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1141908

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government by how much (1) the Royal Navy, (2) the army, and (3) the Royal Air Force, are under strength.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
	uin	HL17452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The current strength of the Armed Forces as at 1 April 2019 is give<ins class="ministerial">n</ins> in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Service</p></td><td><p>Trained Strength</p></td><td><p>Workforce Requirement</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Navy/Royal Marines</p></td><td><p>29,224</p></td><td><p>30,568</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>75,070</p></td><td><p>82,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Air Force</p></td><td><p>30,010</p></td><td><p>31,756</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Trained Strength comprises military personnel who have completed Phase 1 and 2 training for Royal Navy/Royal Marines, the Army (prior to 1 October 2016) and the Royal Air Force. Following the change in definition of trained strength for Army, from 1 October 2016, trained strength for the Army comprises of personnel who have completed Phase 1 training.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence remains committed to maintaining the overall size of the Armed Forces and we have a range of measures under way to improve recruitment and retention. The challenge is kept under constant review.</p><p>Importantly the Services continue to meet all their current commitments, keeping the country and its interests safe.</p><p> </p><p>The strength of the Armed Forces is published every three months and can be found in the UK Armed Forces Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2019</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 02/08/2019 13:21:39 question first ministerially corrected 20/08/2019 11:14:54 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie previous answer version 132042 answering member printed Baroness Goldie answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

1141909

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) Royal Navy, (2) army, and (3) Royal Air Force, recruits there were in each of the last five years for which records are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
	uin	HL17453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The number of recruits joining the Armed Forces in the last five years is given in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>12 Months Ending</strong></td><td><strong>31 March 2015</strong></td><td><strong>31 March 2016</strong></td><td><strong>31 March 2017</strong></td><td><strong>31 March 2018</strong></td><td><strong>31 March 2019</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Tri-Service</td><td>12,980</td><td>13,796</td><td>13,383</td><td>12,359</td><td>12,485</td></tr><tr><td>Royal Navy/Royal Marines</td><td>2,933</td><td>2,997</td><td>3,045</td><td>3,042</td><td>3,143</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>8,165</td><td>8,600</td><td>8,294</td><td>7,217</td><td>6,985</td></tr><tr><td>Royal Air Force</td><td>1,882</td><td>2,199</td><td>2,044</td><td>2,100</td><td>2,357</td></tr></tbody></table><p>UK Regular Forces includes trained and untrained UK Regulars, excludes Gurkhas, Military Provost Guard Service, Locally Engaged Personnel, Volunteer Reserve, Serving Regular Reserve, Sponsored Reserve, and Full Time Reserve Service.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Armed Forces recruitment figures are published in the Armed Forces Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2019</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 02/08/2019 13:36:38 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

1142448

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Warships: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Royal Navy ships are currently undergoing repair; and how many were out of service for repairs in each of the last ten years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL17522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>All Royal Navy (RN) ships rotate through planned operating cycles involving maintenance, repair, training, deployment, leave and upgrades. This results in individual ships being at various levels of readiness at any one time in accordance with the long-term operating schedule and operational needs; they remain in service during these periods. These periods are necessary for any highly complex system maintenance and are essential to ensure ships are fit for purpose in the most hostile of operational environments. In addition, the periods provide an opportunity to complete modifications and to fit essential upgrades to systems.</p><p> </p><p>Repair work on individual ships and their systems takes place during both planned maintenance periods and operational deployments. It is our policy to not disclose the readiness state of individual ships as this would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces. However, currently the following RN ships are undertaking routine docking or their deep refit period and are therefore unavailable for operational tasking:</p><p> </p><p>HMS RICHMOND; HMS DAUNTLESS; HMS PEMBROKE; HMS LANCASTER; HMS SOMERSET; HMS PORTLAND; HMS MIDDLETON; HMS IRON DUKE; HMS DARING</p><p> </p><p>Maintenance of Royal Navy warships is funded through an In Service Support allocation of Naval funds through a Maritime Support Delivery Framework contract.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL17523 question first answered 02/08/2019 12:15:48 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1142449

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Warships: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of repairing Royal Navy ships currently unfit for action.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL17523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>All Royal Navy (RN) ships rotate through planned operating cycles involving maintenance, repair, training, deployment, leave and upgrades. This results in individual ships being at various levels of readiness at any one time in accordance with the long-term operating schedule and operational needs; they remain in service during these periods. These periods are necessary for any highly complex system maintenance and are essential to ensure ships are fit for purpose in the most hostile of operational environments. In addition, the periods provide an opportunity to complete modifications and to fit essential upgrades to systems.</p><p> </p><p>Repair work on individual ships and their systems takes place during both planned maintenance periods and operational deployments. It is our policy to not disclose the readiness state of individual ships as this would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces. However, currently the following RN ships are undertaking routine docking or their deep refit period and are therefore unavailable for operational tasking:</p><p> </p><p>HMS RICHMOND; HMS DAUNTLESS; HMS PEMBROKE; HMS LANCASTER; HMS SOMERSET; HMS PORTLAND; HMS MIDDLETON; HMS IRON DUKE; HMS DARING</p><p> </p><p>Maintenance of Royal Navy warships is funded through an In Service Support allocation of Naval funds through a Maritime Support Delivery Framework contract.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL17522 question first answered 02/08/2019 12:15:48 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1142453

