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	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Type 45 Destroyers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many operational defects on (1) HMS Daring, (2) HMS Dauntless, (3) HMS Diamond, (4) HMS Dragon, (5) HMS Defender, and (6) HMS Duncan were reported in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, and (c) 2018 to date.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
	uin	HL10672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>All complex systems suffer defects and require maintenance throughout their lives, and warships are no exception. Operational Defects can vary in their categorisation and severity, covering minor ancillary components to major defects. The information requested, up to and including 18 October 2018, is provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>SHIP</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS Daring</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS Dauntless</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS Diamond</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS Defender</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS Dragon</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>254</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS Duncan</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We would not release more detailed information related to these figures as this would allow deductions to be made about a ship's capability and may affect operational security.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 29/10/2018 17:43:46 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

988472

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings the Secretary of State for Defence has had in the last two years with major prime contractors to discuss procurement strategies.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
	uin	HL10671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>It is not normal practice for procurement strategies to be discussed with individual companies as this might provide commercial advantage.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 29/10/2018 17:44:46 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

988471

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what lessons, if any, they have learned from the French Loi de Programmation 2019–25 process.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
	uin	HL10670
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>We and France routinely engage with each other when conducting strategic reviews. We welcome the clear path the latest Loi de Programmation Militaire sets towards France's defence spending reaching 2% of GDP by 2025, and have noted its main axes of investing in people; support and sustainment of current operational capability and renewal of the nuclear deterrent; investing in the emerging areas of cyber and space; and a greater emphasis on innovation, efficiency, research and development.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 29/10/2018 17:44:07 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie