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748123

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Government plans to increase defence spending by 0.5 per cent more than inflation every year.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has committed to increasing the Defence budget by at least half a per cent above inflation every year of this Parliament and continuing to meet the NATO guideline to spend at least 2% of GDP on defence until 2022.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 11/07/2017 15:06:23 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

749758

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Disarmament
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on his Department's policies of the draft treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons published by the UN in May 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	900315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK has not taken part in negotiation of this treaty, and does not intend to sign, ratify or become party to it. It will not be binding on the UK. The UK does not accept that this treaty can constitute a development of customary international law binding on the UK or other non-parties. The UK continues to pursue step by step nuclear disarmament consistent with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 10/07/2017 16:54:50 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

749757

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Type 26 Frigates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on agreeing a contract for the Type 26 frigate.
	tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	900309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>On 2 July, I announced the signature of a contract with BAE Systems worth around £3.7 billion to start the manufacture of the first batch of three Type 26 Frigates with the first steel to be cut later this month. This is an excellent deal for the taxpayer and a momentous commitment for Scotland that will strengthen and secure our shipbuilding industry on the Clyde for the future.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 10/07/2017 16:53:18 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

748118

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Reviews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to produce a new Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government conducted a comprehensive Strategic Defence and Security Review in 2015. However, the evolving global security situation means we constantly keep under review the best way to keep Britain safe.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 3032 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:53:01 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

748130

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Trident: Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the cyber security of the Trident nuclear weapons system.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We continually assess the capability of the United Kingdom's nuclear submarine fleet to ensure its operational effectiveness and to maintain resilience against potential threats.</p><p>I am withholding information on the specific systems used by our submarines as disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 2989 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:50:44 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

748131

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Trident: Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of upgrading the current operating system for the Trident nuclear weapons system to ensure its cyber security.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We continually assess the capability of the United Kingdom's nuclear submarine fleet to ensure its operational effectiveness and to maintain resilience against potential threats.</p><p>I am withholding information on the specific systems used by our submarines as disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 2990 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:50:44 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

749761

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	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, what recent discussions he has had with the Armed Forces Pay Review Body on levels of pay for the armed forces.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	900313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave earlier today to the hon. Member for Weaver Vale (Mike Amesbury).</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 10/07/2017 15:55:48 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

748284

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, when the Government plans to make available the findings of the Grenfell Tower fire inquiry.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Statement I made about the Grenfell Tower Fire on 29 June 2017, HCWS18.</p> answering member constituency Maidenhead answering member printed Mrs Theresa May question first answered 11/07/2017 15:22:54 answering member 8 label Biography information for Baroness May of Maidenhead
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

748026

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce in England legislation analogous to the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016 to make provision for safe nurse staffing levels in hospitals in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Appropriate staffing levels are already a core element of the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC’s) registration regime underpinned by legislation. All providers of regulated activities must be registered with the CQC and meet the registration requirements. The 16 safety and quality requirements set out in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 include a requirement for the deployment of sufficient numbers of suitably qualified, competent, skilled and experienced persons.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2016, the National Quality Board published <em>Supporting NHS providers to deliver the right staff, with the right skills, in the right place at the right time: Safe, sustainable and productive staffing</em>. This safe staffing improvement resource provides an updated set of expectations for nursing and midwifery care staffing, to help National Health Service provider boards make local decisions that will support the delivery of high quality care for patients within the available staffing resource.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of <em>Supporting NHS providers to deliver the right staff, with the right skills, in the right place at the right time: Safe, sustainable and productive staffing</em> is attached.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We now have 13,100 more nurses on our wards than in 2010.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 18/07/2017 10:45:53 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name nqb-guidance.pdf title Supporting NHS providers guidance
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

747967

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether civil servants in the Department of Health are permitted to use the term “hard Brexit” in official briefing papers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to seizing the opportunities arising from exiting the European Union, and to ensuring that we exit smoothly on the best possible terms. The terms 'hard' and 'soft' are commonly used outside the Civil Service and within discussions around EU exit.</p><p> </p><p>The role of the Civil Service is to provide impartial advice and to deliver Government policy, and is focused on delivering this Government’s commitment to leave the EU and get the very best deal for the United Kingdom.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 17/07/2017 11:52:06 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra