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date	03/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Balance of Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will publish data on the UK’s balance of trade with defence equipment with (a) the Americas, (b) Europe, (c) the Near/Middle East, (d) Africa and (e) Asia.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	84637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2020 answer text <p>On a rolling 10-year basis, the UK remains the second largest global defence exporter and in 2018, the UK won defence orders worth £14 billion. The Department of International Trade, Defence &amp; Security Exports publishes annually on GOV.UK, those defence and security export statistics that relate to sales to overseas ministries of defence and associated armed services.</p><p> </p><p>Over the same 10-year period, open source data published by the Department for International Trade on GOV.UK indicates that the UK was the 12th biggest defence importer but the Government does not collect official data on the import of defence equipment by global region.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 11/09/2020 11:13:15 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1231204

registered interest
date	03/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Aircraft Carriers: F-35 Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, at what date his Department estimates that the UK will be capable of operating two aircraft carriers simultaneously with two squadrons of F-35s.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	84639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2020 answer text <p>It has been longstanding policy that by bringing two aircraft carriers into service we will ensure that there will always be at least one carrier available 100 per cent of the time, either at sea or in port at very high readiness to deploy.</p><p> </p><p>The CEPP programme remains on track to deliver the second operational squadron of F-35 by December 2023. This will provide two squadrons available to embark on one or both carriers as directed by operational tasking.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 11/09/2020 11:14:14 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1231207

registered interest
date	03/09/2020
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has had discussions with its US counterpart on the interoperability of support ships designed for the UK Carrier Strike Group.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	84642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has regular discussions with our Allies and Partners on interoperability. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary has a close relationship with their United States counterparts in Military Sealift Command. Discussions on support shipping interoperability, with the US for a UK Carrier Strike Group and future UK support to a US Carrier Group, are an ongoing subject of investigation and dialogue at the operational planning level.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 11/09/2020 11:14:31 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1231208

registered interest
date	03/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Aircraft Carriers: Spare Parts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the Support Improvement Programme, to improve the maintenance and provision of spare parts for the UK’s two aircraft carriers.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	84643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2020 answer text <p>The Support Improvement Programme is making good progress.</p><p> </p><p>100 per cent of the necessary spares were available from the first day of both ships' 2020 Fleet Time Support Periods.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 11/09/2020 11:14:49 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1231209

registered interest
date	03/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Aircraft Carriers: Deployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that budgets for future years will enable Carrier Strike to be capable of routine deployments.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	84644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2020 answer text <p>As mentioned in the NAO report 'Carrier Strike - Preparing for Deployment' operating costs will be refined during the forthcoming inaugural operational deployment. This work will inform budget allocation for future routine deployments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 11/09/2020 11:15:06 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1231216

registered interest
date	03/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to undertake an investigation into the number of leaks from his Department over the 2020 summer recess.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	84651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not tolerate leaks and anyone found to have made unauthorised disclosures will face disciplinary or legal action. Leaks are investigated by the relevant departments when they occur.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 11/09/2020 11:43:19 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones