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1626272

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Ministerial Boxes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ministerial red boxes belonging to his Department have (a) been reported missing or lost or (b) had their security features removed in order that they can be purchased for personal use by former ministers from 1 May 2018 to 30 April 2023.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	184027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>I can confirm that no ministerial red boxes have been reported missing or lost between 1 May 2018 to 30 April 2023 or had their security features removed.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 15/05/2023 15:24:42 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1626315

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason has decided to reduce the number of Army personnel by 10,000.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	184150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is reviewing whether it is now right to reduce the Regular Army to 73,000, as planned under Future Soldier. That process is ongoing.</p><p>Our capabilities and readiness levels are regularly reviewed to ensure our strategic approach remains in line with agile planning mechanisms.</p><p>Any specific policy changes or updates required related to defence capability and force design will be determined once the update to the Defence Command Paper has concluded.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/05/2023 09:49:38 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1626316

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he will take to ensure that a reduction in the number of Army personnel does not inhibit the UK from meeting its defence commitments to NATO.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	184151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is reviewing whether it is now right to reduce the Regular Army to 73,000, as planned under Future Soldier. That process is ongoing.</p><p>Defence is committed to remaining a leading contributor to NATO and our approach and force development are deliberately aligned to the new NATO Strategic Concept and designed to promote interoperability and facilitate collaboration.</p><p>Any specific policy changes or updates required related to defence capability and force design will be determined once the update to the Defence Command Paper has concluded.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/05/2023 09:50:24 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1626317

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many regular and reserve personnel were serving in the Royal Air Force on 9 April 2023.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	184152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>To release this information would be a breach of the Official Statistical protocols for which the Department is held to account by the UK Statistics Authority. Armed Forces personnel statistics are published on a quarterly basis on the Gov.UK website. The next publication date will be 15 June 2023 for data as at 1 April 2023. Data for 1 January 2023 can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of Royal Air Force (RAF) Personnel as at 1 January 2023</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF Regular Personnel</p></td><td><p>32,490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF Reserve Personnel</p></td><td><p>3,178</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/05/2023 09:51:06 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1625610

registered interest
date	03/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Employment Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual cost to the taxpayer is of the partnering agreement between his department and Right Management Ltd for delivery of Career Transition Partnership services for armed forces veterans; and when the current contract expires.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	183698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The Career Transition Partnership (CTP) is a contracted partnering agreement between the Ministry of Defence and Right Management Ltd. It is the official provider of Armed Forces' resettlement support to all Regular Service leavers, regardless of time served. Over the past 20 years, the CTP has provided transition support to over 250,000 Service leavers across all ranks and single Services, with around 15,000 Service leavers accessing the programme each year.</p><p>The budget for the CTP contract is around £11 million per annum, but the actual annual cost varies between £9 million and £11 million, depending on the volume of Service leavers. A commercial relet is currently underway to ensure continuity of services from October 2023 when the current contract expires.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 15/05/2023 09:55:20 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1625611

registered interest
date	03/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Mission Renewable: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) initial costs and (b) annual budget is for the Community Interest Company Mission Renewable.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	183699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>This information is not held by the Ministry of Defence.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 15/05/2023 09:55:34 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1625612

registered interest
date	03/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Wind Power
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 level of skills transferability between members of the armed forces and jobs in the offshore wind sector.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	183700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>Engineers and technicians from the Armed Forces work with some of the world's most advanced defence systems, meaning that Service leavers are often highly sought after by all engineering industries. Specialisms include aeronautical, avionics, electrical, mechanical, nuclear, communications and marine engineering at a wide range of levels. Many of these skills transfer seamlessly into the civilian employment market. However, to help Service leavers specifically align their skills to the offshore wind sector, the Career Transition Partnership (CTP), as the official provider of Armed Forces' resettlement support to all Regular Service leavers, have engaged with Renewables UK and Global Wind Organisation to offer a full programme of vocational training courses to support transition into the offshore wind sector. CTP utilises various research tools and employment outlook surveys to identify emerging trends within the civilian employment market and understands that the growth in offshore wind has already seen a high demand for skilled labour.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 15/05/2023 09:56:20 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1625613

registered interest
date	03/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Wind Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many accredited providers of training to the Career Transition Partnership offer the Global Wind Organisation’s Basic Skills Training standard to veterans.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	183701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The Career Transition Partnership (CTP), as the official provider of Armed Forces' resettlement support to all Regular Service leavers, recently introduced the CTP Wind Skills Academy, offering Service leavers the opportunity to gain industry-recognised qualifications from the Global Wind Organisation (GWO). The Basic Safety Training course (five days) and the Basic Technical Training course (four days) have been brought onto the CTP Contract Funded programme, offering an exceptional opportunity to access training linked to employment in the sector.</p><p>In addition to the training offered by CTP directly under contract, CTP manages a Preferred Suppliers (PS) list of training providers UK-wide with the aim of supporting those Service leavers and veterans who cannot secure a place on a CTP training course. In relation to the GWO training providers, there are four training providers within the PS list who deliver GWO training (on and offshore) as well as 20 providers delivering engineering training.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 15/05/2023 09:56:58 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1625614

registered interest
date	03/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Wind Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces veterans have been assisted by (a) Mission Renewable and (b) the Career Transition Partnership to gain qualifications to work in the offshore wind industry to date.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	183702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not hold information on the numbers of veterans who have been assisted by the Community Interest Company, Mission Renewable.</p><p>The current Career Transition Partnership (CTP) contract to deliver Armed Forces' resettlement support to all Regular Service leavers began in October 2015. Since that time, 245 Service leavers have transitioned from the military into the offshore wind industry.</p><p>This is set to increase significantly with the introduction of the CTP Wind Skills Academy in May 2023 to the CTP Training Programme. In order to meet the demands of industry and to provide Service leavers with the opportunity to meet the criteria for employment in this renewable sector, the CTP Wind Academy courses are directly linked to employment pathways and will provide Service leavers new opportunities and sustained employment within the on and offshore sector and is in support of the MOD's renewable strategy. Bidders for the ongoing CTP commercial relet have also been asked to detail how they will provide support to the UK Green Energy Sector.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 15/05/2023 09:57:38 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1625716

registered interest
date	03/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel there are in the Royal Navy.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	183796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>There are currently 38,990 personnel serving in the Royal Navy. An additional 1,750 personnel are serving in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and 2,630 civil servants are employed within the Royal Navy top level budget.</p><p> </p><p>Information on numbers of the Armed Forces can be found at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2023</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-biannual-civilian-personnel-report-october-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-biannual-civilian-personnel-report-october-2022</a></p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 10/05/2023 12:31:45 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock