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229420

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
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 Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Astor of Hever on 23 March (HL5737), how many years at sea in aircraft carriers the Head of Carrier Enabled Power Projection has served; and how many years at sea, in aircraft-carrying warships, the Senior Responsible Owners for the Carrier and F35B projects have served.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL5945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 26/03/2015 12:47:53 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

228698

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether army veterans based in Northern Ireland will benefit from the £25 million healthcare fund for aged veterans announced in the Budget, and if so, how.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL5880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK's ex-Service community is largely elderly; almost half are over age 75 and 64% are over age 65. It is important that this country meets their needs, just as they answered the needs of their country; meeting the call of the nation during the First and Second World Wars, through national service, voluntary enlistment and the reserve forces.</p><p>To support this community, £5 million of LIBOR funding has been made available every year for the next five years for any UK veterans who are surviving World War Two veterans, those who undertook National Service and other voluntary enlisted veterans who, by virtue of their age, may need some focused support in relation to their health and social care needs.</p><p>The funds will not provide benevolence payments to individuals. Charities can bid for money to provide practical support and/or companionship to this group of veterans to improve their wellbeing. This might also include projects to build or enhance access to centres where elderly veterans can meet, or to promote the education of elderly veterans' needs, research and other support mechanisms.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence intends to administer the fund through a dedicated grant scheme. The terms of this scheme are being developed and will be announced in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 25/03/2015 17:36:09 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

228701

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Unidentified Flying Objects: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Provost and Security Services conducted an investigation into sightings of unidentified flying objects in West Wales during 1977.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL5883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Any files relating to the West Wales sighting in 1977 will be held by the National Archives. Consequently, the Ministry of Defence holds no information on this incident.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 23/03/2015 17:24:58 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

227416

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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 Her Majesty’s Government how many years the Head of Carrier Enabled Power Projection has spent serving on aircraft carriers.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL5737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Carrier Enabled Power Projection (CEPP) is a joint programme, bringing together the Carriers, F-35B aircraft and Merlin Crowsnest helicopters. The Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) for CEPP is the Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Capability), who is directly accountable to the Permanent Under Secretary for Defence for the coherent delivery of the overall CEPP capability.</p><p>The principal skill set required by the SRO is leadership and experience in delivering complex programmes across Defence. Specialist experience of carrier air operations is provided by the individual SROs for the Carrier and F35B projects (Royal Navy and Royal Air Force officers, respectively), both of whom have significant experience of carrier air operations.</p><p>The CEPP SRO is also directly supported by a Programme Director (a Rear Admiral (aviator)), an Air Commodore, and a small joint staff with significant maritime and combat air experience.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 23/03/2015 17:25:40 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

227457

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Unidentified Flying Objects
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Astor of Hever on 10 March (HL5350), why the timescale for the transfer of the 18 unidentified flying object files from the Ministry of Defence to the National Archives has been delayed from the end of 2014, as previously announced, to late 2015 or early 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL5778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The schedule for the transfer of files from the Ministry of Defence to The National Archives consists of around 10,000 files per annum. The schedule is continually updated to take into account changes in priority and progress on different record sets. Additional processing requirements on the unidentified flying object files and focus on other Departmental records from the period 1982 - 1986 led to a change in the planned transfer date to late 2015 or early 2016. The Ministry of Defence will, however, continue to discuss with The National Archives if the 18 unidentified flying object files can be transferred earlier</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 23/03/2015 17:25:19 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

227042

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	EU Defence Policy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to European Commission President Juncker's call for the formation of a European Union army.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL5681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>Mr Juncker's statement was not approved by the EU Member States. The UK remains firmly opposed to centralised EU command or control over military forces, which remains a Member State competence, and has successfully kept the EU focused on strengthening its co-operation with NATO which holds primacy in defence matters.</p><p>The Prime Minister made this clear at the December 2013 European Council where strengthened EU-NATO partnership was agreed to be one of the key deliverables. It will be raised again as a fundamental agenda item at the June 2015 European Council where EU Member States will look for ways to further enhance collaboration between the two institutions.</p><p>The Government ' s views on this matter have been consistent and transparent and any attempt to form an 'EU army' would be blocked by the UK. We will continue to emphasise our views to partners and will remain vigilant on the issue.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 19/03/2015 15:58:50 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

227059

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish, for the last five years for which figures are available, the costs to the United Kingdom defence budget of deploying military resources for humanitarian aid and assistance outside the United Kingdom and outside conflict zones.
tabling member printed	Baroness Browning
uin	HL5698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Ministry of Defence (MOD) assets are deployed from time to time to provide humanitarian aid and assistance worldwide. However, these are not core MOD activities and, in line with HM Treasury policy, the net additional cost of these operations is charged to the appropriate Government Department.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 23/03/2015 17:26:12 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	236 label Biography information for Baroness Browning

226858

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they assess the ability of the Ukrainian army to operate each of the various anti-tank firearms which might be lent to them by any of the NATO partners.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL5647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>It would be a matter for any donor nations to consider the Ukrainian Armed Force's ability to operate such weapons systems, not the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 18/03/2015 17:19:22 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

226456

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the estimated development cost for the Common Base Platform of the Scout family of military vehicles.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL5578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The Scout Specialist Vehicle (SV) contract will provide 589 vehicles in six variants based on the Common Base Platform design concept. The contract with General Dynamics UK for the development of these vehicles amounts to £601 million (excluding VAT).</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 19/03/2015 15:43:05 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

226457

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Air Traffic Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to place a contract to implement Project Marshall.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL5579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The contract to implement Project Marshall was placed on 28 October 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 12/03/2015 17:05:30 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie