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765678

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much each branch of the armed forces spent on advertising and marketing for recruitment purposes in each year from 2010 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	106165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested for 1 January 2015 to 30 September 2017 is shown below. Comparable data prior to that date is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015 (£)</p></td><td><p>2016 (£)</p></td><td><p>2017 to September (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>6,463,372</p></td><td><p>6,698,303</p></td><td><p>10,011,284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Navy &amp; Royal Marines</p></td><td><p>13,190,328</p></td><td><p>11,409,885</p></td><td><p>11,621,005</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Air Force</p></td><td><p>7,948,700</p></td><td><p>9,086,473</p></td><td><p>7,903,457</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,602,400</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,194,661</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29,535,746</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/10/2017 16:50:41 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

801129

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned number of personnel is for each Strike brigade.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	117688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The exact nature of the Strike Brigades will be determined through the experimentation process currently under way. At this early stage it is planned that a Strike Brigade with its affiliated close support units will have a manpower establishment of around 4,800. Other support will be provided by Divisional assets as required.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/12/2017 17:58:42 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

801156

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Exercises
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) when and (b) for what reasons, the decision was taken to reduce the number of joint warrior exercises from two to one in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	117715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>When determining the Royal Navy's exercise programme it was identified that there were several training opportunities that coincided with the Joint Warrior exercise programmed for the autumn of 2018. In addition to the multinational Joint Expeditionary Force exercise designed to enhance the UK's ability to respond rapidly anywhere in the world, the Royal Navy has now committed to two major international military exercises with significant UK involvement. These exercises will combine all the training requirement that a second Joint Warrior would have delivered. The exercises are SAIF SAREEA 3 - the biggest UK-Omani exercise to be held in the last 15 years - and TRIDENT JUNCTURE 2018 - a NATO exercise held every three years and hosted in Norway in 2018.</p><p>There is therefore no requirement for the second Joint Warrior Exercise in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/12/2017 17:56:49 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

802191

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Strike Experimentation Group
	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 establishing the Strike Experimentation Group.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	117878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Strike Experimentation Group (SEG) was established in Warminster in April 2017 and is part of the headquarters of 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade. This will build and develop understanding of the Strike concept within the brigade and its units. The SEG has engaged with Allies, including in the US, France, Canada and Italy, to develop opportunities for combined experimentation and knowledge exchange. They have also developed some early tactics for operational analysis by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, and conducted a battlegroup level live experiment with the Canadian Army to investigate armoured cavalry techniques using a surrogate for the Ajax vehicles.</p><p>Since the statement on refinements to the Army's structure by the then Secretary of State for Defence on 15 December 2016 [HCWS367], the Army has made minor changes to the sequencing of units to form Strike. The 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade will become the first Strike Brigade by 2020. It will comprise the Household Cavalry Regiment, the Royal Dragoon Guards, 1st Battalion Scots Guards, and 3rd Battalion The Rifles.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/12/2017 17:57:39 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

809653

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Exercises
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) when and (b) for what reasons the decision was taken to cancel (i) Exercise Black Horse, (ii) Exercise Curry Trail, (iii) Exercise Orange Marauder, (iv) Exercise Southwest Sword and (v) Commando Strike.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	120273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>During 2017, as part of normal military prioritisation, the decision was taken not to conduct these exercises.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 08/01/2018 16:47:32 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

818678

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the performance of new online recruitment system for the Armed Forces.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	121442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Defence Recruiting System went live on 13 November 2017 and will enable a quicker and easier recruitment process for applicants and the Armed Forces. As with any new information system defects have been identified post the go live date. The Ministry of Defence expects Capita to address these issues as soon as possible and I am monitoring their progress closely.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/01/2018 17:38:59 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

818686

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) planned and (b) actual savings to his Department were under the Army Recruiting Partnership Project in each financial year between 2012-13 and 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	121450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Recruiting Partnership Project is a ten-year output based contract between the Army and Capita, designed to incentivise the Provider to deliver the right quantity and quality of recruits. The Main Gate Business Case (MGBC), in September 2011, forecast £267 million of benefits over the life of the project. The revised benefits forecast, approved in May 2016 is £266 million.</p><p> </p><p>The originally planned and actual savings (in £ millions) in each of the requested Financial Years (FY) are shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MGBC Forecast</p></td><td><p>£1.07</p></td><td><p>£-3.36</p></td><td><p>£20.51</p></td><td><p>£32.4</p></td><td><p>£26.13</p></td><td><p>£27.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Actual</p></td><td><p>£7.6</p></td><td><p>£41.6</p></td><td><p>£-4.93</p></td><td><p>£-43.15</p></td><td><p>£-6.42</p></td><td><p>£8.03*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Forecast figure as project accounts for FY 2016-17 have not been formerly validated.</p><p> </p><p>The shortfall in benefits in the early years reflects additional funding injections including, to enable Defence Recruiting System delivery. We expect these to be offset in later years by increased savings in military manpower costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/01/2018 17:58:05 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

821524

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
	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 11 January 2018 to Question 121442, on Armed Forces: Recruitment, when those system defects will be fixed; and what assessment he has made of the effect of those defects on recruitment.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	122442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>I continue to monitor the implementation of the Defence Recruitment Process closely and can confirm that an agreed remediation plan is in place that will see updates to the system occurring through to the end of February 2018. The most pressing defects have been prioritised and a significant number have already been addressed. All Services have implemented Business Continuity Plans to maintain an active recruitment pipeline.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/01/2018 17:40:43 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

823626

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Islamic State: Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to re-examine the criteria for medallic recognition for Operation Shader.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	123085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>As with all UK military operations, Operation Shader is kept under constant review. In line with previous Operational Service Medals, the Iraq and Syria Operational Service Medal is awarded for those who are considered to have faced danger and hardship. If it were judged appropriate, the eligibility criteria for the current medal could be amended.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 24/01/2018 16:00:14 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

823631

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Air Force: Re-employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for the Armed Forces of 15 January 2018, Official Report, column 605, how many former pilots who had left the RAF have applied to re-join since the announcement that his Department would purchase nine P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft in July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	123089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>At 17 January 2018, 38 former RAF pilots have applied to re-join the RAF since July 2016.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 24/01/2018 15:52:23 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith