Defence Procurement Alert Sample


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Alert results for: Defence Procurement

Information between 29th March 2024 - 18th April 2024

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Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 17th April 2024
Written Evidence - Parrhesia Inc
WCS0007 - Investigation into whistleblowing in the civil service

Public Accounts Committee

Found: for the Prime Contractor, GPT Special Project Management Limited, in a Government-to-Government defence

Tuesday 16th April 2024
Written Evidence - Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
MUL0016 - International relations within the multilateral system

International relations within the multilateral system - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: health cooperation, and natural disasters prevention, among many other sensitive issues such as defence

Monday 8th April 2024
Government Response - Government’s response to the Committee’s letter of 26 January 2024 to the Home Secretary about the use of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) Technology by police forces in England and Wales.

Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: 21 December 2017 at Queen Street, a busy shopping area in Cardiff; and (2) on 27 March 2018 at the Defence

Wednesday 27th March 2024
Oral Evidence - International Institute for Strategic Studies, University of St Andrews, and Policy Exchange

Implications of the war in Ukraine for UK Defence - International Relations and Defence Committee

Found: This session will focus on the lessons from Ukraine for defence procurement and production.

Tuesday 26th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Defence, and Ministry of Defence

Defence Committee

Found: Year-on-year our Committee has seen budget overruns and delays in defence procurement.



Written Answers
Air Force: Training
Asked by: Nick Smith (Labour - Blaenau Gwent)
Thursday 18th April 2024

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Defence Procurement in response to the question from the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent on 25 March 2024, Official Report, column 1253, whether the RAF have met their quota for successfully trained pilots in (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

Yes.

Air Force: Training
Asked by: Nick Smith (Labour - Blaenau Gwent)
Thursday 18th April 2024

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Defence Procurement in response to the question from the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent on 25 March 2024, Official Report, column 1253, whether he expects the RAF to meet their quota for successfully trained pilots this year.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

Yes.

Air Force: Training
Asked by: Nick Smith (Labour - Blaenau Gwent)
Tuesday 16th April 2024

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Defence Procurement in response to the question from the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent on 25 March 2024, Official Report, column 1253, how many RAF pilots successfully completed their training in each year since 2018.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

Training Year (April to March)

Number of Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots successfully completed Phase 2 Military Flying Training

2018-19

34

2019-20

67

2020-21

72

2021-22

73

2022-23

64

2023-24

51

Note: The figures detailed in the table above are for RAF pilots who successfully completed Phase 2 military flying training. Phase 2 flying training is defined as commencing after completion of Initial Officer Training (IOT) and up until (but not including) Front Line Operational Conversion Units (OCUs).



Department Publications - Guidance
Friday 12th April 2024
Cabinet Office
Source Page: Procurement Act 2023 guidance documents
Document: Guidance: Mixed Procurement (PDF) (PDF)

Found: special regime contracts that are defence and security contracts in recognition of the sensitivities of defence



Department Publications - News and Communications
Friday 12th April 2024
Ministry of Defence
Source Page: New procurement rules help rapid fitting of military laser to Royal Navy ships
Document: New procurement rules help rapid fitting of military laser to Royal Navy ships (webpage)

Found: Royal Navy warships for the first time from 2027 – far quicker than previously envisaged thanks to new defence

Wednesday 10th April 2024
Department for Business and Trade
Source Page: UK and Ukraine sign new defence pact
Document: UK and Ukraine sign new defence pact (webpage)

Found: UK Minister for Defence Procurement, James Cartlidge said:   This is the latest demonstration of the

Tuesday 9th April 2024
Ministry of Defence
Source Page: Military Robotics and Autonomous Systems - Ministerial speech
Document: Military Robotics and Autonomous Systems - Ministerial speech (webpage)

Found: So I’m the Minister for Defence procurement in the UK, I don’t have a speech as such, and what I mean



Department Publications - Statistics
Thursday 4th April 2024
Ministry of Defence
Source Page: Training and exercise deaths in the UK Armed Forces: 2024
Document: Training and Exercise deaths in the UK armed forces: 1 January 2000 to 29 February 2024 (PDF)

Found: The MOD also manages day to day running of the armed forces, contingency planning and defence procurement

Thursday 4th April 2024
Ministry of Defence
Source Page: Training and exercise deaths in the UK Armed Forces: 2024
Document: (ODS)

Found: The MOD also manages day to day running of the armed forces, contingency planning and defence procurement



Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
Apr. 12 2024
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
Source Page: New procurement rules help rapid fitting of military laser to Royal Navy ships
Document: New procurement rules help rapid fitting of military laser to Royal Navy ships (webpage)
News and Communications

Found: Royal Navy warships for the first time from 2027 – far quicker than previously envisaged thanks to new defence



Deposited Papers
Thursday 18th April 2024
Ministry of Defence
Source Page: Letter dated 16/04/2024 from James Cartlidge MP to Maria Eagle MP in repsonse to a Written Parliamentary Question regarding what the monetary value is of stock marked E0 on the CRISP inventory management system. 1p.
Document: IWW_UIN_5944-Rt_Hon_Maria_Eagle_MP.pdf (PDF)

Found: JAMES CARTLIDGE MP MINISTER OF STATE FOR DEFENCE PROCUREMENT Rt Hon Maria

Friday 12th April 2024
Ministry of Defence
Source Page: I. Letter dated 11/04/2024 from James Cartlidge MP to John Healey MP regarding an update on the readiness days that the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Surface Fleet have delivered. II. Table showing readiness days information for the years 2014 to 2023. 1p.
Document: Royal_Navy_Readiness_Days_2023_4.1.3.1_Rt_Hon_John_Healey.pdf (PDF)

Found: JAMES CARTLIDGE MP MINISTER OF STATE FOR DEFENCE PROCUREMENT The Rt Hon John

Monday 8th April 2024
Ministry of Defence
Source Page: Letter dated 03/04/2024 from James Cartlidge MP to Maria Eagle MP in response to a written question concerning the proportion of items of stock in the inventory are categorised as spares. 1p.
Document: Letter-answer_to_PQ5174_by_Maria_Eagle_MP.pdf (PDF)

Found: JAMES CARTLIDGE MP MINISTER OF STATE FOR DEFENCE PROCUREMENT Rt Hon Maria

Thursday 4th April 2024
Ministry of Defence
Source Page: Letter dated 27/03/2024 from James Cartlidge MP to John Healey MP in response to a Written Parliamentary Question regarding spend on external consultants for the Morpheus programme. 1p.
Document: HealeyMP.pdf (PDF)

Found: JAMES CARTLIDGE MP MINISTER OF STATE FOR DEFENCE PROCUREMENT Rt Hon John