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1683640

registered interest
date	19/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the headcount was of the (a) Intelligence Corps, (b) Parachute Regiment and (c) Royal Marine Commando Forces in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	10655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the hon. Member's questions. I will write to her when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 10656 10657 10658 10872 10873 question first answered 24/01/2024 15:36:56 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1673535

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
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 page 218 of the publication entitled Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2022–23, what recent estimate his Department has made of when it will complete a pan-Defence whole force skills picture.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>Defence is working to implement the Pan Defence Skills Framework (PDSF) as a new Whole Force approach to identifying, defining, and managing the skills of Defence's people and their associated roles. The PDSF will be used by Regular and Reserve Armed Forces personnel as well as Civil Servants, giving Defence a Whole Force view of the skills we have and allowing us to identify the areas where we need to focus our resources.</p><p>The PDSF will also enable us to better recognise skills, as recommended in the Haythornthwaite Review into Armed Forces Incentivisation, to be able to better reward Armed Forces personnel for the skills they hold. Extensive work is currently underway to codify the skills we have in Defence. The PDSF project team expect to begin a phased roll-out of the PDSF through 2024 and we anticipate the whole Defence force will be incorporated by 30 March 2025.</p><p>As we move forward, the data provided by the PDSF will facilitate flexible deployment, zig-zag careers, lateral entry, empowered careers and will introduce more transparency to appraisal and promotion. It will ultimately enable teams to deploy personnel where they are needed most, helping Defence create the fighting force the nation needs for the future.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 06/12/2023 12:33:13 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1672216

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
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 page 75 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, what steps he is taking to increase the maturity of second line of defence activities in front line commands.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	3122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) follows the Code of Good Practice for corporate governance in central government departments and undertakes regular reviews of its governance structure to ensure it remains fit for purpose for managing delivery and performance.</p><p> </p><p>The Lead Non-Executive Director assesses Board performance each year and the department has challenge functions for its senior committees to help bring diversity of thought to decision making. The department also undertakes regular reviews of its Operating Model. The Defence Operating Model outlines the roles, responsibilities, authorities and accountabilities across Defence and the key delivery, decision-making, management and assurance processes.</p><p> </p><p>The Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 pages 72 to 76 details how risks are managed within the department. The Defence Command Paper Refresh (DCPR) published on 18 July 2023 sets out Defence’s priority to embed a sophisticated approach to managing risk through a significant improvement programme. This will align the Department’s risks with the commitments outlined in the DCPR, Defence Strategy and wider cross-government priorities, providing a clear line of sight from Board level risks through to all disaggregated levels of departmental risks. The Defence Board and the Defence Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee (DARAC) have approved the improvement programme and have oversight of delivery. These changes will be delivered across whole Defence enterprise, including functions and front-line commands. MOD continues to mature the operation of its functions, in support of the wider development of the Government’s Functional model.</p><p> </p><p>Improvement activities as set out in the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 on page 76 include maturing the annual assurance reporting process, refreshing the risk management framework for the Department, strengthening the three Lines of Defence model to clarify the accountabilities and governance requirements for each line, and developing a risk-based assurance map. These improvements will integrate assurance across the three Lines of Defence, ensuring assurance activities remain proportionate to the level of risk in the department and its risk appetite.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 3121 3123 3125 3426 question first answered 26/01/2024 14:35:32 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1668135

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
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 the policy paper entitled Agency and Agility: Incentivising people in a new era - a review of UK Armed Forces incentivisation, published on 19 June 2023, whether he plans to publish an update on the implementation of that report's recommendations.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The acceptance of the Haythornthwaite Report into Armed Forces Incentivisation, and the subsequent Defence Command Paper refresh in summer 2023, provided a clear mandate to drive and deliver change in how the Armed Forces recruits and retains its people. <br> <br> Modernising a base-fed model designed in the 1950s is a complicated task but the Defence People function has begun a substantial work programme to support it. Much progress is already being made and the Department has been capturing and aligning that work as well as beginning several distinct programmes regarded as key priorities; either enabling projects to lay the foundations of future work or realising change in the short term.</p><p> </p><p>Priorities for the coming months include designing the first elements of a trial to explore a ‘Total Reward Approach’, exploring flexible terms and conditions of service through the development of a ‘Spectrum of Service’ and the optimisation of the myriad of policies and processes.</p><p> </p><p>A formal and more detailed Government Response, which will include proposals for the legislative approach, will be published in the New Year.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 467 469 470 471 472 915 question first answered 15/11/2023 15:50:47 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1654433

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
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 paragraph 12 of Defence’s response to a more contested and volatile world, published on 18 July 2023, CP 901, what the difference in force levels is between DCP 21 and DCP23.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	194983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>DCP23 states that Defence will maintain force levels broadly at the levels announced in DCP21.</p><p>The last quarterly update of service personnel statistics was released on 22 June 23.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2023</a></p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 06/09/2023 15:03:31 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1653912

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
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 the full-time trained strength of the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force will be in 2025.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	194664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>The Defence Comand Paper Refresh confirmed that the size of the Armed Forces would remain at its previously planned size, as outlined in Defence Comman Paper 2021.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 06/09/2023 16:25:02 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1647566

registered interest
date	23/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces
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 merits of creating a specialist counter-insurgency force.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	190976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>We will continue to develop our force structure and capabilities to allow us to contribute to addressing the full range of potential threats, including those from insurgents, to ensure we can both defend, deter and compete across all domains alongside our allies and partners.</p><p>Any specific policy changes or updates to force structure will be determined once the update to the Defence Command Paper has concluded.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 29/06/2023 09:08:20 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1645956

registered interest
date	20/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces
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 June 2023 to Question 188662 on F-35 Aircraft: Crew, for what reason concerns over the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces did not apply to his answer to Question 209 at the meeting of the Defence Select Committee of 2 November 2022 on the US, UK and NATO, HC 184.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	190253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>As any given capability reaches the point where it is regularly in the hands of the frontline, the risk that sharing Force Growth Factors that might be of interest to adversaries increases.</p><p> </p><p>Consequently, having reviewed the operational capability that the frontline Lightning F-35 Force is now delivering, we will in future no longer place in public record the pilot numbers and other operational metrics. This is in line with other established frontline fleets.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 26/06/2023 13:44:50 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1643633

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to ensure the consistent implementation of adequate risk management processes for vulnerable service personnel.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	188967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>Across the Armed Forces, there are extensive medical and welfare systems that offer support for those in need, provided by the Chain of Command, medical staff, welfare and pastoral staff. The Ministry of Defence also works closely with the National Health Service, the Defence Medical Services, Service charities, third parties and the single Services to provide 24-hour mental health services accessible for all Armed Forces personnel. This includes a 24-hour mental health helpline, funded by Defence, and delivered by Combat Stress.</p><p>Each Service also has dedicated suicide and self-harm policies and risk management procedures tailored to their specific nature, all of which are regularly reviewed and updated. This includes Vulnerability Risk Management training.</p><p>The Armed Forces Suicide Prevention Strategy and Action Plan, published in April 2023, also seeks to enhance organisational processes to support those at risk.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 20/06/2023 10:08:18 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1641541

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces
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 estimate of the potential savings of reducing the armed forces by 10,000 personnel in each year until 2030-31.
tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
tabling member printed	Richard Foord
uin	187508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is already committed to a reduction in Regular military personnel as part of the restructuring of the Armed Forces following the 2021 Integrated Spending Review. This restructuring presents Defence with the opportunity to undertake the modernisation required to meet all of their current commitments, keep the country safe, and deliver a force that is fit for the challenges of the future. The Government remains committed to ensuring that this country has the world class Armed Forces that it needs and deserves, with an extra £11 billion recently allocated over the next five years that will provide improved resilience and readiness for the military.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 07/06/2023 09:57:21 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4942 label Biography information for Richard Foord