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1523497

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Homosexuality
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Goldie on 17 October (HL Deb col 952), how many service personnel discharged or dismissed before 2000 for homosexual conduct that was legal in civilian life forfeited their full pension rights; and what plans they have to restore their full rights.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>Defence recognises and accepts that the policy that homosexuality was incompatible with Service life was unacceptable and that its LGBT+ veteran community suffered as a consequence. As part of the Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan 2022-2024, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the Office for Veterans’ Affairs (part of the Cabinet Office) co-commissioned Lord Etherton PC Kt QC to chair an independent review into the impact of this policy. Once completed, Lord Etherton will send a report containing his recommendations to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and The Secretary of State for Defence. The Government will then decide what action to take.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD is not aware of any instances in which the accrued right to a pension has been forfeited because of the member’s sexual orientation; Service personnel dismissed or discharged in respect of their sexuality retained their accrued pension rights. There are no provisions of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme which are discriminatory on the basis of a member’s sexuality. Accordingly, it is not possible in law to amend the scheme rules so that they have retrospective effect. As there is no existing discretion in the Armed Forces pension rules to retrospectively deem pensionable service to have been given in order to provide for additional pension entitlement, they are not an appropriate vehicle for financial compensation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 25/10/2022 10:55:57 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

1518522

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Aircraft Carriers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer from Baroness Goldie on 20 September (HL2197), how many days at sea (1) HMS Queen Elizabeth, and (2) HMS Prince of Wales, have had since their acceptance by the Royal Navy; and on how many of those days operational F-35 jets have embarked.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2022 answer text <p>HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH has had 603 days at sea since vessel acceptance date, with operational F-35 jets embarked on 278 of those days.</p><p>HMS PRINCE OF WALES has had 267 days at sea since vessel acceptance date, with operational F-35 jets embarked on 13 of those days.</p><p>The normal operating cycle of every ship involves them entering different readiness levels depending on their programmes, periods of refit and Departmental planning requirements. In addition, these figures represent days at sea and it should be noted that, while deployed away from the UK, ships will spend both days at sea and alongside in ports around the world.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 10/10/2022 16:32:27 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1520188

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Navy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to (1) the Written Answer from Baroness Goldie on 22 September (HL2312), and (2) programme data released by the Ministry of Defence indicating a reduction in tonnage of 65,000 tons, whether they can now provide a detailed breakdown of how they calculated an increase of 59,000 tons.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>Tonnage was calculated in 2020 as 799,000, with a total of 88 platforms.</p><p>By 2030, we expect growth in tonnage to increase to 858,000 with a total of 83 platforms.</p><p>Increases in tonnage is expected for eight platforms by 2030. Decreases in tonnage is expected for nine platforms by 2030.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 24/10/2022 15:37:13 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1521494

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Reserve Forces: Reviews
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government why they have not responded to the Reserve Forces 2030 Review, published on 12 May 2021.
	tabling member printed	Lord Houghton of Richmond
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>I refer the noble and gallant Lord to the answer I gave on 20 September 2022 to the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley in response to Question HL2094.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 20/10/2022 15:33:18 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie attachment 1 file name HL 2094.docx title Reserve Forces: Reviews
	tabling member	4694 label Biography information for Lord Houghton of Richmond

1506486

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Aircraft Carriers: F-35 Aircraft
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether all UK F35 jets deployed for UK carrier operations off the Eastern seaboard of the USA will be embarked in the ship with their maintainers and aircrew.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The next period of F-35B Lightning activity on UK Queen Elizabeth Class Carriers off the Eastern seaboard of the USA will be a four-week test period conducted by the Joint Programme Office (JPO) Integrated Test Force (ITF) using embarked ITF aircraft, maintainers, support personnel and pilots.</p><p>Whenever UK F-35B Lightning aircraft are embarked on Queen Elizabeth Class Carriers the required complement of maintainers, support personnel and pilots are embarked to meet the directed operational output.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 20/09/2022 15:09:17 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1506484

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Type 26 Frigates: Procurement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when the order for the five remaining Type 26 frigates will be placed.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>As negotiations for Type 26 Batch 2 are still in progress, it would not be appropriate to release any further information. The House will be updated in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 22/09/2022 14:07:45 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1518523

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Aircraft Carriers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when the last aircraft carrier was lost by the Royal Navy; and whether she had her airwing embarked.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2022 answer text <p>Chronologically the last aircraft carrier lost by the Royal Navy was the Escort Carrier HMS DASHER which sank as a result of an internal explosion in the Clyde on 27 March 1943.</p><p>The aircraft embarked were Sea Hurricanes from 891 Naval Air Squadron and Swordfish from 816 Naval Air Squadron.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 10/10/2022 16:27:12 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1506485

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2022
	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 His Majesty's Government when 809 Squadron will be formed.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>809 Naval Air Squadron is due to stand up on 1 April 2023.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 20/09/2022 13:54:38 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1520189

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	AUKUS
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made with the AUKUS agreement; and in what areas such progress has been made.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>We are more than one year into the 18-month feasibility study period for AUKUS, with work advancing on training for Australian submariners, information sharing on nuclear naval propulsion, and adherence to the highest non-proliferation standards in consultation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.</p><p> </p><p>We are also making substantial progress in the four original areas of advanced capabilities, with workstreams on artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, undersea capabilities, and cyber. A further four additional workstreams, introduced in April 2022, in hypersonics and counter-hypersonics capabilities, electronic warfare capabilities, information sharing and innovation have also made strides.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 24/10/2022 15:05:10 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1518521

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the current status of their proposed order of three Fleet Solid Support ships; whether they still intend that these ships will be built in the UK; and when they intend to launch the Home Shipbuilding Credit Guarantee Scheme.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2022 answer text <p>With reference to the first element of the Noble Lord’s question relating to the Fleet Solid Support ships, I refer the noble Lord to the answers provided by my hon. Friend, the then Minister for Defence Procurement (Jeremy Quin), in the House of Commons on 4 July 2022 to the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey), in response to Question HC27511; and on 29 June 2022 to the right hon. Member for North Durham (Kevan Jones) to HC24549.</p><p> </p><p>I can also confirm that the Government intends to launch the Home Shipbuilding Credit Guarantee Scheme later this year, subject to final Ministerial and HM Treasury approvals. This scheme will provide transactional cover for UK companies to underwrite the finance of new commercial vessel contracts. This will stimulate the industry by increasing the competitiveness of UK commercial shipbuilding.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie attachment 1 file name 24549 - Fleet Solid Support Ships Procurement.docx title Fleet Solid Support Ships; Procurement 2 file name 27511 - Fleet Solid Support Ships Procurement.docx title Fleet Solid Support Ships; Proicurement question first answered 10/10/2022 16:32:09 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead