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1127388

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/05/2019
	date	20/05/2019
	date tabled	20/05/2019
	ddp created	20/05/2019 15:54:05
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	ddp modified	20/05/2019 15:55:09 20/05/2019 17:12:16
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	identifier	910984
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/05/2019 16:40:23
	question text	What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) capabilities and (b) strength of the armed forces.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Witney
	tabling member printed	Robert Courts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 910984
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	910984
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence launched the Modernising Defence Programme in January last year which looked across the spectrum at our current and planned capabilities, right through to our business practices.</p><p> </p><p>It is an ambitious programme, but we are confident that Defence is making the right capability investments and policy approaches to ensure we remain one of the strongest Defence players in Europe.</p>
	creator	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

1051302

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/02/2019
	date	30/01/2019
	date tabled	30/01/2019
	ddp created	30/01/2019 19:10:34
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	ddp modified	30/01/2019 19:16:20 06/02/2019 14:28:04
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	identifier	214616
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	06/02/2019 13:57:47
	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.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 214616
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	214616
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer 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>
	creator	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1015365

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/12/2018
	date	27/11/2018
	date tabled	27/11/2018
	ddp created	27/11/2018 19:55:02
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	ddp modified	27/11/2018 20:05:28 03/12/2018 16:19:08
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	identifier	196211
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	03/12/2018 15:48:24
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel who were born overseas currently serve in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 196211
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	196211
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The requested information is provided below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Trained and untrained Regular personnel reporting a non-UK country of birth, as at 1 April 2018</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Navy/Royal Marines</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Air Force</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12,250</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,880</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes: requirements for entry to the UK Armed Forces are based on nationality, not country of birth.</p><p> </p><p>Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1010407

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/11/2018
	date	19/11/2018
	date tabled	19/11/2018
	ddp created	20/11/2018 01:48:27
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	ddp modified	20/11/2018 02:04:02 22/11/2018 18:02:01
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	identifier	192944
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/11/2018 17:30:19
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the draft withdrawal agreement for the UK leaving the EU on the UK's armed forces.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
	tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 192944
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	192944
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government is undertaking a wide range of continuing analysis in support of our EU exit negotiations and preparations. We will ensure that Parliament is presented with appropriate analysis ahead of the vote on the final deal, and in Impact Assessments accompanying legislation, where appropriate.</p>
	creator	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

994289

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/10/2018
	date	24/10/2018
	date tabled	24/10/2018
	ddp created	24/10/2018 19:28:35
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	ddp modified	25/10/2018 15:05:10 29/10/2018 17:10:05
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	identifier	183508
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/10/2018 16:39:41
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) service personnel and (b) support staff were born in (a) non-UK EU states (b) commonwealth countries and (c) the rest of the world.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 183508
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	183508
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The number of regular Armed Forces personnel as at 1 April 2018 who report a country of birth that is a non-UK EU country is 4,660. This represents 3.4% of the regular Armed Forces who have a known country of birth.</p><p>The number of regular Armed Forces personnel as at 1 April 2018 who report a country of birth that is a non-UK Commonwealth country is 8,330. This represents 6.0% of the regular Armed Forces who have a known country of birth. These figures include personnel with a country of birth of Malta and Cyprus, these personnel are also contained in the figures in part (a) of this response (Hence the figures in parts (a), (b) and (c) cannot be added to give the non-UK total). Personnel reporting The Gambia and Zimbabwe as their country of birth are included in these figures.</p><p>The number of regular Armed Forces personnel as at 1 April 2018 who report a country of birth that is a non-UK, EU or Commonwealth country is 2,890. This represents 2.1% of the regular Armed Forces.</p><p>Country of birth has a 94.9% declaration rate on the Armed Forces administration system with 7,450 personnel with an unknown country of birth. Non-UK refers to personnel who do not report a country of birth that is either the United Kingdom, any British Overseas Territory or Crown dependency.</p><p>Although the country of birth may be non UK or Commonwealth, personnel must hold a British or Commonwealth nationality to join the Armed Forces.</p><p>Figures in this response have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>For the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) civil servants, the civilian administration system does not make it mandatory to record their place of birth. Around 25% of MOD civilians have declared their place of birth on the system, which is not a high enough figure to provide a meaningful analysis.</p>
	creator	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

990277

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/10/2018
	date	18/10/2018
	date tabled	18/10/2018
	ddp created	18/10/2018 17:17:01
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	ddp modified	18/10/2018 17:26:21 29/10/2018 17:24:02
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	identifier	181294
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/10/2018 16:52:34
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the armed forces of the UK leaving the EU.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
	tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 181294
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	181294
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence continues to work closely with the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) and other Government Departments to ensure that we can address the implications and realise the opportunities of the UK's withdrawal from the EU, including the effect on our Armed Forces.</p>
	creator	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

947607

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/09/2018
	date	24/07/2018
	date tabled	24/07/2018
	ddp created	24/07/2018 19:10:58
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	ddp modified	24/07/2018 19:31:15 04/09/2018 15:40:05
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	identifier	168042
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/09/2018 15:08:07
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Armed Forces Pay Body Review Report 2018, page 9, paragraph 2.9, when his Department plans to bring forward further details on future staffing levels and targets.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 168042
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	168042
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The staffing levels and targets for Armed Forces manpower levels are already set in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015.</p>
	creator	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

945524

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/09/2018
	date	20/07/2018
	date tabled	20/07/2018
	ddp created	20/07/2018 14:16:55
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	ddp modified	20/07/2018 14:26:00 04/09/2018 15:35:04
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	identifier	166472
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/09/2018 15:03:22
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel from each service are based in each local authority of the UK.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 166472
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	166472
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The requested information can be found in the Ministry of Defence's Annual Location Statistics. Data as at 1 April 2018 can be accessed at the following address:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/location-of-uk-regular-service-and-civilian-personnel-annual-statistics-2018.</p>
	creator	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

944652

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/07/2018
	date	19/07/2018
	date tabled	19/07/2018
	ddp created	19/07/2018 17:31:31
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	ddp modified	19/07/2018 17:35:52 27/07/2018 11:16:01
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	identifier	166110
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	27/07/2018 10:45:01
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to publish a land warfare strategy.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 166110
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	166110
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We are committed to investing over £17 billion in the Land environment to provide the Army with a modernised warfighting division that includes the transformational STRIKE capability. This investment will support and provide opportunities for the UK's Land and defence sector. To date only Shipbuilding and Combat Air have been selected for a specific sector strategy, other sectors (such as Land) are kept under review. Further sector specific approaches will need to be informed by thorough analysis of the military capability, prosperity, internaitonal, industrial and prosperity benefits and will only be applicable in a very small number of cases.</p>
	creator	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

944794

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/07/2018
	date	19/07/2018
	date tabled	19/07/2018
	ddp created	19/07/2018 17:37:49
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	ddp modified	19/07/2018 17:47:01 26/07/2018 10:43:01
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	identifier	166100
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/07/2018 10:11:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies in the event that the target of 144,200 trained regular armed forces personnel by 2020 is not met.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 166100
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	166100
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Armed Forces continue to meet all their operational targets. We continue to apply a range of measures to improve recruitment and retention.</p>
	creator	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish