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1729642

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they (1) are reviewing, or (2) plan to review, current Armed Services recruitment policy to allow those who have previously worked for UK forces in Afghanistan in any capacity, but who are not British or Commonwealth citizens, to apply to join the British Army if they have relocated to the UK.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL1048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2024 answer text <p>We fully acknowledge and value the contribution of Afghan nationals who supported the UK mission in Afghanistan, and we are determined to honour our nation’s commitment to relocate and resettle eligible individuals. The nationality requirements for joining the UK Armed Forces are set out in legislation, namely the Armed Forces Act 2006. We are not currently reviewing the extant nationality requirements. Recruitment policies are reviewed regularly to ensure that Defence continues to be an employer which is representative of wider UK society.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Coaker question first answered 26/09/2024 10:03:38 answering member 360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1729091

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2024
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in the renovation and refurbishment of service accommodation and service family accommodation; and what remains outstanding in relation to those works.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Goldie
	uin	HL964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department, through its contractors, continuously renovates, refurbishes, improves, and maintains its estate, including accommodation.</p><p>With regards to Service Family Accommodation (SFA):</p><p>In Financial Year (FY) 2023-24, the Department invested £578 million on maintaining and improving SFA, including £220 million which was spent on remediating damp and mould in c4,000 homes, refurbishing c1,000 long term empty homes, replacing doors and windows in c3,000 homes, providing c1,100 homes with External Wall Insulation, c1,000 homes with replacement kitchens and bathrooms, and upgrading heaters and boilers in c1,500 homes.</p><p>In FY2024-25, £619 million is to be spent on maintaining and improving SFA, including £180 million to improve insulation in c600 homes, remediate c1,000 long-term damp and mould homes and refurbishing 200 long-term empty homes. Circa 1,700 minor damp and mould packages are planned, and 30 homes will receive upgraded heating.</p><p>With regards to Single Living Accommodation (SLA):</p><p>In FY 2023-24, £37.8 million was spent on improvements to SLA, with another £3.2 million spent on SLA Safe &amp; Legal compliance works.</p><p> </p><p>During FY2024-25 expenditure of £41 million is planned to improve the condition of SLA including refurbishment, heating upgrades and room conversions to additional bedspaces. £7.5 million has also been ringfenced for internal improvements to SLA condition and heating. In addition, £14.3 million of Safe &amp; Legal compliance works are planned. Further to this, a further £66.6 million of SLA expenditure is planned for FY2025-26.</p> answering member printed Lord Coaker question first answered 26/09/2024 10:06:41 answering member 360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker
	tabling member	4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie

1729049

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Technology
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Test and Evaluation Transformation Programme being undertaken within the Ministry of Defence has completed its first phase; if not, when is the projected date of completion; and what is proposed for the next phase of the programme after that date.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Goldie
	uin	HL961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>The Test and Evaluation (T&amp;E) Transformation Programme will conclude its first phase in March 2025. The focus of the second phase will be establishing the foundations of a modern T&amp;E enterprise that is fit for the future, as set out in the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) recently published paper on the future of T&amp;E:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defence-test-and-evaluation-future-advantage-through-evaluation-fate/test-and-evaluation-te-future-advantage-through-evaluation-fate" target="_blank">Test and Evaluation (T&amp;E): Future Advantage Through Evaluation (FATE) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The T&amp;E Transformation programme is currently collecting feedback from the Front Line Commands, defence industry and other organisations to inform the detailed design of its second phase, which is planned to commence in April 2025 subject to internal MOD approval.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Coaker question first answered 25/09/2024 13:11:45 answering member 360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker attachment 1 file name Test and Evaluation in Defence.pdf title Test and Evaluation in Defence
	tabling member	4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie

1729050

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	South East Asia: Patrol Craft
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the deployment of HMS Tamar and HMS Spey or successor ships in south-east Asia will continue.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Goldie
	uin	HL962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>Yes, the current intent is to retain a persistent forward presence with HMS TAMAR and SPEY in the Indo Pacific. The ships regularly engage in activities with Southeast Asian states, including participation in military exercises, maritime activity with the Five Power Defence Arrangements, and defence and diplomatic engagement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Coaker question first answered 25/09/2024 10:50:19 answering member 360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker
	tabling member	4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie

1729051

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Attachés
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many defence attachés are currently operating in host countries; and whether the numbers of UK defence attachés (1) increased, or (2) decreased, in (a) 2022, (b) 2023, and (c) 2024 to date.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Goldie
	uin	HL963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>The current number of Defence Attachés (as of September 2024) who reside in host countries and lead Defence Sections in UK Embassies and High Commissions are 91. The numbers for the years 2022 and 2023 are:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Year Number of Defence Attachés</strong></p><p><strong>2022 </strong> 87</p><p><strong>2023</strong> 89</p><p> </p><p>Note: The UK Defence Attachés for the Russian Federation and Yemen have been temporarily relocated due to local circumstances and conduct their duties from other locations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Coaker question first answered 25/09/2024 10:51:22 answering member 360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker
	tabling member	4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie

1724738

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	China: Cybercrime
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what account was taken of the recent hack of the Electoral Commission and the alleged hack of the Ministry of Defence by China, and its aggressive military action in the South China Sea, before authorising the attendance of the UK’s Air Vice-Marshall at a recent reception at the Chinese Embassy to celebrate the 97th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is taking a consistent, long term and strategic approach to managing the UK’s relations with China, rooted in UK and global interests, by co-operating where we can as fellow permanent members of the UN Security Council. But we will also compete where we have different interests and challenge where we must, to protect our national security and values.</p><p> </p><p>The bilateral defence relationship with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) plays an important role in this, including recent senior military attendance at the PLA Anniversary Reception in London, where UK attendance was agreed in June 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Coaker question first answered 25/09/2024 10:52:41 answering member 360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1728532

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Radiation Exposure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timeframe is for the eligibility review for the Nuclear Test Medal.
	tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
	uin	5081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2024 answer text <p>As directed by the Defence Secretary, the review of the eligibility criteria for the Nuclear Test Medal is already underway. The Ministry of Defence is prioritising this work and will provide an update in due course.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns question first answered 20/09/2024 13:03:07 answering member 5235
	tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1727909

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to put the posts of the four Veterans Commissioners on a statutory footing; and on what timescale.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
	uin	HL844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2024 answer text <p>Veterans' Commissioners are currently appointed by Ministers. The Ministry of Defence, through the Office for Veterans' Affairs, continues to work closely with the Veterans’ Commissioner for Wales (VCfW), and the Scottish Veterans’ Commissioner (SVC), who is appointed by and reports to the Scottish Government (SG). The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) is working through the next steps to appoint a new Northern Ireland Veterans’ Commissioner.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Coaker question first answered 20/09/2024 12:40:47 answering member 360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker
	tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1728078

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft: Radar
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress the Royal Air Force has made on the ECRS Mk2 E-Scan radar procurement.
	tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
	tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
	uin	4751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>The European Common Radar System (ECRS) Mk2 programme has achieved several positive milestones in the past four months, notably passing the production radar system Critical Design Review (CDR) in June 2024 and the completion of prototype ground testing on a Typhoon trials aircraft in July 2024. Teams across the Ministry of Defence and industry are working to meet the major milestone of a first flight of ECRS Mk2 over the coming weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Liverpool Garston answering member printed Maria Eagle question first answered 19/09/2024 09:41:06 answering member 483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
	tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1727685

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) agencies and (b) departments are authorised to manage defence research and development projects.
	tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
	tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
	uin	4391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>Defence invests in research and development (R&amp;D) from across the Defence enterprise. Defence’s core R&amp;D budgets are held in Head Office. The rest of Defence’s R&amp;D investment comes mainly from the Capability Portfolios of each Top Level Budget and is delivered through Defence Equipment and Support, Defence Digital, the Atomic Weapons Establishment and the Submarine Delivery Agency, as well as the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and the Defence and Security Accelerator.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Liverpool Garston answering member printed Maria Eagle question first answered 19/09/2024 09:42:07 answering member 483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
	tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge