Tag: Maria Eagle

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2016-05-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 50 of the White Paper, A BBC for the future: a broadcaster of distinction, published in May 2016, if he will publish details of the appointment process for members of the new BBC unitary board.

Mr Edward Vaizey

As a result of the proposals set out in the White Paper the BBC, for the first time, will be responsible for appointing at least half of its own board members. This approach will enhance the independence of the BBC and its Board. For the public appointments to the new Unitary Board, these will be made in line with OCPA processes, with final approval coming from the Queen’s Council. Appointments made by the BBC to the new board will also follow public appointments best practice, including independent members on the selection panels.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2016-10-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have had with key stakeholders in the pharmaceutical sector on the effect of the UK leaving the EU since 23 June 2016.

Alok Sharma

The details of meetings between Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Ministers and external organisations are published in quarterly returns, which are available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/minister-data

The details of meetings between external organisations and officials across the FCO network are not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2015-11-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the first Boeing P8 Maritime Patrol Aircraft came into full service; and by what date he plans for all nine to be operational.

Mr Philip Dunne

The Boeing P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft entered service with the United States Navy in November 2013. Under current plans, we anticipate that it will enter service with the RAF in the UK during financial year 2019-20. Exact dates for entering service and for all nine aircraft to be operational are yet to be agreed.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2015-11-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 33 of the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, what his timetable is for reducing his Department’s civil service headcount.

Mark Lancaster

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 30 November 2015 to Questions 17752, 17733 and 17735.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2015-11-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by when he plans for Stormshadow and Brimstone missile systems to be integrated with Typhoon aircraft.

Mr Philip Dunne

The Strategic Defence and Security Review included a commitment to invest further in Typhoon’s capabilities, including ground attack. Under current plans, the in-service dates on Typhoon will be August 2018 for Storm Shadow and December 2018 for Brimstone.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2015-11-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the cost estimates of the Successor class of submarines in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 differs from his Department’s previous cost estimates for those submarines.

Mr Philip Dunne

Designing and building submarines is one of the largest programmes and one of the most complex activities that the Ministry of Defence and UK Industry has ever undertaken. It is the purpose of a design phase to improve our understanding of costs and timescales, which we have now done. The current estimates reflect what we have learned since the design phase began.

As stated in the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) 2015 (Cm9161), our latest estimate of the total cost to manufacture the four Successor submarines reflects greater maturity of the design and understanding of the supply chain, amounts to £31 billion; we will also set a contingency of £10 billion. This level of contingency represents about 35% of the costs to completion and is a prudent estimate based on past experience of large, complex projects.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2015-11-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department plans to spend on contributions to NATO training exercises in each year from 2016 to 2020.

Michael Fallon

The estimated UK contribution to NATO Common Funded training exercises in each year from 2016 to 2020 is:

	€ million	£ million
2016	6.441	4.634
2017	5.939	4.272
2018	6.411	4.612
2019	5.840	4.202
2020	5.840	4.202

These figures are based on the latest proposed ceiling for the NATO Command Structure and Entities Programme within the 2016 NATO Resource Plan, which has yet to be finalised and is still under discussion in NATO Headquarters.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2015-11-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of projected savings in his Department arising from the imposition of civilian pay restraint in the 2015-16 financial year and each of the next five such years.

Mark Lancaster

The estimated Ministry of Defence (MOD) civilian paybill saving in 2015-16 from pay restraint is £10 million.

The Summer Budget confirmed that the Government would fund public sector pay awards at 1% for four years from 2016-17 onwards.

The estimated saving for MOD civilians from this pay restraint is £254 million over the next five years as detailed below.

2016-17 (£ million)	2017-18 (£ million)	2018-19 (£ million)	2019-20 (£ million)	2020-21 (£ million)
7	26	52	92	77

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2015-12-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many early service leavers received the increased settlement package in each year since 2010.

Mark Lancaster

We do not recognise the term increased settlement package, but have interpreted this as meaning the Early Service Leaver provision (termed the Future Horizons Programme with effect from October 2013):

FY 2013-14 (October 2013 – March 2014) – 806

FY 2014-15 (April 2014 – March 2015) – 2,254

FY 2015-16 (April 2015 – 15 December 2015)

(includes CTP Future Horizons with effect from 1 October 2015) – 1,906

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2015-12-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the intelligence and surveillance technology components that will be retrofitted to Boeing P-8 Poseidon aircraft procured by his Department will be supplied by UK manufacturers.

Mr Philip Dunne

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 3 December 2015 in response to Question 17838.