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48779

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individuals have been awarded a war disablement pension for mesothelioma since 1994; what estimate he has made of the number of former members of the armed forces who have gone on to develop mesothelioma; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	196896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is unable to provide the number of individuals awarded a War Disablement Pension (WDP) for Mesothelioma since 1994 in the time scale requested. However, as at 31 March 2013, 50 individuals were in receipt of a WDP for a recorded condition of Mesothelioma. <br><br>The MOD has no estimated data of former personnel with Mesothelioma.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

48780

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when each Type 45 Destroyer will be installed with the ECPINS-W Subs software; and what estimate he has made of the total cost of that installation.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	196953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The Electronic Chart Precise Integrated Navigation System software is planned to be installed on the Type 45 Destroyers (T45) as the primary element of the Warship Electronic Chart Display and Information System (WECDIS) navigation capability. This will enhance the Type 45's navigation capability, which currently uses a mix of paper charts and an Electronic Charting System, commonly used on commercial shipping. The new WECDIS system will remove the need for paper charts and includes additional warfighting command and control functionality.<br><br>The programme will ensure the system and training arrangements comply with the latest international standards, which were defined after the T45 build contract was awarded.<br><br>The rollout of WECDIS on the six T45s is scheduled to take place from early 2016, subject to the ships' operational programme, and is expected to cost £5.6 Million for all six platforms. This covers the cost of development, acceptance, testing and trials, platform rollout and user training.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

48781

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) press officers, (b) internal communications officers, (c) external communications officers, (d) communications strategy officers and (e) other personnel with a communications remit were employed by (i) his Department, (ii) its agencies and (iii) each other non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department on the most recent date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	196954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Communicators are employed across Defence and the Armed Forces. They have an important task in explaining to the public, the media, our own people and other audiences – at the local regional, national and international levels - the role of Defence, Defence activities, capabilities and operations. Over the last several years substantial savings have been made across the communications area, and further efficiencies will continue to be made.<br><br>The latest figures for the numbers involved in communications roles as at 31 March 2013 are shown in the attached table, and include all posts for which over 50% of the post's core duties are communications. These figures include both military and civilian posts worldwide. In the 2013 exercise communications staff in Non-Departmental Public Bodies were not surveyed. As such, this data was requested separately.<br><br>Also shown are the figures for 31 March 2010, demonstrating a reduction of 12% (over 160 posts) in this time.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 2010 Data.doc Table part of answer.doc title Table forms part of the answer previous answer version 9118 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

48782

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the stealth characteristics of the joint strike fighter against all digital very high frequency active electronically steered radar arrays.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	196952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>It is part of normal MOD business to continuously assess the stealth performance of the F-35 against very high frequency digital radar.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

48783

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to extend the Duty Holder Concept Regulations to apply to (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	196959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Under the policy introduced across Defence, a Duty Holder is an official (military or civilian) who owns, manages and is accountable for risks to life of people in his or her area of responsibility. Senior Duty Holders, who head the Department's Top Level Budget areas and Trading Fund Agencies, are required by the Secretary of State's Policy Statement on Health, Safety &amp; Environmental Protection to refer to him any risks that they consider cannot be reduced as low as reasonably practicable.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 9119 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

48784

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
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 copies of all invoices submitted by public interest lawyers for work undertaken in relation to Al-Sweady Inquiry.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	196973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The Al-Sweady Inquiry has cost the public purse £28.4 million to 31 March 2014. The potential cost of the Inquiry to its completion is £31.1 million.</p><p>The information requested is commercial in confidence and cannot be provided without a significant level of redaction of sensitive information.</p><p>However I am able to provide a summary of costs incurred by Public Interest Lawyers for work undertaken in relation to the Al-Sweady Inquiry up to 31 March 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Summary of Payments made to Public Interest Lawyers <br>in relation to the Al-Sweady Inquiry. <br><br>Date of Payment Amount of Payment (£)</p><p><br>March 2010 6,921.60 <br><br>August 2010 68,060.36 <br><br>October 2010 45,752.15 <br><br>February 2011 41,581.11 <br><br>May 2011 94,154.64 <br><br>June 2011 6,210.00 <br><br>July 2011 33,828.33 <br><br>September 2011 10,113.68 <br><br>November 2011 6,445.34 <br><br>December 2011 2,421.51 <br><br>January 2012 68,343.35 <br><br>February 2012 37,838.53 <br><br>April 2012 21,775.17 <br><br>May 2012 47,491.94 <br><br>June 2012 16,328.20 <br><br>July 2012 5,200.00 <br><br>August 2012 220.60 <br><br>September 2012 10,115.00 <br><br>November 2012 100,587.10 <br><br>December 2012 46,352.33 <br><br>January 2013 99,208.41 <br><br>February 2013 51,117.56 <br><br>March 2013 74,356.24 <br><br>May 2013 197,070.38 <br><br>Junuary 2013 107,544.50 <br><br>July 2013 164,335.64 <br><br>August 2013 85,516.25 <br><br>September 2013 33,091.25 <br><br>October 2013 176,401.67 <br><br>November 2013 187,376.83 <br><br>January 2014 174,806.09 <br><br>February 2014 36,133.25 <br><br>March 2014 59,093.74 <br><br>April 2014 301,909.00</p><p>Grand Total 2,417,701.75</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 9113 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

48785

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the costs of the (a) Baha Moussa inquiry and (b) Al-Sweady inquiry are classified by his Department as being operational and reclaimable from the Treasury Special Reserve.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	196971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The costs of the Baha Mousa and Al-Sweady inquiries were not deemed by the Department to be true net additional costs associated with activity to support specifically authorised operations and were not reclaimed from the Treasury Special Reserve.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

48786

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
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 cost of defence output categories taxonomy.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	196961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence's cost of defence taxonomy is as follows:<br><br>Frigates<br>Aircraft Carriers<br>Destroyers<br>Lynx Mk 3/8<br>Minehunters<br>Patrol vessels<br>Survey vessels and Ice Patrol<br>RW (SAR)<br>Test, Simulation<br>Landing Platform Dock<br>Landing Platform Helicopter<br>Landing Ship Dock<br>Sea King Mk 7 ASaC, Mk 5 SAR<br>Army Manning/Training Margin<br>Army phase 1 training<br>Army phase 2 training<br>Army phase 3 training<br>Defence CBRN Wing<br>Civilian Training<br>Light Brigades<br>Air Assault Brigade<br>Armoured Brigades<br>Attack Helicopters<br>Support Helicopters<br>Mech Brigades<br>RAF Force Protection<br>RAF Reserves<br>Royal Marines<br>RNR and RMR<br>Logistic Brigades<br>2 MED Brigade <br>Defence Medical Services<br>Artillery Regts<br>Engr Regts<br>Signals Regts<br>HQ Theatre Troops<br>Commitments staff<br>PJHQ, JFHQ, Theatre HQs<br>Battle-Space Command and Control Communications and Information Systems<br>IS and Communications Capability Projects<br>Deployed Ops supporting units<br>Deployable HQ<br>Maritime Warfare Centre<br>Joint Combat Aircraft<br>Tornado<br>Nuclear Deterrent<br>Nuclear Estate <br>Merlin <br>Ship Submarine Ballistic Nuclear<br>Ship Submarine Nuclear<br>Estate Disposals<br>MOD Estate<br>Regional Prime Contracts<br>Service Families Accommodation<br>Single Living Accommodation<br>Supporting infrastructure (utilities)<br>Sustainability (DE&amp;S War Reserves / Op Stocks)<br>IS for Logistics<br>Permanent Joint Operating Bses<br>A400M <br>BAe125<br>BAe146<br>C17<br>Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft <br>Hercules<br>Tristar<br>VC10<br>Auxiliary Oiler<br>Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment<br>Royal Fleet Auxiliary<br>Forward Repair Ship<br>Joint Casualty Treatment Ship<br>Defence Intelligence Staff<br>ASTOR<br>E3-D<br>Rivet Joint<br>Ballistic Missile Early Warning System<br>Electronic Warfare<br>UK Air Surveillance and Control<br>Army Joint and Collective Training <br>Specialist Training<br>Defence Academy<br>RAF Joint and Collective Training <br>RN Joint and Collective Training <br>RAF Manning/Training Margin<br>RAF phase 1 training<br>RAF phase 2 training<br>RAF phase 3 training<br>Army Cadets<br>Army Recruiting<br>RAF Cadets<br>RAF Recruiting<br>RAF Aerobatic Team<br>RN Cadets<br>RN Recruiting<br>Regional Forces - Northern Ireland<br>Regional Forces - Germany<br>Regional Forces - GB<br>SIT Outputs<br>Army Reserves<br>RN Manning/Training Margin<br>RN phase 1 training<br>RN phase 2 training<br>RN phase 3 training<br>MOD Police and Guarding<br>Special Forces<br>Typhoon<br>Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing</p> answering member constituency Runnymede and Weybridge answering member printed Mr Philip Hammond question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 105 label Biography information for Lord Hammond of Runnymede previous answer version 9122 answering member constituency Runnymede and Weybridge answering member printed Mr Philip Hammond answering member 105 label Biography information for Lord Hammond of Runnymede
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

48787

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
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 copies of his Department's output maps.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	196962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>I regret that I must withhold the requested information as its disclosure would or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Runnymede and Weybridge answering member printed Mr Philip Hammond question first answered 13/05/2014 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

48788

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
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 copies of his Department's force structure cost model.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	196963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>I am withholding the information requested as its disclosure would be commercially sensitive and would prejudice the economic interests of the United Kingdom as well as the capability, effectiveness and security of the Armed Forces.</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 previous answer version 9121 answering member constituency Runnymede and Weybridge answering member printed Mr Philip Hammond answering member 105 label Biography information for Lord Hammond of Runnymede
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching