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1460320

registered interest
date	26/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force and Army: Teesside International Airport
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 25 April 2022 to Question 153770 on Air Force and Army: Teesside International Airport, how many military aircraft have visited Teeside International Airport under Prior Permission Required protocols in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	160458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>As each military flight to Teeside is booked as part of routine pre-flight planning by each respective aircraft crew, the information is not collated centrally by the Ministry of Defence (MOD).</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) publishes comprehensive details of overall aircraft movements at civil airports, in their statistical publication series 'Annual airport data'. For 2021 Teeside Airport reported a total of 544 military movements. However, that data may include movements for aircraft of overseas Air Arms alongside those of the MOD.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 28/04/2022 09:53:48 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1460353

registered interest
date	26/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: LE TacCIS Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the integration and deployment of Morpheus with AJAX is a requirement for the AJAX programme to reach Full Operational Capability.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	160459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The delivery of Morpheus is not a requirement for the Armoured Cavalry Programme to achieve Full Operating Capability.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 28/04/2022 08:22:55 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1460358

registered interest
date	26/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft: Advanced Short-range Air-to-air Missile
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missiles will be integrated onto Typhoon aircraft by the end of this calendar year.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	160460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The Block 6 standard Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile has been successfully integrated onto the Typhoon aircraft with Initial Operating Capability formally declared on 1 April 2022.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 28/04/2022 09:23:50 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1460405

registered interest
date	26/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the salary sacrifice scheme to members of the armed forces to enable them to pay for items such as cars and bikes directly through their payroll.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Marco Longhi
uin	160562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has no plans to introduce salary sacrifice schemes for members of the Armed Forces. However, the MOD continually reviews the overall offer to Service personnel with the aim of making it as attractive as possible, supporting maximum levels of recruitment and retention within available resources.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 28/04/2022 09:56:36 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4789 label Biography information for Marco Longhi

1460430

registered interest
date	26/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
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 26 April 2022 to Question 153776, on Armed Forces: Recruitment, which company is the NCSC Assured Provider of Cyber Incident Response services.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	160462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The NCSC Assured Provider of Cyber Incident Response services for the defence recruitment system incident was Accenture.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 28/04/2022 09:57:54 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1460431

registered interest
date	26/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
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 26 April 2022 to Question 153788, on Armed Forces: Recruitment, which company, other than Capita, bid for the Defence Recruitment System contract.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	160463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The other company that bid for the Defence Recruitment System contract was Serco Ltd.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 28/04/2022 09:57:17 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1460433

registered interest
date	26/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
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 25 April 2022 to Question 153789 on Ministry of Defence: Staff, if he will list the nine senior personnel who have applied for ACOBA clearance to join Capita over the last 10 years by (a) name, (b) appointment, (c) star-equivalent rank and (d) year that the ACOBA clearance was sought.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	160464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>Details of all applications to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA), including names, appointment sought, rank, and date, have been published by ACOBA and can be found in their published reports.</p><p><br>Pre-2014 these details are given at Annex D of the ACOBA annual reports; post-2014, this information is provided in a separate ACOBA publication, which are available from the following links:</p><p><br>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/396938/Twelfth_Annual_Report_2010-2011.pdf</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/396936/ACOBA_Thirteenth_Annual_Report_2011-12.pdf</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/381551/acoba_12-13_annual_report.pdf</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/380879/acoba_13-14_annual_report.pdf</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/appointments-taken-up-by-former-crown-servants</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/appointments-taken-up-by-former-crown-servants-2019-2020</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 28/04/2022 09:21:29 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1460436

registered interest
date	26/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the new head of Defence Equipment and Supply will commence his appointment; what the salary band of that role is; what the anticipated term of office is; and whether his Department paid that person's previous employer to release him from his previous contract.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	160465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The new Chief Executive Officer of Defence Equipment and Support, Mr Andy Start, will take up his role in early autumn 2022 with a fixed term of appointment of three years, with the option to extend or make permanent by mutual agreement. The salary band of the role is between £275,000 and £279,999. The Ministry of Defence has not paid Mr Start's employer to release him from his contract.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 28/04/2022 09:52:23 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1460440

registered interest
date	26/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will publish the review of the data leak of the Capita Defence Recruiting system on 13 March; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	160466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>As a result of the report and other investigative work, a series of improvements have been identified, some of which have been or are being implemented, while others are being prioritised and resourced. These improvements will enhance the security of the Defence Recruitment System (DRS).</p><p>Due to the nature of the report, it will not be published as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces, as well as prejudice commercial interests.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 28/04/2022 09:55:27 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1460441

registered interest
date	26/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 23 Frigates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Type 23 frigates remain in front-line service with the Royal Navy.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	160467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>Twelve Type 23 frigates remain in service with the Royal Navy.</p><p> </p><p>HMS MONMOUTH was decommissioned in June 2021. This was an element of the optimisation of the Type 23 programme announced in the Integrated Review, which will deliver improved availability across the next seven years. She was retired ahead of a lengthy refit period, during which she would have been unavailable. The savings from the cancellation of that refit period were re-invested into extending HM Ships ARGYLL, IRON DUKE and LANCASTER in service, maximising the return on the resource already invested in them.</p><p> </p><p>As of 1 April 2022, HM Ships ARGYLL, IRON DUKE, SUTHERLAND and ST ALBANS are in long term refit, the remaining eight are available for operations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 160468 160469 question first answered 28/04/2022 11:13:17 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois