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1714528

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
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, when he expects the Army to have stood up the Army Trials Unit.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	23987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>It is expected that the Army Trials Unit will be established in September 2024, and fully operational by January 2025. The Commanding Officer, in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, will be appointed in accordance with normal boarding protocols at the Army Personnel Centre in the coming months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 23988 question first answered 08/05/2024 12:43:01 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1657982

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
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, whether it remains his Department's policy to reduce the full time strength of the British Army to 73,000 by 2025.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	197344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>Yes. The Army is continuing to implement Future Soldier which will see a whole force of over 100,000 comprising of 73,000 Regular Service Personnel and 30,100 Army Reserve.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 07/09/2023 13:40:22 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1654432

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	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Defence’s response to a more contested and volatile world, published on 18 July 2023, CP 901, whether it remains his policy to field a modern warfighting division by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	194982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>Yes. I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 4 July 2023, tom Question 191023.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 04/09/2023 13:06:53 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1643876

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	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many infantry battalions the Army has; and how many of them have (a) protected and (b) unprotected armour.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	188839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>The British Army currently has 30 regular infantry battalions; nine with either armoured or protected mobility vehicles and 21 without. These 21 units sit within Light or Air Manoeuvre Brigades however, also includes Ranger, Security Force Assistance and Experimentation units.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 21/06/2023 12:31:43 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1643885

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	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many combat support enablers the Army has.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	188873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The British Army classifies Engineers and Artillery as Combat Support. As part of the Army's deployable force, there are currently 12 regular and seven Reserve Royal Artillery Regiments and 12 regular and four Reserve Royal Engineer Regiments, plus five Works Groups.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 20/06/2023 10:15:08 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1643402

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
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, whether he plans to update his Department's publication entitled Future Soldier: Transforming the British Army.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	188673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The Army is continuing to implement <em>Future Soldier.</em> This has remained, and will remain, under review as Defence continues to ensure its personnel numbers and force design are fit for purpose. Any specific changes, including whether an update to the Future Soldier guide is required, will be determined following the refresh of the Defence Command Paper.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 19/06/2023 13:27:30 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1520500

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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, whether he has any plans to reverse the reduction in Army numbers to 73,000 by 2025.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	60941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The 2021 Integrated Review and Defence Command Paper made clear that we must focus on capabilities rather than troop numbers. Through Future Soldier, the Army will have a whole force of over 100,000 comprising of 73,000 Regular Service Personnel and 30,100 Army Reserve.</p><p> </p><p>The Army is re-organising and re-equipping to face future threats, however, as the Secretary of State has stated, as the threat changes, we need to change with it. In line with the agile planning and delivery mechanisms developed following the Integrated Review, Defence will continue to review our capabilities and readiness levels accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>Any specific policy changes required for Defence will be determined once the Government's update of the Integrated Review has concluded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 18/10/2022 14:29:42 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1520015

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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 assessment has he made of (a) the size of the Army's current stockpiles of artillery shells and (b) the Army's ability to fulfil the UK's NATO commitments to allies such as Estonia.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	59439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Army continually manages and reviews all of its stocks of weapons and munitions. Due to the classification of these assessments, it is inappropriate to give the detail in this forum.</p><p>We remain fully committed to collective defence through NATO and other multinational readiness forces, as demonstrated by our deployments to Estonia and the announcement, at the NATO Summit in Madrid, of the 1* UK Headquarters in Estonia.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 18/10/2022 12:32:50 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1434249

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
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 his timeframe is for the planned warfighting division to meet (a) initial and (b) full operating capability.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	127277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>The British Army already has a warfighting Division, the 3rd(UK) Divsion, with Challenger 2 and Warrior as its core capabilities. Future Soilder will see this Divsion modernised by 2030 with a variety of new capabilities built around a digitally networked combination of Ajax,Boxer, Challenger 3,AH64E, long range, precesion fires and un-crewed aeriel systems.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 25/02/2022 15:01:34 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1327536

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
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,with reference to the Command Paper 411 entitled Defence in a competitive age, published March 2021, which infantry battalion will be be deleted as part of his Department’s defence plans.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	6189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>As the Secretary of State said in his statement to the House on 22 March, the new structures planned for the Army will require fewer units. Therefore, 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment will be amalgamated with the 1st Battalion to form a new Boxer-mounted battalion.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 27/05/2021 10:29:29 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey