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64160

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which contracts with his Department worth over £50 million are behind schedule owing to the failure of suppliers to deliver to an agreed schedule; and in the case of each such contract, who the suppliers were.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	202639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence currently has around 400 open contracts with a total value of more than £50 million. Current performance related information on each contract is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 01/07/2014 15:41:12 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

64304

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Severn
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what Russian Navy ships HMS Severn intercepted in the English Channel on 25 June 2014; and whether HMS Severn was assigned to the Fleet Ready Escort role at that time.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	202834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Two Russian Federation Navy ships transited the English Channel on 25 June 2014. These were the Ropucha Class Landing Ships Olengorsky Gornyak and Georgiy Pobedonosets.<br><br>As the hon. Member will be aware from my letter to him of 27 January 2014 (Official Report, columns 414-415W), there are usually a number of Royal Navy units available in UK waters at any one time and, if it is appropriate, one of those units could be reprioritised to undertake a required task. In this case, HMS Severn was better placed to respond, and it made the most operational sense to utilise her. At the same time the Fleet Ready Escort remained available at high readiness.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 03/07/2014 14:04:05 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 27 January.doc title Hansard Extract 27 January 2014 previous answer version 7751 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

63870

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Guided Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times an RAF aircraft has engaged an enemy aircraft beyond visual range by firing a beyond visual range air-to-air missile in the last 30 years; what aircraft it was fired from; and what the target and missile was in each case.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	202366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>RAF aircraft have not engaged any enemy aircraft by firing beyond visual range air-to-air missiles in the last 30 years. The last air-to-air engagement involving UK aircraft took place during the Falklands conflict.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 30/06/2014 16:33:25 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

63871

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Minesweepers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on the Unmanned Sea Vehicle-based Mine Countermeasures Hydrographic Programme Sweep Demonstrator project.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	202367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The Mine Countermeasures Hydrographic Programme's sweep demonstrator project is in its pre-contract award stage; spending to date has been on technical preparation activities at a cost of approximately £40,000.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 03/07/2014 13:59:16 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

63872

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Minesweepers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Shallow Water Influence Minesweeping System was purchased; on what vessels it operated from; whether it is still operational; and what the total cost of the system has been.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	202361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Shallow Water Influence Minesweeping System was purchased as an urgent operational requirement in financial year 2002-03 to be operated remotely from Mine Countermeasures Vessels in the Gulf for 12 months, at a cost of approximately £3.5 million. It has been non-operational since 2004.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 03/07/2014 14:00:58 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

63873

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Submarines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is of the Weapon Handling and Launch System and Submerged Signal Ejector support contract.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	202362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Weapon Handling and Launch System support contract, which includes Submerged Signal Ejector support, has an agreed fixed price of £22 million to provide defined technical and logistic support until 31 March 2019. The contract also allows for further tasking of the support contractor by the Ministry of Defence and the purchase of consumable spares when required at an additional cost.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 03/07/2014 13:59:54 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

63874

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Submarines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Weapon Handling and Launch support contract includes an obligation on the contractor to provide waterfront support in the loading and unloading of (a) conventional and (b) nuclear weapons in (i) the UK and (ii) abroad.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	202363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Weapon Handling and Launch System (WHLS) support contract provides technical and logistic support for all WHLS equipment on Royal Navy submarines and at Royal Navy training establishments, including Weapon Embarkation Equipment (WEE). The actual use of WEE to load and unload conventional weapons in the UK and abroad is covered by separate commercial arrangements. The WHLS support contract is not used for any aspect of nuclear weapons.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 03/07/2014 13:58:38 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

62594

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of the visit of four RAF Typhoons to Edwards Airforce Base for interoperability trials with the Joint Strike Fighter; and what goals were (a) planned and (b) set in such training.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	201349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No Typhoon aircraft have been deployed to Edwards Air Force Base.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 24/06/2014 14:30:55 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

62595

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the technical fault was with Typhoon aircraft T3 ZJ815 which forced it to land in Lajes Field; whether this fault has been rectified; and whether this aircraft has since returned to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	201350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Typhoon ZJ815 was on a pre-planned stop at Lajes Field on its return journey to the UK from exercise in the USA. A fault with the Inertial Measuring Unit on Typhoon ZJ815 was identified during routine pre departure checks at Lajes Field. The fault was repaired in situ and the aircraft returned to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 25/06/2014 14:28:46 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

62596

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the results were of the recent interoperability training between RAF 41 (reserve) Test and Evaluation Squadron training with Swedish Air Force and their JAS39C Gripen aircraft.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	201351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The visiting Swedish aircraft were from the Swedish Air Combat Training School. This visit enabled both parties to conduct tactical development of our respective operational test and evaluation processes. It also provided a valuable opportunity to exchange experiences in this area.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 25/06/2014 14:29:20 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson