House of Commons and House of Lords Hansard Written Answers
Asked by Kate Hollern
(Blackburn)
Asked on: 25 February 2016
Ministry of Defence
Trident Submarines
28560
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the elements of the Successor programme has commenced production of manufacturing drawings; and when he expects all elements of that to have commenced such drawing.
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Answered by: Mr Philip Dunne
Answered on: 02 March 2016
The production of manufacturing drawings is phased to support corresponding manufacturing activities and has commenced for long-lead elements of the Successor submarine including the propulsion plant and missile tubes.
Production of the majority of manufacturing drawings will not commence until after the next approval.
Asked by Emily Thornberry
(Islington South and Finsbury)
Asked on: 25 February 2016
Ministry of Defence
Type 45 Destroyers
28497
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2016 to Question 25153, what the 16 recommendations are of the Independent Power and Propulsion System Performance Review are; on which Type 45 Destroyers all those recommendations have been implemented in full; and when he expects the implementation of all those recommendations to be completed across the class.
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Answered by: Mr Philip Dunne
Answered on: 02 March 2016
The recommendations include fourteen that are are technical in nature and two that are administrative. We are currently reviewing the Independent Power and Propulsion System Performance Review, to determine what redactions are necessary before a copy is placed in the Library of the House. As part of this process, we are considering what information about the sixteen recommendations can be released.
On the question of the adoption of those recommendations, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her to question 28036 on 1 March 2015.
Asked by Paul Flynn
(Newport West)
Asked on: 24 February 2016
Ministry of Defence
Arms Trade
28396
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to his Department of the Export Support Team was in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15; and whether those costs have been reimbursed by the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation.
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Answered by: Mr Philip Dunne
Answered on: 02 March 2016
The Export Support Team is part of the Defence and Security Organisation, part of UK Trade and Investment. The Minister for Trade and Investment is responsible for administrative and funding arrangements, including attached Service personnel’s capitation costs. Therefore, there is no cost to the Ministry of Defence.