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1714033

registered interest
date	26/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Defence: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister’s defence speech in Warsaw of 23 April 2024, whether the commitment to spend 2.5% of gross domestic product on defence by 2030 has been incorporated into his Department's baseline budgets.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	23832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>We have made a commitment to steadily increase defence spending, reaching 2.5% of GDP in 2030. We have also set out how we are fully funding this increase in defence spending. We will set departmental budgets in the normal way at the next spending review.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 01/05/2024 13:52:17 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1713503

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Harland and Wolff: Export Credit Guarantees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she expects his Department to conclude negotiations with Harland and Wolff on a loan under the Export Development Guarantee Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	23381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>HM Government does not comment on ongoing commercial discussions.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 29/04/2024 12:45:27 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1713507

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the £6.6bn in R&D spend for defence announced in his Department's paper entitled Defence and Security Industrial Strategy: A strategic approach to the UK’s defence and security industrial sectors, CP 410, published in March 2021, is (a) uncommitted and (b) unspent.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	23382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>As part of this Spending Review Period (financial years 2021-22 to 2024-25) the Department established a ringfence of £6.6 billion for R&amp;D across the four years. This was a minimum required spend over the period, rather than a set amount. All R&amp;D funding is allocated to Top Level Budgets (TLBs) as part of the annual budget cycle, and have been able to spend more than the ringfence as long as it is within the Department's overall budget.</p><p>In the first three years of this Spending Review period the department exceeded its targets and spent over £6 billion. Whilst forecasts for R&amp;D spend for this financial year are subject to change, we ultimately expect to comfortably exceed the £6.6 billion ringfenced figure by the end of this financial year.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 01/05/2024 11:15:45 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1713509

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Challenger Tanks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) UK and (b) German content is of the Challenger III main battle tank.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	23383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Challenger 3 Main Battle Tank programme is the first British-built tank in 22 years and supports hundreds of UK jobs in Telford, Gateshead, Bristol and Bovington. Over 60% of the value of the Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) contract will utilise the UK supply chain.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 01/05/2024 11:16:18 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1713510

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) serving personnel and (b) veterans are claiming Universal Credit by local authority for the latest reporting period.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	23384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is not held.</p><p> </p><p>Data is not held on the total number of UC claimants who are currently serving in the Armed Forces or who have served in the past, but data is held on those who have identified themselves so far.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/04/2024 15:22:42 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1713511

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the (a) lethal and (b) non lethal military aid donated to Ukraine since February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	23385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK's support to Ukraine has been and will remain steadfast and we have just announced our largest ever military aid package, which will be delivered over the next few months.</p><p>Since February 2022, we have delivered the following key capabilities. For operational security reasons we are unable to publish the full extent of the information requested. The announcement made by the Prime Minister on Tuesday 23 April is additional to the list below.</p><p>· 1,800 air defence missiles</p><p>· Over 4,000 drones including:</p><p>· Long range attack drones</p><p>· Strategic Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS)</p><p>· Storm Shadow cruise missiles</p><p>· Squadron of 14 Challenger 2 Tanks with thousands of rounds of ammunition, plus armoured recovery and repair vehicles.</p><p>· 50 AS90 self-propelled 155mm guns hundreds of armoured and protected vehicles.</p><p>· 400,000 rounds of artillery ammunition</p><p>· 6 Stormer vehicles fitted with Starstreak launchers</p><p>· Thousands of surface-to-air missiles including HMV Starstreak, LMM Martlet, ASRAAM, AMRAAM and others.</p><p>· More than 10,000 anti-tank weapons (including over 5,000 Next Generation Light Anti-Tank [NLAW] missiles, Javelin, Brimstone and others)</p><p>· Nearly 6 million rounds of small arms ammunition, 2,600 anti-structure munitions and 4.5 tonnes of plastic explosive</p><p>· More than a hundred anti-aircraft guns, self-propelled artillery.</p><p>· Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS)</p><p>· 6 stormer air defence vehicles, using HVM Starstreak missiles.</p><p>· Counter-battery radar systems</p><p>· Communications equipment</p><p>· Electronic warfare equipment</p><p>· Medical equipment</p><p>· 3 Sea King helicopters</p><p>· 140 logisitics vehicles</p><p>· 1,000 VALLON metal detectors and 100 bomb de-arming kits</p><p>· 300 Armoured and protected mobility vehicles</p><p>· Cold weather equipment</p><p>· Body armour and helmets</p><p>· Electricity Generators</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 29/04/2024 16:44:40 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1713167

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget for research and development has not been allocated.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	23101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>All R&amp;D funding is allocated to Top Level Budgets (TLBs) as part of the annual budget cycle. At the start of this financial year, 25% of R&amp;D spending is currently committed, with the remainder uncommitted to enable flexibility and for budget holders to invest strategically in key programmes. This is consistent with the approach taken over previous three years, where all R&amp;D funding has been committed by the end of each financial year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 29/04/2024 14:27:09 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1712725

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Swimming Pools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many swimming pools have been maintained by the (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Marines in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	22845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The Royal Navy maintains three swimming pools across its estate under the Future Maritime Support Programme. The remainder of the swimming pools across the Naval estate are maintained by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 30/04/2024 12:13:29 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1712726

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Swimming Pools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many publicly accessible (a) swimming pools and (b) lidos have been opened in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	22846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>A total of 537 pools and lidos have opened since 2010. This figure does not include education ownership facilities such as school swimming pools. The breakdown of openings since 2010 is as follows:</p><ul><li><p>2010 - 4 lidos and 70 pools</p></li><li><p>2011 - 4 lidos and 46 pools</p></li><li><p>2012 - 4 lidos and 47 pools</p></li><li><p>2013 - 3 lidos and 32 pools</p></li><li><p>2014 - 1 lidos and 26 pools</p></li><li><p>2015 - 3 lidos and 61 pools</p></li><li><p>2016 - 3 lidos and 47 pools</p></li><li><p>2017 - 0 lidos and 22 pools</p></li><li><p>2018 - 2 lidos and 32 pools</p></li><li><p>2019 - 3 lidos and 29 pools</p></li><li><p>2020 - 0 lidos and 20 pools</p></li><li><p>2021 - 0 lidos and 27 pools</p></li><li><p>2022 - 2 lidos and 37 pools</p></li><li><p>2023 - 3 lidos and 9 pools</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 30/04/2024 08:35:15 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1712727

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Marines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the delivery of the Future Commando Force.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	22847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>Commando Forces are deployed globally today, delivering disproportionate impact for a formation of their size, in the High North, Eastern Mediterranean and India-Asia Pacific regions as well as supporting rapid operational feedback and validating lessons from Ukraine.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continually assesses resourcing of all operational capabilities. The Commando Force has delivered significant capability improvements at pace which have already been deployed on operations, with spiral development of key capabilities to retain their operational advantage going forward.</p><p> </p><p>The Commando Force Programme is delivering a transformational change to amphibious operations through two investment increments over the next ten-years that offer political choice at competition, crisis and conflict levels.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 30/04/2024 16:54:48 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey