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1544976

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date	23/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships: Employment
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 November to Question 89756 on Fleet Solid Support Ships: Employment, whether the prime contractor for this contract is responsible for the number of UK jobs created by the contract.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	94702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The precise distribution of these jobs between UK sites throughout the duration of the Fleet Solid Support ship contract is a matter for the respective companies. The increased investment from the programme will provide the companies with the means to create new jobs and reinvigorate the shipbuilding sector.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 28/11/2022 14:03:51 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1544978

registered interest
date	23/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department provided an indication of its preferred bidder for the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract before 9 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	94703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>No, it did not.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 28/11/2022 14:06:10 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1544979

registered interest
date	23/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Harland and Wolff: Fleet Solid Support Ships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many jobs will be created by Harland & Wolff in (a) Appledore and (b) Belfast as a result of the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	94704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>I refer the right. hon Member to the answer I gave on 25 November 2022 to Question 89766.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 28/11/2022 14:07:59 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk attachment 1 file name 89766 - Fleet Solid Support Ships.docx title Fleet Solid Support Ships: Employment
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1544996

registered interest
date	23/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract, which team within his Department will be responsible for ensuring that Team Resolute delivers the UK content obligations stipulated in that contract.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	94715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>Defence Equipment and Support, as the Contracting Authority, will hold the contractor to account for all of its obligations.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 28/11/2022 14:14:34 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1544999

registered interest
date	23/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Alternative Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with aircraft manufactures about the safe use of (a) sustainable and (b) synthetic fuels in the RAF.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	94693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has discussed the use of sustainable and synthetic fuels in air platforms over a number of years. These discussions enabled the Royal Air Force (RAF) to fly the UK's first military air transport flight using 100% sustainable aviation fuel on one of their operational Voyager aircraft. This was a joint endeavour between the MOD and industry partners, Airbus, AirTanker and Rolls-Royce, with the fuel supplied by Air BP.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 28/11/2022 14:07:15 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1545066

registered interest
date	23/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many infantry enlistees were (a) aged 16, (b) aged 17, and (ci) aged 18 or above, between 2001 and 2020, and how many individuals joined the infantry as officer cadets over the period.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	94699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The data requested by the hon. Member can be found below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Age of Infantry enlistee*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Infantry enlistee figures</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>13,035</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>12,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18+</p></td><td><p>42,686</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>68,391</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Figures relate to the Regular Army</p><p> </p><p>2,634 Officer Cadets joined the infantry during this time period. Due to how the data was captured historically, data from the years 2005-06 and 2006-07 is not held centrally. Therefore, the data above is comprised of years 2001-2005 and 2007-2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 28/11/2022 16:44:57 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1545067

registered interest
date	23/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average career length is for an infantry soldier who joins aged (a) under 18 and (b) 18 or above, including time spent in training.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	94700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The average career length on outflow for Trade Trained Regular Army infantry soldiers who join aged 18 and under is nine years. For those who join aged 18 and above, the average career length is seven years. These figures have been rounded to the nearest completed year and are subject to available data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 28/11/2022 16:45:22 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1544354

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships: Intellectual Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with regard to the Fleet Solid Support Ship Contract, whether any aspects of intellectual property will be transferred to the UK under that contract.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	93469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2022 answer text <p>The Fleet Solid Support ships have been designed in the UK by BMT, a leading firm of Naval Architects. Intellectual Property rights in the design rest with BMT. The terms of the contract will give the Ministry of Defence free user rights under the FSS contract to operate, support and maintain the vessels through life.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 25/11/2022 10:37:00 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1544382

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Challenger Tanks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of Challenger 2 main battle tanks due to be upgraded to Challenger 3 in the context of the War in Ukraine; and whether he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	93491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister for the Armed Forces (James Heappey) on 14 March 2022 to Question 135702 to the hon. Member for Stockton South (Matt Vickers).</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 25/11/2022 12:37:25 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk attachment 1 file name UIN 135702.docx title Tanks: Procurement
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1544570

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions: Inflation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to parliamentary question 89733 on Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions: Inflation, how much and by what proportion his Department increased payments under the (a) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and (b) War Pensions Scheme, in each financial year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	93461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The table below details the percentage increase in rates payable under both the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions Scheme since Financial Year(FY) 2009-10. From 2011-12 the inflation index changed from RPI to CPI.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY</p></td><td><p>% increase</p></td><td><p>Inflation index</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>5.0%</p></td><td><p>RPI</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>RPI</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td><td><p>CPI</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>5.2%</p></td><td><p>CPI</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td><td><p>CPI</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2.7%</p></td><td><p>CPI</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>CPI</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>CPI</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td><td><p>CPI</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>3.0%</p></td><td><p>CPI</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>CPI</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>CPI</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td><td><p>CPI</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>10.1%</p></td><td><p>CPI</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 28/11/2022 16:47:10 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey