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	registered interest
	date	26/04/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army
	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 total savings to the public purse of reductions in the number of Army personnel since the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	71999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2017 answer text <p><B>The House of Commons was prorogued before the earliest date of answer for this Question.</B></p> answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered 02/05/2017 10:00:00 answering member 0
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1584543

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2023
	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, what proportion of the steel procured for each Type 26 frigate is from UK steelyards.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	140032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>For the Batch 1 Type 26 frigates, almost 50 per cent by value of the steel is UK sourced. <del class="ministerial">Steel has not yet been purchased for the Batch 2 ships</del>. <ins class="ministerial">Approximately 994 tonnes of steel was purchased for the first Batch 2 ship, HMS Birmingham, in 2022 and 25 per cent of this steel was produced in the UK.</ins></p><p> </p><p>Steel for the Type 31 frigates is sourced by Babcock from UK-based stockists. Both the Type 26 and Type 31 classes require the use of thin plate steel and this specification of steel with the required combination of thickness, size and flatness is not manufactured in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Steel for our major defence programmes is generally sourced by our prime contractors from a range of UK and international suppliers and is procured in accordance with Cabinet Office guidelines. We encourage the sourcing of UK steel wherever it is technically and commercially feasible.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 13/02/2023 11:02:25 question first ministerially corrected 04/04/2023 11:16:18 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk previous answer version 55170 answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1566750

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Challenger Tanks
	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 12 January to Question 118815 on Challenger Tanks, how many main battle tanks he plans to upgrade to Challenger 3 each year until the completion of the upgrade programme.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	122417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>The Challenger 3 prototypes will be delivered through 2023 and <del class="ministerial">2024</del><ins class="ministerial">early 2025</ins> for use in demonstration trials. Once the design has been proven it is currently planned that the Challenger 3 tanks will be delivered to the Army from 2027, with Full Operating Capability delivered by 2030. The number of tanks to be delivered is under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 18/01/2023 17:50:04 question first ministerially corrected 20/01/2023 10:11:44 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk previous answer version 48221 answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1608699

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Bases: Solar Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the solar power targets for the Defence Estate are.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	176546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The Strategy for Defence Infrastructure, published in January 2022 set the ambition to have a resilient energy supply across Defence establishments. Ensuring resilience will require a move towards increased energy independence, reducing reliance on the National Grid with increased self-generation of energy. Solar power (e.g. Project PROMETHEUS) will be an important contributor to self-generation. Energy solutions will need to be appropriate to each establishment, informed by energy surveys and balanced against safeguarding military requirements as the primary use of land. Therefore, there are currently no specific targets in place. In addition, it is important that Defence has a blend of energy generation capability, to ensure resilience of supply. A Defence Estate Energy Strategy is under development to plot the route to increased energy resilience across the Estate.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/04/2023 12:46:01 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1610576

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the senior responsible owner for Ajax started in that post.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	180709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the response given to the right hon. Member for North Durham (Kevan Jones) on 18 March 2022 in answer to Question 140402.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 180707 question first answered 20/04/2023 12:44:37 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk attachment 1 file name UIN140402.docx title Ajax Vehicles
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1610574

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many senior responsible owners have worked on the Ajax programme since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	180707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the response given to the right hon. Member for North Durham (Kevan Jones) on 18 March 2022 in answer to Question 140402.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 180709 question first answered 20/04/2023 12:44:37 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk attachment 1 file name UIN140402.docx title Ajax Vehicles
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1610577

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2023 to Question 146790 on Armed Forces: Housing, what these figures were in (a) February and (b) March 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	180710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>Each month, on average, there will typically be over 20,200 maintenance tasks raised for the circa 37,000 currently occupied Service Family Accommodation properties; this equates to each home having on average five to six repairs carried out annually. These tasks will range from changing bulbs in strip lights, grounds maintenance, through to boiler repairs.</p><p>The tables below show the number of work orders which were reported each month to the Regional Accommodation Maintenance Service suppliers and remained open at the end of each month in Northern and Central and Southeast and Southwest regions that were classed as urgent and routine in February 2023 and March 2023. There were no emergency work orders outstanding in any region.</p><p> </p><p>Amey (Northern and Central - combined)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>As at end of Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Urgent</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Routine</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2023</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>378</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2023</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>875</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>VIVO (Southeast and Southwest combined)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>As at end of Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Urgent</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Routine</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2023</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>811</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2023</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>1018</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>VIVO have confirmed that whilst a number of older jobs were initially diagnosed as an urgent repair, many families received an initial visit and temporary repair but await full resolution. In some cases, VIVO have been unable to contact these families by phone and so have written to them, a process agreed with the Defence Infrastructure Organisation.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/04/2023 12:32:39 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1611376

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	RAF Waddington
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential is of RAF Waddington as of 17 April 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	181004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>RAF Waddington is 410.62 hectares in size.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of the Housing Unit Potential of the site, as it has not been identified for disposal.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/04/2023 12:31:09 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1609908

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time taken was by Capita to process applications to join the regular or reserve forces in the last twelve months.
	tabling member constituency	North Somerset
	tabling member printed	Dr Liam Fox
	uin	180041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The British Army conducts recruiting activities in partnership with Capita under the Recruiting Partnership Programme, whereas the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force deliver recruitment in house. The below table therefore represents the average length of time for Army applicants only.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the average time in days from application to starting training.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Mean time (Days)<br> <br> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regular Officer</p></td><td><p>524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reserve Officer</p></td><td><p>338</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regular Other Ranks</p></td><td><p>203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reserve Other Ranks</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes / Caveats</p><p> </p><p>- Averages have been calculated using data from the recruiting year (RY) 2021/22 application cohort data.</p><p>- Data for RY 2022/23 is not yet available as it takes time for cohorts to mature to the point of intake.</p><p>- There are several variables that may impact the time it takes to progress through the recruitment pipeline, including but not limited to, timely individual participation in the recruitment process, medical/fitness issues, aptitude testing success and availability of training places.</p><p>- The recruitment process for Officers can take significantly longer given that candidates can go to university between application and arriving at RMAS.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/04/2023 12:30:31 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox

1611374

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	RAF Syerston
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential is of RAF Syerston.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	181002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>RAF Syerston is 244.76 hectares in size.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of the Housing Unit Potential of the site, as it has not been identified for disposal.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/04/2023 12:28:20 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey