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registered interest
date	29/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Advertising
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Ministry of Defence spent on advertising in the last year; and what the principal categories were, broken down by (1) medium, and (2) purpose.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The amount spent by the Department on advertising for financial year 2018-19 was £40.7 million. The majority of expenditure is accounted for by advertising by the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force to aid recruitment into our Armed Forces. The breakdown of medium is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 04/11/2019 14:55:14 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

1167248

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) Mastiff (all variants), (2) Ridgeback (all variants), (3) Wolfhound (all variants), (4) Husky (all variants), (5) Coyote (all variants), and (6) Warthog (all variants), vehicles they have purchased in total; and what was the total procurement cost of each vehicle type.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The number of vehicles procured and the total procurement values are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Fleet (all Variants)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Number Procured</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Procurement Value (£million ex VAT)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mastiff</p></td><td><p>451</p></td><td><p>329.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ridgback</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>132.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolfhound</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>107.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Husky</p></td><td><p>338</p></td><td><p>190.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coyote</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>27.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warthog</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>129.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It should be noted that these figures include the procurement of the base vehicle, the integration work required to bring the vehicles up to a UK theatre entry standard and varying levels of initial spares purchases. Some contracts included the purchase of additional items, such as weapons and communication equipment. A number of the vehicle procurements were conducted via the Foreign Military Sales process, with costs calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate paid at the time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 04/11/2019 14:51:30 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

1167249

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the status of each fleet of (1) Mastiff (all variants), (2) Ridgeback (all variants), (3) Wolfhound (all variants), (4) Husky (all variants), (5) Coyote (all variants), and (6) Warthog (all variants) vehicles, including the numbers (a) in forward fleet, (b) in reserve, (c) in storage, (d) that are ready for disposal, and (e) that have been sold or gifted.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The status of each fleet of vehicles can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Fleet</p></td><td><p>In Forward Fleet</p></td><td><p>In Reserve</p></td><td><p>In Storage</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mastiff</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>417</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ridgback</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolfhound</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Husky</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coyote</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warthog</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Warthog was taken out of service in 2015, they are showing as in storage as they are awaiting disposal action.</p><p> </p><p>One Warthog vehicle has been sold. None of the subject vehicles have been gifted.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 04/11/2019 14:50:36 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

1167250

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of each type of (1) Mastiff (all variants), (2) Ridgeback (all variants), (3) Wolfhound (all variants), (4) Husky (all variants), (5) Coyote (all variants), and (6) Warthog (all variants), vehicles they have sold; and what monies have been obtained by such sales.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>One Warthog vehicle has been sold. There have been no sales of Mastiff, Ridgback, Wolfhound, Husky or Coyote vehicles; I am withholding details of the sale price, as its disclosure would prejudice commercial interests.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 04/11/2019 14:38:53 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

1167251

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Maritime Patrol Aircraft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government under what rules the Boeing P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft for the Ministry of Defence has been certified as airworthy; and where certified by a third party, what plans they have to re-certify for airworthiness via the Military Airworthiness Authority.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The P-8A Poseidon MRA Mk1 has been certified as airworthy in accordance with the Military Airworthiness Authority's (MAA) Military Air System Certification Process, as laid out in Regulatory Article (RA) 5810.</p><p>The MAA issued a United Kingdom Restricted Military Type Certificate for the Poseidon MRA Mk1 on 19 September 2019.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 04/11/2019 14:48:17 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

1167252

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many UK's F-35 aircraft they have ordered, broken down by (1) lot number, and (2) financial year, since the start of the programme.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The UK has taken delivery of 18 F-35B aircraft from Lots 3-11, with a further 17 on order in Lots 12-14.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Lot 3</p></td><td><p>Lot 4</p></td><td><p>Lot 7</p></td><td><p>Lot 8</p></td><td><p>Lot 9</p></td><td><p>Lot 10</p></td><td><p>Lot 11</p></td><td><p>Lot 12</p></td><td><p>Lot 13</p></td><td><p>Lot 14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Delivery Date</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Up to 2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="7"><p>Single Year Contracts</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Block Buy 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of UK Aircraft in Lot</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 04/11/2019 15:02:44 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie