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1259168

registered interest
date	08/12/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Minesweepers: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what financial commitment his Department has made to the existing Anglo-French MCMV programme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	126784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2020 answer text <p>I have interpreted the right hon. Member's question as referring to the Anglo-French Maritime Mine Counter Measures (MMCM) programme. On 26 November the Secretary of State announced a £184 million investment in the joint MMCM programme, which will create new systems to combat sea mines and keep ships and personnel away from danger. Along with a further £70 million currently committed to the demonstration phase, this new investment brings the total UK commitment to some £254 million.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 14/12/2020 13:49:24 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1259169

registered interest
date	08/12/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	.To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the UK's unit price figure for the purchase of F-35b is lower than the figure reported by United States Marine Corps.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	126785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2020 answer text <p>The current Unit Recurring Flyaway (URF) cost for the F-35B is $101 Million. This is the URF for the F-35B aircraft in Lot 14 which will deliver UK aircraft in Financial Year 2022/23.</p><p> </p><p>The unit price figures reported by the United States Marine Corps for the Lots they have procured are a matter for the United States Government.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 14/12/2020 13:49:58 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1258503

registered interest
date	04/12/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether servicemen and servicewomen operating in Scotland whose residence is in England will be permitted to return to their families at Christmas.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	125216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p>As announced by this Government on 24 November, travel restrictions across the four administrations and between tiers will be lifted to allow people to travel within the UK from 23 to 27 December. This includes military personnel travelling to and from military bases. Outside of this window, Defence personnel will continue to follow the restrictions in force where they work and live.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 09/12/2020 13:12:58 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1257140

registered interest
date	01/12/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Forensic Science Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the tendering process for Forensic Science Service has cost the public purse.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	123534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>The principle cost to the public purse for the tendering process for the Forensic Science Service used by the Royal Military Police and the Royal Navy Police are attributable to the personnel employed in the process. All of these are existing Defence staff and their specific time allocation on this work is not recorded.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 07/12/2020 17:37:53 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1256811

registered interest
date	30/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 45 Destroyers: Decommissioning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the retirement date is of each Type 45 destroyer.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	122596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>On current plans, the Type 45 destroyers will leave service between 2035 and 2038.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 03/12/2020 15:33:50 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1256832

registered interest
date	30/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Minesweepers: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what systems the UK has committed to buying under the Anglo-French MCMV programme; and what the cost to the public purse is of the programme to date.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	122600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>I have interpreted the right hon. Member's question as referring to the Anglo-French Maritime Mine Counter Measures (MMCM) programme. The UK has committed to buying three sets of equipment under the programme. Each set comprises a portable operation centre, an autonomous surface vessel, towed sonar, and a mine neutralisation system. To date the total cost to the UK has been approximately £82 million.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 03/12/2020 15:37:22 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1256833

registered interest
date	30/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to update the National Security Strategy.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	122601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>In his statement on 19 November, the Prime Minister said the Government will announce the full conclusions of the Integrated Review early in the new year. Through these conclusions we will set out the Government's overarching strategy for national security and foreign policy, including defence, diplomacy, development and national resilience, setting direction for more detailed strategies and departmental activity in the coming years.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 03/12/2020 11:37:57 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1255317

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to bring forward legislative measures for service personnel and veterans who served in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	120809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that veterans who served in Northern Ireland are treated as fairly as those who served overseas.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland will bring forward legislation to address the legacy of the Troubles which focuses on reconciliation, delivers for victims, and ends the cycle of reinvestigations into the Troubles in Northern Ireland that has failed victims and veterans alike - delivering on our commitments to Northern Ireland veterans.</p><p>We remain committed to making progress and engaging with all partners on this important issue.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 30/11/2020 14:19:03 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1255318

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many different software standards are in the UK's F-35Bs.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	120810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>There are two software standards in the UK Fleet due to the progressive transition approach between software loads. UK test aircraft in the USA fly with an additional test-specific software load.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 30/11/2020 12:04:58 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1255319

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to bring all delivered F-35Bs to the same software standard.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	120811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>All F-35B aircraft software is updated bi-annually through a regular planned programme of software loads.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure maximum operational availability, maintenance activity required to update each software load is staggered across the available fleet; this transition period is pre-determined and monitored.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 30/11/2020 09:54:25 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones