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869424

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date	22/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Watchkeeper WK450
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many exercises 47 Regiment Royal Artillery has carried out with Watchkeeper in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	133938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>47 Regiment Royal Artillery has carried out four main exercises with Watchkeeper over the last two years.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 27/03/2018 15:10:29 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

869429

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Watchkeeper WK450
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessed capability gaps have been created as a result of the Army's Watchkeeper programme failing to achieve its Full Operating Capability 1 milestone.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	133943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Watchkeeper could still be deployed on operations should the operational imperative warrant it. As such, no capability gaps have been created as a result of the Army's Watchkeeper programme failing to achieve its Full Operating Capability 1 milestone.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 27/03/2018 15:09:16 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

790912

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Watchkeeper WK450
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total number of flying hours is logged for the Watchkeeper unmanned aerial vehicle programme; and how many of those hours have been (a) operational and (b) non-operational.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	113628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2017 answer text <p>The total number of flying hours logged for Watchkeeper is 2,859 hours. Of this number, 146 hours were operational and 2,713 hours were non-operational.</p><p>Please note that these figures are based on single service estimates and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 24/11/2017 13:48:11 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

790913

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Watchkeeper WK450
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which regiments or formations of the armed forces have been trained to use the Watchkeeper series of unmanned aerial vehicle.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	113629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2017 answer text <p>47 Regiment Royal Artillery is trained to use Watchkeeper.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 24/11/2017 13:50:23 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

790914

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Watchkeeper WK450
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report into the loss of Watchkeeper drones (a) WK042 and (b) WK043.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	113630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2017 answer text <p>The Service Inquiries into Watchkeeper Unmanned Air Vehicles WK042 and WK043 are currently ongoing, and will be published through Gov.uk and placed in the Library of the House upon completion.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 24/11/2017 13:45:53 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

759660

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Watchkeeper WK450
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 28 June 2016 to Question HL728 and pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 8078, for what reasons the date forecast for Watchkeeper to achieve full operating capability has changed; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	10241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>Initial Operating Capability for Watchkeeper was met in August 2014 and it was then deployed on operations in Afghanistan. Watchkeeper is a first-of-type capability for Defence and therefore the programme has evolved as regulatory and technical requirements for both aircraft and pilots have been fully understood.</p><p>Two incidents involving Watchkeeper aircraft earlier this year also resulted in a temporary pause in flying which inevitably had an impact on the programme. Full operating capability is currently forecast to be achieved in 2018.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 20/09/2017 15:32:32 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden