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1545849

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Navy: Pitcairn Islands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when a Royal Navy ship last visited Pitcairn Island (a) to patrol UK waters and (b) in any other capacity.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	97462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>HMS Spey visited Pitcairn in February 2022 delivering COVID vaccines and dental care as part of its duties as one of the two Royal Navy Offshore Patrol Vessels deployed in the Indo-Pacific. In addition, Spey conducted patrols in the waters around the islands in the Pitcairn chain to deter and defend against illegal fishing and to carry out environmental monitoring.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 01/12/2022 10:57:15 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1545858

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Robert Swara Seurei
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 90887 on Robert Swara Seurei, what live munitions the British Army used in the Lolldaiga training area of Kenya before 2010; and what quantity of those munitions ere used.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	97651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer provided to him on 16 May 2022 in answer to Question 968. Since before 2010, the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) has not conducted live firing exercises on Lolldaiga Training Area (LTA). BATUK only use the LTA to conduct blank firing and dry exercises. There are however explosives used, for example to simulate battle noise.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 01/12/2022 10:56:27 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey attachment 1 file name UIN 968.docx title Kenya Army
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1545888

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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 it remains his Department's policy to upgrade 148 of the 227 Challenger 2 MBTs to Challenger 3 tanks; what his Department plans to do with any tanks that are not upgraded; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	97545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>It remains the Department's policy to upgrade 148 of the Army's existing Challenger 2 Main Battle Tanks to the Challenger 3 standard. Initial Operating Capability is expected to be achieved in 2027, with Full Operating Capability expected in 2030. A decision on what will happen to the remaining platforms is currently under review</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 01/12/2022 13:57:01 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1545889

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Explosives: Civilians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government will take to use its diplomatic influence to promote the strengthening of protections for civilians from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	97669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>On 18 November 2022, the UK joined 83 nations in adopting the Political Declaration on 'Strengthening the Protection of Civilians from the Humanitarian Consequences Arising from the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas (EWIPA).</p><p>The UK will work with allies, partners, and civil society to promote the aims of the Political Declaration. We will continue to use our knowledge and expertise to share good practice, strengthen cooperation with and support the work of international and civil society organisations, and encourage states to have appropriate procedures in place.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 01/12/2022 10:55:06 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1545599

registered interest
date	25/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s government procurement card spending over £500 on travel and stationery for the month of April 2021, published on 14 July 2021, for what reason there is a difference between the total spending of £674,470.73 for all items in the spreadsheet named Stationery and the total of £507,000.67 included in the spreadsheets named Stationery Pivot and epcData Travel-Stationery.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	96585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>Following an internal review, the Ministry of Defence can confirm that an administrative error occurred which resulted in a reporting discrepancy within the April 2021 MOD travel and stationery Government Procurement Card (GPC) transparency report.</p><p> </p><p>The raw data contained within the tab titled &quot;Stationery&quot; contains all throughput against the Stationery Lodged Card for the month of April 2021. The tabs titled &quot;sheet 1&quot;, &quot;ePCDataTravelStationery&quot; and &quot;stationery pivot&quot; contain incorrect values with regards to Stationery spend and will be updated as a matter of priority. It has also been identified as part of this investigation that multiple MOD GPC transparency reports contain transactions under the value of £500.</p><p> </p><p>The Stationery breakdown below provides confirmed transactional throughput for this spend category during the April 2021 billing period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Supplier</p></td><td><p>Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Banner</p></td><td><p>£389,910.44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>XMA</p></td><td><p>£284,650.29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Spend</p></td><td><p>£674,470.73 (1942 transactions)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Spend (Over £500)</p></td><td><p>£509,861.75 (309 transactions)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 30/11/2022 17:28:00 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1545600

registered interest
date	25/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s government procurement card spending over £500 on travel and stationery for the month of May 2021, published on 9 September 2021, for what reason there is a difference between the total spending of £704,378.62 for all items in the spreadsheet named Stationery and the total of £623,865 included in the spreadsheets named Stationery Pivot and epcData Travel-Stationery.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	96586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>Following an internal review, the Ministry of Defence can confirm that an administrative error occurred which resulted in a reporting discrepancy within the May 2021 MOD travel and stationery Government Procurement Card (GPC) transparency report.</p><p> </p><p>The raw data contained within the tab titled &quot;Stationery&quot; contains all throughput against the Stationery Lodged Card for the month of May 2021. The tabs titled &quot;ePCDataTravel-Stationery&quot; and &quot;stationery pivot&quot; contain incorrect values with regards to stationery spend and will be updated as a matter of priority.</p><p> </p><p>The Stationery breakdown below provides confirmed transactional throughput for this spend category during the May 2021 billing period.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Supplier</p></td><td><p>Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Banner</p></td><td><p>£464,188.78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>XMA</p></td><td><p>£240,189.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Spend</p></td><td><p>£704,378.62 (2064 transactions)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Spend (Over £500)</p></td><td><p>£519,192.45 (299 transactions)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 30/11/2022 17:28:43 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1545601

registered interest
date	25/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's monthly publications of government procurement card spending over £500 on stationery, for what reason there is a difference between the total costs of £3,885.04 incurred in the month of November 2021 and the average costs of £637,282.92 incurred in the other 11 months of that year.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	96587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>Following an internal review, the Ministry of Defence can confirm that a reporting error occurred impacting the November 2021 MOD travel and stationery Government Procurement Card (GPC) transparency report. This was most likely due to the file becoming corrupt on upload. The specific date and reason for this file corruption is unknown at this time, but will be investigated.</p><p> </p><p>The correct data has been arranged to be uploaded as a matter of priority. The Department can confirm the correct figure for November 2021 Stationery spend <strong>(over £500)</strong> was £540,383.74 (301 transactions).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 30/11/2022 17:29:40 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1545667

registered interest
date	25/11/2022
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, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2022 to Question 89735 on Fleet Solid Support Ships: Supply Chains, whether all social value commitments associated with the Fleet Solid Support Ships contract will be undertaken in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	96562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The social value commitments will greatly benefit the UK.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 30/11/2022 15:43:56 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1545668

registered interest
date	25/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
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 8 November 2022 to Question 75786 on Armed Forces: Housing, how many service personnel were living in grade four single living accommodation in each region of the UK as of 25 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	96563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The attached table shows a count of Service personnel who occupied Permanent Single Living Accommodation Grade four on 25 Nov 22. The table has been broken down by region as recorded on the Joint Personnel Administration System.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 30/11/2022 17:07:11 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk attachment 1 file name Copy of Copy of 20221129- PQN_22-23_2022_14071 (96563)- Healey- Table of data.xlsx title Service Personnel - Permanent Single Living Accomm
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1545669

registered interest
date	25/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Health and Social Care Levy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the funding provided to his Department to cover the Health and Social Care Levy has been returned to the Treasury.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	96564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department will retain the funding provided to cover the Health and Social Care Levy for this financial year but will return future years' funding to HMT.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 30/11/2022 15:00:39 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey