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450713

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
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 additional capabilities the Joint Force 2025 will provide to the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	25869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>Joint Force 2025 is about rebalancing our Armed Forces to strengthen the front line and maintain our military advantage. It will ensure that the Armed Forces are able to tackle a wider range of more sophisticated potential adversaries.</p><p>Joint Force 2025 will be able to deploy a larger force more quickly or undertake a large number of smaller operations simultaneously and will include enhanced Counter Terrorism capabilities; more fighter jet squadrons; new Protector armed remotely piloted aircraft; Maritime Patrol Aircraft; increased Carrier capability and readily deployable STRIKE brigades. Joint Force 2025 will also benefit from greater investment in new areas of capability such as cyber and space.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/02/2016 16:29:46 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

450717

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
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 effect of the Strategic Defence and Security Review on the future size and power of the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	25889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>By 2025 we will have a highly capable expeditionary force of around 50,000. Joint Force 2025 will enable our Armed Forces to project power, deploy quickly and for longer periods and make the best use of new technology. We are investing in our front line by spending £178 billion over the next decade on equipment. We have committed to protecting the size of the Armed Forces by increasing the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force by a total of 700 personnel and not reducing the Army below 82,000.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 09/02/2016 16:30:22 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

449172

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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 what was the size of the armed forces on 31 December in (1) 2009, (2) 2010, (3) 2011, (4) 2012, (5) 2013, (6) 2014, and (7) 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL5682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested. However, the table below shows the total number of UK Forces Service personnel, the number of Regular personnel and the number of Volunteer Reserve personnel as at 1 April each year for the years 2009 to 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to 1 April 2012 statistics for UK Forces Service Personnel were not held in a format suitable to answer the question. However some of this information is available on line at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140116142443/http:/www.dasa.mod.uk/index.php/publications/personnel/military/quarterly-personnel-report" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/personnel/military/quarterly-personnel-report</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>UK FORCES SERVICE PERSONNEL<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK REGULAR FORCES<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>VOLUNTEER RESERVE<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2009</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>188,600</p></td><td><p>34,790 e</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2010</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>191,710</p></td><td><p>33,490 e</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2011</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>186,360</p></td><td><p>31,260 e</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2012</p></td><td><p>221,330</p></td><td><p>179,800</p></td><td><p>31,310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2013</p></td><td><p>211,340</p></td><td><p>170,710</p></td><td><p>30,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2014</p></td><td><p>198,810</p></td><td><p>159,630</p></td><td><p>28,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2015</p></td><td><p>195,690</p></td><td><p>153,720</p></td><td><p>31,260</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>Volunteer Reserve includes mobilised volunteer reserves, High Readiness Reserves and those volunteer reserves serving on Full Time Reserve Service and Additional Duties Commitments, Non Regular Permanent Staff and Expeditionary Forces Institute. Sponsored Reserves and University Officer Cadets are excluded.</li></ol><p> </p><ol><li>UK Forces Service Personnel comprises UK Regular Forces, Gurkhas, Military Provost Guard Service, Locally Engaged Personnel, Volunteer Reserve, Serving Regular Reserve, Sponsored Reserve, and FTRS of unknown origin. University Officer Cadets are excluded. Unless otherwise stated, includes trained and untrained personnel.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="3"><li>UK Regular Forces Full-time trained and untrained personnel and excludes Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) and reservists.</li></ol><p> </p><p><strong>Rounding</strong></p><p> </p><p>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, though numbers ending in a “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent the systematic bias caused by always rounding numbers upwards.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Symbols</strong></p><p>e – estimate</p><p>.. – Not Available</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL5683 HL5684 question first answered 10/02/2016 17:35:49 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

432683

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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 he plans the force generation ratios to be for the expeditionary force of 50,000 personnel announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	17846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>In the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 (Cm9161) we have increased our ambition so that for Joint Force 2025 we will be able to deploy an expeditionary force of around 50,000 including greater contributions from the air and maritime domain. This is is the largest scale operation that Defence plans to be able to deliver whilst continuing to conduct a range of concurrent &quot;fixed&quot; tasks such as defending the homeland, running military bases and training our military personnel. The scale and nature of the deployment means that there is no specific force generation ratio associated with it.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 03/12/2015 16:22:31 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

432684

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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, from which branches of the armed forces the 10,000 military personnel on standby to assist civil authorities in case of significant terrorist incidents referred to in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 are to be drawn.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	17847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>Of the 10,000 military personnel on standby in the UK, some units are placed on standby on a rolling basis, while others have specific geographic responsibilities which they meet from their available manpower.</p><p>Military personnel will be drawn from all three Services, with the majority being supplied from the Army.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 17848 question first answered 04/12/2015 14:32:26 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

432685

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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 he plans the force generation ratios to be for the 10,000 military personnel on standby to assist civil authorities in case of significant terrorist incidents referred to in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	17848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>Of the 10,000 military personnel on standby in the UK, some units are placed on standby on a rolling basis, while others have specific geographic responsibilities which they meet from their available manpower.</p><p>Military personnel will be drawn from all three Services, with the majority being supplied from the Army.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 17847 question first answered 04/12/2015 14:32:26 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

432698

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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, when he plans for the increase in (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Air Force personnel provided for in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 to take place.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	17875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>On current planning assumptions, the new military personnel numbers provided for in the Strategic Defence and Security Review will begin to come into effect in 2016 and will be achieved by 2022 for the Royal Navy and 2018 for the Royal Air Force.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 03/12/2015 16:31:27 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

432735

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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 plans his Department has to (a) merge and (b) disband military units in implementing Joint Force 2025.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	17959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>There are no plans to merge or disband military units in implementing Joint Force 2025. We are committed to maintaining the size of the regular Armed Forces, not reducing the Army below 82,000, and increasing the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force by a total of 700 personnel.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 03/12/2015 16:29:01 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

425079

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
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 his Department's (a) 2015 and (b) 2020 liability baseline is for service personnel for each top level budget.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	14253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The liability baseline for September 2015 and the predicted liability baseline for April 2020 are shown in the attached tables. This represents the implementation of decisions made in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010 and the three Month Exercise.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 09/11/2015 17:12:11 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon attachment 1 file name Ministry of Defence - 14253 - Predicted Liability Baselines.docx title 14253 - Liability Baselines
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

425084

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
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, if he will place in the Library the most recent quarterly assessment of the Force Elements at Readiness.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	14211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>I am withholding the most recent quarterly assessment of the UK's Force Elements at readiness as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/11/2015 16:13:35 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching