decision to leave the EU. This team draws on a range of colleagues from across the MOD who support EU exit related work, in addition to their normal duties. Given the interactions between EU exit work and the MOD's other priorities it is not possible to provide an accurate assessment of these costs. answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/09/2018 10:11:51 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

947262

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Integrated Activity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what resources his Department received from the Integrated Activity Fund in financial year 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	167846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the of Minister of State for the Middle East at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr Alistair Burt) on 11 July 2018 to Question 161132 to the hon. Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (Mr Jonathan Edwards).</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 04/09/2018 15:11:12 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name 20180711_161132_Gulf_States-Overseas_Aid.docx title 161132 - Gulf States: Overseas Aid
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

939893

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	EU Defence Policy
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 effect the EU policy of strategic autonomy on the future availability of advanced weapon systems to the UK's armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	163495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>The EU's policy of strategic autonomy entails the ability to act and cooperate with international and regional partners wherever possible, while being able to operate autonomously when and where necessary. We believe an open and inclusive approach to European capability development is in our mutual strategic security interests, and will help strengthen our Armed Forces and our defence industries.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/07/2018 13:57:24 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

939894

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the UK armed forces have the essential equipment required once the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	163496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK routinely works with our allies and partners on the development of capability and much of this already takes place outside of an EU framework. The Government is currently undertaking the modernising defence programme to make sure our Armed Forces have what they need to meet the threats that we face now and in the future.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/07/2018 13:56:52 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

939895

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans to develop a (a) UK-only unmanned combat aerial vehicle programme and (a) sixth generation successor to the Eurofighter.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	163497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK's Combat Air Strategy, published on 16 July 2018, outlines the Ministry of Defence's plans for the delivery of Combat Air capability. It has initiated the acquisition programme which will develop the proposals for the delivery of the next generation capability to replace Typhoon, including the nature of that capability.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 19/07/2018 16:44:34 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

939896

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Procurement
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 on the potential effect on his Department's budget initiating UK-only pogrammes for new weapon systems.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	163498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>We strive to provide our Armed Forces with the capabilities they need at the best value for money, obtaining this through open competition in the global market wherever possible. We are ready to take a different approach, to protect our freedom of action or operational advantage, but, only where it is essential for national security. This always requires a careful balance of risk and opportunity cost.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 19/07/2018 16:45:18 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake