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1717425

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date	13/05/2024
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total number of personnel in the armed forces in the UK, including reserve forces.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL4590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>As at 1 January 2024, there were 138,100 UK Forces personnel, of which 132,360 are based in-country.</p><p> </p><p>As at 1 January 2024 there were 32,650 Future Reserves 2020 (FR20) of which an estimated 32,310 are based in-country.</p><p> </p><p>The stationed location data for Future Reserves 2020 (FR20) Reserves has not been fully verified, therefore the figure provided is considered to be an estimate. Future Reserves 2020 includes volunteer reserves who are mobilised, HRR and volunteer reserve personnel serving on Additional Duties Commitment (ADC) or FTRS contracts.</p><p> </p><p>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 to prevent inadvertent disclosure. However, numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias. Totals and its constituent numbers have been rounded separately, and so totals may not equal the sums of their rounded parts.</p><p> </p><p>Further Stationed Location Stats for UK Regulars can be found in the Annual Location Statistics (ALS) publication:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/location-of-all-uk-regular-service-and-civilian-personnel-annual-statistics-index" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/location-of-all-uk-regular-service-and-civilian-personnel-annual-statistics-index</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 24/05/2024 10:25:50 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1717426

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Cadets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total number of young people in the cadet forces in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL4591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The latest available data for Cadets as at 1 April 2023, showed there to be 83,170 individuals in the Community Cadet Force, and 50,950 individuals in the Combined Cadet Force.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for total Cadets can be found in the Ministry of Defence Sponsored Cadet Forces Statistics publication:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mod-sponsored-cadet-forces-statistics-index</p><p> </p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 21/05/2024 16:23:38 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1698219

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Billing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average time a business waits for the payment of an invoice from the Ministry of Defence.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2024 answer text <p>As per Cabinet Office guidance, the Ministry of Defence aims to pay 90% of all undisputed and validated invoices for Small to Medium Enterprises within 5 days of receipt. Additionally, MoD is committed that 100% of all undisputed and validated invoices should be paid within 30 days.</p><p> </p><p>Ministry of Defence reports its supplier payment performance, invoice processing and MoD contract payments in line with statutory requirements and reports its results quarterly at GOV.UK Ministry of Defence supplier invoicing and payment information - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>)</p><p> </p><p>Table below shows results for financial year 2023-2024 by quarter. Financial year runs from April 2023 to March 2024.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Ministry of Defence payment performance </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2023-2024</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year <br> 2023-2024</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of invoices paid <br> within 5 days<strong>[1]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of invoices paid <br> within 30 days</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>First Quarter</p></td><td><p>94.13%</p></td><td><p>99.24%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Second Quarter</p></td><td><p>94.08%</p></td><td><p>99.29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Third Quarter</p></td><td><p>87.35%</p></td><td><p>99.25%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] This includes all suppliers not just Small to Medium Enterprises</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 09/04/2024 15:25:33 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1645393

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in upgrading the accommodation provided to service personnel in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL8568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>Since 2016, the proportion of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) that meets or exceeds the Decent Homes Standard has risen from 94% to 97%. Only these homes are allocated to Service Families.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence has invested more than £936 million in SFA upgrades and improvements in the last seven Financial Years.</p><p>Through Financial Year 2022/23, the £185 million investment programme included approximately 150 major projects to an estimated 9,788 SFA, around 20% of stock. This included £73 million to improve the thermal efficiency of homes, which provided 600 properties with new boilers, 1,200 with new roofs, 1,740 with new doors and windows, and 900 with full external wall insulation.</p><p>Overall, we are spending circa £199 million on new SFA homes, with £80 million of that being spent over 4 years on programmes such as Defence Estates Optimisation Programme (DEOP).</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 03/07/2023 11:49:24 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1645398

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Lessons Learned Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what lessons they have learned from the Report of the Armoured Cavalry Programme (Ajax) Lessons Learned Review, published on 19 May.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL8573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Review highlighted a culture that led to issues not being escalated and makes recommendations to improve that and information flows.</p><p>We are working to build and sustain an environment of psychological safety in our programmes where individuals feel they can raise issues, and reinforcing the requirement to share information across organisational boundaries in support of a &quot;One Team&quot; approach.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 03/07/2023 11:50:01 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1419993

registered interest
date	04/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Furs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to stop using real animal fur in items of military clothing.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL5988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the reply given by my hon. Friend, the Minister for Defence Procurement (Jeremy Quin), in the House of Commons on 14 December 2021 to the hon. Member for East Renfrewshire (Kirsten Oswald) in response to Question 87697.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 09/02/2022 12:23:24 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie attachment 1 file name UIN 87697.docx title Armed Forces Uniforms
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1178131

registered interest
date	12/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ammunition: Beaufort's Dyke
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of munitions dumped in Beaufort’s Dyke in the Irish Sea.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL1586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>Documents publicly available at The National Archives indicate that an estimated million tons of conventional munitions may have been dumped in Beaufort's Dyke between 1945 and 1973.</p><p>These documents can be found at:</p><p>https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121203135425/http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/CorporatePublications/HealthandSafetyPublications/DSEA/DisposalOfMunitionsAtSea.htm</p><p>The Ministry of Defence holds no additional information relating to the amount of munitions dumped in Beaufort's Dyke.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 26/02/2020 13:41:13 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

947580

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Military Bases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many airbases in the UK have been closed since 2010.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL9858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2018 answer text <p>Four stations have ceased to operate as airbases since 2010. However, they continue to be operational as part of the Defence estate and two still have active runways.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 07/08/2018 11:59:57 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley