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41185

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the objectives are of Britain's Defence and Security Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
	uin	190480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The National Security Strategy defines two strategic objectives. These are firstly to ensure a secure and resilient UK – protecting our people, economy, infrastructure, territory and way of life from all major risks that can affect us directly – and secondly, shaping a stable world – acting to reduce the likelihood of risks affecting the UK or our interests overseas. Taken together, the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review define the ends, ways and means through which Government seeks to strengthen our security and build our prosperity.</p> answering member constituency Runnymede and Weybridge answering member printed Mr Philip Hammond question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 105 label Biography information for Lord Hammond of Runnymede
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

34100

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's Costing and Cost Management Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
	uin	184212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p>Costing and Cost Management Strategy is an internal Ministry of Defence document and is not for external publication.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

63216

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on redundancy payments to (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) Royal Air Force personnel in each financial year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
	uin	201969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>Expenditure on redundancy payments is not recorded separately by individual arms of service. However, the total of expenditure incurred on Military redundancy payments has been as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total Redundancy Payments (£million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Figure for 2013-14 will be published in the Ministry of Defence's Annual Report and Accounts 2013-2014.</p><p> </p><p>While reduced recruiting and fewer extensions of service will account for some of the reductions arising from the 2010 Strategic Defence &amp; Security Review decision on the future size and shape of the Regular Armed Forces, a redundancy programme is needed to ensure the right balance of skills for the future is maintained across the rank structures. We are providing as much support as possible to those personnel being made redundant.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that, by 2021-22, we will have achieved cumulative savings of some £23 billion as a result of reductions in military and civilian personnel and greater efficiency in the conduct of non-front line activities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/07/2014 16:23:37 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 7469 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

63208

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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, what the cost is of each Lightning II his Department has ordered to date.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
	uin	201930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Lightning II aircraft are being procured incrementally. To date the UK has ordered four F-35 B aircraft, three of which have been delivered. The approved cost for the production of the four aircraft, including initial spares provision, risk, concurrency, necessary programme and support arrangements, long lead items and our contribution to the composite share ratio for the next batch of aircraft is £999 million, as detailed in the National Audit Office Major Projects Report 2013.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 02/07/2014 15:45:07 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 7467 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

63218

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Reserve Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many sponsored reserves there were in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) Royal Air Force service in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
	uin	201970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is as follows:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of Sponsored Reserves as at 1 April each year</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1 April 2010</p></td><td><p>1 April 2011</p></td><td><p>1 April 2012</p></td><td><p>1 April 2013</p></td><td><p>1 April 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Sponsored Reserve</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,320</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,370</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,150</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,040</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,960</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RNR Sponsored Reserve</p></td><td><p>2,130</p></td><td><p>2,180</p></td><td><p>1,950</p></td><td><p>1,860</p></td><td><p>1,740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Of which Royal Fleet Auxiliary </em></p></td><td><p><em>1,870</em></p></td><td><p><em>1,930</em></p></td><td><p><em>1,690</em></p></td><td><p><em>1,600</em></p></td><td><p><em>1,550</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army Sponsored Reserve</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF Sponsored Reserve</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol type="1"><li>All numbers are sourced from the Joint Personnel Administration by Defence Statistics (Tri-Service)</li><li>All numbers are rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not equal the sums of their rounded parts.</li><li>All reserves statistics are provisional due to ongoing data quality investigations.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p>More detailed information on Reserve numbers, including Sponsored Reserves can be found in the Defence Statistics Tri-Service Publication at the following link:</p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/314795/uk_reserve_force_cadets_2014.pdf" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/314795/uk_reserve_force_cadets_2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/314795/uk_reserve_force_cadets_2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 01/07/2014 16:54:31 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

63209

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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, from which low-rate initial production lot each Lightning II delivered to his Department to date came from.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
	uin	201931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has taken delivery of three aircraft to date. Two aircraft, ordered in Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) 3, are at Block 1A software standard and one aircraft, ordered in LRIP 4, is at Block 2A standard.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 201932 question first answered 01/07/2014 15:42:41 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

63210

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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, which software block is installed on each Lightning II delivered to his Department to date.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
	uin	201932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has taken delivery of three aircraft to date. Two aircraft, ordered in Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) 3, are at Block 1A software standard and one aircraft, ordered in LRIP 4, is at Block 2A standard.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 201931 question first answered 01/07/2014 15:42:41 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

63211

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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, what estimate he has made of the out of service date for the Lightning II.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
	uin	201933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As an initial planning assumption, the scheduled out of service date for the UK Lightning II fleet is 2048.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 30/06/2014 15:10:38 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

63212

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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, what estimate he has made of the through life cost of the Lightning II project.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
	uin	201934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The incremental nature of the F-35 approvals means that the total cost of the programme is updated after each Main Gate is endorsed. The UK F-35 programme is scheduled to seek financial approval for its fifth and final main gate in 2017. At this point the overall cost of the programme will be published. Whilst the Ministry of Defence maintains a detailed through-life cost estimate for the programme which forecasts all Main Gates it does not publish these figures ahead of formal contract negotiation.I am withholding the information as its disclosure would prejudice commercial interests.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 30/06/2014 15:10:09 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

63215

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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, what the loss/exchange ratio for the Lightning II is.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
	uin	202105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The Lightning II aircraft is specifically designed to operate in a contested environment. Regular simulator work and operational analysis is carried out to confirm the system's performance and operational test of the aircraft is planned to do the same. The air system currently meets or exceeds our requirements. I am withholding the level of detail requested as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 201935 201936 201971 question first answered 26/06/2014 13:42:45 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching