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1702441

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	UK Defence and Security Exports
	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 20 December 2023 to Question 6422 on UK Defence and Security Exports, how many times the Defence and Security Exports Inter-Ministerial Group met since December 2023 and on what dates.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	22668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Inter-Ministerial Group on Defence and Security Exports has met twice. Its inaugural meeting was on 12 December 2023; its second, chaired by the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, was held on 16 April 2024.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 01/05/2024 11:13:53 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1712786

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans Welfare Service: Finance and Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget of the Veterans Welfare Service is; and how many staff work for that Service.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	22838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Veterans Welfare Service forms part of Defence Business Services (DBS), and is not an independent entity.</p><p> </p><p>Budgets and staff numbers are allocated within DBS at the delivery of veterans' services level referred to publicly as Veterans UK, and includes the administration of compensation claims, veterans' welfare services, pensions, some support to serving personnel and the running of Ilford Park Polish Home. It is not possible to break this information down to only the Veterans Welfare Service.</p><p> </p><p>The Veterans Services overall budget for financial year (FY)2023-24 was £20.003million and includes the HM Armed Forces Veteran Card project delivery.</p><p>The average Full Time Equivalent (FTE) across all Veterans Services for FY2023-24 was 437.91.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 01/05/2024 14:44:56 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1713053

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made on the Ground Based Air Defence programme.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	23112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave on 30 April 2024 to Question 23107.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 01/05/2024 10:48:24 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name 23107 - Training Programmes.docx title Defence Programmes
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1713161

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the service family accommodation housing stock is in Woolwich; and how many service family accommodation properties in Woolwich are listed to be disposed of.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	23282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>There are 261 Service Family Accommodation properties in Woolwich and 57 of those have been identified for disposal.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 01/05/2024 10:48:35 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1713507

	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	Defence: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the £6.6bn in R&D spend for defence announced in his Department's paper entitled Defence and Security Industrial Strategy: A strategic approach to the UK’s defence and security industrial sectors, CP 410, published in March 2021, is (a) uncommitted and (b) unspent.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	23382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>As part of this Spending Review Period (financial years 2021-22 to 2024-25) the Department established a ringfence of £6.6 billion for R&amp;D across the four years. This was a minimum required spend over the period, rather than a set amount. All R&amp;D funding is allocated to Top Level Budgets (TLBs) as part of the annual budget cycle, and have been able to spend more than the ringfence as long as it is within the Department's overall budget.</p><p>In the first three years of this Spending Review period the department exceeded its targets and spent over £6 billion. Whilst forecasts for R&amp;D spend for this financial year are subject to change, we ultimately expect to comfortably exceed the £6.6 billion ringfenced figure by the end of this financial year.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 01/05/2024 11:15:45 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1713509

	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	Germany: Challenger Tanks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) UK and (b) German content is of the Challenger III main battle tank.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	23383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Challenger 3 Main Battle Tank programme is the first British-built tank in 22 years and supports hundreds of UK jobs in Telford, Gateshead, Bristol and Bovington. Over 60% of the value of the Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) contract will utilise the UK supply chain.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 01/05/2024 11:16:18 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1713639

	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: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many compensation payments were awarded to families living in service family accommodation in (a) January, (b) February, (c) March and (d) April 2024; and what the value of such payments was in each month.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	23580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The table below details the number of compensation payments awarded to families living in Service Family Accommodation between 1 January and 21 April 2024, and the value of those compensation payments.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of compensation payments made to Service families</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value of payments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2024</p></td><td><p>1,434</p></td><td><p>£144,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2024</p></td><td><p>1,382</p></td><td><p>£95,411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2024</p></td><td><p>845</p></td><td><p>£75,261</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2024 (1 April – 21 April 2024)</p></td><td><p>478</p></td><td><p>£35,245</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 01/05/2024 11:16:36 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1713640

	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: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Defence Command Paper 2023, published on 18 July 2023, how much of the £400 million announced for improving service accommodation has been spent as of 24 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	23581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>As at 24 April 2024, circa £220 million of works to improve Service Family Accommodation were delivered in Financial Year 2023-24. The balance of £180 million is fully committed, with work being delivered over the next 12 months.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 01/05/2024 11:17:02 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1713679

	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	HMS Raleigh: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many callouts have been made to HMS Raleigh for maintenance issues relating to (a) roofing, (b) loss of heating and hot water, (c) electrics (d) pest control and (e) damp and mould since April 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	23582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The total number of callouts to Service Family Accommodation at HMS Raleigh for maintenance issues relating to (a) roofing, (b) loss of heating and hot water, (c) electrics (d) pest control and (e) damp and mould since April 2022 are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>MOD Site </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Roofing</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Loss Heating &amp; Hot Water</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Electrical</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pest Control</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Damp &amp; Mould</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HMS Raleigh</strong></p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The total number of callouts that have been made to HMS Raleigh for maintenance issues relating to (a) roofing, (b) loss of heating and hot water, (c) electrics (d) pest control and (e) damp and mould since April 2022 excluding SFA, are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>MOD Site </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Roofing</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Loss Heating &amp; Hot Water</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Electrical</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pest Control</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Damp &amp; Mould</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HMS Raleigh</strong></p></td><td><p>184</p></td><td><p>637</p></td><td><p>1017</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 01/05/2024 11:17:20 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1713680

	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	HMS Raleigh
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at HMS Raleigh as of 24 April 2024..
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	23583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>As of 1 January 2024, there were 970 personnel based at HMS RALEIGH across all UK Forces. This figure includes both trained and untrained personnel.</p><p> </p><p>This number is subject to constant change due to personnel being deployed, completing their draft at HMS RALEIGH or starting new roles.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 01/05/2024 11:17:37 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard