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1713561

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Strategic Command: Staff
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 22 April 2024 to Question 22255 on Strategic Command: Vacancies, when he plans to complete the review into his Department's civil service workforce requirement.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	23403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Work is ongoing following the Chancellor’s announcement in the Autumn statement requiring Departments to cap Civil Service headcount and then reduce to 2019 levels.</p><p> </p><p>By 2028, we need a refocused Civil Service workforce which will undertake prioritised projects through agile, skilled, and right sized teams who are delivering ‘what really matters’. We will create an environment where we are empowered, included, and recognised for who we are and what we do.</p><p> </p><p>Defence Design is driving system change to unlock a more effective and productive environment which in turn will enable this change in the workforce.</p><p> </p><p>Our civil servants play an essential role in delivering Defence outcomes and we hope that by utilising opportunities for process redesign, digitisation, corporate service modernisation and prioritisation that we can achieve better outcomes and accelerate the changes to our ways of working which are required to achieve a smaller, more productive and more agile civilian workforce.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 29/04/2024 14:58:52 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1713581

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mefloquine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims have been made by current or former service personnel in respect of adverse effects caused by being prescribed the drug mefloquine, larium, in each of the last three years for which information is available; and of those, how many have been resolved.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	23368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department has been notified of a total of 686 common law claims relating to the alleged adverse effects of Lariam. A breakdown of claims in each of the last three years is not readily available, however, most the claims were notified prior to April 2021. The Ministry of Defence continues to resolve claims wherever possible.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 29/04/2024 14:58:04 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1713016

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been paid to (a) Harland and Wolff and (b) Navantia UK under the Fleet Solid Support programme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	23149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave to the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey) on 23 April 2024 to Question 22462.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 29/04/2024 14:15:40 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name UIN 22462.docx title Fleet Solid Support Ships
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1713049

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AWACS: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made on the E7 Wedgetail project.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	23108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The E-7 Wedgetail Programme submitted its Full Business Case as planned in March 2024 which will target an approval in 2024. The modification of the three E-7 Wedgetail aircraft continues at STS Aviation, Birmingham Airport, targeting an In-Service Date with the RAF in 2025.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 29/04/2024 14:27:24 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1713050

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made on the Fleet Solid Support Ship project.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	23109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The production of the first Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ship is expected to begin in 2025. Progress continues on design work, mobilisation of the supply chain and recapitalisation of the facilities at Harland &amp; Wolff.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 29/04/2024 14:27:41 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1713051

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made on the Future Combat Air System programme.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	23110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>When I last provided an update to the House in December 2023, the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) Treaty had been signed in Tokyo with our international partners Japan and Italy. This laid the ground for the legal entity of the GCAP International Government Organisation (GIGO). The Treaty has since been laid before UK Parliament, as part of its formal ratification process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 29/04/2024 14:11:01 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1713165

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Lossiemouth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at RAF Lossiemouth.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	23283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>As at 1 January 2024, there were 2,310 UK Armed Forces Service personnel stationed at RAF Lossiemouth.</p><p> </p><p>Please note the following caveats:</p><p> </p><ol><li>All UK Forces Service personnel comprises UK Regular Forces, Gurkhas, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel , Volunteer Reserve, Serving Regular Reserve, Sponsored Reserve, and Full-Time Reserve Service (FTRS) of unknown origin. University Officer Cadets are excluded. The figure includes trained and untrained personnel.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>The figure has been rounded to the nearest 10. However, numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 26/04/2024 13:20:07 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1713167

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Research
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 for research and development has not been allocated.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	23101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>All R&amp;D funding is allocated to Top Level Budgets (TLBs) as part of the annual budget cycle. At the start of this financial year, 25% of R&amp;D spending is currently committed, with the remainder uncommitted to enable flexibility and for budget holders to invest strategically in key programmes. This is consistent with the approach taken over previous three years, where all R&amp;D funding has been committed by the end of each financial year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 29/04/2024 14:27:09 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1713168

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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, with reference to the Government's press release entitled, PM to announce largest-ever military aid package to Ukraine on visit to Poland, published on 23 April 2024, when the first deliveries of military support under the package will take place.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	23102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>This latest military aid package to Ukraine, the most comprehensive so far, covering the land, sea and air environments, will be delivered over the next few months. It will be delivered as quickly as possible, in accordance with priorities agreed with Ukrainian partners.</p><p>For operational security reasons, we generally do not comment on the progress of our deliveries, as to do so would risk both lives and the effectiveness of the aid.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 26/04/2024 10:08:07 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1713169

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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, with reference to the Government's press release entitled, PM to announce largest-ever military aid package to Ukraine on visit to Poland, published on 23 April 2024, what types of (a) armoured and (b) all-terrain vehicles his Department will supply to Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	23103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>We will provide over 400 vehicles to Ukraine, consisting of 160 protected mobility Husky vehicles; 162 armoured vehicles comprised of further AS90 155mm artillery guns and Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked); and 78 all-terrain vehicles made up of Bv-206 and Viking.</p><p>These will provide much needed additional artillery support, reconnaissance capabilities, and amphibious mobility to support development of the Ukrainian marine corps.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 26/04/2024 10:08:35 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey