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Written Answers
26 OCTOBER 2009
Written Answers
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Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The Investment Approvals Board
consists of the Chief Scientific Adviser (Chairman), the
Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, the Chief of Defence
Materiel, the Director General Finance, the Director
General Defence Commercial and the Director Central
Legal Services.
Members: Correspondence
Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence
when the Minister for Veterans expects to reply to the
letter of 23 September 2009 from the hon. Member for
Billericay on British nuclear test veterans. [295466]
Mr. Kevan Jones: I responded to the hon. Member’s
letter on 20 October 2009.
Nuclear Submarines: Decommissioning
Mr. Ingram: To ask the Secretary of State for
Defence what representations he has received from the
Scottish Executive on arrangements for the Submarine
Dismantling Project. [295333]
Mr. Quentin Davies: No representations have been
received from the Scottish Executive on arrangements
for the Submarine Dismantling Project.
Regular engagement with the Scottish Executive is
maintained through the Submarine Dismantling Project
Advisory Group and the Submarine Dismantling Project
Steering Group. The Scottish Executive has also been
invited to participate in the initial scoping phase, once
initiated, of the Strategic Environmental Assessment
for the Submarine Dismantling Project.
Territorial Army: Pay
Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for
Defence whether the bounty payable to Territorial
Army soldiers on completion of annual training
requirements will be paid to such soldiers who do not
undertake training owing to the withdrawal of training
days. [295314]
Bill Rammell: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I
gave on 15 October 2009, Official Report, column 1021W,
to the hon. Member for North-East Milton Keynes
(Mr. Lancaster).
Territorial Army: Training
Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for
Defence which alternative cost-saving measures were
considered before deciding to reduce Territorial Army
training. [293278]
Bill Rammell [holding answer 15 October 2009]: Like
all Government Departments, the Ministry of Defence
routinely reviews expenditure to ensure that we allocate
our resources where they are needed most. As part of
this process senior officials discussed emerging budgetary
pressures in the summer and then asked all budget
holders within the Department to review all uncommitted
funding. Following this review, savings measures that
helped balance the financial deficit, and which do not
detract from support to current operations, were
recommended. Although some of these savings are
painful, they had to be taken to ensure that the Ministry
of Defence stayed within budget.
Strategic Defence Review
Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for
Defence whether any defence procurement projects
have been (a) cancelled and (b) postponed pending a
strategic defence review. [295433]
Mr. Quentin Davies: No defence procurement projects
have been cancelled or postponed pending a strategic
defence review.
Territorial Army
Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for
Defence what steps have been taken to ensure the
eligibility of Territorial Army personnel for (a) annual
bounty and (b) the Volunteer Reserve Service Medal
following the reduction in Territorial Army training
days. [293155]
Bill Rammell: In relation to the steps being taken to
ensure opportunities remain for individuals to qualify
for their bounty where they have not already done so, I
refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 13 October
2009, Official Report, columns 1020-21W, to the hon.
Member for North-East Milton Keynes (Mr. Lancaster).
Given that opportunities will continue to exist for
individuals to earn their bounty, eligibility for the Volunteers
Reserve Service Medal should be unaffected by the
reduction in TA training this year.
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Aluminium: Recycling
Mr. Illsley: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs what representations he has
received from the aluminium industry on the use of
recycled cans to make motor vehicles. [295594]
Dan Norris: No representations on this subject have
been received to date.
Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
Dan Rogerson: To ask the Secretary of State for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his
Department has received from the salvage of carcasses
or part carcasses of bovine tuberculosis reactor, inconclusive
or dangerous contact cattle sold into the food chain in
(a) 1986-96 and (b) 1997 to date; and how such
receipts are accounted for in his Department’s analysis
of its expenditure on bovine tuberculosis. [293801]
Jim Fitzpatrick: Receipts in each of the last 10 complete
financial years, for cattle culled for TB control reasons,
are shown as follows. We are not able to provide details
of receipts back to 1986 without incurring disproportionate
cost.