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) men, and (2) women, are serving full-time in the British army.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
	uin	HL17527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>As at 1 April 2019, there were 75,230 male and 7,540 female personnel in the full-time trade-trained strength and their untrained counterparts. This population does not include full-time Reserves Service (Home Commitment), Military Provost Guard Service and non-regular permanent staff, of which there are an additional 4,960 male and 260 female personnel.</p><p> </p><p>Full-time trade-trained strength includes Regulars, Gurkhas, and full-time Reserves Service (Full Commitment and Limited Commitment). Mobilised Reserves have not been included in the data, as these are only full-time whilst mobilised. Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 02/08/2019 12:15:31 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

1144067

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 1 November 2018 (HL10924), how the strength of the UK Armed Forces has changed since that answer; and what action they plan to take to meet the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2020 targets.
	tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
	uin	HL17555
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Since Earl Howe’s Written Answer on 1 November 2018, the Trained Strength of the Armed Forces has dropped from 139,788 on 1 July 2018 to 137,409 on 1 July 2019.</p><p> </p><p>It remains a priority for each Service to meet the target for Armed Forces personnel strength in 2020, and there are a range of measures both already in progress and in the pipeline to improve the position. These include the introduction of the Armed Forces People Programme to modernise aspects of the employment offer, including scope for flexible working and the Future Accommodation Model.</p><p> </p><p>The strength of the Armed Forces is published every three months and can be found in Table 3a of the UK Armed Forces Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2019</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 09/09/2019 16:34:57 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1144107

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the ranks of the members of the Armed Forces Pension schemes who breached their annual tax-free pension savings limit in the 2017/2018 financial year.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
	uin	HL17595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The ranks of the members of the Armed Forces Pension Schemes who breached their annual tax-free pension savings limit in financial year 2017-18 are:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>ROYAL NAVY</p></td><td><p>ARMY</p></td><td><p>ROYAL AIR FORCE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admiral</p></td><td><p>General</p></td><td><p>Air Chief Marshal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vice Admiral</p></td><td><p>Lieutenant General</p></td><td><p>Air Marshal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rear Admiral</p></td><td><p>Major General</p></td><td><p>Air Vice Marshal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commodore</p></td><td><p>Brigadier</p></td><td><p>Air Commodore</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Captain</p></td><td><p>Colonel</p></td><td><p>Group Captain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commander</p></td><td><p>Lieutenant Colonel</p></td><td><p>Wing Commander</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lieutenant Commander</p></td><td><p>Major</p></td><td><p>Squadron Leader</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lieutenant</p></td><td><p>Captain</p></td><td><p>Flight Lieutenant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chief Petty Officer</p></td><td><p>Lieutenant</p></td><td><p>Flying Officer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2nd Lieutenant</p></td><td><p>Warrant Officer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Warrant Officer 1</p></td><td><p>Flight Sergeant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Warrant Officer 2</p></td><td><p>Master Aircrew</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Staff Sergeant</p></td><td><p>Chief Technician</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Colour Sergeant</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sergeant</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Corporal</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 09/09/2019 16:25:45 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

1144111

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	AWACS: Procurement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when No. 8 Squadron Royal Air Force will take delivery of the E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
	uin	HL17599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Under current plans, the first of the RAF's five E-7 Wedgetail aircraft is expected to be delivered to 8 Squadron in 2023.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 09/09/2019 11:09:23 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

1144122

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Reserve Forces
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the report of the External Scrutiny Team on the Reserve Forces, provided to the Ministry of Defence on 1 June, will be placed in the Library of the House.
	tabling member printed	Lord De Mauley
	uin	HL17610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The report, which was received on 1 July 2019, was placed in the Library of the House on 3 September 2019. The Ministry of Defence will respond to the report in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 09/09/2019 13:51:04 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley

1144162

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Medical Services: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to extend to the Defence Medical Services the same changes to pension tax rules that they are offering to senior consultants within the National Health Service.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kramer
	uin	HL17650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Health and Social Care are intending to publish a second consultation concerning an amendment to the NHS pension scheme for senior clinicians shortly. Once published the Ministry of Defence (MOD) will consider these proposals and their effect on MOD and Service personnel, including those in the Defence Medical Services.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 09/09/2019 13:51:58 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer