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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

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

1727769

	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	Egypt: World War I
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Goldie on 25 January 2023 (HL4903), what progress they have made towards (1) identifying and marking the graves of Egyptians who died serving the UK during the First World War, including in the Egyptian Labour Corps, and (2) recovering the records of all Egyptians who served with UK forces.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
	uin	HL783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>In its work to identify and mark the graves of the Egyptian Labour Corps and Camel Transport Corps, the Commonwealth War Graves Committee (CWGC) has established that more than 327,000 Egyptians served alongside Commonwealth forces across the Middle East, Turkey, and Western Europe. Of those, the CWGC now know that more than 16,500 died in service. Fewer than 400, however, have been commemorated by name, with the remainder commemorated collectively on the CWGC’s Giza Memorial.</p><p> </p><p>The CWGC has determined that during the Second World War, the Ministry of Interior sent thousands of notifications of death to the fallen personnel's next of kin. The CWGC believes these records are likely to be held either by the Egyptian State archives or possibly by one or more departments of the Government of Egypt. Although this is yet to be confirmed, the CWGC have approached the Egyptian authorities and are working to gain access the relevant archives.</p><p> </p><p>The CWGC's wider historical research in archives across Africa and Europe continues to make positive progress in revealing the names of those previously not commemorated, and in mapping potential burial sites. To date, almost 7,000 names have been recovered and the CWGC are actively working to commemorate these individuals in a manner befitting their service and loss.</p> answering member printed Lord Coaker question first answered 19/09/2024 14:57:18 answering member 360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker
	tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1727464

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence and Security: Innovation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the scale of innovation in the UK’s defence and security sector, in the light of the success of non-legacy defence contractors in recent US procurement rounds.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
	uin	HL741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) recognises the importance of engaging with non-traditional defence suppliers and is working closely with UK Industry and Academia to identify and invest in innovative technologies that address our most pressing capability challenges.</p><p>This includes initiatives such as the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), which is designed to find and fund innovative solutions to defence and security challenges, for example through Regional Defence and Security Clusters (RDSCs)</p><p>This Government is committed to bringing forward a Defence Industrial Strategy, working closely with industry to support UK resilience and innovation.</p> answering member printed Lord Coaker question first answered 18/09/2024 14:18:47 answering member 360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker
	tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton

1726496

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Electronic Warfare
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of UK capabilities in electronic warfare; and what steps they are taking to improve such capability.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
	uin	HL644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>The UK has a number of excellent electromagnetic warfare capabilities; given the highly competitive nature of electromagnetic warfare, the Ministry of Defence will consider how best to keep pace with this challenge as part of the Strategic Defence Review.</p> answering member printed Lord Coaker question first answered 16/09/2024 13:40:13 answering member 360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker
	tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1726541

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces and Diplomatic Service: Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) armed forces, and (2) diplomatic families, currently receive support via the Continuity of Education Allowance; and what were the numbers supported each year since 2019.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
	uin	HL645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence currently has <strong>2,666*</strong> Armed Forces personnel receiving MOD’s Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA) The number supported since 2019 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Armed Forces Personnel</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2,908</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2,843</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>2,826</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>2,759</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*as at Academic Year 2023-24</p><p> </p><p>(2) The FCDO currently have <strong>328</strong> diplomatic families claiming Continuity of Education Allowance. The number supported since 2019 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of FCDO Civil Servants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>281</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>315</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>349</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>341</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Coaker question first answered 16/09/2024 13:07:17 answering member 360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker
	tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1726574

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with NATO allies about the importance of retaining a minimum credible deterrent for as long as global conditions require.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	uin	HL562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>Since 1962, the UK has committed its nuclear deterrent to the defence of our NATO allies. The nuclear deterrent deters the most extreme threats to our national security, keeping the UK and our NATO allies safe.</p><p> </p><p>As was made clear in the NATO Washington Summit declaration, nuclear deterrence is the cornerstone of Alliance security. NATO and NATO Allies will continue to take actions to enhance our deterrence and defence against all threats and challenges and across all domains. As the Prime Minister has set out, this Government has an unshakeable commitment to NATO and our nuclear deterrent.</p> answering member printed Lord Coaker question first answered 16/09/2024 13:08:16 answering member 360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker
	tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

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

1724797

	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	Guided Weapons
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to develop the UK’s global leadership on hypersonic missiles and other hypersonic technologies; and what progress they have made in the development of a domestically manufactured hypersonic missile.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
	uin	HL509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/08/2024 answer text <p>The UK is demonstrating its leadership in the global hypersonic arena by active participation in the AUKUS Pillar 2 Advanced Capability Partnership. Since inception in 2022, the UK has been championing accelerated capability development with AUKUS allies, whilst also developing the long-term future of the UK's hypersonic industrial base.</p><p>Additionally, MOD continues to work with existing allies and international partners to investigate a range of advanced future capabilities.</p><p>Building on previous research and development, the MOD has established a Programme Team - Team Hypersonics (UK) - to cohere Ministry of Defence, industry and academia around the development of a sovereign hypersonic capability.</p><p>Team Hypersonics (UK) has established the Hypersonic Technologies and Capability Development Framework (HTCDF). This bespoke £ one billion Commercial Agile Route to Market is the mechanism to facilitate a spiralled approach to technology development through to a sovereign capability. 90 suppliers including defence primes, small &amp; medium enterprises (SME) and academic institutions are now signed up.</p><p>With these enablers in place, the testing of critical sovereign-designed and manufactured missile sub-system technologies continues, including a novel hypersonic propulsion system. Several invitations to tender have already been released to spirally develop a range of technologies. These and future ITTs will allow the development of technical demonstrators and onwards into a capability.</p> answering member printed Lord Coaker question first answered 13/08/2024 10:06:00 answering member 360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker
	tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell