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1539942

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of his Department’s expenditure in (a) Ukraine and (b) other countries will be classified as Official Development Assistance in this financial year.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	902082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>To date the Department has not classified any expenditure in Ukraine or other countries as Official Development Assistance in this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 07/11/2022 16:48:06 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1539944

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help support veterans who have applied for compensation through the (a) War Pensions and (b) Armed Forces Compensation schemes.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	902085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>I would like to assure you that the Ministry of Defence is committed to ensuring that both the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pension Scheme deliver for those who make a claim.</p><p> </p><p>The Veterans Welfare Service has Welfare Managers throughout the UK and one of its specific roles is to support veterans with the completion of claims for both the Schemes.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, as part of the £40 million transformation project, work is being undertaken to improve the customer experience and make the process easier for veterans to submit their claims.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 07/11/2022 17:33:42 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1539945

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department’s policy is on UK military aircraft entering the airspace of the Republic of Ireland for operational purposes.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	902088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department’s policy is that UK military aircraft do not enter the sovereign airspace of Ireland for operational purposes, without the express prior agreement of the Irish Government. Questions on sovereign airspace access and associated regulations are for individual nations to answer, therefore any questions on Irish airspace should be directed to the Irish government.</del><ins class="ministerial">UK Military aircraft do not enter the sovereign airspace of Ireland for operational purposes, without the express prior agreement of the Irish Government. The RAF polices the UK Flight Information Region (FIR) on behalf of NATO and the international community and would only enter foreign national airspace when authorised to do so. Questions on sovereign airspace access and associated regulations are for individual nations to answer, therefore any questions on Irish airspace should be directed to the Irish Government.</ins></p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 07/11/2022 16:36:56 question first ministerially corrected 07/11/2022 17:20:39 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey previous answer version 31708 answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

1539946

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support defence jobs in all regions of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
uin	902089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The most recent estimate shows Ministry of Defence investment supports 219,000 jobs in industries across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Continued high, and focussed, investment in defence, along with the changes we continue to make as part of our Defence and Security Industrial Strategy, will contribute to further economic growth and prosperity, including jobs, across the Union.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 902091 question first answered 07/11/2022 17:58:35 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

1539947

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support defence jobs in all regions of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
uin	902091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The most recent estimate shows Ministry of Defence investment supports 219,000 jobs in industries across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Continued high, and focussed, investment in defence, along with the changes we continue to make as part of our Defence and Security Industrial Strategy, will contribute to further economic growth and prosperity, including jobs, across the Union.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 902089 question first answered 07/11/2022 17:58:35 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

1539134

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Electric Cables and Telecommunications Cables: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in the context of recent incidents of undersea cables being cut, when his Department last undertook a review of the security arrangements for protecting the UK’s undersea cable infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	78639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The recent incident in the Shetlands was assessed to have been caused by fishing. Accidental breakage of subsea communications cables is not uncommon, particularly through trawling and other seabed-disturbing activities, and mechanisms to repair them are well tested.</p><p> </p><p>Overall Governmental responsibility for subsea power and telecommunications cables lies with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Subsea internet cables are specifically considered in the National Risk Assessment which is kept under review. The UK Government, with the support of Defence, continuously reviews the broad range of national security threats including threats and hazards to subsea communication cables.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 08/11/2022 11:45:11 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1539137

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
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, how he plans to announce the final decision on the award of the Fleet Solid Support ship contract; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	78641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The selection of the Preferred Bidder will be announced in due course, prior to the award of a manufacture contract. Parliament and all other interested parties will be informed of the decision in the usual manner.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 08/11/2022 13:29:45 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1539138

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Inflation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral evidence to the Defence Select Committee on 2 November 2022, what his Department's estimate of inflationary pressures for the next two years was before the announcement of the Growth Plan 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	78642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department's estimate of inflationary pressures has not changed since the announcement of the Growth Plan 2022.</p><p>The estimate is based on a number of inflation indices that are produced periodically and have not been updated since the announcement of the Growth Plan 2022.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 08/11/2022 13:30:05 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1538522

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Elbit Systems UK: Navy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons Elbit Systems UK Ltd was removed from the delivery of the Project Selborne contract.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	77387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>Negotiations are currently underway regarding Elbit Systems UK's departure from Project Selborne, therefore I am unable to comment further due to commercial sensitivities.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 07/11/2022 17:26:11 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1538539

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Radiation Exposure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 13 December 2018 to Question 200586 on Armed Forces: Radiation Exposure and to National Archives documents Annex G to O92/2534(ASD 26), dated 9 January 1957, and C/6084/PA 1, dated 19 November 1957, where the results of the samples referred to in those documents are held.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
uin	77326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>Service personnel who were present at the UK nuclear weapon tests may have had blood samples taken throughout their career. Any records taken either before, during or after participation at the UK nuclear weapon tests would be held in individual military medical records in the Government's archives.</p><p>These medical records are unlikely to be collated in a form related to samples or incidences, and to ascertain what blood and urine tests may have been undertaken by service personnel would require the individual medical record of each of the personnel present at the UK nuclear tests to be located and reviewed. These records are not held centrally and to provide the information could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Atomic Weapons Establishment holds copies of the results of urine radioactivity measurements and blood tests for a small number of individuals where these were included in scientific documentation on the nuclear weapons trials.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 75820 75821 75822 question first answered 08/11/2022 13:27:38 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood