Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to upgrade the existing runway and install new Arrestor Beds to comply with military aeronautical authority regulations at RAF Northolt; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
A contract was awarded in October 2018 to refurbish the existing runway and install new arrestor beds at RAF Northolt. Construction works will commence in spring this year and will be completed in autumn. The airfield will be closed during this period to fixed wing aircraft, though rotary operations will continue.
During the project's design process, full account is being taken of the Military Aviation Authority's regulations. Once the works are complete, full details will be published in Aeronautical publications and the Defence Aerodrome Manual.
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of his Department's spend on each of the following pharmaceuticals for service personnel (a) Cerezyme Infusion 400u VL, (b) Chenodeoxycholic Acid Capsules 250mg, (c) Orfadin Capsules 10mg, (d) Kalydeco Tablets 150mg, (e) Sovaldi Tablets 400mg, (f) Trientine Dihydroch Capsules 300mg, (g) Glivec Tablets 400mg, (h) Imatinib Tablets Mesil tablets 400mg, (I) Glivec Tablets 100mg and (j) Stelara Injection 45mg/0.5ml.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
During the last four financial years (2014-15 to 2017-18) the Ministry of Defence purchased Glivec Tablets 400mg and Stelara Injection 45mg/0.5ml at a cost of £3,208 and £2,147 respectively.
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if she will publish the top 10 drugs by purchased by his Department in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The top 10 drugs purchased by the Ministry of Defence in each of the last five years by value is as follows:
2017-18
Description |
RABIES VACCINE BP SINGLE DOSE VIAL WITH DILUENT WATER FOR INJ 1ML SYRINGE (RAB/VAC) 1 X PK 'RABIPUR' |
PROGUANIL HYDROCHLORIDE 100MG ATOVAQUONE 250MG F/C TABLETS 1 X 12 PACK |
MENINGOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE GROUPS A,C,Y AND W-135 COMBINED |
YELLOW FEVER VACCINE (LIVE) SINGLE DOSE VIAL POWDER FOR INJECTION WITH |
OVER-LABELLED - 12 PROGUANIL/ATOVAQUONE 100/250mg TABLETS-GENERIC |
ENCEPHALITIS TICK-BORNE VACCINE INACTIVATED 1 X 0.5ML PRELOADED SYRINGE |
TYPHOID VACCINE POLYSACCARIDE 50MCG/ML SINGLE DOSE 0.5ML PREFILLED |
ADALIMUMAB 40MG SOLUTION FOR INJECTION IN 0.4ML PRE-FILLED PEN PACK OF |
DIPHTHERIA, TETANUS AND PERTUSSIS TOXOID (ACELLULAR) AND HEPATITIS B, |
RABIES VACCINE BP POWDER AND SOLVENT FOR SUSPENSION FOR INJECTION |
2016-17
Description |
PROGUANIL HYDROCHLORIDE 100MG ATOVAQUONE 250MG F/C TABLETS 1 X 12 PACK |
MENINGOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE GROUPS A,C,Y AND W-135 COMBINED POWDER AND SOLUTION FOR INJECTION INTRAMUSCULAR USE 1 X VIAL WITH 1 X VIAL DILUENT 'MENVEO' |
ENCEPHALITIS TICK-BORNE VACCINE INACTIVATED 1 X 0.5ML PRELOADED SYRINGE |
YELLOW FEVER VACCINE (LIVE) SINGLE DOSE VIAL POWDER FOR INJECTION WITH 0.5ML NACL INJECTION IN SYRINGE 1 X PACK 'STAMARIL' |
RABIES VACCINE BP SINGLE DOSE VIAL WITH DILUENT WATER FOR INJ 1ML SYRINGE (RAB/VAC) 1 X PK 'RABIPUR' |
HEPATITIS B RECOMBINANT VACCINE ADSORBED 'ENGERIX' 20MCG/ML SUSPENSION FOR INJECTION 1ML PRE-FILLED SYRINGE PACK OF 10 |
ETANERCEPT 50MG PRE-FILLED PEN PACK OF 4 |
FENTANYL CITRATE;LOZENGE;800mcg;LOZENGE w/INTEGRAL OROMUCOSAL APPLICATOR; 1x3 |
HEPATITIS A VIRUS VACCINE INACTIVATED 1ML PFS PACK OF 10 'HAVRIX' |
PNEUMOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE CONJUGATE VACCINE (13-VALENT ADSORBED) SUSP FOR INJ IN 0.5ML PRE-FILLED SYRINGE PK OF 10 'PREVENAR 13' |
