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1609729

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Antiaircraft Missiles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department (a) owns and (b) intends to procure RBS 70 NG short-range air defence systems.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	179862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not own RBS 70 NG short-range air defence systems, nor does it intend to procure them. RBS 70 is a Swedish-made laser beam riding missile system with capabilities very similar to the Thales (UK) Starstreak High Velocity Missile system that remains in service with the British Army and Royal Marines and is performing strongly in Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/04/2023 12:49:44 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1609732

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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, what estimate he has made of the level of defence inflation between 2021 and 2023.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	179865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Defence inflation for 2021-22 has been estimated as 2.1%. The estimate for 2022-23 is due by the end of March 2024.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/04/2023 12:53:00 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1609747

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 76 of the Defence Equipment & Support Annual Report and Accounts 2021 to 2022, updated on 31 March 2023, what were the prescribed processes that were deviated from in the six identified instances relating to senior responsible owners' completion of training and objectives.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	179880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Model Senior Responsible Owners (mSROs) are responsible for ensuring the quality and suitability of Business-Critical Models used for analysis, investigation, and forecasting purposes within Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S) against prescribed policy and requirements. As outlined in the DE&amp;S Annual Report and Accounts 2021-2022, six projects were assessed as complying with these requirements but with minor deviations relating mainly to the mSRO.</p><p>Five of these instances arose from the omission of the role and its responsibilities from annual objectives for mSROs and of these, four additionally related to failures to complete the relevant training during the year. One instance related to completion of relevant training and weaknesses in configuration control for documentation.</p><p>All of these deviations have since been resolved.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/04/2023 12:52:24 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1609782

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many callouts have been made to (a) St George’s Barracks, (b) Kendrew Barracks and (c) RAF Wittering for maintenance issues relating to (i) roofing, (ii) heating, (iii) sewage and (iv) pest control in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	179915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Once Ministry of Defence officials have finalised collation of the necessary information my hon. Friend, the Minister for Defence Procurement, will write to the right hon. Member and place a copy of his letter in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 24/04/2023 15:08:25 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1609783

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the maintenance issues related to heating and hot water reported at (a) St George’s Barracks, (b) Kendrew Barracks and (c) RAF Wittering resulted in a lack of hot water for 24 hours and more since April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	179916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Once Ministry of Defence officials have finalised collation of the necessary information my hon. Friend, the Minister for Defence Procurement, will write to the right hon. Member and place a copy of his letter in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 24/04/2023 15:08:49 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1609785

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time taken to resolve maintenance requests was for (a) St George’s Barracks, (b) Kendrew Barracks and (c) RAF Wittering in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	179918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Once Ministry of Defence officials have finalised collation of the necessary information my hon. Friend, the Minister for Defence Procurement, will write to the right hon. Member and place a copy of his letter in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 24/04/2023 15:09:15 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1609787

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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, how many service personnel at (a) St George’s Barracks, (b) Kendrew Barracks and (c) RAF Wittering are living in grade 4 rated service accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	179920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Once Ministry of Defence officials have finalised collation of the necessary information my hon. Friend, the Minister for Defence Procurement, will write to the right hon. Member and place a copy of his letter in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 24/04/2023 15:09:40 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1609815

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant
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 encourage organisations to sign the Armed Forces Covenant.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	179948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Defence has a network of Defence Relationship Management National Account Managers and Regional Employer Engagement Directors who promote the signing of the Armed Forces Covenant to the employers they work with. They also help organisations through the process of devising their bespoke pledges and arranging signing events.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 24/04/2023 14:55:47 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1609877

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Gibraltar: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence personnel are deployed in Gibraltar (a) permanently and (b) temporarily, broken down by unit.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	180010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) employs 952 personnel in Gibraltar, of which 528 are locally employed civilians. The remainder are military and UK-based civil servants.</p><p>The individual units of deployed MOD personnel are broken down as follows:</p><p>· Royal Gibraltar Regiment - 235 personnel</p><p>· Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron - 28 personnel</p><p>· RAF Gibraltar - 16 personnel</p><p>· HQ British Forces Gibraltar - 145 personnel</p><p>Gibraltar is routinely used by visiting Royal Navy ships, RAF aircraft and other units that temporarily deploy to conduct training. These visits total approximately 12,000 to 14,000 personnel per year. Exact numbers fluctuate, but indicative figures based on the number of visits in calendar year 2022 are as follows:</p><p>· 79 ship visits per year (2022), which equates to around 6,000 to 7,000 Naval personnel.</p><p>· 117 military aircraft per year (2022), with around 4,000 military passengers.</p><p>· 2,000-3,000 personnel on training deployments per year, mostly from the Army.</p><p>· HMS TRENT (63 Ship's Company) is also forward deployed from Gibraltar.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 19/04/2023 14:30:58 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1609880

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Gibraltar: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there are any international military personnel deployed in Gibraltar as of April 2023.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	180013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>There are four non-UK personnel deployed in Gibraltar as of April 2023.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 19/04/2023 13:29:25 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill