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1696246

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date	14/03/2024
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, how many personnel in the Armed Forces had (a) four and (b) five years of service in (i) 2023 and (ii) 2024.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	18649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The below table shows the number of personnel within UK Regular forces with the exact Length of Service of four or more years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Four years or more service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>104,630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>105,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>106,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>102,630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024</p></td><td><p>101,430</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The below table shows the number of personnel within UK Regulars with a Length of Service of four and five years, as at 1 January in each year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>4 Years</p></td><td><p>5 Years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>7,100</p></td><td><p>7,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024</p></td><td><p>9,780</p></td><td><p>6,290</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 18648 question first answered 19/03/2024 17:21:54 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

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

1602498

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
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 7 March 2023 to Question 156940 on Armed Forces, if his Department will send the hon. Member for Ealing, Southall a copy of JSP 822.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	161259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>Joint Service Publication (JSP) 822 is available on the gov.uk website and can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jsp-822-governance-and-management-of-defence-individual-training-education-and-skills" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jsp-822-governance-and-management-of-defence-individual-training-education-and-skills</a></p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 13/03/2023 11:51:33 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1177997

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	Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes to the duty of care for armed forces personnel have been introduced under the Defence Safety Authority since 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	1174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The safety and wellbeing of our personnel remains our top priority. Many elements of our training carry risk, and it is regularly assessed and monitored. The Defence Safety Authority (DSA) works in tandem with the new Director of Health Safety and Environmental Protection (D HS&amp;EP), appointed in March 2019, to assist the Permanent Secretary in discharging his HS&amp;EP responsibilities. Since 2015, the DSA has made a significant contribution to the development of the Ministry of Defence's Safety approach, including:</p><p>a. Supporting the introduction of the Defence Safety &amp; Environmental Committee (DSEC), chaired by the Permanent Secretary, to improve oversight of the duty of care and risk associated with defence activities;</p><p>b. The establishment, in 2016, of a pan-domain standardised approach to Duty Holding for managing hazardous activities that represent a credible and foreseeable Risk to Life. The Duty Holder role being to balance and reduce the risk to as low as reasonably practicable and tolerable with due regard to the strategic benefits required from Defence; and</p><p>c. The publication of new guidance and regulations setting out rules and standards for Defence HS&amp;EP, in line with the Defence Secretary's Policy Statement for all HS&amp;EP matters in Defence. These include chapters on the duty holding construct and duty of care on deployments. Those appropriate for the Gov.uk website are available at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/implementation-of-defence-policy-for-health-safety-and-environmental-protection-dsa-012</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 24/02/2020 14:54:20 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell