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date	21/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Goldie on 20 June (HL Deb col 100), whether the Ministry of Defence will raise with the Treasury the case for having a multi-year rolling programme of warship orders.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL8706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>The Royal Navy (RN) has ambitious plans to ensure its fleet remains modern and capable of dealing with evolving threats. Regular discussions take place between the RN, the Ministry of Defence and His Majesty's Treasury to ensure this is funded in a way that provides value for money for taxpayers and the best capability for the RN.</p><p>The National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh, published on 10 March 2022, sets out the ambition for the pipeline of more than 150 new naval and civil vessels for the UK Government and Devolved Administrations over the next 30 years.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 05/07/2023 14:02:14 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1645519

registered interest
date	19/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Artificial Intelligence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the signed memorandum of understanding between the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and Google Cloud to accelerate the adoption of Artificial Intelligence in the UK defence sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL8626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Defence AI Strategy (June 2021) set out a vision to better engage with industry and highlight the importance of effective public-private partnerships. In response to the strategy, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and Google Cloud UK signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 14 June 2023 to enable them to work together on delivering safe and responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) Science &amp; Technology research for the benefit of UK defence. In due course, progress consequent upon the MOU will be reviewed.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 03/07/2023 13:05:13 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1645393

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in upgrading the accommodation provided to service personnel in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL8568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>Since 2016, the proportion of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) that meets or exceeds the Decent Homes Standard has risen from 94% to 97%. Only these homes are allocated to Service Families.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence has invested more than £936 million in SFA upgrades and improvements in the last seven Financial Years.</p><p>Through Financial Year 2022/23, the £185 million investment programme included approximately 150 major projects to an estimated 9,788 SFA, around 20% of stock. This included £73 million to improve the thermal efficiency of homes, which provided 600 properties with new boilers, 1,200 with new roofs, 1,740 with new doors and windows, and 900 with full external wall insulation.</p><p>Overall, we are spending circa £199 million on new SFA homes, with £80 million of that being spent over 4 years on programmes such as Defence Estates Optimisation Programme (DEOP).</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 03/07/2023 11:49:24 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1645398

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Lessons Learned Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what lessons they have learned from the Report of the Armoured Cavalry Programme (Ajax) Lessons Learned Review, published on 19 May.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL8573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Review highlighted a culture that led to issues not being escalated and makes recommendations to improve that and information flows.</p><p>We are working to build and sustain an environment of psychological safety in our programmes where individuals feel they can raise issues, and reinforcing the requirement to share information across organisational boundaries in support of a &quot;One Team&quot; approach.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 03/07/2023 11:50:01 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley