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417025

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether decisions on the next Comprehensive Spending Review will be taken before the outcome of the next Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL1945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Spending Review will be published on 25<sup>th</sup> November, and work is currently underway on the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) which we expect to publish before the end of the year. These reviews will be closely aligned, recognising that economic security and national security are two sides of the same coin.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At the Summer Budget, the Government committed to increased spending on defence and security, and to meet the properly measured NATO pledge to spend 2 per cent of GDP on defence every year of this decade. The allocation of a Joint Security Fund of up to an additional £1.5 billion per year by 2020/21, available to the Armed Forces and Security and Intelligence agencies, will also be based on the conclusions of the SDSR.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 21/09/2015 15:53:26 question first ministerially corrected 22/09/2015 14:57:30 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley previous answer version 22475 answering member printed Lord Bridges answering member 3524
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

513469

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Flags
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what the correct proportions of the Union Flag are, and where they are laid down.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL7726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The correct proportions of the Union Flag on land are 5 : 3. The proportions were established by Garter <del class="ministerial">Principle</del> <ins class="ministerial">Principal</ins>King of Arms in 1938 as the principle adviser to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom with respect to national symbols, ceremonial and heraldry. The present Garter continues to inform and advise government and the Crown on such matters.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 28/04/2016 13:50:43 question first ministerially corrected 03/05/2016 14:02:59 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe previous answer version 58078 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

646579

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Warships: Shipbuilding
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the National Shipbuilding Strategy report by Sir John Parker will be published; and when the new shipbuilding strategy will be announced.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL3598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the answer given by my hon. Friend, the Minister for Defence Procurement (Harriett Baldwin), on 29 November 2016 to Questions 54821 and 54838.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 07/12/2016 14:32:54 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 29 November 2016.docx title Warships Building
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

926508

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Maritime Volunteer Service
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Earl Howe on 14 June (HL Deb, col 1764), what consideration they have given to making more use of the Maritime Volunteer Service.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL8754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the answer given by Baroness Williams of Trafford to Question HL6730 on 20 April 2017.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 28/06/2018 15:10:29 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name 20170420_HL6730_UK_Border_Force_Maritime_Volunteer_Service.docx title UK Border Force: Maritime Volunteer Service
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

470638

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2016
	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 when repairs to the main generating capability of the six Daring Class destroyers will be completed.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL6981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave on 8 February 2016 to Question number HL5630 to Lord Campbell of Pittenweem.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 21/03/2016 16:28:12 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 8 February 2016, HL 5630.docx title Type 45 Destroyers
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

510277

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 23 March (HL6982), how much extra money has been added to the budgets of (1) the First Sea Lord, (2) the Chief of the General Staff, and (3) the Chief of the Air Staff, in (a) 2016–17 and (b) 2017–18.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL7483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave him on 23 March 2016 to Question HL6982.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 25/04/2016 16:12:23 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name 20160323_HL6982_Armed_Forces_Finance[2].docx title QnA extract on Armed Forces Finances
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

459854

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Nuclear Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any of the recommendations of the Report from the Science and Technology Committee <i>Nuclear Research and Development Capabilities</i> (3rd Report, Session 2010–12, HL Paper 221), particularly the development of a long-term strategy for nuclear energy looking beyond 2025, have been taken forward.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL6951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>Government provided a response to the Science and Technology Committee’s Nuclear Research and Development Capabilities Report in February 2012, setting out the actions that would be undertaken in response to the Committee’s recommendations. The response is attached.</p><p> </p><p>Subsequently, Government worked with both Industry and Academia to develop and publish the Nuclear Industrial Strategy and a number of supporting documents in March 2013. The strategy set out, in detail, ambitions and plans for the role of nuclear in the UK energy mix to 2050 and beyond.</p><p> </p><p>The Nuclear Industrial Strategy also set out the remit for the creation of both the Nuclear Industrial Council and the Nuclear Innovation and Research Advisory Board (NIRAB), to provide advice, assistance and coordination across the relevant parties in the nuclear landscape. A working group was also created under the umbrella of the Low Carbon Innovation Coordination Group (LCICG) to better coordinate public sector spending in this area.</p><p>In the recent Spending Review, the first since the Committee’s Report, Government announced at least £250m of funding for nuclear R&amp;D. This funding is made up of 2 components: 1) an ambitious nuclear R&amp;D programme; 2) a competition to select the best value Small Modular Reactor design for the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 18/03/2016 14:25:13 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name GovtResponseNuclear.pdf title Nuclear: 2012 Govt Resp, HoL Science & Tech Cttee
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

917803

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Decorations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 4 June (HL8094), whether long service and good conduct medals were (1) produced and issued to honorary 5 star officers, and (2) produced and not issued to retired Heads of Service.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL8397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave on 28 February 2018 to Question HL5695.</p><p>https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2018-02-20/HL5695/</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 13/06/2018 15:25:08 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 28 February 2018 HL5695.docx title Military Decorations
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

510281

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Merchant Shipping
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether there has been a reduction in the number of British seafarers being employed by the world's merchant marine, and if there has, what action they are taking to ensure that the necessary numbers exist to meet national requirements for British seafarers in time of war.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL7487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The latest UK seafarer statistics can be found in the attached document “Seafarer Statistics, 2015” that is also available on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015 the total number of UK seafarers active at sea was 23,380, an increase of 2% on the 2014 figure and 2.3% on 2013 figure. The figures for the last five years are shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Active seafarers at sea</p></td><td><p>27,010</p></td><td><p>24,100</p></td><td><p>22,840</p></td><td><p>22,910</p></td><td><p>23,380</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Maritime Growth Study, chaired by Lord Mountevans and published on 7 September 2015, recognised the need for more proactive action to replenish and develop the skills needed to maintain the UK position as a world-leading maritime centre. The Government has accepted the recommendations and has already let a research contract to Oxford Economics to establish the requirement for trained seafarers in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government does not hold data on national requirements for British seafarers in time of war.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/04/2016 14:04:01 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon attachment 1 file name HL7487 - Seafarer Statistics-2015.pdf title HL7487 - Seafarer Statistics - 2015
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

857909

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	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 what is the status of the Power and Propulsion Upgrade for the T45; when the first ship will be taken in hand; and when all six T45s will be fully operationally capable.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL6218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave to the noble Lord, Lord Campbell of Pittenweem on 5 March 2018 to Question HL5775.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 19/03/2018 16:17:52 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name 20180305_HL5775_Type_45_Destroyers.docx title HL5775 - WQnA extract on Type 45 Destroyers
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead