08 Dec 16. Defence Committee. The Defence Committee published UK military operations in Syria and Iraq: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report (HC 1065) on Thursday 9 March. The Special Report will be available on the Committee’s website, www.parliament.uk/defcom on Thursday 9 March. No embargoes.
House of Commons and House of Lords Hansard Written Answers
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Asked by Jon Trickett
(Hemsworth)
Asked on: 27 February 2017
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Procurement
65681
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the procurement spend of his Department was in each year since 2010.
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Answered by: Harriett Baldwin
Answered on: 07 March 2017
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) procures an extensive and complex range of products, covering vests and washers through to armoured vehicles and nuclear submarines. This procurement is managed through a number of Top Level Budget Holders, and the consolidated details of the total procurement spend is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Full details of the Department’s spend can be found in the MOD Annual Report and Accounts, published at; https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mod-annual-reports
Information on the Equipment Programme planned spend is available in the annual Defence Equipment Plan, published at; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-defence-equipment-plan-2016
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Asked by Lord Touhig
Asked on: 27 February 2017
Ministry of Defence
GKN: Yeovil
HL5667
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Earl Howe on 9 January (HL Deb, col 1728), what steps are being taken to maintain the skilled workforce at GKN Yeovil.
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Answered by: Earl Howe
Answered on: 07 March 2017
This Government fully recognises the capabilities of the UK aviation sector and the contribution that its skilled people make to our defence capability and national prosperity. This includes those engaged in supporting our helicopter capabilities in Yeovil. GKN has offered to relocate all of its skilled employees affected by the closure of its Yeovil site and, where individuals are not able to relocate, the Government has been providing support.
The best way to maintain the skilled workforce is through a thriving and competitive aerospace industry. The Ministry of Defence has a ten-year Strategic Partnering Arrangement in place with Leonardo Helicopters, and anticipates spending around £3 billion with the company over the next decade to upgrade and support our helicopter fleets. This, together with the work that the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is doing on the Aerospace Growth Partnership and the Defence Growth Partnership, will undoubtedly be of benefit to the wider Yeovil region.
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Asked by Tulip Siddiq
(Hampstead and Kilburn)
[N]
Asked on: 02 March 2017
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Investment Income
66363
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the dividend from investment recorded as proceeding from others in the table below paragraph 16.26 of his Department’s Annual Report and Accounts, 2010-11, HC 992, represents a dividend from IMS Ltd; whether the National Audit Office audited that sum and the funds invested for which that sum was a dividend; and what use was made of the funds arising from that dividend.
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Answered by: Sir Michael Fallon
Answered on: 07 March 2017
The £5 million dividend recorded as “other” in the 2010-11 Ministry of Defence (MOD) Annual Report and Accounts was received from International Military Services Limited, and was audited by the National Audit Office.
Any sources of income received by the MOD are used to fund Defence activity.
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Asked by Nia Griffith
(Llanelli)
[N]
Asked on: 27 February 2017
Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Body Armour
65607
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the roll-out of Virtus body armour to be complete.
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Corrected answer by: Harriett Baldwin
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