2015-16
Description |
YELLOW FEVER VACCINE (LIVE) SINGLE DOSE VIAL POWDER FOR INJECTION WITH 0.5ML NACL INJECTION IN SYRINGE 1 X PACK 'STAMARIL' |
HEPATITIS B RECOMBINANT VACCINE ADSORBED 'ENGERIX' 20MCG/ML SUSPENSION FOR INJECTION 1ML PRE-FILLED SYRINGE PACK OF 10 |
MENINGOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE GROUPS A,C,Y AND W-135 COMBINED POWDER AND SOLUTION FOR INJECTION INTRAMUSCULAR USE 1 X VIAL WITH 1 X VIAL DILUENT 'MENVEO' |
PROGUANIL HYDROCHLORIDE 100MG ATOVAQUONE 250MG F/C TABLETS 1 X 12 PACK |
RABIES VACCINE BP SINGLE DOSE VIAL WITH DILUENT WATER FOR INJ 1ML SYRINGE (RAB/VAC) 1 X PK 'RABIPUR' |
TYPHOID VACCINE POLYSACCARIDE 50MCG/ML SINGLE DOSE 0.5ML PREFILLED SYRINGE 1 X 10 PACK |
FENTANYL CITRATE;LOZENGE;800mcg;LOZENGE w/INTEGRAL OROMUCOSAL APPLICATOR; 1x3 |
JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE (INACTIVATED, ADSORBED) SUSPENSION FOR INJECTION IN 0.5ML PRE-FILLED SYRINGE IXIARO |
ETANERCEPT 50MG PRE-FILLED PEN PACK OF 4 |
ENCEPHALITIS TICK-BORNE VACCINE INACTIVATED 1 X 0.5ML PRELOADED SYRINGE |
2014-15
Description |
PROGUANIL HYDROCHLORIDE 100MG ATOVAQUONE 250MG F/C TABLETS 1 X 12 PACK |
YELLOW FEVER VACCINE (LIVE) SINGLE DOSE VIAL POWDER FOR INJECTION WITH 0.5ML NACL INJECTION IN SYRINGE 1 X PACK 'STAMARIL' |
HEPATITIS B RECOMBINANT VACCINE ADSORBED 'ENGERIX' 20MCG/ML SUSPENSION FOR INJECTION 1ML PRE-FILLED SYRINGE PACK OF 10 |
YELLOW FEVER VACCINE 'STAMARIL' (LIVE) UNLICENSED 10 DOSE VIAL PACK OF 10 VIALS (100 DOSE TOTAL) |
MEFLOQUINE HYDROCHLORIDE 250MG TABLET 1 X 8 PACK |
RABIES VACCINE BP SINGLE DOSE VIAL WITH DILUENT WATER FOR INJ 1ML SYRINGE (RAB/VAC) 1 X PK 'RABIPUR' |
MENINGOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE GROUPS A,C,Y AND W-135 COMBINED POWDER AND SOLUTION FOR INJECTION INTRAMUSCULAR USE 1 X VIAL WITH 1 X VIAL DILUENT 'MENVEO' |
PNEUMOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE CONJUGATE VACCINE (13-VALENT ADSORBED) SUSP FOR INJ IN 0.5ML PRE-FILLED SYRINGE PK OF 10 'PREVENAR 13' |
HEPATITIS A VIRUS VACCINE INACTIVATED 1ML PFS PACK OF 10 'HAVRIX' |
JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE (INACTIVATED, ADSORBED) SUSPENSION FOR INJECTION IN 0.5ML PRE-FILLED SYRINGE IXIARO |
2013-14
Description |
YELLOW FEVER VACCINE (LIVE) SINGLE DOSE VIAL POWDER FOR INJECTION WITH 0.5ML NACL INJECTION IN SYRINGE 1 X PACK 'STAMARIL' |
HEPATITIS B RECOMBINANT VACCINE ADSORBED 'ENGERIX' 20MCG/ML SUSPENSION FOR INJECTION 1ML PRE-FILLED SYRINGE PACK OF 10 |
PROGUANIL HYDROCHLORIDE 100MG ATOVAQUONE 250MG F/C TABLETS 1 X 12 PACK |
PROGUANIL HYDROCHLORIDE 100MG TABLETS X 98 AND CHLOROQUINE PHOSPHATE 250MG TABLETS X 14 1 X 112 TABLET TRAVEL PACK |
MEFLOQUINE HYDROCHLORIDE 250MG TABLET 1 X 8 PACK |
HEPATITIS A&B VACCINE 'TWINRIX' |
HEPATITIS B VACCINE 20MCG/ML ADSORBED 1 X 1ML PRE-FILLED SYRINGE |
HEPATITIS A VACCINE INACTIVATED 1 X PREFILLED SYRINGE |
MENINGOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE GROUPS A,C,Y AND W-135 COMBINED POWDER AND SOLUTION FOR INJECTION INTRAMUSCULAR USE 1 X VIAL WITH 1 X VIAL DILUENT 'MENVEO' |
YELLOW FEVER VACCINE 'STAMARIL' (LIVE) UNLICENSED 10 DOSE VIAL PACK OF 10 VIALS (100 DOSE TOTAL) |
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what further steps he plans to take to promote access to the Armed Forces Credit Union; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 6 December 2017 to Question 117083.
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-12-01/117083/
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military, (b) non-commercial civil, (c) commercial civil and (d) London Air Ambulance air movements there were at RAF Northolt in each month in 2017.
Answered by Guto Bebb
The requested air movements are shown below.
Type of Movement | Jan 2017 - Number of Movements | Feb 2017 - Number of Movements | Mar 2017 - Number of Movements | Apr 2017 - Number of Movements | May 2017 - Number of Movements | Jun 2017 - Number of Movements |
Military | 218 | 188 | 324 | 198 | 263 | 309 |
Non-commercial civil | 34 | 49 | 75 | 67 | 55 | 86 |
Commercial civil Including Aeromedical | 745 | 859 | 883 | 577 | 856 | 1,001 |
London Air Ambulance | 65 | 59 | 70 | 68 | 69 | 66 |
Type of Movement | Jul 2017 - Number of Movements | Aug 2017 - Number of Movements | Sep 2017 - Number of Movements | Oct 2017 - Number of Movements | Nov 2017 - Number of Movements | Dec 2017 - Number of Movements |
Military | 214 | 169 | 236 | 206 | 219 | 80 |
Non-commercial civil | 139 | 133 | 149 | 154 | 129 | 62 |
Commercial civil Including Aeromedical | 969 | 776 | 965 | 942 | 986 | 559 |
London Air Ambulance | 66 | 64 | 81 | 66 | 71 | 62 |
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much government funding was received by public and private school Cadet Forces through the Combined Cadet Force in each of the last seven years; and on what that funding was spent.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
We do not hold this information in the format requested.
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the amount of government funding was on Cadet Forces in each of the last seven years; how much of that funding was allocated to the Cadet Expansion Scheme in each of those years; and on what the other funding was spent in each of those years.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
We do not hold this information in the format requested.
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what further steps he plans to take to promote awareness and encourage the take-up of the Armed Forces Credit Union among military personnel and their families; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
Credit Union (CU) facilities for members of the Armed Forces have been in place since 15 November 2015 and for veterans in receipt of an Armed Forces pension since March 2016.
Following the introduction of the provision, the three Credit Unions, PlaneSaver CU, Police CU (trading as Serve & Protect) and London Mutual CU, met their first year target of 1,000 new members. At the end of the second year, the Credit Unions have reported that the number of Service personnel taking up the offer has grown to over 3,000.
A number of new initiatives to advertise the availability of Credit Unions have been undertaken this year, including messages on payslips and having a Credit Union representative take an active role in the British Forces Broadcasting Service ‘Money Week’ initiative.
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 26 April 2017 to Question 71589, on RAF Northolt, whether planned works to resurface the runway at RAF Northolt have been delayed; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The planned works to resurface the runway at RAF Northolt have not been delayed.
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has sought independent legal opinion on its authority to lift the cap on the number of flight movements permitted at RAF Northolt to 20,000 annually; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin
No. I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 6 September 2017 to Question 6451.