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1568040

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date	18/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Independent Inquiry into Alleged Unlawful Activity by British Armed Forces during Deliberate Detention Operations in Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the independent inquiry into alleged unlawful activity by British Armed Forces during deliberate detention operations in Afghanistan has started work; what its budget is for 2023; and how many officials from his Department will be on the inquiry team.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	126529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The Inquiry is independent of the Ministry of Defence (MOD). The Inquiry team and MOD officials are working to finalise a budget which supports our resourcing commitments while ensuring value for money.</p><p> </p><p>The Inquiry's ongoing recruitment of its multi-disciplinary team draws from relevant professionals from across Government, the legal profession and MOD officials.</p><p> </p><p>A dedicated Inquiry website is currently under development. Lord Justice Haddon-Cave has said that he will provide an update statement in early February in conjunction with the website launch, which will encourage those who may wish to engage with the Inquiry to come forward.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/01/2023 17:32:52 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1568041

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
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 16 January 2023 to Question 119902, if he will place regular updates to dashboards on response rates to heating loss in Service Family Accommodation in the House Library.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	126530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Data provided from contractors via daily dashboard updates is being interrogated to ensure accuracy. Options for publication will be considered in due course.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 23/01/2023 15:12:50 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1568042

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Artillery: Procurement
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 statement of 16 January 2023 on Ukraine: Update, Official Report column 36, what funding has been allocated for a new interim artillery capability.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	126531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>In line with the Defence Secretary’s announcement to the House on 16 January 2023, the Army is looking at solutions for an interim artillery capability. It would be inappropriate to comment further whilst commercial options are being explored.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 23/01/2023 13:48:25 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1568043

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ukrainian personnel have been trained under Operation Interflex each month since it began.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	126532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>As of 20 January 2023, we have trained over 9,900 Armed Forces of Ukraine personnel under Operation Interflex. An approximate cumulative monthly breakdown for this figure, from the start of training on 27 June 2022, is shown in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>August (includes June and July)</p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>December</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Recruit training (INTERFLEX) -approximate cumulative total at beginning of month</p></td><td><p>2,300</p></td><td><p>4,700</p></td><td><p>5,500</p></td><td><p>7,050</p></td><td><p>9,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leadership training (INTERFLEX) - approximate cumulative total at beginning of each month</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 23/01/2023 14:22:18 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1568044

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) UK and (b) foreign personnel have been assigned to work on Operation Interflex.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	126533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Training of the first tranche of trainees under Operation Interflex began on 27 June 2022. The following table breaks down the numbers of UK and foreign personnel assigned to work on Operation Interflex at the beginning of each month since July 2022 where figures are currently available:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>December</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK support – snapshot of workforce at beginning of the month</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,029</p></td><td><p>953</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-UK support – snapshot of workforce at beginning of the month</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>371</p></td><td><p>447</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>194</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 23/01/2023 14:13:59 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1568158

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	BAE Systems: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish his Department's contracts with BAE Systems (a) in place, (b) under negotiation and (c) completed in the two years to 18 January 2023; and what the value of each of those contracts is.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	126681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>I will write to the hon. Member shortly, and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 23/01/2023 13:50:02 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1567473

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Guided Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his Ukrainian counterpart on the use of long range missiles in Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	125359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Defence regularly holds discussions with Defence Minister Reznikov on a range of issues, most recently at the Defense Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base on 20 January 2023.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 23/01/2023 14:49:15 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1567505

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will revise the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy to reflect trends in the level of nuclear threats to the UK.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	125292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>The Defence and Security Industrial Strategy (DSIS) has reinforced the need to consider industry as a capability in its own right, and ensure closer and earlier dialogue with industry. DSIS set out in detail where there is a strategic imperative for industrial capabilities to reside in the UK, including those capabilities relating to nuclear warheads and submarines, and the Government has already committed to a once-in-two-generations programme to modernise our nuclear forces.</p><p>We will review the DSIS alongside the Integrated Review and Defence Command Paper refresh and will decide as part of that process whether a new publication is warranted.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/01/2023 11:14:54 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1567543

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Lessons Learned Review
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 16 January 2023 to Question 120885 on Ajax Lessons Learned Review, what the cost to the public purse has been of the Ajax Lessons Learned Review.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	125264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The Ajax Lessons Learned Review commenced in May 2022. The Department estimated the cost of the Review to be in the region of £0.5 million and, as of 17 January, has received bills totalling approximately £0.29 million. It is a focused review aimed at identifying lessons and making recommendations to help the Ministry of Defence (MOD) deliver major programmes more effectively in future, and is looking at leadership, culture, governance, and how issues are elevated.</p><p> </p><p>The Terms of Reference were drafted by Head Office officials (not involved in delivering the programme) in consultation with MOD legal advisers and the Second Permanent Secretary, and were published on 29 March 2022. They were announced by way of Written Statement (<a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-03-29/debates/22032981000018/ContingentLiabilityForAjaxLessonsLearnedReview?highlight=%22ajax%22#contribution-8F45F554-4A88-46F9-A4A2-C9104E56020A" target="_blank">HCWS739</a>) and placed in the Library of the House and copied to the Public Accounts and Defence Select committees.</p><p> </p><p>Although the review has no statutory powers, the MOD has provided any documents that the review has requested and has encouraged current and former personnel to assist the review if asked to contribute. The MOD has also assisted the review to contact former personnel when it has been asked to do so.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with his terms of reference, Clive Sheldon KC notified the Second Permanent Secretary in June 2022 that he estimated it would take him a further six months to complete the review. Mr Sheldon is currently in the final stages of drafting his report.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 125265 125266 125267 125268 125269 125270 question first answered 23/01/2023 15:55:56 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1567545

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Lessons Learned Review
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 16 January 2023 to Question 120885 on Ajax Lessons Learned Review, for what reason the Ajax Lessons Learned Review will not include an examination of potential contractual weaknesses for the Ajax vehicle programme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	125265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The Ajax Lessons Learned Review commenced in May 2022. The Department estimated the cost of the Review to be in the region of £0.5 million and, as of 17 January, has received bills totalling approximately £0.29 million. It is a focused review aimed at identifying lessons and making recommendations to help the Ministry of Defence (MOD) deliver major programmes more effectively in future, and is looking at leadership, culture, governance, and how issues are elevated.</p><p> </p><p>The Terms of Reference were drafted by Head Office officials (not involved in delivering the programme) in consultation with MOD legal advisers and the Second Permanent Secretary, and were published on 29 March 2022. They were announced by way of Written Statement (<a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-03-29/debates/22032981000018/ContingentLiabilityForAjaxLessonsLearnedReview?highlight=%22ajax%22#contribution-8F45F554-4A88-46F9-A4A2-C9104E56020A" target="_blank">HCWS739</a>) and placed in the Library of the House and copied to the Public Accounts and Defence Select committees.</p><p> </p><p>Although the review has no statutory powers, the MOD has provided any documents that the review has requested and has encouraged current and former personnel to assist the review if asked to contribute. The MOD has also assisted the review to contact former personnel when it has been asked to do so.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with his terms of reference, Clive Sheldon KC notified the Second Permanent Secretary in June 2022 that he estimated it would take him a further six months to complete the review. Mr Sheldon is currently in the final stages of drafting his report.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 125264 125266 125267 125268 125269 125270 question first answered 23/01/2023 15:55:56 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones