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1647566

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	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 potential merits of creating a specialist counter-insurgency force.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Scott Benton
	uin	190976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>We will continue to develop our force structure and capabilities to allow us to contribute to addressing the full range of potential threats, including those from insurgents, to ensure we can both defend, deter and compete across all domains alongside our allies and partners.</p><p>Any specific policy changes or updates to force structure will be determined once the update to the Defence Command Paper has concluded.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 29/06/2023 09:08:20 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1459780

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the defensive performance of the Ukrainian armed forces, what plans they have to review the doctrines of the UK military.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
	uin	HL7886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>We keep our doctrine under regular review to ensure it remains relevant to the challenges of today. Analysis of current events, such as the illegal and unjust invasion of Ukraine by Russia, is a key tenet of that review process.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 28/04/2022 10:55:43 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

1486138

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Command Paper, Defence in a competitive age, published in March 2021, whether it remains his policy to reduce the armed forces to 72,500 by 2025; and what estimate he has made of the annual cost savings of that policy.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
	uin	29937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to reverse the decision to reduce the number of regular Army personnel to 73,000 by 2025.</p><p>The Integrated Review and Defence Command Paper made clear that we must focus on Defence capability rather than troop numbers in response to changing threats and priorities. The British Army will be more integrated and active, with a whole force of over 100,000 regulars and reservists, to address the current and future threats from across the globe.</p><p>Whilst the regular Army reorganises to its new structure of 73,000, naturally this will result in workforce cost savings. This reduction has been estimated to present £3.9 billion in savings over the 10 years following the financial year 2021-22. It should however be recognised more broadly that the department is seeing record investment, providing £41.3 billion to Army support and equipment.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 12/07/2022 11:32:38 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1485998

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Command Paper, Defence in a competitive age, published in March 2021, whether it remains his policy to reduce the armed forces to 72,500 by 2025.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
	uin	30097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to reverse the decision to reduce the number of regular Army personnel to 73,000 by 2025.</p><p> </p><p>The Integrated Review and Defence Command Paper made clear that we must focus on Defence capability rather than troop numbers in response to changing threats and priorities. The British Army will be more integrated and active, with a whole force of over 100,000 regulars and reservists, to address the current and future threats from across the globe.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 12/07/2022 14:59:05 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1489902

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent estimate he has made of the number of armed forces personnel.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	901137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>There are 196,240 service personnel currently serving in the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 19/07/2022 12:24:12 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1685952

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q57 of the oral evidence given to the Committee of Public Accounts on 22 January 2024, HC 451, when he expects the planning round to be completed.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	11980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The planning round is scheduled to finish by the end of April 2024.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 07/02/2024 14:26:43 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1689829

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to recognise the contribution of armed forces personnel.
	tabling member constituency	Uxbridge and South Ruislip
	tabling member printed	Steve Tuckwell
	uin	901535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The largest pay increase in more than 20 years is indicative of the Government’s commitment to our Armed Forces. In addition we will continue to support public facing events such as Armed Forces Day, and respond to concerns from the Defence community on issues like medallic recognition.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 19/02/2024 16:15:53 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4994 label Biography information for Steve Tuckwell

1685945

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q14 of the oral evidence given to the Committee of Public Accounts on 22 January 2024, HC 451, when he plans to complete the force design process.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	11973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The iterative force design process is being used to inform decisions today and to provide evidence on our military capability priorities ahead of the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 07/02/2024 14:50:43 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1696245

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel had served in the Armed Forces for four years or more in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	18648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The below table shows the number of personnel within UK Regular forces with the exact Length of Service of four or more years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Four years or more service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>104,630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>105,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>106,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>102,630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024</p></td><td><p>101,430</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The below table shows the number of personnel within UK Regulars with a Length of Service of four and five years, as at 1 January in each year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>4 Years</p></td><td><p>5 Years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>7,100</p></td><td><p>7,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024</p></td><td><p>9,780</p></td><td><p>6,290</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 18649 question first answered 19/03/2024 17:21:54 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1696246

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel in the Armed Forces had (a) four and (b) five years of service in (i) 2023 and (ii) 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	18649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The below table shows the number of personnel within UK Regular forces with the exact Length of Service of four or more years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Four years or more service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>104,630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>105,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>106,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>102,630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024</p></td><td><p>101,430</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The below table shows the number of personnel within UK Regulars with a Length of Service of four and five years, as at 1 January in each year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>4 Years</p></td><td><p>5 Years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>7,100</p></td><td><p>7,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024</p></td><td><p>9,780</p></td><td><p>6,290</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 18648 question first answered 19/03/2024 17:21:54 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey