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1138708

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money the Royal Fleet Auxiliary spent on vessel maintenance in each financial year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	276529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The amounts spent in each financial year on vessel maintenance for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (rounded to the nearest million) are shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total Spend (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">116</del><ins class="ministerial">74</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">56</del><ins class="ministerial">48</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">96</del><ins class="ministerial">95</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data for financial years 2009-10 to 2014-15 is no longer held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 17/07/2019 15:08:25 question first ministerially corrected 24/07/2019 16:02:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew previous answer version 129491 answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1171126

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish his Department's next Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	3708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my noble Friend, Earl Howe, on 8 January 2020 in the House of Lords (Official Report, column 177).</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 20/01/2020 15:35:56 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace attachment 1 file name 20200108_Intergrated_Security_Defence_and_Foreign_Policy_Review.docx title Hansard Extract 8 January 2020
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1140409

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Fire and Rescue Service: Serco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 18 July 2019 on Defence Fire and Rescue Project, HCWS1758, what the total cost was to his Department of the legal challenge from Serco Ltd.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	278932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The total cost of Serco's legal challenge to the Defence Fire and Rescue procurement process is expected to be less than £11 million. The majority of this is the cost of the financial settlement mutually agreed with Serco, the details of which were set out in my statement of 18 July 2019 (HCWS1758).</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/07/2019 13:12:08 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 18 July 2019, HCWS 1758.docx title Defence Fire and Rescue Project
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1138706

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Tankers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what additional funding has been (a) required and (b) allocated to the Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability programme for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s (RFA) Tide-Class tankers (a) Tidesurge, (b) Tidespring, (c) Tidewave and (d) Tideforce since each of those vessels was delivered to the RFA.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	276527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>Three Tide Class Tankers are in service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary; the fourth (TIDEFORCE) will enter service soon. No additional funding has been required or allocated.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 17/07/2019 15:07:34 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1138707

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Tankers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s Tide-Class tankers (a) Tidesurge, (b) Tidespring, (c) Tidewave and (d) Tideforce completed their first Replenishment At Sea exercise.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	276528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>Each Tide Class tanker conducted their first Replenishment at Sea on the following dates:</p><p>RFA TIDESPRING replenished RFA WAVE KNIGHT on 13 November 2017.</p><p>RFA TIDERACE replenished HMS SOMERSET on 21 July 2018.</p><p>RFA TIDESURGE replenished HMS DEFENDER on 16 February 2019.</p><p>RFA TIDEFORCE replenished RFA FORT VICTORIA on 1-2 May 2019.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/07/2019 15:12:44 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1140421

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Fire and Rescue Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Written Statement of 18 July 2019 on Defence Fire and Rescue Project, HCWS1758, for what reasons her Department decided that that project will improve safety for firefighter personnel.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	278933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Defence Fire and Rescue Project contract introduces additional investment into the Defence Fire and Rescue capability which will contribute to improvements in safety for both firefighters and the wider defence population. This includes the introduction of new types of firefighting vehicles and technology that limits the exposure of firefighters to high hazard areas; additional breathing apparatus simulators; easier access to training in a greater range of locations; more training scenarios in simulators and a greater focus on prevention and protection.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/07/2019 13:11:17 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1141297

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Navy: Persian Gulf
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the European-led maritime protection mission to be deployed in the strait of Hormuz will operate under the framework of the Common Security and Defence Policy.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	280973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The UK, along with the US and other allies is now participating in an International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC) under a new mandate to mitigate the immediate threat to maritime shipping in the Gulf. This is not part of the Common Security &amp; Defence Policy Framework.</p><p>The UK continues to be part of on-going conversations with international allies including European partners and the US on how best we can ensure maritime security in the Gulf and protect freedom of navigation.</p><p>Freedom of navigation is in every nation's interest. It is unacceptable to illegally seize a ship going about legitimate business in an internationally-recognised shipping lane. The action we are taking is aimed at ensuring freedom of navigation is maintained.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 03/09/2019 13:33:40 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1141298

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when she plans to respond to the letter of 17 June from the hon. Member for Llanelli on Afghan interpreters.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	280974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>I responded to the hon. Member on 30 July 2019.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 03/09/2019 15:09:28 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1141869

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	MOD Ashchurch: Asbestos
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment she has made of the presence of asbestos at Ashchurch military depot.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	281669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Testing has indicated the presence of asbestos contamination in a number of buildings at the Defence Equipment &amp; Support Ashchurch site, resulting in some building closures as a precaution. Personnel working at the site have been informed.</p><p>The programme of testing priority buildings is now complete and a number of buildings have been re-opened, allowing some operations to recommence. Testing of individual vehicles continues; this will inform the extent of cleaning required. A remediation programme has been developed to clean affected areas and initial measures have already been implemented. Contingency planning is in place to support defence activities.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 03/09/2019 13:35:38 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1145994

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to row Q of the table headed Spending in Departmental Expenditure Limits on page 46 of the Central Government Supply Estimates 2019-20: Main Supply Estimates, published in May 2019, if he will publish a breakdown of the spending allocation under the heading Operations Service Personnel Staff Cost.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	290891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is committed to appropriate transparency of its finances, and we make regular reports to Parliament on our expenditure as well as being subject to regular National Audit Office studies on various aspects of our expenditure. In particular, we produce an account of the Department's actual expenditure every year in the Annual Report and Accounts, and we also publish annually a detailed report on the Equipment Plan, focusing on departmental spending on the procurement and support of military equipment. These reports set out actual expenditure at the end of the relevant financial year. We published the 2018-19 Annual Report before the summer recess and the equipment plan report is due to be published later this year.</p><p>The figures concerned are estimates and are subject to variations in expenditure that take place throughout the year as the Department undertakes its business. The definitive record of our expenditure is set out in the Annual Report and Accounts and Equipment Plan. The Annual Report for the year ending 31 March 2020 will be published in summer 2020 and the Equipment Plan 2019 is due to be published later this year. The latest versions of both publications can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-defence-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-19</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-defence-equipment-plan-2018</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 290892 290893 290894 290895 290903 290904 290905 290906 290907 291097 291098 291099 291100 question first answered 30/09/2019 16:51:40 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith