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1690813

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Unmanned Ground Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 120 of his Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, HC1468, published in July 2023, for what reason CUTLASS was withdrawn from service early.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	15021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>CUTLASS was withdrawn from service and replaced by STARTER in December 2020 in order to both significantly enhance our Military Aid to the Civil Authorities Explosive Ordnance Disposal capability and provide a significant through-life cost saving.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 14810 question first answered 26/02/2024 13:14:09 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1690847

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Artificial Intelligence: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on AI development in each year since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	15018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Defence AI Centre is monitoring over 250 projects and programmes that are exploring the use of AI technologies as part of a capability or system. However, it is difficult to calculate the Department’s overall spend on AI as cost data for these component elements is typically integrated within broader programme costs. Work is underway to better delineate this investment across MOD and improve our understanding over time.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 26/02/2024 17:40:54 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1690415

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Challenger Tanks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of whether the UK has the necessary facilities to undertake the full spectrum of trials that will be needed to qualify the Challenger 3 main battle tank.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	14800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK has the necessary facilities to undertake Challenger 3 trials and most of the trial activity will take place in the UK. The first pre-production vehicle was sent to Germany for a small number of trials that use Rheinmetall proprietary ammunition which would not be cost effective to clear on UK ranges for important but limited trial use. The remainder of the Challenger 3 prototypes will undergo full trialling in the UK, including firing trials.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 14801 question first answered 26/02/2024 13:15:34 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1690416

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
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, for what reason the first pre-production Challenger 3 main battle tank was sent to Germany for trials.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	14801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK has the necessary facilities to undertake Challenger 3 trials and most of the trial activity will take place in the UK. The first pre-production vehicle was sent to Germany for a small number of trials that use Rheinmetall proprietary ammunition which would not be cost effective to clear on UK ranges for important but limited trial use. The remainder of the Challenger 3 prototypes will undergo full trialling in the UK, including firing trials.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 14800 question first answered 26/02/2024 13:15:34 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1690418

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
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 many applications to join full time the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) RAF were made in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	14802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is provided in the attached Excel Workbook.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 14803 14806 14807 question first answered 23/02/2024 14:37:43 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name 20240221 Applications and Untrained Intake - Final Tables - SUBMITTED1.xlsx title Applications to the Armed Forces
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1690419

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new full time recruits began basic training with the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) RAF in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	14803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is provided in the attached Excel Workbook.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 14802 14806 14807 question first answered 23/02/2024 14:37:43 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name 20240221 Applications and Untrained Intake - Final Tables - SUBMITTED1.xlsx title Applications to the Armed Forces
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1690420

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
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 many applicants to join the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) RAF were rejected on medical grounds in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	14804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The data below is provided for candidates assessed as Permanently Medically Unfit (PMU) at Pre-Service Medical Assessment for the Army and Full Medical Assessment for the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force and provided by calendar year.</p><p> </p><p>The data from 2010 is not held centrally and cannot be provided within a reasonable timeframe and cost. For this reason, the requested data has been provided from 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The number of applicants to the Army found unfit by medical professionals is presented in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Assessed as PMU</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>759</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p>663</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p>1229</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td><td><p>734</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2023</strong></p></td><td><p>936</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of applicants to the Royal Navy found unfit by medical professionals is presented in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total assessed as PMU</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>239</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p>188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p>174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td><td><p>102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2023</strong></p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of applicants to the Royal Air Force found unfit by medical professionals is presented in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total assessed as PMU</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>636</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p>911</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p>318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td><td><p>289</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2023</strong></p></td><td><p>209</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/02/2024 14:34:40 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1690423

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new recruits to the Reserves began basic training for the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) RAF in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	14806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is provided in the attached Excel Workbook.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 14802 14803 14807 question first answered 23/02/2024 14:37:43 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name 20240221 Applications and Untrained Intake - Final Tables - SUBMITTED1.xlsx title Applications to the Armed Forces
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1690424

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to join the Reserves for the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) RAF were made in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	14807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is provided in the attached Excel Workbook.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 14802 14803 14806 question first answered 23/02/2024 14:37:43 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name 20240221 Applications and Untrained Intake - Final Tables - SUBMITTED1.xlsx title Applications to the Armed Forces
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1690426

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 120 of his Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023, HC 1468, how the constructive loss related to Fort Austin and Rosalie withdrawal from service arose.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	14809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>RFA Fort Austin and RFA Fort Rosalie were decommissioned in 2021 as a savings measure. A constructive loss is not a cash loss and does not cost the department. The constructive loss refers to this early retirement, which allowed resources to be invested into new capabilities rather than the increasing costs of maintaining an aging vessel.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 26/02/2024 13:16:08 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle