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937777

registered interest
date	10/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Patrol Craft
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 July 2018 to Question 160710 on Patrol Craft, whether his Department exempted the orders for Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessels from international competition under Article 346 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	162497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>Yes.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 16/07/2018 16:51:15 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

824484

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 31 Frigates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Shipbuilding Strategy, what the evidential basis is for his Department's decision to set the objective of exporting 40 Type 31e frigates.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	123285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>With reference to the National Shipbuilding Strategy no Departmental objective has been set for the export of 40 Type 31e frigates. The Government has assessed that there is a potential light frigate market of around 40 ships over the next 10 years.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 25/01/2018 16:57:11 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

834813

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Queen Elizabeth: F-35 Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the F-35B first-of-class flying trials on board HMS Queen Elizabeth are due to begin.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	126235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>We will begin first-of-class flying trials for F-35B on board HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 06/02/2018 16:06:07 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

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

869429

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Watchkeeper WK450
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessed capability gaps have been created as a result of the Army's Watchkeeper programme failing to achieve its Full Operating Capability 1 milestone.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	133943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Watchkeeper could still be deployed on operations should the operational imperative warrant it. As such, no capability gaps have been created as a result of the Army's Watchkeeper programme failing to achieve its Full Operating Capability 1 milestone.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 27/03/2018 15:09:16 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

830583

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 31 Frigates
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 25 January 2018 to Question 123285, on Type 31 Frigates, what the evidential basis was for the Government's assessment that there is a potential light frigate market of around 40 ships over the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	125111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>Two complementary market analysis assessments have been produced by the Government to date. The first assessment was derived from three independent studies, conducted in parallel, by market analysts from the Ministry of Defence (MOD), the UK Defence Solutions Centre and an independent consultancy firm. Supporting evidence from this first assessment was then further refined in an assessment carried out by the Department for International Trade and the MOD. Analysis is ongoing as the market continues to evolve.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 02/02/2018 14:53:48 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

889910

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Defence Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to trial dismounted position and navigation sensors for the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	136962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>Trials of dismounted position and navigation sensors have not yet been planned but are expected to form part of our acquisition of replacement capabilities. The Ministry of Defence sees dismounted position and navigation sensors as an important capability and intends to introduce these into service to enhance situational awareness for dismounted troops.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 30/04/2018 16:02:51 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

833925

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out the UK armed forces capabilities and platforms that are subject to the reduce to produce programme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	125683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>Tornado and Typhoon aircraft are subject to the reduce to produce programme which is a specific commercial partnership with BAE Systems.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 02/02/2018 14:51:11 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

856166

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the sterling-dollar exchange rate was at the time of each main-gate decision for the F-35 programme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	131332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>To date there have been four Main Gates for the UK F-35 programme. The exchange rates used were as follows:</p><ul><li>Main Gate 1 (2001) £1=$1.435</li><li>Main Gate 2 (2006) £1=$1.85</li><li>Main Gate 3 (2009) £1=$1.65</li><li>Main Gate 4 (2013) £1=$1.55</li></ul> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 12/03/2018 16:26:54 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

819060

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was paid from the public purse to civilian staff from (a) Network Rail and (b) the German Federal Railway Die Bahn to oversee the loading of armoured vehicles to trains and certifying them as safe to move in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	121737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 17/01/2018 15:22:37 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones