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1611363

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2023 to Question 146784 on Armed Forces: Housing, what the figures are for (a) February and (b) March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	180991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of compensation payments made for issues relating to Service Family Accommodation and their total value for February and March 2023.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of compensation claims</p></td><td><p>Total Value of compensation payments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2023</p></td><td><p>996</p></td><td><p>£208,438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2023</p></td><td><p>2976</p></td><td><p>£267,648</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The increase in March was due to Pinnacle’s efforts to reduce the backlog in processing compensation claims.</p><p> </p><p>Compensation payments are administered and funded by the suppliers at no cost to the Ministry of Defence.</p><p> </p><p>There are different levels of compensation, although there were more claims in March, there were more lower levels of compensation paid.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/04/2023 10:52:22 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1609729

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Antiaircraft Missiles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department (a) owns and (b) intends to procure RBS 70 NG short-range air defence systems.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	179862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not own RBS 70 NG short-range air defence systems, nor does it intend to procure them. RBS 70 is a Swedish-made laser beam riding missile system with capabilities very similar to the Thales (UK) Starstreak High Velocity Missile system that remains in service with the British Army and Royal Marines and is performing strongly in Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/04/2023 12:49:44 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1609732

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Inflation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the level of defence inflation between 2021 and 2023.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	179865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Defence inflation for 2021-22 has been estimated as 2.1%. The estimate for 2022-23 is due by the end of March 2024.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/04/2023 12:53:00 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1609747

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 76 of the Defence Equipment & Support Annual Report and Accounts 2021 to 2022, updated on 31 March 2023, what were the prescribed processes that were deviated from in the six identified instances relating to senior responsible owners' completion of training and objectives.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	179880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Model Senior Responsible Owners (mSROs) are responsible for ensuring the quality and suitability of Business-Critical Models used for analysis, investigation, and forecasting purposes within Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S) against prescribed policy and requirements. As outlined in the DE&amp;S Annual Report and Accounts 2021-2022, six projects were assessed as complying with these requirements but with minor deviations relating mainly to the mSRO.</p><p>Five of these instances arose from the omission of the role and its responsibilities from annual objectives for mSROs and of these, four additionally related to failures to complete the relevant training during the year. One instance related to completion of relevant training and weaknesses in configuration control for documentation.</p><p>All of these deviations have since been resolved.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/04/2023 12:52:24 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1609996

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the senior responsible owners in his Department had (a) no formal project management qualifications and (b) not completed the Major Programmes Leadership Academy at the time of their appointment.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	180129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Senior Responsible Owners (SROs) of our Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) programmes are carefully selected and assessed for suitability prior to appointment. This includes consideration of prior experience as well as any formal qualifications held.</p><p>Three current GMPP SROs were appointed based on experience alone but have since undertaken or are undertaking formal training.</p><p>SROs of GMPP programmes are prioritised by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority for Major Projects Leadership Academy (MPLA) places. It is therefore rare for candidates to undertake MPLA prior to taking up a first GMPP SRO appointment.</p><p>Of our current GMPP SRO cohort, thirty required MPLA training on appointment and ten were MPLA graduates before being appointed.</p><p>The Department does not routinely store historic information about the qualifications candidates had achieved on appointment to SRO roles outside of the Government Major Projects Portfolio.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/04/2023 12:51:46 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1610109

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average salary is of a senior responsible owner in his Department.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	180242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Senior Responsible Owners (SRO) are appointed at a range of civil service grades and military ranks. The Department's Government Major Projects Portfolio SROs are at civilian grades SCS1 and SCS2 and military ranks OF5, OF6 and OF7. The salary bands for these grades and ranks range from a minimum of £73,000 to a maximum of £162,500.</p><p>Note there are some specialist military professions that attract a higher level of pay outside of the bands specified above.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/04/2023 12:50:46 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1610509

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Helicopters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many H135 aircraft were owned by his Department as of 14 April 2023; how many hours have been flown by each of those aircraft; and what information is held on the remaining airframe fatigue hours for each aircraft.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	180642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Defence owns 34 H135's of which 29 are designated as Juno HT Mk1 for rotary wing training. The other five airframes are airworthy, but in storage awaiting a decision on whether they will remain in Defence.</p><p> </p><p>Registration - Flying Hours</p><p>ZM504 - 2,764hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM505 - 2,461hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM506 - 2,950 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM507 - 2,520 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM508 - 2,590 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM509 - 2,483 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM510 - 2,056 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM511 - 1,974 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM512 - 2,599 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM513 - 2,133 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM514 - 2,511 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM515 - 2,561 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM516 - 2,432 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM517 - 2,616 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM518 - 2,579 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM519 - 2,762 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM520 - 2,338 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM521 - 1,886 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM522 - 2,101 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM523 - 2,388 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM524 - 2,571 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM525 - 1,688 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM526 - 2,691 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM527 - 2,853 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM528 - 1,832 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM529 - 1,883 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM530 - 1,975 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM531 - 802 hrs</p><p> </p><p>ZM532 - 1,477 hrs</p><p> </p><p>G-CMIR - 20 hrs</p><p> </p><p>G-CMIS - 32 hrs</p><p> </p><p>G-CMIT - 12 hrs</p><p> </p><p>G-CMIU - 10 hrs</p><p> </p><p>G-CMIV - 13 hrs</p><p> </p><p>Airbus Helicopters technical information details that the H135 aircraft structural design is damage tolerant and does not specify a finite approved life.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/04/2023 12:48:19 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1610562

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Oral Statement on Illegal Migration Update by the Minister for Immigration on 29 March 2023, Official Report, column 1018, when service accommodation that will be used to house asylum seekers was last occupied by service personnel in (a) Essex, (b) Lincolnshire, (c) East Sussex and (d) Catterick.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	180695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>As announced by my right hon. Friend , the Minister for Immigration, the Home Office plan to utilise Wethersfield and Scampton to house asylum seekers through a combination of former barracks and modular accommodation. The provision of accommodation at these sites is a matter for the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>Single Living Accommodation in Wethersfield was last used by Service personnel in 2022, and there remain a small number of Service families living in Service Families Accommodation, who are in the process of being relocated to new accommodation closer to their place of work. Service personnel were last accommodated on site at Scampton in 2021. The Home Office are working to bring forward proposals for accommodation in Catterick in due course. The MOD is not in discussion with Home Office regarding any Defence sites in East Sussex.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/04/2023 15:25:39 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1610578

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2023 to Question 146787 on Amey and VIVO Defence Services, what the total value was of payments his Department (a) withheld and (b) deducted from (i) Pinnacle, (ii) Amey and (iii) VIVO for failing to meet key performance indicators for quarter three.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	180711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>A breakdown of the total value of payments the Department has withheld and deducted from Pinnacle, Amey and VIVO for failing to meet Key Performance Indicators cannot be provided currently as we remain in a period of contract rectification and this information is considered commercially sensitive; however, I am able to confirm that where sums have been withheld, this was directly related to the level of performance.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/04/2023 15:26:33 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1609123

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Military Bases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former service people are housed in military housing in Bolton South East constituency as of 30 March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	177750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>This information is not held. There are no Service Family accommodation properties in the Bolton South East Constituency.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 17/04/2023 12:30:54 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi