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1311432

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date	22/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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 18 January 2021 to Question 135975 on Armed Forces: Carbon Emissions, what the timetable is for the completion of the work on developing a methodology to expand the scope of defence greenhouse gas emissions reporting to include overseas activities.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	185915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is intending to extend the scope of defence greenhouse gas emissions reporting in the Department's Annual Report and Accounts for 2021-22.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 28/04/2021 09:28:37 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1311433

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Environmental Audit
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 9 September 2020 to Question 285057 on Cape Wrath, who the industry partner is that undertakes routine internal audits of Environmental Management Systems delivered across the UK Training Estate including Cape Wrath.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	185916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The Defence Infrastructure Organisation manage the Defence Training Estate across the UK in partnership with its industry partner, Landmarc Support Services Ltd. Landmarc Support Services Ltd is the company who undertakes internal audits of Environmental Management Systems across the UK Defence Training Estate, including Cape Wrath.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 27/04/2021 09:32:27 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1311434

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 3 July 2019 to Question 269749 on Trafalgar Class Submarines, what the latest information is on the base ports of those submarines.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	185917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The base port of HMS TALENT was transferred to Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde in July 19 however her base port is temporarily HMNB Devonport, whilst she undergoes a maintenance period. She will return to HMNB Clyde on completion of the maintenance.</p><p> </p><p>The base port of HMS TRIUMPH will change to HMNB Clyde on completion of her refit, which is expected to be later this year.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 29/04/2021 07:18:52 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1311435

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Radioactive Waste: Dalgety Bay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 15 April 2019 to Question 241447 on Radioactive Waste: Dalgety Bay, whether the first stage of the remediations has been completed; and whether the second stage remains on target to be completed in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	185918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 29/04/2021 07:33:12 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1311436

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Submarines: Decommissioning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made on the Submarine Dismantling Project.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	185919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the information on the Submarine Dismantling Project provided in &quot;The United Kingdom's future nuclear deterrent: the 2020 update to Parliament&quot; published on 17 December 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-united-kingdoms-future-nuclear-deterrent-the-2020-update-to-parliament/the-united-kingdoms-future-nuclear-deterrent-the-2020-update-to-parliament</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 29/04/2021 07:16:17 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1311437

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many financial mitigation payments have been made to his Department's personnel based in Scotland in relation to the Scottish rate of income tax; and at what salary level those payments began.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	185920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>Since Tax Year (TY) 2018-19, retrospective mitigation payments have been made to those Regular Service personnel adversely affected, by £12 or more, through having to pay higher rates of income tax in Scotland compared to their counterparts resident outside Scotland. Not all Service personnel meeting the residency requirement for paying Scottish income tax serve in Scotland, and not all those who serve in Scotland are resident there for tax purposes.</p><p> </p><p>So far, the Ministry of Defence has made just over 14,000 mitigation payments covering TYs 2018-19 and 2019-20. These have been triggered where gross taxable earnings (i.e. not just pay) have been £27,200 or more in TY 2018-19, or £28,193 or more in TY 2019-20. Payments covering TY 2020-21 will be made in June, to those whose gross taxable earnings have been £28,443 or more.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 27/04/2021 09:50:30 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1311438

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Radioactive Materials: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many safety improvement notices have been issued by the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	185921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of Improvement Notices issued by the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator since 2010.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 29/04/2021 07:20:42 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1311439

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Leidos: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid to Leidos to operate the logistics, commodities and services transformation programme in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	185922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has made the following payments to Leidos to operate the Logistics, Commodities and Services Transformation programme since 2015:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>£million (ex-VAT)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>268</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>326</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>385</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>432</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>355</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The cost for 2020-21 has yet to be finalised and fully paid. The figure for 2021-22 covers the period 1 April 2021 to 26 April 2021.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 27/04/2021 08:15:34 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1311440

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Radiation Exposure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 6 December 2018 to Question 197642, how many submariners have received radiation doses in excess of safe limits in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	185923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>No submariners have received radiation doses in excess of safe limits in any of the last ten years.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 26/04/2021 13:07:26 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1311441

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department made on meeting the target in the Strategic Defence and Security Review, published in 2010, to reduce the UK's nuclear warhead stockpile ceiling from not more than 225 to not more than 180 by the mid 2020s.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	185924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>As announced in the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, published on 16 March 2021, the UK will move to an overall nuclear weapon stockpile of no more than 260 warheads. I am withholding further details on the size of the stockpile for the purposes of safeguarding national security.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 26/04/2021 14:53:10 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock