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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS

June 5, 2020 by

House of Commons and House of Lords Hansard Written Answers

Q

Asked by Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

Asked on: 18 May 2020

Ministry of Defence

Defence: Expenditure

HL4593

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to continue meeting their NATO commitment to spending two per cent of GDP on defence in real terms.

A

Answered by: Baroness Goldie

Answered on: 02 June 2020

Her Majesty’s Government is committed to spending at least 2% of GDP on Defence each year of this Parliament, as per the Defence Investment Pledge. The UK is one of only a handful of nations that meets, and in our case exceeds the 2% target, and remains the largest European Defence spender in NATO.

Q

Asked by Douglas Chapman

(Dunfermline and West Fife)

[N]

Asked on: 19 May 2020

Ministry of Defence

HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Queen Elizabeth: Shipbuilding

49025

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to establish in the 2020-21 financial year the final cost to the public purse of the Carrier Alliance project to build HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Queen Elizabeth.

A

Answered by: Jeremy Quin

Answered on: 02 June 2020

We hope to conclude negotiations with our Aircraft Carrier Alliance industry partners on the final cost of the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers before the end of the 2020-2021 Financial Year.

Q

Asked by Lord West of Spithead

Asked on: 19 May 2020

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Galileo System

HL4736

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what part, if any, the UK is playing in the EU’s Galileo satellite system.

A

Answered by: Lord Callanan

Answered on: 02 June 2020

During the implementation period, UK companies and other UK entities can continue to take part in the EU’s space programmes, except in the security-related sensitive aspects of Galileo where UK participation has been excluded by the European Commission since January 2018. UK companies continue to deliver contracts for the EU’s space programmes, such as the construction of Galileo payloads by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL). The UK now does not have a level of access to Galileo that would enable us to assure the system and use it for purposes such as defence and security. As such, the UK will not seek to continue participation in the Galileo programme at the end of the implementation period.

Q

Asked by Mr Kevan Jones

(North Durham)

[N]

Asked on: 20 May 2020

Ministry of Defence

Defence: Procurement

49607

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to reintroduce the Major Projects Report.

A

Answered by: Jeremy Quin

Answered on: 02 June 2020

The Major Projects Report was phased out in 2015 and replaced by the Project Performance Summary table in the Equipment Plan financial summary from 2016. The Ministry of Defence has published an annual summary of its plans for spending on equipment procurement and support since 2012 and has no plans to reintroduce the Major Projects Report.

 

 

 

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