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1193156

	registered interest
	date	05/05/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 14 January 2014 to Question 182081, if he will list the current appointments of all British forces personnel to foreign armed forces and governments by rank and task.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	43735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>I am withholding the information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 11/05/2020 14:32:37 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1193157

	registered interest
	date	05/05/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's definition is of UK personnel in each of the categories of (a) loan service personnel, (b) exchange officers, (c) liaison officers, (d) embeds and (e) secondees.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	43736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>The definitions of these categories are as follows:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Loan Service</strong>. Loan Service is defined as being the loan of Service personnel from the United Kingdom Armed Forces to assist a Commonwealth or foreign country. Loan Service personnel are subject to United Kingdom Service regulations; they are administered and receive pay and allowances in the usual way and are consequently subject to United Kingdom income tax. They are not subject to Host Nation taxation.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Exchange Officers</strong>. Exchange officers are deployed into key posts globally. They may be deployed for Service-specific or joint operational reasons. They work for the HN, usually in exchange for a HN officer working in the UK. They create Defence Engagement effect by projecting a positive image of the UK, generating understanding of host nation tactics, procedures and capability, and symbolising the close cooperative relationship between services. Exchange officers provide an opportunity to assist UK efforts in other ways, such as by gaining insight into another nation's ways of thinking or working practices.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Liaison Officers</strong>. Defence deploys a wide range of liaison officers to foreign militaries and sometimes elsewhere within a foreign partner's security architecture. Liaison officers are specifically intended to facilitate information sharing and provide a means to deliver persistent influence on the HN. In general, liaison officers remain under the command and control of the sending nation.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Embedded Officers</strong>. The UK also has a significant number of embedded officers, mainly serving in US headquarters. Embedded officers create tailored DE effect, depending on their role and the agreement of the HN. In general, embedded officers come under the command and control of the HN.[1]</p><p> </p><p><strong>Secondee Service</strong>. Secondee Service places UK military personnel within a company, such as BAE Systems or NETMA. While such service is considered a tour of duty it is governed by bespoke TACOS for the duration of the secondment, agreed between the Company, the individual and the RAF. Seconded personnel temporarily leave the Air Force, are paid by the company but retain their right to promotion etc. Seconded service supports DE access and influence in a similar way to loan service.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Embedded UK personnel operate as if they were the host nation's personnel under that nations' chain of command, but they remain subject to UK domestic, international and host nation law'.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 11/05/2020 15:26:26 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1235883

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2020
	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	What steps his Department has taken to maintain the overall size of the armed forces since the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	906273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>We have made significant progress in delivering the aims of the last Strategic Defence and Security Review. But the global picture has changed since 2015, and we must adapt to the new threats that confront us. That is why the Prime Minister has commissioned the Integrated Review.</p><p> </p><p>I can assure the House that this Government is committed to ensuring that the United Kingdom continues to have the world-class Armed Forces that it needs and deserves.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 21/09/2020 16:39:17 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1255320

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2020
	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 full-time equivalent personnel served in the armed forces in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	120812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Statistics for the strength of UK Armed Forces between 2012 and 2020, for both Regular and Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) personnel, have been published by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) which can be found in Table 1 of the Service Personnel Statistics report at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2020</a></p><p> </p><p>Prior to this, the MOD Armed Forces Personnel Statistics provided the Strength of UK Armed Forces for full time trained and untrained personnel between 2009 and 2012, which can be found at the following link:<br><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/280455/1_june_2012.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/280455/1_june_2012.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 30/11/2020 13:17:45 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

1275256

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2021
	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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of integrated training strategies for the armed forces, allowing reservists to join regulars during operational tours.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	136046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>The Future Reserves 2020 Programme has delivered Reserve Forces that are better integrated with their Regular counterparts as an element of the Whole Force. Reserves from all three Services regularly train with Regulars and use the same kit and equipment as them. Call-out Orders are routinely put in place to enable Reservists to be brought into permanent service (mobilised) as required to serve on operations alongside Regulars, either in individual roles or as formed units.</p><p> </p><p>Maritime Reservists routinely join their Regular colleagues on operations, principally providing specialist skill sets such as Maritime Trade Operations. For example, Royal Marines Reserves are mobilised annually to support the Lead Commando Group and Royal Naval Reserves are routinely mobilised to the Offshore Patrol Squadron.</p><p> </p><p>The Army has paired Reserve units with their Regular counterparts, and they train alongside them and deploy with them where necessary. Army Reserves were a vital part of the forces supporting the Government’s response to COVID-19 and have been mobilised to assist in preparation for post-BREXIT transition as well as for other operations in the UK and overseas.</p><p> </p><p>RAF Reservists are trained to be interoperable with their Regular counterparts and on completion of any pre-deployment training they are routinely deployed alongside them. As part of the Defence response to COVID-19, several hundred RAF Reservists were mobilised to support a range of tasks including as Liaison Officers to Other Government Departments, Planners and to support Mobile Testing and the Vaccination Task Force.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 19/01/2021 15:09:58 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1378293

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2021
	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	What recent assessment he has made of the strength of the armed forces.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	904145
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>The total strength of the Armed Forces is 168,880.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 15/11/2021 17:41:11 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1485998

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	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, with reference to his Command Paper, Defence in a competitive age, published in March 2021, whether it remains his policy to reduce the armed forces to 72,500 by 2025.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
	uin	30097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to reverse the decision to reduce the number of regular Army personnel to 73,000 by 2025.</p><p> </p><p>The Integrated Review and Defence Command Paper made clear that we must focus on Defence capability rather than troop numbers in response to changing threats and priorities. The British Army will be more integrated and active, with a whole force of over 100,000 regulars and reservists, to address the current and future threats from across the globe.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 12/07/2022 14:59:05 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1486138

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	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, with reference to his Command Paper, Defence in a competitive age, published in March 2021, whether it remains his policy to reduce the armed forces to 72,500 by 2025; and what estimate he has made of the annual cost savings of that policy.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
	uin	29937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to reverse the decision to reduce the number of regular Army personnel to 73,000 by 2025.</p><p>The Integrated Review and Defence Command Paper made clear that we must focus on Defence capability rather than troop numbers in response to changing threats and priorities. The British Army will be more integrated and active, with a whole force of over 100,000 regulars and reservists, to address the current and future threats from across the globe.</p><p>Whilst the regular Army reorganises to its new structure of 73,000, naturally this will result in workforce cost savings. This reduction has been estimated to present £3.9 billion in savings over the 10 years following the financial year 2021-22. It should however be recognised more broadly that the department is seeing record investment, providing £41.3 billion to Army support and equipment.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 12/07/2022 11:32:38 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1488503

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	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 recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of Armed Forces personnel.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	34844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The Integrated Review and Defence Command Paper made clear that we must focus on Defence capability rather than troop numbers in response to changing threats and priorities.</p><p>There are currently no plans to revise the current targets for the size of the Armed Forces. However, Defence will ensure our strategic approach remains threat-led and as threats emerge, Defence will respond accordingly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 19/07/2022 13:32:38 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1489902

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	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	What recent estimate he has made of the number of armed forces personnel.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	901137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>There are 196,240 service personnel currently serving in the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 19/07/2022 12:24:12 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell