Asked by: James Cartlidge (Conservative - South Suffolk)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June to Question 57673 on Military Intelligence, whether there have been any further industry days on the Digital Targeting Web since 18 July 2025.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
Outreach and engagement with industry has continued on the Digital Targeting Web, across a number of areas since the Tech UK facilitated industry day on 18 July.
This has included: a series of open fora and a panel event at DSEI25 between 9 and 12 September, led by Cyber and Specialist Operations Command; a RUSI led workshop on 1 October in support of the Digital Targeting Web; and, discussions, as part of RUSI’s MilTech Conference, on 14 October on the Digital Targeting Web - alongside supporting research for that Conference.
Asked by: James Cartlidge (Conservative - South Suffolk)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many One-Way Effectors will be delivered under Project Brakestop.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
No final decisions have been made on numbers of systems to be bought in BRAKESTOP as we are in the flight trial phase of the programme. The performance of the systems being trialed, the capacity of the companies involved as well as the final costs of the systems will all inform the numbers to be bought.
Asked by: James Cartlidge (Conservative - South Suffolk)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many One-Way Effectors will be delivered under Project Brakestop.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
No final decisions have been made on numbers of systems to be bought in BRAKESTOP as we are in the flight trial phase of the programme. The performance of the systems being trialed, the capacity of the companies involved as well as the final costs of the systems will all inform the numbers to be bought.
Asked by: James Cartlidge (Conservative - South Suffolk)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects HMS Diamond to complete the Power Improvement Project upgrade.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
I refer the hon. member to the answer I gave him on 11 December 2025 to Questions 96770, 96771, 97300 and 97301 about the forward plans for the Type 45 Destroyer’s Power Improvement Project.
Asked by: James Cartlidge (Conservative - South Suffolk)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects HMS Duncan to complete the Power Improvement Project upgrade.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
I refer the hon. member to the answer I gave him on 11 December 2025 to Questions 96770, 96771, 97300 and 97301 about the forward plans for the Type 45 Destroyer’s Power Improvement Project.
Asked by: James Cartlidge (Conservative - South Suffolk)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Minister of State's answer to Urgent Question on 8 December 2025 from the Hon. Member for South Suffolk, Official Report, col 46, if he will name the external organisation with experience of noise and vibration that has been asked to assess Ajax.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
For reasons of commercial sensitivity, it would be inappropriate to comment on the details of the Ministry of Defence’s work with external experts and organisations, which is in progress.
Asked by: James Cartlidge (Conservative - South Suffolk)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Minister of State's answer to Urgent Question on 8 December 2025 from the Hon. Member for South Suffolk, Official Report, col 46, what form the expertise and challenge from the team of experts from organisations outside the GD production line will take.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
For reasons of commercial sensitivity, it would be inappropriate to comment on the details of the Ministry of Defence’s work with external experts and organisations, which is in progress.
Asked by: James Cartlidge (Conservative - South Suffolk)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Minister of State's answer to Urgent Question on 8 December 2025 from the Hon. Member for South Suffolk, Official Report, col 46, whether any future decision on the Ajax programme will be made before the completion of all three reviews currently underway.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
It would not be appropriate to pre-empt the outcome of the ongoing investigations or to comment further at this stage. The investigations must be given adequate time to identify the root cause of the issue. Decisions will be taken by Ministers in due course.
Asked by: James Cartlidge (Conservative - South Suffolk)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Minister of State's answer to Urgent Question on 8 December 2025 from the Hon. Member for South Suffolk, Official Report, col 46, whether the work conducted by the team of experts from organisations outside the GD production line on the Ajax programme will be made public.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
For reasons of commercial sensitivity, it would be inappropriate to comment on the details of the Ministry of Defence’s work with external experts and organisations, which is in progress.
Asked by: James Cartlidge (Conservative - South Suffolk)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Minister of State's answer to Urgent Question on 8 December 2025 from the Hon. Member for South Suffolk, Official Report, col 46, whether the team of experts from organisations outside the GD production line will receive monetary compensations for their work.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
For reasons of commercial sensitivity, it would be inappropriate to comment on the details of the Ministry of Defence’s work with external experts and organisations, which is in progress.