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174697

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many suitably qualified and experienced personnel staff are currently required by his Department; and how many such positions for each role are vacant in (a) the Defence Support Group, (b) the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, (c) the UK Hydrographic Office and (d) Defence Equipment and Support.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	221406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 27/01/2015 17:03:40 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

174698

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear-qualified and experienced personnel have been required by his Department in each of the last three years; and how many such posts were vacant at each location on the most recent date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	221405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 12 May 2014, (Official Report, column 388W).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 27/01/2015 17:11:01 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name Nuclear Reactors.doc HOC 188387.doc title Hansard Extract 12 May 2014
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

174699

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
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 the most recent version of the Defence Nuclear Executive Board's Risk Register for the Nuclear Programme.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	221407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>This information is being withheld for the purpose of safeguarding national security.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 26/01/2015 17:06:59 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

174700

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Tornado Aircraft: Safety Measures
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 24 October 2014 to Question 210783, what the issues were that required resolution; whether those issues they have been resolved; and if he will publish the revised TCAS embodiment programme for the Tornado GR4 fleet.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	221408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>Trials in the Tornado GR4 aircraft have revealed that modifications are required to existing aircraft hardware and software in order to ensure compatibility with the Honeywell Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System II (TCAS II). Work is continuing to resolve these issues and once further trials and testing has been completed we will be in a better position to determine when the full capability will be available. The Ministry of Defence is committed to obtaining early beneficial use of TCAS II and is embodying the system in as many Tornado GR4 aircraft as possible to operate, initially, in Traffic Advisory mode.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 27/01/2015 17:52:56 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

174701

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the section on Barrow Infrastructure in the United Kingdom's Future Nuclear Deterrent: 2014 Update to Parliament, how he calculated that £42 million would be saved by a different approach to financing the rebuild of new support facilites in the Central Yard at the Barrow shipyard; what the early implementation steel work to the New Assembly Shop consists of; and how the £55 million of planned expenditure for which no specific purpose is assigned will be used.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	221394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The expected £42 million reduction in cost results from changes to the way the Department pays for the Barrow facility improvements. The payment changes reflect a move from overhead recovery from BAE Systems to direct funding by the Ministry of Defence, and an associated reduction in the company's profit to reflect the reduced level of commercial risk.</p><p>Much of the plant and equipment within the new assembly shop will require upgrading and refurbishing from the existing stock to support the Successor submarine build programme. This includes presses, rotators and specialist welding equipment; the testing of this equipment will use steel from which test-pieces and prototypes will be manufactured.</p><p>The 2014 Update to Parliament explained that £261 million of funding has been re-profiled into the Assessment Phase. Of this, £206 million is to support Barrow infrastructure. The remaining £55 million is the £55 million referred to in the Long Lead Items section of the 2014 update.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 27/01/2015 17:05:12 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

174702

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Tornado Aircraft
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 9 January 2015 to Question 219525, if he will place in the Library a copy of the document that has superseded Version 1.3 of the document 201110314 Collision Warning System Analysis.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	221409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>I have asked for a copy, redacted in accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, to be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 27/01/2015 17:58:52 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

174703

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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, when he expects testing of the collision warning system for Typhoon jets to be completed; what estimate he has made of the time and cost of installing that system; and when he expects to take a decision on installing that system.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	221410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The development of a collision warning system for the Typhoon aircraft is at the concept phase and no investment decisions have yet been made. It is too early to say what the time or cost of installing a collision warning system in Typhoon might be. By way of context, other than the installations on our Tornado fleet, we are not aware of any combat jet in the world fitted with a collision warning system, which have been designed for use on civil and commercial aircraft.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 27/01/2015 17:58:20 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

174707

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Mesothelioma
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to offer support to veterans diagnosed with mesothelioma.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	221387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>Veterans diagnosed with mesothelioma receive considerable support. The Ministry of Defence is committed to ensuring that all veterans and their families are provided with the support they need, and are treated fairly. Veterans UK, provides a package of welfare support for veterans through a free helpline, website and a national Veterans Welfare Service. Veterans UK also administer compensation payments for those injured or bereaved through service.</p><p>The existing War Pensions Scheme provides compensation for veterans and their dependants. It is a generous scheme with a low burden of proof, under which mesothelioma sufferers receive the maximum award, with dependants benefits.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 27/01/2015 16:58:04 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

174708

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what cross-departmental work his Department is undertaking on veterans' welfare.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Nick Harvey
uin	221427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>A very feature of the Armed Forces Covenant is the Covenant Reference Group (CRG), which is chaired by the Cabinet Office Minister for Government Policy and includes representatives from all of the main Government Departments. The CRG meets regularly to guide and direct work on the Armed Forces Covenant, including support for the veteran community. Other members of the CRG include the three Service Family Federations, COBSEO (the Confederation of Service Charities) and other charities.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is represented at cross-Departmental groups, such as the DCLG Working Group for Homeless Veterans. In addition, the MOD co-chairs with the Department of Health the MOD/UK Departments of Health Partnership Board, which is responsible for ensuring that the MOD and UK Health Departments work together to meet the requirements of the Armed Forces Covenant (an obligation which the NHS in England is mandated to deliver), and to improve the health and healthcare of the Armed Forces, their families and veterans.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/01/2015 16:51:53 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	231 label Biography information for Sir Nick Harvey

174710

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his statement of 20 January 2015, Official Report, column 105, on Trident renewal, that the UK has met its commitment to withdraw from deployment some of its nuclear weapons, whether an independent authority has been given access to verify that withdrawal of operational nuclear weapons; what his Department has done with those missiles withdrawn from deployment; what his Department has done with fissile material from those nuclear warheads withdrawn from deployment; and what international safeguards inspection measures have been applied to that fissile material.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	221353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>As a recognised Nuclear Weapons State under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the UK is not obliged to seek an independent authority to verify the reduction in the number of operational missiles and nuclear warheads.</p><p>Non-operational Trident missiles are stored in accordance with agreed procedures. The 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review revision of the number of operational missiles did not change the UK entitlement to Trident missiles, which are supplied from a common pool in the US under a Government to Government arrangement.</p><p>Once processed, the fissile material from dismantled warheads is returned to the Ministry of Defence nuclear material stockpile.</p><p>As a recognised Nuclear Weapons State under the NPT, the UK is not obliged to place this material under international safeguards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 27/01/2015 17:10:35 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn