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838971

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Unmanned Ground Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of acquiring the capabilities currently being examined by the US Army's Squad-Multipurpose Equipment Transport (SMET) programme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	127532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>We are actively engaged in the assessment of requirements and solutions for unmanned systems for the resupply of frontline troops. While we are not currently considering the acquisition of the US Army's Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transport (SMET) programme, other work is ongoing to develop similar capabilities. The most promising of these will be evaluated during the British Army's Exercise Autonomous Warrior (Land) later this year.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 20/02/2018 16:42:06 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

839145

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Figure 9 of the Defence Equipment Plan 2017, what the identified savings were from each of the programmes which formed part of the Equipment Support Projects Review that contributed to (a) savings delivered and (b) total forecast savings.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	127704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is commercially sensitive, therefore, we are unable to release it at this time.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 20/02/2018 16:41:37 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

839150

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Submarines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Figure 9 of the Defence Equipment Plan 2017, how the £677 million of financial benefits delivered under the Submarine Enterprise Performance Programme were achieved.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	127708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The financial benefits so far delivered have been achieved through over 200 individual initiatives that range from bulk buying efficiencies to innovative approaches to commercial and process management activities.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 20/02/2018 16:44:01 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

839152

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence,with reference to Figure 9 of the Defence Equipment Plan 2017, what estimate he has made of the (a) gross savings and (b) net savings within the identified Total Forecast Savings in that plan.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	127710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Total Forecast Savings shown in Figure 9 of the Equipment Plan 2017 summary report are composed of efficiencies from Equipment Support projects, the Submarine Enterprise Performance Programme (SEPP) and the Complex Weapons Pipeline (CWP). Savings delivered by the CWP have been reported as 'gross savings' and 'net savings' due to the two baseline cost estimates against which these efficiencies are assessed (see paragraph 24c of the Equipment Plan 2017 summary report). This structure is unique to the CWP efficiencies and therefore not applicable to either the Equipment Support or SEPP efficiencies.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 20/02/2018 16:43:36 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

839157

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Weapons: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to figure 9 of The Defence Equipment Plan 2017, which weapons systems in the Complex Weapons pipeline were included in the programme to develop families of weapons utilising the principles of commonality, modularity and re-use that he estimates will deliver £1.2bn savings over 10 years from 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	127715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The weapons systems included in the Complex Weapons pipeline that will deliver an estimated £1.2 billion of savings over 10 years from 2010 are: Brimstone 2; SPEAR Capability 3; ASRAAM Block 6; Sea Venom; Sea Ceptor; and Land Ceptor.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 20/02/2018 16:39:17 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

839192

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the size of his Department's estate was in square metres of floor space for each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	127750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>As of 1 December 2017, the total recorded built assets held by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) was 29,098,652 square metres in the UK and 3,384,571 square metres overseas. The net internal useable area (floor space) of built assets is not held.</p><p>The Department is currently reviewing the data it holds regarding the Defence estate to assure the information reflects the current position.</p><p>The MOD's Information Management System (IMS) does not hold information on built assets held by the MOD for each of the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/02/2018 17:04:51 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

839193

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the current size of the Government estate is, by Department, in square metres of floor space.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	127751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The State of the Estate report, published annually, provides information on the efficiency and sustainability of the central civil estate, including the size and cost of the Estate.</p><p>The State of the Estate report 2015 -2016 is available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-of-the-estate-report-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-of-the-estate-report-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>A breakdown by Department, in square metres of floor space at March 2016 is available at Annex B.</p><p>The State of the Estate report 2016 - 2017, due to be published shortly, will provide details of further progress made in reducing the size and cost of the estate, including a departmental breakdown of floor space at 31 March 2017.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 26/02/2018 17:04:01 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

838462

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	77th Brigade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) regular armed forces personnel and (b) reservists have (i) joined and (ii) left 77th Brigade in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	127283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Following its establishment in April 2015, 77th Brigade is planned to reach full operating capability in December 2019. The establishment and current strength of 77<sup>th</sup> Brigade as at 1 October 2017 is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>77<sup>th</sup> Brigade</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Establishment</p></td><td><p>Strength</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regular Army Personnel (Including Full Time Reserve Service and Non Regular Permanent Staff) Navy &amp; RAF</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army Future Reserve 2020, Navy &amp; RAF Reserve</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It is not possible to include inflow and outflow data for 77th Brigade as it has only been formed for two years.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes/Caveats:</strong></p><p>Future Reserves 2020 includes volunteer reserves who are mobilised, high readiness and volunteer reserve personnel serving on Additional Duty or Full Time Reserve Service contracts. Sponsored Reserves who provide a more cost effective solution than volunteer reserve are also included in the Army Reserve FR20. Non Regular Permanent Staff, Expeditionary Forces Institute and University Officer Cadets and Regular Reservists are excluded.</p><p>Figures have been rounded to 10 to limit disclosure and ensure confidentiality; numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p>Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not appear to be the sum of their parts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 127284 question first answered 20/02/2018 16:41:04 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

838463

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	77th Brigade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the manning target for 77th Brigade is; and whether there is currently a shortfall.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	127284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Following its establishment in April 2015, 77th Brigade is planned to reach full operating capability in December 2019. The establishment and current strength of 77<sup>th</sup> Brigade as at 1 October 2017 is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>77<sup>th</sup> Brigade</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Establishment</p></td><td><p>Strength</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regular Army Personnel (Including Full Time Reserve Service and Non Regular Permanent Staff) Navy &amp; RAF</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army Future Reserve 2020, Navy &amp; RAF Reserve</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It is not possible to include inflow and outflow data for 77th Brigade as it has only been formed for two years.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes/Caveats:</strong></p><p>Future Reserves 2020 includes volunteer reserves who are mobilised, high readiness and volunteer reserve personnel serving on Additional Duty or Full Time Reserve Service contracts. Sponsored Reserves who provide a more cost effective solution than volunteer reserve are also included in the Army Reserve FR20. Non Regular Permanent Staff, Expeditionary Forces Institute and University Officer Cadets and Regular Reservists are excluded.</p><p>Figures have been rounded to 10 to limit disclosure and ensure confidentiality; numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p>Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not appear to be the sum of their parts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 127283 question first answered 20/02/2018 16:41:04 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

838466

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	77th Brigade: Deployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel from the 77th Brigade have been deployed on operations in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	127287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Between 1 February 2017 and 1 February 2018, 29 personnel from 77th Brigade have been forward deployed on operations. Additionally, the majority of staff at 77th Brigade are employed to provide operational support from the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 20/02/2018 16:38:18 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones