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date	02/11/2020
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	What assessment he has made of the effect on the delivery of integrated operations in support of the UK’s continuous at-sea deterrent of the move from a single source supplier at HM Naval Base Clyde to multiple contractors.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	908055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>As the Future Maritime Support Programme is currently under commercial tender and negotiation, the number of future providers is yet to be finalised. My Department always looks to secure improvements in performance where possible, maximising efficiencies and incentivising delivery to time and cost.</p><p>The transition of support services at HM Naval Base Clyde from the existing Maritime Support Delivery Framework will be carefully managed in order to avoid any adverse effect on operations.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 02/11/2020 17:05:43 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1247694

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
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	What preparations his Department has made ahead of the planned deployment of the Carrier Strike Group in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Montgomeryshire
tabling member printed	Craig Williams
uin	908054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>The Carrier Strike Group (CSG) will deploy for the first time in 2021, providing tangible reassurance and security to our friends and credible deterrence to those who seek to undermine global security. During this autumn the CSG will be tested through a series of increasingly demanding exercises with allies so that by the end of this year we can declare with full confidence that the CSG has met Initial Operating Capability and is ready for operations.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 02/11/2020 17:04:46 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4438 label Biography information for Craig Williams

1247695

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Security: Disinformation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the potential threat of international disinformation to the security of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	908046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes the threat posed by malicious disinformation campaigns by state and non-state actors very seriously. Working with allies and partners across Government, collectively we monitor such activities closely, assess the risks and take action to counter them if appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 02/11/2020 17:03:01 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1247869

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Shipbuilding
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 maritime industry in his capacity as Shipbuilding Tsar.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	110068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>I have regular conversations with maritime industry partners in my capacity as Shipbuilding Tsar as this Government works to reinvigorate the UK's shipbuilding industry.</p><p>Additionally, COVID restrictions not withstanding, I intend to visit a cross-section of the UK shipbuilding sector to discuss how best this Government can work alongside industry partners to deliver our ambitions for an innovative, competititve and thriving enterprise.</p><p>Through the Maritime Enterprise Working Group, industry have been working with academia and Government to take forward work to ensure the competitiveness of the sector and set out proposals for how this Government can provide additional support to the shipbuilding enterprise.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 04/11/2020 15:21:00 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones