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1689991

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Type 26 Frigates: Iron and Steel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2023 to Question 140032 on Type 26 Frigates: Iron and Steel, what the grades of UK-produced steel purchased for the (a) Batch 1 Type 26 and (b) Type 31 frigates were, broken down by (i) each order’s classification under the SAE grading system and (ii) the value and tonnage of each of those orders.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	14480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given to question 14479 answered on 5 March 2024.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 02/04/2024 15:41:18 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name 14479 - Fleet Solid Support Ships Iron and Steel.docx title Fleet Solid Support Ships: Iron and Steel
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1691716

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many types of uncrewed aerial systems the Armed Forces operate.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	15576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2024 answer text <p>The Military Aviation Authority definitions of types as listed in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulatory-article-ra-1600-remotely-piloted-air-systems-rpas" target="_blank">Regulatory Article 1600</a> for Remotely Piloted Air Systems are:</p><p> </p><p>o Open Class (less than 25 kg)</p><p>o Specific Class (no weight limit)</p><p>o Certified Class (no weight limit)</p><p> </p><p>The Armed Forces operate Uncrewed Arial Systems/Remotely Piloted Air Systems in all three of these classes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 10/05/2024 13:25:59 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1695655

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on land combat vehicles in each financial year since 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	18379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2024 answer text <p>The Land Combat Vehicle (LCV) delivery team total spend on equipment and support by financial year is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>LCV total spend(£million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£94.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£208.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>£209.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>£189.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The LCV total spend on operating costs by financial year is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>LCV total spend (£million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£12.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>£12.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>£13.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>LCV is a specific project team in DE&amp;S and the figures above represent the total spend of that team. The figures do not represent the total spend on all land combat vehicles across the Department which would not be held centrally and would not be answerable without a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 03/04/2024 14:52:53 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1695656

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on (a) fires, (b) infrastructure and (c) manoeuvre support in the Land Equipment directorate at Defence Equipment and Support in each financial year since 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	18380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The Fires, Infrastructure, and Manoeuvre Support (FIMS) delivery team total spend on equipment and support by financial year is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contract Spend</strong> <strong> £million</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>24.82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>56.66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>64.11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>390.42</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The FIMS delivery team total spend on operating costs by financial year is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total spend £million</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>8.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>8.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>17.86</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>FIMS is a specific project team in DE&amp;S and the figures above represent the total spend of that team. The figures do not represent the total spend on all fires, infrastructure and support across the Department which would not be held centrally and would not be answerable without a disproportionate cost. The substantial increase in costs in FY2022-23 is due to the Operational Infrastructure team being merged into the FIMS team in April 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/04/2024 14:51:03 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1695669

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on air systems (a) equipment and (b) training in each financial year since 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	18393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2024 answer text <p>The DE&amp;S Air Systems Equipment and Training delivery team total spend on equipment by financial year (FY) is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total spend (£million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>121.768</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>134.955</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>111.061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>86.736</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The DE&amp;S Air Systems Equipment and Training delivery team total spend on operating costs by financial year is as follows. This is not split out into separate Equipment and Training costs:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total spend (£million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p><strong> 14.726 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p><strong>14.078</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p><strong> 11.299</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p><strong>10.709</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Air Systems is a specific project team in DE&amp;S and the figures above represent the total spend of that team. The figure does not represent the total spend on all air system project equipment and training across Defence which would not be held centrally and would not be answerable without a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 03/04/2024 14:50:56 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1695671

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on multi-mission aircraft in each financial year since 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	18395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2024 answer text <p>The DE&amp;S Multi-Mission Aircraft Delivery Team total spend on equipment by financial year (FY) is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total spend (£million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p>672.070</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p>1,039.994</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p>655.910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p>327.614</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Multi-Mission Aircraft delivery team total spend on operating costs by financial year is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total spend (£million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p>11.278</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p>16.789</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p>15.932</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p>17.244</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Multi-Mission Aircraft Delivery Team is a specific project team in DE&amp;S and the figures above represent the total spend of that team. The figure does not represent the total spend on all multi-mission aircraft projects across Defence which would not be held centrally and would not be answerable without a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 03/04/2024 14:21:29 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1695673

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Antisatellite Weapons: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on space integrated battlespace in each financial year since 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	18397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2024 answer text <p>The Space total spend on equipment costs by financial year is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total spend (million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>£8.511</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>£13.786</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Space delivery team total spend on operating costs by financial year is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total spend (million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>£2.421</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>£4.683</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Space team, which was stood up in March 2021, is a specific project team in DE&amp;S and the figures above represent the total spend of that team. The figure does not represent the total spend on all space projects across Defence.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 03/04/2024 15:21:11 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1695975

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consultation they undertook with service personnel and their families regarding the Modernised Accommodation Offer for the armed forces.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
	uin	HL3260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Modernised Accommodation Offer built on extensive consultation from the Future Accommodation Model as well as further research as the policy was finalised. As part of the current review, we will be undertaking further consultations with Service personnel and families.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 27/03/2024 13:46:59 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
	tabling member	4935 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich

1696167

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual budget was for the Future Capability Group in each year since 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	18654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The DE&amp;S Future Capability Group delivery team total spend on equipment by financial year is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total spend (£million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p>42.955</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p>30.030</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p>45.781</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p>198.298</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Future Capability Group delivery team total spend on operating costs by financial year is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total spend (£million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p>5.882</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p>7.641</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p>8.943</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p>11.342</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Future Capability Group delivery team is a specific project team in DE&amp;S and the figures above represent the total spend of that team. The figure does not represent the total spend on all Future Capability projects across Defence which would not be held centrally and would not be answerable without a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 26/03/2024 16:50:54 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1696183

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected annual budget is for the Future and Common Support Services Team in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	18669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2024 answer text <p>The Future and Common Support Services delivery team was established in February 2022 and its primary function is to undertake concept phase work. It does not currently incur capital expenditure on equipment or services, nor does it plan to in 2025-26. In 2023-24, FCSS also managed a small technical demonstration programme, whose budget resides within the Vehicle Support Team.</p><p> </p><p>The Future and Common Support Services delivery team forecast operating costs by financial year is as follows (this does not represent the complete operating costs of the team as some of these costs held within the wider Land Equipment Operating Centre):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contract Spend</strong> <strong>£</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY23/24</p></td><td><p>953,995.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY24/25</p></td><td><p>1,506,720.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY25/26</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>It should be noted that the annual operating expenditure budget beyond 2024-25 is not available.</li><li>Due to the Operating Model work currently underway in DE&amp;S, the current team structure is likely to change significantly, and we anticipate that the way that budgets are apportioned will also change.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 10/04/2024 11:19:56 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle