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1077579

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of recruits that joined the armed forces before the age of 18 and subsequently left the armed forces before their 18th birthday in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	226036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The requested information is provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Proportions of under-18s who joined the UK Regular Armed Forces and left their Service before their 18th birthday, by Financial Year (FY) and Service</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY</p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Naval Service</p></td><td><p>28.4%</p></td><td><p>29.9%</p></td><td><p>15.9%</p></td><td><p>27.3%</p></td><td><p>22.3%</p></td><td><p>22.7%</p></td><td><p>23.5%</p></td><td><p>21.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>30.9%</p></td><td><p>25.8%</p></td><td><p>25.2%</p></td><td><p>18.9%</p></td><td><p>20.8%</p></td><td><p>20.3%</p></td><td><p>19.9%</p></td><td><p>20.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Air Force</p></td><td><p>17.1%</p></td><td><p>9.1%</p></td><td><p>18.5%</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>8.3%</p></td><td><p>4.2%</p></td><td><p>7.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Tri Service</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29.2%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25.7%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.7%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18.9%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20.1%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19.2%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19.1%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><p>1. FYs relate to the year in which personnel joined the UK Regular Armed Forces.</p><p>2. Outflow relates to those who have subsequently left the UK Regular Armed Forces having joined in each FY and includes those who left in the same FY or a later FY.</p><p>3. Outflow has been measured to 30 September 2018. There may still be some outflow of personnel who joined before 31 March 2017 and have not yet reached age 18.</p><p>4. The proportion of under-18s who joined in FY 2017-18 and subsequently left before the age of 18 is not yet known.</p><p>5. Tildes ‘~’ refer to percentages which are suppressed on the basis that the underpinning numbers are below five.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 05/03/2019 15:27:25 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1077681

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK RC-135W Rivet Joint aircraft are operating over Yemen in support of the Saudi-led coalition.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	226193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>We do not comment on the operational deployments of RC-135W Rivet Joint as to do so would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 04/03/2019 16:36:08 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1077709

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 31 Frigates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Type 31e frigates which are due to be built will form part of the carrier strike.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	226207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Type 31e Frigates will be tailored toward maritime security and defence engagement, including the Fleet Ready Escort role at home, our commitments in the South Atlantic, the Caribbean and the Gulf, and to NATO. These ships will fulfil routine tasks to free up the more complex Type 45 Destroyers and Type 26 Frigates for their specialist combat roles in support of the strategic nuclear deterrent and as part of the carrier strike group.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 04/03/2019 16:34:37 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1077712

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government plans to allocate funding for the purchase of F-35A or F-35B aircraft; and what assessment he has made of the implications of that decision for the ability of the Royal Air Force to land aircraft on aircraft carriers.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	226208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 stated our intent to buy 138 F-35 Lightning aircraft over the life of the programme. The first tranche of 48 aircraft will be the carrier capable F-35B, of which 17 have been delivered so far. Decisions on subsequent tranches of Lightning will be taken at the appropriate time.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 04/03/2019 16:33:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1078303

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 25 February (HL13624), whether that money previously announced by the Secretary of State for Defence to be spent on the nuclear deterrent and anti-submarine warfare has been spent in other areas.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL14075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The £1 billion for Defence announced in the 2018 Autumn Budget ensures that the Armed Forces can continue to modernise and invest in key priority capabilities. Funding has been allocated to modernising our critical assets, including anti-submarine warfare and our nuclear deterrent.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 07/03/2019 15:30:17 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1077112

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Future Combat Air System
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 20 February (HL13769), what discussions there have been between the UK Tempest team and the Future Combat Air System programme.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL14032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>Team Tempest is a UK national project and is a subset of the UK's Future Combat Air System Technology Initiative (FCAS TI), a 10-year technology development and demonstration programme. The term Future Combat Air System could refer to a number of international Air projects or systems being developed, including the UK programme to replace Typhoon's capabilities from 2040 onwards. This programme is called the Combat Air Acquisition Programme (CAAP). The RAF team who deliver FCAS TI work closely with the CAAP team, based in Head Office, informing the CAAP Concept Phase.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 07/03/2019 15:31:35 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1077113

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 20 February (HL13628), whether the UK is expected to become a net defence importer in the next five years.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL14033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>Further to my earlier response, the Ministry of Defence has not specifically undertaken this type of analysis. According to official data from the UK Defence and Security Organisation in 2017 the UK won defence orders worth £9 billion and, on a 10-year rolling basis, remains the second largest global defence exporter.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 07/03/2019 15:30:49 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1077120

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many drug tests have been administered in the (a) Royal Air Force and (b) Royal Navy in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	225504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The numbers provided in the table below relate to the number of drug tests administered each calendar year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of drug tests administered each year in</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Royal Air Force</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Navy*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>12,618</p></td><td><p>13,082</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>12,450</p></td><td><p>13,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>14,061</p></td><td><p>12,846</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>20,662</p></td><td><p>15,689</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>27,199</p></td><td><p>24,032</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*These figures are for the Naval Service which consists of the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Although the selection of personnel for compulsory drug tests is primarily random, a small percentage of personnel are repeatedly selected for testing. Consequently, the number of personnel tested each year does not directly correlate to the number of drug tests completed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/03/2019 16:39:13 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1077137

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Yemen: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many alleged violations of international humanitarian law by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen his Department is investigating.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	225603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>As at 26 February 2019, the number of alleged instances of breaches or violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in Yemen listed on the &quot;Tracker&quot; database maintained by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is 410. Of these, 15 are duplicate entries, which means that some incidents will have been recorded on more than one occasion likely because of the incomplete nature of Non-Governmental Organisation and media reporting upon which the MOD relies to update the &quot;Tracker&quot;.</p><p>The MOD does not assess allegations of IHL violations. The Saudi-led Coalition is best placed to do this and does so through its Joint Incident Assessment Team.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 28/02/2019 15:28:39 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1077162

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many compensation payments of £500 or less were made to armed forces service complainants in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) 2016-17; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	225435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 225436 question first answered 04/03/2019 16:35:35 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon