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1054742

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	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, with reference to the report produced by the Pentagon's Operational Test and Evaluation Office on F-35s, what assessment he has made of the service life of the RAF's fleet of F-35B aircraft.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	216198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>Under the US-led F-35 programme, the F-35B has completed full scale durability testing to 16,000 hours. Planned modifications and fleet management of the early contract F-35B aircraft will ensure that they meet the 8,000 hour service life requirement. Aircraft being delivered today incorporate these design changes in the build process to ensure they will meet 8,000 hours or more.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/02/2019 16:35:57 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1061091

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the US Director, Operational Test and Evaluation Annual Report, published in December 2018, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	221617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence remains in regular dialogue with the Department of Defense on programmes such as the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. All issues raised within the Director Operational Test and Evaluation report are understood and will be actively managed if they impact on the UK programme.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 19/02/2019 16:09:49 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

964304

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ballistic Missile Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 4.16 of the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, what progress has been made on his Department's plans to invest in the ground-based ballistic missile defence radar.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	169219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The ground-based ballistic missile defence radar will be a first in class capability for UK Defence. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is working with the Missile Defence Centre, a joint MOD/Industry organisation, to ensure a robust capability is procured.</p><p>The Department has issued a request for information to industry to inform the procurement strategy for a ground-based ballistic missile defence radar system and to inform future options in accordance with standard UK Defence procurement practices.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/09/2018 16:42:04 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

964052

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 16 of his Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18, what the timetable is for the completion of Project Centurion.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	169196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Project Centurion is due to deliver transition of Attack capability from Tornado GR4 to Typhoon by 31 December 2018, ahead of Tornado GR4 reaching its out of service date of 31 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/09/2018 16:41:34 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

983229

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 14 of the Finance & Economics Annual Bulletin Departmental Resources Statistics 2018, if he will publish the companies his Department has contracted for consultancy and how much of the £50 million consultancy spend was spent with each company.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	176133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence’s consultancy expenditure for 2017-18 by supplier rounded to the nearest £1,000 is published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mod-spending-over-25000-january-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mod-spending-over-25000-january-to-december-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/10/2018 15:28:47 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1029534

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Trident Missiles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's report entitled The United Kingdom’s Future Nuclear Deterrent: 2018 Update to Parliament, when he plans to make a decision on replacing the warhead used by the UK's nuclear-armed submarines.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	204442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the 2018 Update to Parliament, work is continuing to refine options and technical solutions to inform the Government's decision on replacing the warhead. We will continue to provide updates as work progresses.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/01/2019 16:30:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1029532

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Trident: Supply Chains
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's report The United Kingdom’s Future Nuclear Deterrent: 2018 Update to Parliament, which companies that are part of the supply chain to the Nuclear Enterprise are located in the EU 27; and in what countries those companies are located.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	204441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested. The Ministry of Defence works closely with its Tier 1 suppliers to manage the extended supply chain.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/01/2019 16:31:33 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1058878

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Warships: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's recent announcement, what the estimated cost is of its acquisition of two Littoral Strike Ships.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	219360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence announced on 11 February 2019, we will use the Transformation Fund to develop a concept for a Littoral Strike Ship. Estimates of the potential acquisition cost of this capability will be established during the initial concept phase.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 14/02/2019 15:56:45 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

944689

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's announcement of 18 July 2018 on the new medal to recognise the fight against Daesh, if he publish the countries where UK personnel in receipt of the medal (a) are based and (b) have been based.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	166111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2018 answer text <p>The initial awards of the Iraq and Syria Operational Service Medal were to personnel who were based in either Iraq or Cyprus. These personnel will have subsequently deployed on further operations, deployed again on Operation SHADER, or returned to their home base. Further eligible locations for award of the medal are currently under consideration.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 27/07/2018 13:21:01 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1019952

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Cost Effectiveness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Financial Summary of the Defence Equipment Plan 2018, which capabilities that are uneconomic to maintain is his Department considering to remove from service earlier than planned.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	198773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>We always keep our military capabilities under constant review to ensure they continue to deliver the required military effect and value for money. Since the financial summary of the Equipment Plan was published, the Chancellor has pledged an extra £1 billion to the Ministry of Defence over the next two years which, on top of the £800 million increase this spring, represents a substantial financial boost and reaffirms our commitment to protecting national security.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/12/2018 16:21:19 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith