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1202643

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government who will give the final authorisation on whether Protector drones are permitted to fly within UK domestic airspace.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
	uin	HL5559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>Final authorisation for the Protector to fly within UK domestic airspace rests with the Civilian Aviation Authority (CAA). However, the RAF's Aviation Duty Holder is responsible for ensuring the aircraft is operated safely in accordance with Military Aviation Authority regulations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL5555 question first answered 23/06/2020 13:54:07 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

1202639

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Ministry of Defence’s proposal to fly Protector drones within UK airspace, which government body is responsible for addressing safety concerns regarding this proposal; and how are those safety considerations being assessed.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
	uin	HL5555
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>Final authorisation for the Protector to fly within UK domestic airspace rests with the Civilian Aviation Authority (CAA). However, the RAF's Aviation Duty Holder is responsible for ensuring the aircraft is operated safely in accordance with Military Aviation Authority regulations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL5559 question first answered 23/06/2020 13:54:07 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

1203782

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Bases: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to the Answer of 9 June 2020 to Question 55019, on Waste Disposal: Applications, whether US fire fighting services use fire fighting foam containing (a) PFBS, (b) PFHpA, (c) PFHxS, (d) PFOS and (e) PFOA materials on US bases in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	59590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The information needed to answer the hon. Member's question will take time to collate. I will write to him when it is available.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 23/06/2020 09:10:03 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1203688

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much energy his departmental buildings have used in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
	uin	59356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the entirety of energy use by the buildings on its estate as a (relatively small) proportion are provided ‘off contract’, falling outside the frameworks and local contracts.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Department’s recorded energy consumption across its estate, falling under the frameworks and local contracts, for the previous 5 years and current year to date is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>5,229,447,046 kWh</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>5,213,898,631 kWh</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>5,090,803,519 kWh</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>4,974,891,458 kWh</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>4,967,433,252 kWh</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21 (up to April 30)</p></td><td><p>384,641,178 kWh</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 23/06/2020 16:51:33 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1205335

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans UK: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2020 to Question 51724 on the Veterans UK Helpline, how many cases have been logged by the Veterans UK Helpline service in each month since January 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	61443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence's Veterans UK helpline is a telephony and email service providing veterans with help and assistance on a wide range of veterans' issues. The helpline does not log claims or cases but where necessary, queries are referred onto the most appropriate part of Veterans UK for resolution and reply. I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to her Question 59390 on 18 June 2020 which details the number of emails and calls per month from January 2019.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 23/06/2020 09:02:12 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer attachment 1 file name 59390 - Veterans UK Helpline Services.docx title 59390 - Veterans UK Helpline Services
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1205306

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Voyager Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential for RAF Voyager becoming more identifiable to enemy combatants after it is painted in the colours of the Union Jack; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
	uin	61411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The new livery, incorporating the Union Flag, represents Global Britain and will support the MOD’s Defence Task to promote UK prosperity. While the distinctive new livery will allow the aircraft to better represent the UK at high-profile events around the world, military Air to Air refuelling remains its primary mission. Decisions on whether to deploy the VIP Voyager aircraft, or other members of the Voyager fleet, on military operations will be taken on a case-by-case basis depending on the specific circumstances.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 23/06/2020 16:23:44 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1205297

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Voyager Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what direction he gave the Ministry of Defence to paint the RAF Voyager used for ministerial travel in the colours of the Union Jack; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
	uin	61403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 22 June to Question 60814.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 23/06/2020 09:01:36 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name 60814 - RAF Voyager - Repairs and Maintenance.docx title 60814 - RAF Voyager - Repairs & Maintenance
	tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1205108

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Racial Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of reported complaints of racist incidents in the Armed Forces between (a) 2015 - 2016, (b) 2016 - 2017, (c) 2017 - 2018, (d) 2018 - 2019, and (e) 2019 - to 17 June 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
	uin	61568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) recognises that unacceptable behaviour, including racism, still occurs. MOD and the UK Armed Forces are committed to taking action to eradicate it and have a zero-tolerance approach. Defence, like many other organisations, does not yet represent society and it is essential that it does. We recognise that the pace of change needs to quicken; that is why we are renewing our levels of ambition at the highest levels in Defence as we work to fulfil the key objective in our 2018-2030 Diversity and Inclusion Strategy to eliminate discrimination and improve diversity throughout Defence. We continue to implement all the recommendations made by Air Chief Marshal Wigston in his 2019 review into inappropriate behaviour.</p><p>All allegations of illegal or unacceptable behaviour are taken extremely seriously and investigated thoroughly; Service personnel have a number of routes to raise the issue, either with the police, within the Chain of Command or with Diversity and Inclusion Advisers. MOD is working to prevent unacceptable behaviour from occurring in the first place and has also designed an Active Bystander training so that personnel have the skills to challenge unacceptable behaviour effectively when it does occur.</p><p>The requested information is not available in the format requested and an answer could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Allegations of racism are captured through various mechanisms, including internal and external disciplinary proceedings, the Service Complaints system, informal complaints and the Armed Forces Continuous Attitude Survey. Defence is working to improve its data capture of all unacceptable behaviour across the department.</p><p>The Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces (SCOAF)'s annual report does not provide a full picture for ascertaining levels of racism in the Armed Forces. The Ombudsman's report deals with issues of overrepresentation by BAME complainants, but these complaints do not only concern racial discrimination. However, information from the single Services' annual statistical returns on Service Complaints to the SCOAF indicates that in 2019, five per cent of all bullying, harassment or discrimination Service Complaints concerned racial discrimination.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 23/06/2020 09:03:23 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
	tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1205270

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Voyager Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the tendering process was for the contract to repaint the RAF voyager plane used by the Government in the colors of the union flag.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	61532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Voyager aircraft are owned by AirTanker Limited (ATr) who are contracted through the Voyager PFI to provide the Voyager Air to Air Refuelling and Air Transport services to the Ministry of Defence (MOD). Therefore, this work was contracted directly with ATr against the PFI contract. ATr has sub-contracted elements of the work taking account of mandatory aircraft certification, regulatory and licencing requirements. MOD worked closely with ATr to ensure that tenders were only sought from approved suppliers and that competitive tenders received were assessed for cost and deliverability, and where possible, benchmarked against similar work performed previously.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 23/06/2020 16:21:59 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1205267

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2020
	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 the F-35 Block 4 upgrade is already (a) costed and (b) budgeted for in the existing F-35 programme budget for the UK; how many aircraft will be upgraded; and what the forecast programme cost range is.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	61437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The F-35 Block 4 upgrade has been included in the UK F-35 programme budget since its inception. Decisions on the number of aircraft to be upgraded will be made on the basis of military capability requirements. The costs of the Block 4 upgrade are managed through the F-35 Joint Programme Office and, as one partner in the multinational F-35 programme, the UK is not in a position to share detailed cost information.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 23/06/2020 16:54:47 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones