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169446

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many regular service men and service women there are in each rank of the (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) RAF.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	218177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The requested breakdown is provided in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 17/12/2014 17:33:58 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 218177 UK Regular Forces by Service.doc title 218177 - UK Regular Forces by Service
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

169448

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel are based at (a) Army HQ, (b) Navy HQ, (c) RAF HQ, (d) Joint Forces HQ and (e) MoD Main Building.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	218154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The approximate number of UK Regular Forces personnel stationed at each of the requested locations as at 1 October 2014 is provided in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Army HQ</strong></p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Navy HQ</strong></p></td><td><p>510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RAF HQ</strong></p></td><td><p>1,330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Joint Forces Command HQ</strong></p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>MOD</strong><strong> Main Building</strong></p></td><td><p>740</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol type="1"><li>UK Regular Forces includes all trained and untrained personnel. Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve personnel, and mobilised reservists are excluded.</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias.</li></ol> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 17/12/2014 17:34:33 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

169449

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of serving personnel in the Army, Navy and RAF in non-front line roles.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	218139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. All Armed Forces personnel contribute to the delivery of Defence outputs, and the term 'non-front line role' is too non-specific to be the basis for precise analysis.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 17/12/2014 17:31:49 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

65119

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to centrally record all instances of verbal or physical abuse made towards members of the Armed Forces.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	203471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has no plans to record such information, and no representation has been made by the Armed Forces that such a record is necessary. We have seen no evidence of widespread or increasing prejudice, harassment or criminality aimed at Service personnel.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/07/2014 15:38:29 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1051302

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions he has had with the (a) Home Secretary b) Mayor of London, (c) Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and (d) Secretary of state for Defence on proposals for the use of UK military forces to support civilian services in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	214616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union engages regularly with Ministers from other Government departments and external stakeholders to ensure that businesses and citizens are sufficiently prepared for all eventualities. As part of cross-Whitehall preparations for a ‘no deal’ scenario, all Government departments, including the Ministry of Defence, are considering what resources are required to mitigate any potential impacts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 06/02/2019 13:57:47 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

384488

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	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 what action they have taken to increase the availability and use of gender advisers and cultural advisers within deployable United Kingdom armed forces; and whether they will list those instances where such advisers have been deployed.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is currently examining the number, training and requirement of military gender advisors.</p><p>Over the past 12 months, the MOD has deployed gender advisors to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Iraq (in order to train the Kurdish Security Forces (KSF); approximately 700 KSF have been trained so far). The MOD will also be deploying one gender advisor to the United Nations Headquarters to support the United Nations' military advisor to the Secretary-General on gender issues.</p><p>The MOD's cultural advisors have undertaken over 60 deployments over the past 12 months, to locations such as Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Nigeria, Ghana, Angola, Mozambique and Bosnia.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 01/07/2015 15:52:19 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

449172

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	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 what was the size of the armed forces on 31 December in (1) 2009, (2) 2010, (3) 2011, (4) 2012, (5) 2013, (6) 2014, and (7) 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
	uin	HL5682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested. However, the table below shows the total number of UK Forces Service personnel, the number of Regular personnel and the number of Volunteer Reserve personnel as at 1 April each year for the years 2009 to 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to 1 April 2012 statistics for UK Forces Service Personnel were not held in a format suitable to answer the question. However some of this information is available on line at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140116142443/http:/www.dasa.mod.uk/index.php/publications/personnel/military/quarterly-personnel-report" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/personnel/military/quarterly-personnel-report</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>UK FORCES SERVICE PERSONNEL<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK REGULAR FORCES<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>VOLUNTEER RESERVE<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2009</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>188,600</p></td><td><p>34,790 e</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2010</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>191,710</p></td><td><p>33,490 e</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2011</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>186,360</p></td><td><p>31,260 e</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2012</p></td><td><p>221,330</p></td><td><p>179,800</p></td><td><p>31,310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2013</p></td><td><p>211,340</p></td><td><p>170,710</p></td><td><p>30,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2014</p></td><td><p>198,810</p></td><td><p>159,630</p></td><td><p>28,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2015</p></td><td><p>195,690</p></td><td><p>153,720</p></td><td><p>31,260</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>Volunteer Reserve includes mobilised volunteer reserves, High Readiness Reserves and those volunteer reserves serving on Full Time Reserve Service and Additional Duties Commitments, Non Regular Permanent Staff and Expeditionary Forces Institute. Sponsored Reserves and University Officer Cadets are excluded.</li></ol><p> </p><ol><li>UK Forces Service Personnel comprises UK Regular Forces, Gurkhas, Military Provost Guard Service, Locally Engaged Personnel, Volunteer Reserve, Serving Regular Reserve, Sponsored Reserve, and FTRS of unknown origin. University Officer Cadets are excluded. Unless otherwise stated, includes trained and untrained personnel.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="3"><li>UK Regular Forces Full-time trained and untrained personnel and excludes Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) and reservists.</li></ol><p> </p><p><strong>Rounding</strong></p><p> </p><p>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, though numbers ending in a “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent the systematic bias caused by always rounding numbers upwards.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Symbols</strong></p><p>e – estimate</p><p>.. – Not Available</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL5683 HL5684 question first answered 10/02/2016 17:35:49 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

449174

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	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 how many regulars there were in the armed forces on 31 December in (1) 2009, (2) 2010, (3) 2011, (4) 2012, (5) 2013, (6) 2014, and (7) 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
	uin	HL5684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested. However, the table below shows the total number of UK Forces Service personnel, the number of Regular personnel and the number of Volunteer Reserve personnel as at 1 April each year for the years 2009 to 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to 1 April 2012 statistics for UK Forces Service Personnel were not held in a format suitable to answer the question. However some of this information is available on line at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140116142443/http:/www.dasa.mod.uk/index.php/publications/personnel/military/quarterly-personnel-report" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/personnel/military/quarterly-personnel-report</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>UK FORCES SERVICE PERSONNEL<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK REGULAR FORCES<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>VOLUNTEER RESERVE<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2009</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>188,600</p></td><td><p>34,790 e</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2010</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>191,710</p></td><td><p>33,490 e</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2011</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>186,360</p></td><td><p>31,260 e</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2012</p></td><td><p>221,330</p></td><td><p>179,800</p></td><td><p>31,310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2013</p></td><td><p>211,340</p></td><td><p>170,710</p></td><td><p>30,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2014</p></td><td><p>198,810</p></td><td><p>159,630</p></td><td><p>28,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2015</p></td><td><p>195,690</p></td><td><p>153,720</p></td><td><p>31,260</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>Volunteer Reserve includes mobilised volunteer reserves, High Readiness Reserves and those volunteer reserves serving on Full Time Reserve Service and Additional Duties Commitments, Non Regular Permanent Staff and Expeditionary Forces Institute. Sponsored Reserves and University Officer Cadets are excluded.</li></ol><p> </p><ol><li>UK Forces Service Personnel comprises UK Regular Forces, Gurkhas, Military Provost Guard Service, Locally Engaged Personnel, Volunteer Reserve, Serving Regular Reserve, Sponsored Reserve, and FTRS of unknown origin. University Officer Cadets are excluded. Unless otherwise stated, includes trained and untrained personnel.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="3"><li>UK Regular Forces Full-time trained and untrained personnel and excludes Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) and reservists.</li></ol><p> </p><p><strong>Rounding</strong></p><p> </p><p>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, though numbers ending in a “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent the systematic bias caused by always rounding numbers upwards.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Symbols</strong></p><p>e – estimate</p><p>.. – Not Available</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL5682 HL5683 question first answered 10/02/2016 17:35:49 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

515887

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2016
	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 what is the establishment of (1) the Royal Navy, (2) the Army, and (3) the Royal Air Force, and how many vacancies there are in each service.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
	uin	HL7953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The requested information, as at 1 March 2016, is provided below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Service</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Liability (establishment)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Full-time trained strength</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Deficit (vacancies)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Royal Navy/Royal Marines</strong></p></td><td><p>30,220</p></td><td><p>29,730</p></td><td><p>480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td><p>83,580</p></td><td><p>79,840</p></td><td><p>3,740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Royal Air Force</strong></p></td><td><p>33,150</p></td><td><p>31,000</p></td><td><p>2,150</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: All figures are rounded. Totals and sub-totals are rounded separately and may not equal the sums of their rounded parts.</p><p> </p><p>Full details of liabilities and trained strengths are included in the UK Armed Forces Monthly Service Personnel Statistics, which can be found at the following address:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-monthly-service-personnel-statistics-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-monthly-service-personnel-statistics-2016</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 04/05/2016 14:25:51 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

536564

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2016
	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, in the light of the level of recruitment forecast in the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, what assessment they have made of the Armed Forces' ability to undertake the range of tasks they face.
	tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
	uin	HL1238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>The Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 (SDSR 2015) ensured that investment in capability - including personnel - remained in balance with financial requirements, with a focus on matching capability to policy throughout the Review. To fully deliver future Defence commitments, the SDSR also set out plans for investment in an additional uplift of 400 personnel for the Royal Navy and 300 for the Royal Air Force. This will ensure that the Armed Forces continue to have the capabilities and skills needed to meet global obligations.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 26/07/2016 15:27:20 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig