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1278585

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aid: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure there are adequate catering and food arrangements for armed forces personnel deployed at very short notice to assist with covid-19 testing and other covid-19 projects.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	140798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>Catering contracts have been established to support personnel deployed on COVID-19 tasks, to provide them with a balanced diet in line with the Joint Service Publication 456 (MOD policy). We ensure food options and menus are routinely monitored and scrutinised by military Food Service Warrant Officers to guarantee the highest standard of food is being delivered to our Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 26/01/2021 16:29:42 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1278586

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aid: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure the wellbeing of armed forces personnel deployed at very short notice to assist with covid-19 testing and other covid-19 projects.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	140799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>The safety and welfare of our personnel is paramount. Defence has numerous internal and external wellbeing measures in place to safeguard personnel deployed on COVID-19 tasks, including provisions for food, accommodation, and dedicated pastoral and welfare staff. Joint Service Publication 770 (MOD policy) sets out further details of the extensive wellbeing support available to deployed personnel.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 26/01/2021 16:30:09 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1416863

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aid: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support military personnel are providing to the covid-19 booster vaccination roll-out (a) domestically and (b) internationally.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	112547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>As at 24 January 2022, there were 662 Armed Forces personnel supporting the vaccination booster programme across the UK.</p><p>Internationally, we are currently focussed on offering the booster to our people based overseas. We are currently not supporting the booster programmes of other countries.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 31/01/2022 10:53:43 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1518797

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken to provide additional (a) equipment and (b) training to Ukrainian forces.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	58883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>We continue to liaise closely with Ukraine to understand their priorities and to shape what support the UK and international community offer as these requirements evolve.</p><p>To date, we have committed £2.3 billion of military support and the Government has committed to match this in the next financial year. Our most recent funding package, announced in June, is being used to deliver key military equipment, including more armoured fighting vehicles, air defence missiles, artillery ammunition, more integrated air defence systems, uncrewed systems and innovative new electronic warfare equipment. On 13 October 2022, the Defence Secretary announced that the UK will also donate cutting edge air defence missiles to Ukraine to help defend against Russian missile strikes.</p><p>We have also trained over 6,000 Ukrainian personnel to help Ukraine defend its sovereign territory.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 18/10/2022 12:03:54 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1518819

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to encourage global partners to provide stronger and further support to Ukrainian forces.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	58925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK has consistently provided international leadership on support to Ukraine. The UK was the first country to provide lethal aid, takes a leading role in the International Donor Coordination Centre and is leading international efforts to provide training at scale for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In July, the Secretary of State announced the UK-led International Fund for Ukraine which aims to raise over £1 billion with international partners to fund the provision of military capabilities for Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 18/10/2022 11:52:24 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1537540

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	China: Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take with respect to former RAF pilots who have helped to train the People’s Republic of China’s military personnel.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	74655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) are taking a range of measures to dissuade current and former UK pilots from being recruited.</p><p>The Department is issuing threat guidance to personnel at risk of being approached and are reminding personnel of their obligations to protect sensitive information acquired during their tenure as crown or civil servants and will be looking at options to tighten the contractual obligations of Service leavers and are also encouraging the reporting of any recruitment activity targeting pilots or any other specialist area of Defence. The alert has been issued to relevant personnel across Defence, including to partners in Defence industry. MOD are also actively sharing information with key allies.</p><p>The MOD has no evidence that anyone has breached the high threshold of the Officials Secrets Act (OSA), but if any evidence were to be forthcoming, we would not hesitate to bring criminal charges. The Department takes this matter extremely seriously and are actively taking measures to deter future recruitment as well as engaging with the individuals already involved to ensure they are fully aware of the risk of prosecution under the OSA.</p><p>The Government's National Security Bill (led by the Home Office) will capture a range of relevant activity and provide additional possible routes to prosecution. A review of the use of confidentiality agreements is being conducted across Defence, with the aim of providing additional contractual levers to prevent individuals breaching security.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 07/11/2022 11:53:17 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1567754

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Conflict Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking with international partners to deter illegal invasions of sovereign territories.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	125334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The UK's network of alliances and partnerships is at the heart of our ability to deter and defend against adversaries. The UK takes an integrated approach using all instruments available to government, including the full range of military capabilities and Defence levers, to hold actors to account for unacceptable behaviours. This includes working closely with international partners to demonstrate our collective commitment to deterring and defending against potential adversaries, not least through multilateral fora such as NATO.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 23/01/2023 14:46:48 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1197003

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Emergencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) local authorities, (b) the Environment Agency and (c) the NHS on a permanent role for the armed forces in planning for civil contingencies.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	49056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2020 answer text <p>Defence plays a vital role in the UK's resilience, particularly in our nation's ability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from potential emergencies and disruptive risks at home and abroad.</p><p> </p><p>Defence engages regularly with Other Government Departments, agencies and the Devolved Administrations and is fully integrated into routine cross-Government contingency planning, at both the strategic and local levels, for a wide range of scenarios. We conduct training and exercises at local resilience forum level and above to prepare for civil contingency tasks, alongside civil authorities, agencies and partners and provide input to the National Security Risk Assessment and National Resilience Capability plan.</p><p> </p><p>To enhance our ability to plan for and respond to crises in conjunction with Other Government Departments, Defence has a permanent military liaison officer embedded in the Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat and a well-established regional liaison network that interfaces with local government and public service providers across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Consequently, Defence is well-prepared to respond to crises when called upon to do so, either as the lead department or in support of Other Government Departments.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 03/06/2020 08:11:07 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1220718

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment he has made of the role the armed forces have played in logistical planning during the covid-19 pandemic.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	904241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>Defence logistic planners continue to provide vital support to the Covid-19 response.</p><p> </p><p>Planners were placed into the NHS crisis response cell, supported the NHS in the management and distribution of PPE, and helped create and deliver the National Testing Programme. The Defence logistics hub at Donnington distributed critical care equipment, and military teams assisted regional hubs across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 06/07/2020 16:33:05 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1337975

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the quarantine arrangements are for armed forces personnel returning to the UK from covid-19 red list areas for personal travel.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	17898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>Defence personnel returning to the UK from red-list countries for personal reasons unrelated to duty or operations overseas must comply with the relevant border regulations. This includes testing negative prior to travel, undergoing managed quarantine and undertaking tests on days two and eight following their arrival in the UK. Limited exemptions from quarantine may be applied for resilience or welfare purposes.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 22/06/2021 10:43:38 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell