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748737

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	77th Brigade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the shortfall in manpower is of the 77th Brigade.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	3173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Regular element of 77 Brigade is 93% manned and the Reserve element is currently at 53%. The Reserve element is expected to reach full manning as the Brigade reaches its planned full operating capability in 2019. Current manning levels are shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>77 Brigade</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Establishment</p></td><td><p>Strength</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regular (Including Full Time Reserve Service and Non regular Permanent Staff)</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reserves</p></td><td><p>266</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 10/07/2017 16:38:47 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

838462

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	77th Brigade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) regular armed forces personnel and (b) reservists have (i) joined and (ii) left 77th Brigade in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	127283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Following its establishment in April 2015, 77th Brigade is planned to reach full operating capability in December 2019. The establishment and current strength of 77<sup>th</sup> Brigade as at 1 October 2017 is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>77<sup>th</sup> Brigade</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Establishment</p></td><td><p>Strength</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regular Army Personnel (Including Full Time Reserve Service and Non Regular Permanent Staff) Navy &amp; RAF</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army Future Reserve 2020, Navy &amp; RAF Reserve</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It is not possible to include inflow and outflow data for 77th Brigade as it has only been formed for two years.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes/Caveats:</strong></p><p>Future Reserves 2020 includes volunteer reserves who are mobilised, high readiness and volunteer reserve personnel serving on Additional Duty or Full Time Reserve Service contracts. Sponsored Reserves who provide a more cost effective solution than volunteer reserve are also included in the Army Reserve FR20. Non Regular Permanent Staff, Expeditionary Forces Institute and University Officer Cadets and Regular Reservists are excluded.</p><p>Figures have been rounded to 10 to limit disclosure and ensure confidentiality; numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p>Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not appear to be the sum of their parts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 127284 question first answered 20/02/2018 16:41:04 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

838463

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	77th Brigade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the manning target for 77th Brigade is; and whether there is currently a shortfall.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	127284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Following its establishment in April 2015, 77th Brigade is planned to reach full operating capability in December 2019. The establishment and current strength of 77<sup>th</sup> Brigade as at 1 October 2017 is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>77<sup>th</sup> Brigade</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Establishment</p></td><td><p>Strength</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regular Army Personnel (Including Full Time Reserve Service and Non Regular Permanent Staff) Navy &amp; RAF</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army Future Reserve 2020, Navy &amp; RAF Reserve</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It is not possible to include inflow and outflow data for 77th Brigade as it has only been formed for two years.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes/Caveats:</strong></p><p>Future Reserves 2020 includes volunteer reserves who are mobilised, high readiness and volunteer reserve personnel serving on Additional Duty or Full Time Reserve Service contracts. Sponsored Reserves who provide a more cost effective solution than volunteer reserve are also included in the Army Reserve FR20. Non Regular Permanent Staff, Expeditionary Forces Institute and University Officer Cadets and Regular Reservists are excluded.</p><p>Figures have been rounded to 10 to limit disclosure and ensure confidentiality; numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p>Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not appear to be the sum of their parts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 127283 question first answered 20/02/2018 16:41:04 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

838466

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	77th Brigade: Deployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel from the 77th Brigade have been deployed on operations in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	127287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Between 1 February 2017 and 1 February 2018, 29 personnel from 77th Brigade have been forward deployed on operations. Additionally, the majority of staff at 77th Brigade are employed to provide operational support from the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 20/02/2018 16:38:18 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

818838

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	ATC Pirbright: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many jobs the Elizabeth Barracks in Pirbright, Surrey sustained in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	121602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>Recruits to the 1<sup>st</sup> Battalion Welsh Guards initially attend the Infantry Training Centre at Catterick before joining the battalion at Elizabeth Barracks in Pirbright, Surrey in November 2014. Since this time the manpower liability has been around 580 military posts and around 10 directly employed civilian posts. Civilian contractors also support the battalion but due to the way that these contracts are organised by region, we are unable to provide numbers.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to base a regiment in a specific location is dictated by the role, command and training requirements of the regiment. The Ministry of Defence does not routinely undertake economic impact assessments to determine the contribution of any unit or site to the local economy, we have not made an estimate of the contribution of the 1<sup>st</sup> Battalion Welsh Guards.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 121597 121599 question first answered 17/01/2018 15:26:45 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

927787

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	AWACS
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Sentry aircraft the RAF owns; and what proportion of those aircraft are at a level of operational readiness.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	155704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer the Minister for Defence Procurement (Guto Bebb) gave to the hon. Member for Edinburgh North and Leith (Deidre Brock) on 16 May 2018 to Question 142886.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/06/2018 15:03:28 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 16 May 2018 142886.docx title Military Aircraft
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

927789

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	AWACS
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the number of Sentry aircraft required to fulfil the UK’s commitments in (a) Syria, (b) Iraq and (c) the Baltic states.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	155705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The RAF has sufficient Sentry aircraft to meet its current defence commitments.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/06/2018 15:04:20 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

927791

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	AWACS
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Sentry aircraft are allocated to (a) Operation Shader, (b) NATO’s Enhanced Forward presence in the Baltic and (c) UK coastal patrols.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	155706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>No Sentry aircraft are currently allocated to Op SHADER. We continually prioritise Sentry aircraft against tasks from a number of operational theatres alongside what our allies and partners have planned.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 28/06/2018 14:47:01 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

927793

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	AWACS
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) hours and (b) missions on average were flown by Sentry aircraft protecting the UK coast in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	155707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>I am withholding details of the number of missions and hours flown by the RAF's E-3D Sentry fleet on specific taskings as disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 155701 155702 155703 question first answered 29/06/2018 13:55:44 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

715011

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Adam Werritty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times Mr Adam Werritty has been received on his Department's premises since May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	69898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>None.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 18/04/2017 15:28:23 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett