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1682917

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Vetting
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 16 January 2024 to Question 8310 on Armed Forces: Applications, what the average length of time was for vetting prospective personnel seeking to join the Army to a baseline personnel security standard in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	10005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>Based on current data held, and subject to the information provided by the candidate, a Counter Terrorist Check, which is conducted only for overseas candidates, takes an average of eight to 10 weeks; Basic Checks (Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Disclosure Scotland and Access Northern Ireland (ANI)) takes on average two weeks; and Enhanced DBS takes on average four weeks. Developed Vetting (DV) is not recorded during the recruitment process as it is only completed, when necessary, once individuals have joined the Army.</p><p> </p><p>The average length of time for vetting prospective personnel seeking to join the Army is not held in the format requested. The Army’s Recruiting Group is not required to record this information within the Recruiting Partnering Project contract with Capita.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 10004 question first answered 22/01/2024 16:46:43 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1682918

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Military Aid
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 total International Fund for Ukraine funding is committed to contracts as of 17 January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	10006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>A total of £896 million has been pledged to the International Fund for Ukraine (IFU). As of 17 January 2024, £298 million, over 33% of the Fund, is now on contract.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 22/01/2024 17:10:10 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1682920

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans a third round for bids for funding from the International Fund for Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	10008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>A third International Fund for Ukraine bidding round, focused on maritime and air defence capabilities, will be launched shortly.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 22/01/2024 17:12:28 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1682409

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AUKUS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 4 December 2023 entitled Update on the AUKUS Defence Partnership, HCWS89, how much his Department has spent on increasing its cyber capabilities since the announcement of the programme.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	9753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government has made a significant investment in offensive cyber capabilities, providing a £114 million increase in the National Offensive Cyber Programme as part of the £2.6 billion investment in cyber and legacy IT at the 2021 Spending Review. Within AUKUS, the three Governments are collaborating with industry partners to deploy advanced tooling which will uplift the cyber security of our supply chains, while also giving us greater insight into the threats to AUKUS. As the cyber budget is delivered through integrated programmes across multiple defence and intelligence agencies, it is not possible to disclose individual Departmental spending.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 24/01/2024 15:46:22 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1682464

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
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, if he list the readiness of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary's ships and their target readiness days for 2024.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	9744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the response to the right hon. Member’s Question 188829 that was provided on 13 November 2023. A copy of my letter was placed in the Library of the House. As I mentioned in my letter the Ministry of Defence will provide a Written Ministerial Statement on an annual basis which confirms the readiness days for the Surface Fleet for the preceding year. It would therefore not be appropriate to give any updated figures at this time.</p><p> </p><p>The normal operating cycle of every ship involves them entering different readiness levels depending on their programmes, periods of refit and Departmental planning requirements. To avoid compromising operational security, the Ministry of Defence does not routinely disclose planned readiness profiles to avoid revealing elements of the Fleet's long-term schedule.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 9745 question first answered 24/01/2024 15:40:10 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1682465

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
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, what his Department's readiness days target is for (a) the Royal Navy and (b) Royal Fleet Auxiliaries ships.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	9745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the response to the right hon. Member’s Question 188829 that was provided on 13 November 2023. A copy of my letter was placed in the Library of the House. As I mentioned in my letter the Ministry of Defence will provide a Written Ministerial Statement on an annual basis which confirms the readiness days for the Surface Fleet for the preceding year. It would therefore not be appropriate to give any updated figures at this time.</p><p> </p><p>The normal operating cycle of every ship involves them entering different readiness levels depending on their programmes, periods of refit and Departmental planning requirements. To avoid compromising operational security, the Ministry of Defence does not routinely disclose planned readiness profiles to avoid revealing elements of the Fleet's long-term schedule.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 9744 question first answered 24/01/2024 15:40:10 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1682466

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
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, what the status of each of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Wave-class tankers is as of 16 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	9746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave to him on 15 June 2023 to Question 188827.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 24/01/2024 15:40:26 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name UIN 188827.docx title RFA Wave Knight and RFA Wave Ruler
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1682468

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
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, what the Royal Fleet Auxiliary's (a) staffing requirement is and (b) headcount as of 16 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	9748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The staffing requirement for Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Personnel for Financial year 2023-24 is 1,713 personnel.</p><p> </p><p>The headcount of the (RFA), as at 1 October 2023 was 1,675.</p><p> </p><p>This is the most recently assured figure from Analysis-Navy and was published in the MOD Biannual Civilian Personnel Report October 2023 and can be located at the following website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-biannual-civilian-personnel-report-october-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-biannual-civilian-personnel-report-october-2023</a></p><p>This figure includes personnel undergoing professional training before being considered fully deployable in their primary role.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 24/01/2024 15:41:25 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1682469

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
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, what the (a) target and (b) actual number of personnel recruited into the Royal Fleet Auxiliary was in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	9749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The Royal Navy (RN) continues to meet its operational commitments, but tackling the recruitment challenge is a top priority</p><p> </p><p>The recruitment target and number of personnel recruited into the RFA is detailed below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>RFA Total Intake vs Recruiting Targets, 01 April 2010 to 31 March 2023</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Recruiting Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Intake</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Recruitment Target</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>177</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>122</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>336</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p>218</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>166</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>231</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>201</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Total intake data prior to 1 April 2015 has been provided, however this has come from a different data source and cannot be validated by Navy Analysis. Caution is advised when comparing to data across the two different sources.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 24/01/2024 15:44:04 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1682470

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
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, how much his Department has spent on recruitment for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	9750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The following table provides details of the marketing costs and staffing costs which are directly attributable to Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) recruitment.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>2023-24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Recruitment Campaign Cost (ex VAT) (£million)</p></td><td><p>0.103</p></td><td><p>0.115</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.175</p></td><td><p>0.175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estimated Cost of Direct Headcount in Support of RFA Recruitment (£million)</p></td><td><p>0.327</p></td><td><p>0.328</p></td><td><p>0.346</p></td><td><p>0.351</p></td><td><p>0.357</p></td><td><p>0.438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>0.430</p></td><td><p>0.443</p></td><td><p>0.346</p></td><td><p>0.351</p></td><td><p>0.532</p></td><td><p>0.613</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Six Year Total (£million)</p></td><td><p>2.716</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Complete information is not held for the duration requested. We have therefore only been able to provide financial input for 6 financial years.</p><p>These costs do not include:</p><ul><li>An apportionment of Recruit &amp; Attract HQ staffing costs.</li><li>An apportionment of Recruiting office workforce in processing of applicants, which has varied over this time period as the recruiting process has evolved.</li></ul><p>For FY 2020-21 &amp; 2021-22 there were no RFA-specific Marketing Campaigns.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 24/01/2024 15:45:38 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey