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1507338

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	USA: Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment the potential impact on British Army personnel of possible exposure to dangerous levels of contaminated water at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina between 1953 and 1987.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	53487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>An initial check of Army historical records has given no indication that Army personnel routinely trained at Camp Lejeune.</p><p> </p><p>If any UK Armed Forces veteran believes there is evidence that they were affected by this issue they can apply for War Pension Scheme Compensation via the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton question first answered 25/10/2022 10:22:08 answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

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

1485999

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	Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he expects day-to-day departmental spending to fall in real terms by the end of the 2022-23 Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	30098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department received a revised settlement of RDEL following the Spending Review 21 last autumn, which noted the cost pressures on the Department as a result of changes in the economic forecast.</p><p> </p><p>The department has measures in place to limit the impacts including the forward purchase of foreign exchange, firm price contracts and purchase of long-lead items. The potential effects of the current levels of inflation on our pay and programmes remain under continuous review.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 11/07/2022 14:35:39 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1464885

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions a call out relating to a fault in armed forces accommodation resulted in a wait of more than one month for the repair to be completed in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	6874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>We are reviewing information sources. I will write to the hon. Gentleman in due course and place a copy of my response in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 26/05/2022 08:11:03 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1464727

registered interest
date	20/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	EU Defence Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the EU's Action Plan on Military Mobility.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	5673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>As a non-EU country, the UK is not subject to the EU’s Action Plan on Military Mobility but works closely with European partners on military mobility issues through NATO and the Northern Group. Moving military personnel and assets across Europe quickly and efficiently remains important, and the UK supports broader efforts that are coherent with NATO’s and the Northern Group’s.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 25/05/2022 15:03:30 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1464197

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the potential cost savings of reducing the armed forces by up to 10,000 personnel by 2025.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	4660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>Whilst the Regular Army reorganises to its new structure of 73,000, naturally this will result in workforce cost savings. The reduction of the Army to 73,000 by 2025 has been estimated to present £3.9 billion in savings over the 10 years following the financial year 2021-22.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is delivering record investment in the Army, providing £41.3 billion in support of existing platforms and new equipment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 25/05/2022 15:23:14 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1462502

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armoured vehicles of each type are (a) in the service with the Army and (b) fit for purpose as of 12 May 2022.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	1287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 7 March 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-01/132161" target="_blank">132161</a> to the Rt hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (Mr Healey).</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 19/05/2022 10:10:47 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name UIN 132161.docx title Armoured Fighting Vehicles
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1462503

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the percentage shortfalls are for each pinch point trade in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force (i) as of 12 May 2022 and (ii) in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	1288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>In 2015 Ministers agreed that the Ministry of Defence (MOD) would no longer release detailed information on Pinch Points into the public domain as it could be of advantage to potential adversaries and thereby impact national security. MOD provides broad information on skills gaps as part of the Annual Report and Accounts each year, the latest edition of which can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-defence-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 19/05/2022 10:02:39 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1462504

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the deployable strength of the Army (a) as of 12 May 2022 and (b) in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	1289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>Not all members of the Army are employed in deployable posts – those in staff roles or in training establishments, for example, would be included in the headline strength of the Army but would not be counted as deployable. Similarly, Reservists would not be included in the headline strength of the Army but many will be deployable if mobilised.</p><p> </p><p>The “deployable” strength of the Army is perhaps best captured by the strength of the Field Army, which is summarised as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Deployable strength within FD Army</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2022</p></td><td><p>45,178</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2021</p></td><td><p>46,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2020</p></td><td><p>42,291</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2019</p></td><td><p>42,739</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2018</p></td><td><p>42,391</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 19/05/2022 10:19:50 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1462506

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) longest, (b) shortest and (c) average period of time taken was to make repairs to an armed forces accommodation property after a call out in the last period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	1290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>The longest, shortest and average period of time taken to make repairs to a Service Family Accommodation between November 2021 and March 2022 are shown below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Longest 234 days (in respect to repairing a damaged fence)</p><p> </p><p>Shortest 21 minutes</p><p> </p><p>Average 15.9 days</p><p> </p><p>The Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS) Accommodation contracts came into effect on 1 April 2022. In developing the new FDIS Accommodation contracts DIO collaborated closely with key stakeholders, including the Single Services and the Families Federations, to ensure that Service families’ needs are fully considered and an improved ‘lived experience’ is provided.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 19/05/2022 10:13:32 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone