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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

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

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

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

869427

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: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what additional costs his Department has incurred as a result the Army's Watchkeeper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle missing its Full Operating Capability 1 milestone.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	133941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>There have been no additional costs incurred. The Watchkeeper programme remains on course to deliver within its current cost approvals.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 27/03/2018 15:08:36 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

869428

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: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many crashes or losses of the Watchkeeper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle have occurred; and what the reasons were for each such crash or loss.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	133942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>There have been four incidents involving the loss of a Watchkeeper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).</p><p>On 16 October 2014, Watchkeeper UAV WK031, operated by a civilian crew from Thales, was involved in an accident while making a landing approach to West Wales Airport, Aberporth, during deteriorating weather conditions. A second accident involving Watchkeeper WK006, operated by a military crew, occurred on landing at Boscombe Down on 2 November 2015.</p><p>The Service Inquiry reports on these incidents contained a number of recommendations and actions have been taken, or are in hand, for all of these. The Service Inquiry panel also looked at the similarities between these incidents and concluded that, although some of the causal factors were different, the same flaw in the vehicle management system contributed to both accidents. The Equipment Standard 2 modification, which is currently being released, will update this. However, procedural mitigations have already been put in place to reduce the likelihood of re-occurrence.</p><p>Two Watchkeeper UAVs were involved in separate incidents on 3 February and 24 March 2017 in segregated airspace over Cardigan Bay in West Wales. On both occasions, the UAVs ditched in the sea. The Service Inquiries into the incidents are ongoing and the cause is not yet known. It would be inappropriate to comment further until the Service Inquiry reports are released.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 27/03/2018 15:12:04 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

874734

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the reasons are for the delay to the RAF's Protector unmanned aircraft system programme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	135035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>There are no technical issues delaying the Protector programme, which is progressing well. We are simply managing a seamless transition between getting the most out of our current Reaper aircraft, which is helping us defeat Daesh in the Middle East, and moving to the cutting-edge Protector.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 16/04/2018 15:41:43 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

905571

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Rosyth Dockyard: Nuclear Submarines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many decommissioned nuclear ballistic missile submarines are laid up at Rosyth dockyard.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	144855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>There are four decommissioned and defuelled ballistic nuclear submarines laid up safely in afloat storage at Rosyth Dockyard.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 21/05/2018 15:29:16 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones