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528562

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 26 Frigates
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 of changes to the timetable for work to commence on building the new Type 26 Frigate on the skills base in the affected shipyards.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	41166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the oral answer I gave during Defence questions in the House on 27 June 2016 to the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (Margaret Ferrier).</p><p>The Government have already invested £1.6 billion in the Type 26 programme. We will only enter into a contract once we are confident of the delivery schedule and the ability of the contractors to meet that schedule on a cost effective basis.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 41167 41168 question first answered 29/06/2016 15:52:56 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name 20160627_Type 26 Frigates.docx title 20160627-Hansard extract on Type 26 Frigates
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

528563

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 26 Frigates
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 of changes to the timetable for work to commence on building the new Type 26 Frigate on the recruitment and retention of workers in the affected shipyards.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	41167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the oral answer I gave during Defence questions in the House on 27 June 2016 to the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (Margaret Ferrier).</p><p>The Government have already invested £1.6 billion in the Type 26 programme. We will only enter into a contract once we are confident of the delivery schedule and the ability of the contractors to meet that schedule on a cost effective basis.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 41166 41168 question first answered 29/06/2016 15:52:56 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name 20160627_Type 26 Frigates.docx title 20160627-Hansard extract on Type 26 Frigates
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

528564

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 26 Frigates
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 of changes to the timetable for work to commence on building the new Type 26 Frigate on the recruitment and training of apprentices in the affected shipyards.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	41168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the oral answer I gave during Defence questions in the House on 27 June 2016 to the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (Margaret Ferrier).</p><p>The Government have already invested £1.6 billion in the Type 26 programme. We will only enter into a contract once we are confident of the delivery schedule and the ability of the contractors to meet that schedule on a cost effective basis.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 41166 41167 question first answered 29/06/2016 15:52:56 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name 20160627_Type 26 Frigates.docx title 20160627-Hansard extract on Type 26 Frigates
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

528565

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Northolt
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has plans in the next three years to stop flights into or out of RAF Northolt to enable work to reinforce or rebuild the runway at that base; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	41229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>Plans are being considered to reinforce the aerodrome operating surfaces at RAF Northolt in that timescale, and to introduce improvements to the safety zones at either end of the runway with an engineered material arresting system. However, until the scope of works is fully defined, we are not in a position to identify what impact these planned works may have on flying activity at RAF Northolt.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/06/2016 15:20:31 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

528001

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the out-turn cost was of (a) Army Foundation College, Harrogate and (b) Infantry Training Centre, Catterick in the most recent financial year for which figures are available; and what proportion of that cost was attributable to the army's initial training programme.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	40973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>The out-turn costs attributable to the Army for financial year 2015-16 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Unit</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>(£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army Foundation College</p></td><td><p>62.877</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infantry Training Centre</p></td><td><p>100.386</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All of these costs are attributable to the Army’s initial training programme and include military and civilian manpower, as well as running costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 29/06/2016 15:10:12 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

528002

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Sixth Form College
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of sponsored students at the Defence Sixth Form College, Welback become either officers in the armed forces or employees of his Department after graduating from university.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	40974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>The current proportion of Sponsored students at Welbeck who enter Initial Officer Training (IOT) with one of the three Armed Services, or a career in the Ministry of Defence (MOD), after graduating from university is over 70%.</p><p>The information provided is based on a rolling cycle of figures using the 2007-2009 school entry figures set against the numbers in the same years who passed into IOT with the Armed Services or the MOD. The figures are 74, 71 and 73% respectively. Whilst we have Welbeck entry figures from 2010 onward, the final figures moving on from university are not yet available as not all students have completed their education yet, with most of the 2010 entry completing this year.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/06/2016 15:07:37 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

528003

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of early service leavers is in employment (a) six months and (b) one year after discharge.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	40975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested. Resettlement Provision in the Ministry of Defence is delivered through the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) which was expanded in autumn 2015 to include Early Service Leavers (ESL). We will publish a CTP Official Statistic in January 2017 which will include the six month post-discharge employment outcomes for ESL.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/06/2016 15:08:19 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

528004

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Patrol Craft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the use of Archer type naval vessels to augment the coast guard.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	41012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2016 answer text <p>The Royal Navy (RN) operates the Archer Class P2000 ships to support the activities of the University RN Units, as well as general navigation and seamanship training.</p><p>In line with the principles of Military Aid to Civil Authorities, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) assesses the suitability of various capabilities, not just the P2000 Class, to achieve an effect when support is requested by another Government Department for a specific task. The MOD continues to be involved in the Government's contingency planning activity, but currently there is no formal request for MOD to supply assets in support of the coast guard.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 28/06/2016 15:11:16 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

528006

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 45 Destroyers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will outline the original intended purpose of the Type 45 destroyers, and the regions of the world where his Department originally intended to deploy those destroyers once completed.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	40876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>The Type 45 Destroyers are designed for world-wide operations, from sub-Arctic to extreme tropical environments, and continue to operate effectively in various regions, from the Gulf and the South Atlantic all year round. The Type 45 is not only a world class anti-air warfare destroyer; it is also a multi-role, general purpose platform, able to contribute effectively to a range of world-wide maritime, joint and Coalition operations.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 29/06/2016 15:53:28 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

525456

registered interest
date	15/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Watchkeeper WK450
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect the Watchkeeper Programme to achieve Initial Operating Capability 2, previously expected to be achieved by April, and when they now expect Equipment Support Systems to be released to service.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2016 answer text <p>It is expected that the Watchkeeper programme will declare Initial Operating Capability 2 standard by July 2016. An initial set of release to service recommendations for the Watchkeeper system at Equipment Standard 2 should be provided by March 2017. This will provide sufficient clearance for the Army to fly the Watchkeeper system in that configuration and support delivery of Full Operating Capability by the target date of April 2017.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 28/06/2016 15:05:22 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie