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1713417

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	NATO Countries: Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will hold discussions with NATO allies on the potential merits of all member countries increasing defence spending to a minimum of 2.5% of their gross domestic product.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	23409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The mounting threats we face mean we must invest in defence if we are to continue to defend our values, freedoms and prosperity. To rise to the challenge in this more divided world, the Prime Minister’s announcement [last week], to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by the end of the decade, marks the single greatest strengthening of our defence since the Cold War.</p><p> </p><p>This sets a new standard for other major European NATO economies to follow. If all NATO countries committed to at least 2.5% of their GDP to defence, our collective budget would increase by more than £140 billion. Now is the time for all democratic nations across the world to ensure their defence spending is growing, and we will continue to make the case with our NATO Allies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 29/04/2024 16:39:10 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1713500

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of when the review of applications to the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy that were made by people who supported UK Special Forces in Afghanistan will be completed.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	23441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The reassessment began on 26 March 2024 and will take approximately twelve weeks to complete. Some complex cases might extend beyond the 12 weeks.</p><p> </p><p>I will update the House once the review is completed, but my immediate priority is processing the cases as swiftly and diligently as possible and ensuring that the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme criteria is consistently applied to all applications being reassessed.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 29/04/2024 15:19:51 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1713511

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the (a) lethal and (b) non lethal military aid donated to Ukraine since February 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	23385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK's support to Ukraine has been and will remain steadfast and we have just announced our largest ever military aid package, which will be delivered over the next few months.</p><p>Since February 2022, we have delivered the following key capabilities. For operational security reasons we are unable to publish the full extent of the information requested. The announcement made by the Prime Minister on Tuesday 23 April is additional to the list below.</p><p>· 1,800 air defence missiles</p><p>· Over 4,000 drones including:</p><p>· Long range attack drones</p><p>· Strategic Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS)</p><p>· Storm Shadow cruise missiles</p><p>· Squadron of 14 Challenger 2 Tanks with thousands of rounds of ammunition, plus armoured recovery and repair vehicles.</p><p>· 50 AS90 self-propelled 155mm guns hundreds of armoured and protected vehicles.</p><p>· 400,000 rounds of artillery ammunition</p><p>· 6 Stormer vehicles fitted with Starstreak launchers</p><p>· Thousands of surface-to-air missiles including HMV Starstreak, LMM Martlet, ASRAAM, AMRAAM and others.</p><p>· More than 10,000 anti-tank weapons (including over 5,000 Next Generation Light Anti-Tank [NLAW] missiles, Javelin, Brimstone and others)</p><p>· Nearly 6 million rounds of small arms ammunition, 2,600 anti-structure munitions and 4.5 tonnes of plastic explosive</p><p>· More than a hundred anti-aircraft guns, self-propelled artillery.</p><p>· Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS)</p><p>· 6 stormer air defence vehicles, using HVM Starstreak missiles.</p><p>· Counter-battery radar systems</p><p>· Communications equipment</p><p>· Electronic warfare equipment</p><p>· Medical equipment</p><p>· 3 Sea King helicopters</p><p>· 140 logisitics vehicles</p><p>· 1,000 VALLON metal detectors and 100 bomb de-arming kits</p><p>· 300 Armoured and protected mobility vehicles</p><p>· Cold weather equipment</p><p>· Body armour and helmets</p><p>· Electricity Generators</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 29/04/2024 16:44:40 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1713561

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Strategic Command: Staff
	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 22 April 2024 to Question 22255 on Strategic Command: Vacancies, when he plans to complete the review into his Department's civil service workforce requirement.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	23403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Work is ongoing following the Chancellor’s announcement in the Autumn statement requiring Departments to cap Civil Service headcount and then reduce to 2019 levels.</p><p> </p><p>By 2028, we need a refocused Civil Service workforce which will undertake prioritised projects through agile, skilled, and right sized teams who are delivering ‘what really matters’. We will create an environment where we are empowered, included, and recognised for who we are and what we do.</p><p> </p><p>Defence Design is driving system change to unlock a more effective and productive environment which in turn will enable this change in the workforce.</p><p> </p><p>Our civil servants play an essential role in delivering Defence outcomes and we hope that by utilising opportunities for process redesign, digitisation, corporate service modernisation and prioritisation that we can achieve better outcomes and accelerate the changes to our ways of working which are required to achieve a smaller, more productive and more agile civilian workforce.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 29/04/2024 14:58:52 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1713572

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
	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 17 April 2024 to Question 21043 on Afghanistan: Refugees, in how many and what proportion of reassessed ARAP applications has the applicant been assessed as being eligible for relocation.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	23497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The reassessment of applications from those with credible links to former Afghan specialist units began on March 26 and I can confirm that overturned decisions have already been communicated to applicants.</p><p> </p><p>As I stated in my answer to Question 21043, my immediate priority is to process all cases as diligently and swiftly as is possible. I will update the House once the review is completed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 29/04/2024 15:20:29 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1713581

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mefloquine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims have been made by current or former service personnel in respect of adverse effects caused by being prescribed the drug mefloquine, larium, in each of the last three years for which information is available; and of those, how many have been resolved.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	23368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department has been notified of a total of 686 common law claims relating to the alleged adverse effects of Lariam. A breakdown of claims in each of the last three years is not readily available, however, most the claims were notified prior to April 2021. The Ministry of Defence continues to resolve claims wherever possible.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 29/04/2024 14:58:04 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1713646

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Israel: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK has a (a) treaty and (b) other agreement with Israel to defend it from external attacks.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	23599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK does not have a treaty or other agreement with Israel to defend it from external attacks.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 29/04/2024 16:34:08 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1713656

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Israel: 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 stationed in Israel; and what their (a) locations and (b) responsibilities are.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	23600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK has a number of Armed Forces personnel across the Middle East, working closely with partners to carry out defence engagement and to uphold regional stability. I cannot go into specifics for operational security purposes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 29/04/2024 16:34:25 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1713658

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Israel: Armed Forces
	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 9 February 2024 to Question 12736 on Israel: Armed Forces, what the ranks are of the Israeli military personnel in the UK; whether they are from the Israeli (a) army, (b) navy and (c) air force; and to which UK military bases they are posted.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	23628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>This information is being withheld in order to protect personal information and to avoid prejudicing relations between the United Kingdom and another State.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 29/04/2024 16:38:39 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1713659

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Israel: Military Exercises
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Royal Air Force last conducted exercises with Israel's air force.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	23629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Royal Air Force last conducted an exercise with Israel in October 2021, in Exercise Blue Flag. This was a multi-national flying exercise designed to test aircrew skills to their limits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 29/04/2024 16:46:38 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill