Asked by: Lord Walney (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the purchase and subsequent support contracts for the P-8A aircraft will come under the single source contract regulations.
Answered by Philip Dunne
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 21 December 2015 to Question 19776 to the hon. Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eagle).
The Ministry of Defence has not yet made a final decision on the method for contracting for delivery of the P8-A Poseiden aircraft to the UK. Therefore the information requested is yet to be determined.
Asked by: Lord Walney (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the value of (a) UK and (b) foreign munitions and sonobuoys purchased for the UK's P-8A aircraft over the life of that aircraft by (i) year, (ii) country of manufacture and (iii) name.
Answered by Philip Dunne
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 21 December 2015 to Question 19776 to the hon. Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eagle).
The Ministry of Defence has not yet made a final decision on the method for contracting for delivery of the P8-A Poseiden aircraft to the UK. Therefore the information requested is yet to be determined.
Asked by: Lord Walney (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timescale is for procurement of a new Maritime Patrol Aircraft.
Answered by Philip Dunne
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 21 December 2015 to Question 19776 to the hon. Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eagle).
The Ministry of Defence has not yet made a final decision on the method for contracting for delivery of the P8-A Poseiden aircraft to the UK. Therefore the information requested is yet to be determined.
Asked by: Lord Walney (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) flying hours and (b) air shows were flown by the Nimrod MRA4 aircraft prior to their decommissioning.
Answered by Philip Dunne
As the Nimrod MRA4 aircraft was never in RAF service, the Ministry of Defence does not hold information regarding the aircraft's flying hours or appearance at air shows when operated by BAE Systems.
Asked by: Lord Walney (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the (a) feasibility and (b) potential cost of hiring P3-Orion aircraft before the P-8As come into service.
Answered by Philip Dunne
The Ministry of Defence has no plans to lease any P-3 Orion aircraft prior to the introduction to service of the P-8A.
Asked by: Lord Walney (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military veterans live in each parliamentary constituency in Cumbria.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The Ministry of Defence does not collect or hold information on all veterans, the majority of whom are of the World War II and National Service generations.
Asked by: Lord Walney (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what process his Department followed in awarding the lighting contracts for the Successor submarines.
Answered by Philip Dunne
No contract has yet been awarded for the Successor primary lighting system.
Asked by: Lord Walney (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department conducted its most recent review of the procurement process for the Successor submarines.
Answered by Philip Dunne
All Ministry of Defence programmes are routinely subject to regular review as part of the standard approvals and scrutiny process. The most recent review of the Successor programme was produced in December 2015.
Asked by: Lord Walney (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons there was no bidding process for the primary lighting contract for the Successor submarines.
Answered by Philip Dunne
No contract has yet been awarded for the Successor primary lighting system.
Asked by: Lord Walney (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what ministerial visits to sites involved in defence manufacturing there have been since 7 May 2010; and whether the local hon. Member was present at each such visit.
Answered by Michael Fallon
Details of site visits are published regularly in Transparency returns on gov.uk.
In accordance with the Ministerial Code, the Ministry of Defence routinely informs local MPs in advance if a Minister intends to visit their constituency. Details about the attendance of the local hon. Members on individual visits could be provided only at disproportionate cost.