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DEFENCE
Royal Hospital, Haslar
Mr. Viggers: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimates he has made of the costs of (a) building new military hospital facilities to replace Royal Hospital, Haslar and (b) implementing improved security arrangements in the new establishment. [70872]
Mr. Doug Henderson: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
Departmental Expenditure
Mr. Maclean:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what reviews, task forces and advisory groups have been established by his Department since 1 May 1997; what costs they have incurred to date; and what reports they have published. [71521]
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Mr. Spellar:
I will write to the right hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
Mr. Don Foster:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 4 February 1999, Official Report, column 732, if he will list the expenditure not included in his answer incurred by (a) his agencies and non-departmental public bodies and (b) the Central Office of Information for relevant work carried out for his Department. [71016]
Mr. Doug Henderson
[holding answer 15 February 1999]: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
Mr. Don Foster:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 4 February 1999, Official Report, column 732, if he will list the expenditure not included in his answer incurred (a) by task forces and review bodies, (b) by focus groups, (c) on market research and (d) for publications and publicity; and if he will list the bodies which incurred the expenditure. [71017]
Mr. Doug Henderson
[holding answer 15 February 1999]: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
Dr. Tony Wright:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will publish a list of (1) task forces and (2) policy reviews established by his Department since May 1997 which (a) had external members recruited by way of public advertisement, and details of any person so appointed and (b) engaged in public consultation exercises, and the form that these took; [74457]
(3) if he will list all those task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 which have set up (a) sub-groups, (b) working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees. [79259]
Mr. Spellar:
I will write to my hon. Friend and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
Mr. Llew Smith:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will fund studies using radiological techniques proposed by Dundee and St. Andrew's Universities on the state of the health of UK nuclear veterans and their families. [74728]
Mr. Spellar:
We are aware of the techniques that researchers at Dundee plan to use should their research proposals be adopted but we have serious doubts about their general applicability to nuclear test veterans. One of the techniques, the detection of chromosome aberrations, has already been the subject of a pilot study by the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB)
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involving test veterans and was found to lack resolution since the level of such aberrations is naturally elevated in people of this age group.
Of the other techniques, the magnitude of the dose required to produce long-term effects in the organs to be studied is very high. It is extremely unlikely that veterans could have received radiation doses sufficient to produce such effects 40 years after the alleged exposure. This is borne out by the fact that two robust epidemiological studies have shown no increase in leukaemia rates and no overall increase in mortality, either in cancer or non-cancer diagnoses. It would therefore be inappropriate to allocate public funds to this work.
Mr. Matthew Taylor:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a list of items discussed at each of the meetings of the Chiefs of Staff since 21 December 1998. [84351]
Mr. Spellar:
I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
Mr. Hancock:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish the rules relating to the employment of sub-contractors at his Department's establishments under contracts with Building and Property Group Ltd. [80094]
Mr. Spellar
[holding answer 13 April 1999]: The Contractor shall not sub-let any or part of the Contract without the prior consent of the Project Manager. The Contractor is required to include in the sub-contractor's contract statutory obligations imposed on him by the Authority, relating, for example, to Corruption, Secrecy and any other provisions as may be necessary to enable the Contractor to fulfil his obligations under the Contract.
Within the MOD Works Services Manager (WSM) and Establishment Works Consultant (EWC) contracts, there is a requirement on the contractor to provide a list of Companies/Consultants whom they intend to invite to tender, for any works in excess of £5,000. If he intends to invite a subsidiary or associated firm then this must be in addition to three other companies. Acceptance and award of contract should be to the lowest compliant tender.
Mr. Hancock:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1), pursuant to his answer of 17 March 1999, Official Report, column 685, on the Nimrod MRA4 programme, what was the nature of the technical difficulties experienced by BAe; and what extra costs will be placed on his Department because of the slippage in the in-service date from April 2003 to early 2005; [82528]
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Mr. Spellar:
I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
Mr. Blunt:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what would be the additional annual full capitation costs to his Department if the services were manned up to establishment levels as at 31 March; and what is the breakdown of this figure between the (a) Royal Navy (excluding the Royal Marines), (b) Army, (c) Royal Air Force and (d) Royal Marines. [85911]
Mr. Doug Henderson:
I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
Mr. Flynn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will respond to the request by Iraq's Foreign Minister on 21 November 1991 for a survey of the levels of depleted uranium contamination used in Operation Granby and Desert Storm. [86948]
Mr. Doug Henderson:
I will write to my hon. Friend and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
Mr. Bercow:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) peers, (b) hon. Members and (c) hon. Members' staff, broken down by political party, are eligible for call up as (a) reservists and (b) members of the Territorial Army. [87339]
Mr. Doug Henderson:
I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
Mr. Key:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many regular and reserve forces are (a) in theatre, (b) in support at home and (c) in training. [91592]
Mr. Doug Henderson
[holding answer 19 July 1999]: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
Mr. Bob Russell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department takes to consider first (a) United Kingdom companies and (b) companies operating in the United Kingdom when placing orders; and what further plans he has to support United Kingdom manufacturers. [88403]
Mr. Spellar:
I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
(2) if he will list for all task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 (a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates; [79282]
(2) if he will make a statement on the procurement process for the maritime patrol aircraft requirement; and what were the in-service dates proposed by each of the bidders. [82529]
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