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1239909

registered interest
date	02/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish an equalities impact assessment for the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Operations) Bill.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	98717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>An Equality Impact Assessment for the Overseas Operation (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill was completed, and will be published on the gov.uk website in the near future.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 07/10/2020 14:26:02 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1239921

registered interest
date	02/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers who enlisted in the financial year 2015-16 who were (a) under and (b) over the age of 18 at enlistment dropped out of the army before completing their Phase Two training.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	98730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer my predecessor, (Anne Marie-Trevelyan), gave her on 30 January 2020, to Question 8412.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey grouped question UIN 98731 98732 question first answered 07/10/2020 10:23:27 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey attachment 1 file name 8412 - Army Recruitment.docx title 8412 - Army Recruitment
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1239922

registered interest
date	02/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers who enlisted in the financial year 2016-17 who were (a) under and (b) over the age of 18 at enlistment dropped out of the army before completing their Phase Two training.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	98731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer my predecessor, (Anne Marie-Trevelyan), gave her on 30 January 2020, to Question 8412.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey grouped question UIN 98730 98732 question first answered 07/10/2020 10:23:27 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey attachment 1 file name 8412 - Army Recruitment.docx title 8412 - Army Recruitment
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1239923

registered interest
date	02/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers who enlisted in the financial year 2017-18 who were (a) under and (b) over the age of 18 at enlistment dropped out of the army before completing their Phase Two training.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	98732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer my predecessor, (Anne Marie-Trevelyan), gave her on 30 January 2020, to Question 8412.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey grouped question UIN 98730 98731 question first answered 07/10/2020 10:23:27 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey attachment 1 file name 8412 - Army Recruitment.docx title 8412 - Army Recruitment
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1239936

registered interest
date	02/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many scientific and technical civil servants were employed by his Department in (a) 2020 and (b) 2010.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	98671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>The number of Civil Servants employed by the Ministry of Defence in the scientific and technical field in 2010 and 2020 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>5,202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>5,404*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Where available, these figures include personnel in delegated Arm’s Length Bodies - Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO), Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S) and the Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA).</p><p> </p><p>*Excluding DE&amp;S for which figures are not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 08/10/2020 13:15:15 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1239709

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident Submarines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what risk assessment has been made for in-service support of (a) complex warships, (b) submarines and (c) naval base services with relation to the future life extension requirements of the Vanguard; what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of ageing critical infrastructure and complexities around logistics and transport on (i) cost and (ii) equipment in-service dates.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	98147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2020 answer text <p>The Future Maritime Support Programme employs a full suite of professional project and programme management planning and risk tools. The provision of services under this programme is currently under commercial tender and negotiation and I am therefore withholding the requested information as its disclosure at this time would be prejudicial to the commercial interests of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and for the purpose of safeguarding National Security more widely.</p><p> </p><p>I am, however, able to confirm that the MOD is currently delivering a significant programme of recapitalisation updates for HM Naval Base Clyde nuclear infrastructure assets, to the value of some £1.6 billion. This programme is scheduled to complete by 2032 and will deliver around £0.425 billion of investment in nuclear assets on the Clyde by the end of this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 98148 98151 question first answered 09/10/2020 09:44:23 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1239712

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Clyde Naval Base
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what risk assessment has been undertaken as part of the planning and consultation process on the move from a single source supplier at HMND Clyde to multiple contractors; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of that move on the delivery of integrated operations in support of CASD.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	98148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2020 answer text <p>The Future Maritime Support Programme employs a full suite of professional project and programme management planning and risk tools. The provision of services under this programme is currently under commercial tender and negotiation and I am therefore withholding the requested information as its disclosure at this time would be prejudicial to the commercial interests of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and for the purpose of safeguarding National Security more widely.</p><p> </p><p>I am, however, able to confirm that the MOD is currently delivering a significant programme of recapitalisation updates for HM Naval Base Clyde nuclear infrastructure assets, to the value of some £1.6 billion. This programme is scheduled to complete by 2032 and will deliver around £0.425 billion of investment in nuclear assets on the Clyde by the end of this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 98147 98151 question first answered 09/10/2020 09:44:24 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1239714

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Military Bases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the health and safety record over the course of the Maritime Support Delivery Framework.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	98149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes the health and safety practices of its industrial partners extremely seriously and we expect suppliers to comply with all applicable regulatory and legal requirements.</p><p> </p><p>The health and safety performance of contractors working on the Maritime Support Delivery Framework Contract is routinely monitored as part of contractual governance provisions. The contractors are also independently regulated by the Health and Safety Executive and, for the nuclear sites at HMNB Clyde and HMNB Devonport, the Office for Nuclear Regulation.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 09/10/2020 09:44:49 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1239717

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Military Bases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many companies are contracted to deliver in-service support of (a) complex warships, (b) submarines and (c) naval base services as part of the Maritime Support Delivery Framework; and how many companies are planned to deliver the Future Maritime Support Programme.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	98150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>Most onshore support services at HM Naval Bases, which support HM ships and submarines, are managed under the Maritime Support Delivery Framework contracts. These two contracts cover a wide range of services and are managed on behalf of the Ministry of Defence by our Prime Contractors, Babcock and BAE Systems.</p><p> </p><p>Babcock is contracted to support the Naval Bases at Devonport and Clyde, while BAE Systems supports the Naval Base at Portsmouth. Both Babcock and BAE Systems sub-contract these services further, but the Ministry of Defence does not hold information on these sub-contracts centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The provision of services under the Future Maritime Support Programme is currently under commercial tender and negotiation. As a result, at this stage, the number of providers is unknown.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 06/10/2020 14:07:45 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1239718

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident Submarines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures have been included in the Future Maritime Support programme contract to mitigate the future life extension requirements of the Vanguard and ageing critical infrastructure and complexities around logistics and transport for the in-service support of (a) complex warships, (b) submarines and (c) naval base services.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	98151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2020 answer text <p>The Future Maritime Support Programme employs a full suite of professional project and programme management planning and risk tools. The provision of services under this programme is currently under commercial tender and negotiation and I am therefore withholding the requested information as its disclosure at this time would be prejudicial to the commercial interests of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and for the purpose of safeguarding National Security more widely.</p><p> </p><p>I am, however, able to confirm that the MOD is currently delivering a significant programme of recapitalisation updates for HM Naval Base Clyde nuclear infrastructure assets, to the value of some £1.6 billion. This programme is scheduled to complete by 2032 and will deliver around £0.425 billion of investment in nuclear assets on the Clyde by the end of this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 98147 98148 question first answered 09/10/2020 09:44:24 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar