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172156

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Infrastructure Organisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for the publication of his Department's Footprint Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The revised Footprint Strategy is due to be completed in February 2016 and we anticipate publication soon after completion.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 13/01/2015 16:46:21 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172157

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Support Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the announcement of the preferred bidder for the Defence Support Group, what the timetable is for agreement between his Department and Babcock on the rationalisation of the estate in order to meet their future plans.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="5"> </td><td colspan="6" rowspan="5"><p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement which I laid in the House on 6 January 2015 (Official Report, Column 9WS) on the sale of the Defence Support Group (DSG) land business to Babcock and signature of a 10-year contract to continue and transform the services DSG currently provides the Army.</p><p>The commencement of Babcock's contract on 1 April this year will lead a business improvement programme over several years aimed at optimising the output performance of the business. Under the contract and governance arrangements, Babcock will share any estates proposals with the Ministry of Defence on a six-monthly basis.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/01/2015 16:44:23 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name Defence Support Group WMS 6 January 2015.doc title Hansard Extract 6 January 2015
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172158

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Investment Approvals Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Investment Approvals Committee met in each of the last three years; and how many proposals that committee was asked to consider.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The majority of Investment Approvals Committee business is taken out-of-committee. It has met in-committee on 11 occasions in 2012, seven occasions in 2013 and 10 occasions in 2014.</p><p>In this period the Investment Approvals Committee considered 300 proposals (all category A investment projects) (93 in 2012, 104 in 2013, 103 in 2014), both in and out of committee.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/01/2015 16:40:02 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172159

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Infrastructure Organisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for the roll-out of the Infrastructure Management System and the linked capability releases.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The timetable for the rollout of the four releases of the Defence Infrastucture Organisation's Management System is set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Release</td><td>Planned Completion</td></tr><tr><td>0</td><td>Completed</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Summer 2015</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Quarter 1 2016-17</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Quarter 4 2016-17</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/01/2015 17:39:25 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172160

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Assistance Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the size of the Defence Assistance Fund was in each of the last four years; and whether monies from that Fund are being used to support the Defence Language Training Centre.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Defence Assistance Fund (DAF) is an internal Ministry of Defence resource used to help to develop and maintain bilateral defence relationships in support of wider UK Government objectives, in line with the International Defence Engagement Strategy published in February 2013. In the current financial year (FY) 2014-15 the DAF totalled £16.558 million. In the preceding three years the totals were as follows: FY2013-14 - £15.635 million; FY2012-13 £12.327million; FY2011-12 - £12.027million</p><p>The Defence Culture and Language Centre (DCLC) is funded by the Defence Academy, an element of Joint Forces Command. No direct funding is received from the DAF, but the DAF is used on occasion to fund attendance at DCLC of international students who require English Language Training prior to joining further military training and education in the UK or before returning to their home country to train others.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 13/01/2015 16:26:02 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172163

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Audit Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Defence Audit Committee met in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Defence Audit Committee met eight times in Financial Year 2013-14; six times in 2012-13 and five times in 2011-12.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 13/01/2015 16:25:04 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172167

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Helicopters: Crew
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many helicopter crew sets there are in each of the armed services.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>The Royal Navy has 165 sets of operational helicopter crews, including 46 in the Commando Helicopter Force. The Army has 100, and the Royal Air Force has 120, including 28 in the Search and Rescue Force.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 09/01/2015 14:01:15 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172169

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Helicopters: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which sites are used by his Department for helicopter maintenance.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>While Helicopter platforms are flown by all three Services their support funding is programmed only by the Army and Royal Navy. The costs incurred with industry for helicopter support in financial year 2013-14 - the last year for which audited costs exist - was £253 million for the Army and £461 million for the Royal Navy. This includes all spend with industry associated with the delivery of our helicopter activity, including the cost of repair and overhaul of aircraft and capital spares, replenishment of consumable items, technical advice, post design services and, for some platforms, the provision of synthetic and other training services. As these services are typically contracted together, with payment primarily linked to the achievement of flying activity, the costs are not separately recorded. These support services are primarily delivered at contractor sites (including in Yeovil, Gosport, Almondbank and Oxford) and at helicopter main operating bases, with repair and overhaul of sub-components taking place at numerous sub-contractor locations in the UK and abroad. Maintenance services are also provided by military manpower at operating locations in the UK and abroad, but the costs associated with this are not included in the above figures as this information is not routinely collected.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of support activity associated with our helicopter fleets - not including the contribution made by military manpower - is delivered through long-term availability contracts where payment is largely linked to flying output. As such, we do not routinely collect data that would enable the separation of maintenance costs from the costs of repairing aircraft and capital spares, replenishment of consumable items, technical advice and post design services. However, all of these other activities contribute towards the overall helicopter maintenance effort.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the main Operating Bases at which maintenance activities are conducted is attached.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 219941 question first answered 14/01/2015 17:39:59 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name 219943 - Main Operating Bases at which maintenance activities are conducted.doc title 219943 - Operating Bases - Maintenance Conducted previous answer version 37740 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172170

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Helicopters: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the existing MoD or private sites with helicopter simulation facilities are; which services use such sites; and what the annual operating cost of each such site is.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>A list of those Ministry of Defence establishments at which helicopter flight simulators are based is provided below. For the purposes of this answer, I have interpreted helicopter simulation facilities to mean only full-motion flight simulators.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to helicopter simulation, each establishment undertakes a range of defence activities and the full annual operating cost of each establishment could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p>Name of Establishment</p></td><td><p>Service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF Benson</p></td><td><p>Tri-Service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MOD Boscombe Down<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Empire Test Pilots School</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RNAS Culdrose</p></td><td><p>Royal Navy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army Aviation Centre - Middle Wallop</p></td><td><p>Army</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF Shawbury</p></td><td><p>Tri-Service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF Valley</p></td><td><p>Royal Air Force</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RNAS Yeovilton</p></td><td><p>Royal Navy and Army</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wattisham</p></td><td><p>Army</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1 - A generic flight simulator that can be configured to represent a helicopter.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 14/01/2015 17:34:35 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 37739 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172171

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Helicopters: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy spend on helicopter maintenance annually.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>While Helicopter platforms are flown by all three Services their support funding is programmed only by the Army and Royal Navy. The costs incurred with industry for helicopter support in financial year 2013-14 - the last year for which audited costs exist - was £253 million for the Army and £461 million for the Royal Navy. This includes all spend with industry associated with the delivery of our helicopter activity, including the cost of repair and overhaul of aircraft and capital spares, replenishment of consumable items, technical advice, post design services and, for some platforms, the provision of synthetic and other training services. As these services are typically contracted together, with payment primarily linked to the achievement of flying activity, the costs are not separately recorded. These support services are primarily delivered at contractor sites (including in Yeovil, Gosport, Almondbank and Oxford) and at helicopter main operating bases, with repair and overhaul of sub-components taking place at numerous sub-contractor locations in the UK and abroad. Maintenance services are also provided by military manpower at operating locations in the UK and abroad, but the costs associated with this are not included in the above figures as this information is not routinely collected.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of support activity associated with our helicopter fleets - not including the contribution made by military manpower - is delivered through long-term availability contracts where payment is largely linked to flying output. As such, we do not routinely collect data that would enable the separation of maintenance costs from the costs of repairing aircraft and capital spares, replenishment of consumable items, technical advice and post design services. However, all of these other activities contribute towards the overall helicopter maintenance effort.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the main Operating Bases at which maintenance activities are conducted is attached.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 219943 question first answered 14/01/2015 17:40:00 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name 219943 - Main Operating Bases at which maintenance activities are conducted.doc title 219943 - Operating Bases - Maintenance Conducted previous answer version 37737 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck