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1719623

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date	21/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Multi-role Ocean Surveillance Ships: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled New Golden Age of shipbuilding as new UK-built warships boost Navy building programme to up to 28 ships and submarines, published on 14 May 2024, whether the new Multi-Role Support Ships will be procured via the integrated procurement model.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	27280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Funding for the concept phase of Multi Role Support Ship (MRSS) has been approved by HM Treasury. I can confirm that the platform will be procured through the new Integrated Procurement Model (IPM), which I recently announced. As such, the next step in the programme will be for me to receive and review the Independent Advice Note (IAN) on MRSS which will inform the concept and design phases of the programme. As I said in my Oral Statement of 28<sup>th</sup> February, announcing the IPM, the aim of this note is “to provide a credible second opinion for Ministers to weigh alongside the military’s proposed requirement” (Hansard ref).</p><p> </p><p>The IAN will provide advice on key policy choices, to ensure we set the programme up for success from the off. In particular, this is to core policy issues are transparently considered at the earliest stage, and then locked down as far as possible, so that the remaining procurement stages can proceed at pace, and in a context of underlying policy certainty. Policy areas to be informed by the IAN will include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Industrial options, to be supplemented by in-depth engagement with industry;</li><li>Exportability, enabling any related campaigns to commence at the earliest opportunity, and providing transparency over any potential mismatch between domestic and international market requirements;</li><li>Full cost transparency, including the likely cost of associated and dependent enablers; and</li><li>Technological considerations, informed by wargaming and other evidence.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Advice would draw on expertise from across the Defence Enterprise, including, but not restricted to: DSTL; DE&amp;S; DSE/DBT.</p><p> </p><p>The total programme budget will be allocated on completion of the concept phase. It is too early in that process to have committed expenditure or actual spend.</p><p> </p><p>MRSS will enter service in the early 2030s, providing highly flexible warships, able to deploy on a wider variety of operations. They will be lean-crewed, with the precise crew requirement being confirmed during the concept phase.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 26082 26083 26084 26646 26647 26648 27274 27281 27282 27284 question first answered 24/05/2024 09:52:49 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1719624

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Multi-role Ocean Surveillance Ships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled New Golden Age of shipbuilding as new UK-built warships boost Navy building programme to up to 28 ships and submarines, published on 14 May 2024, what his planned timetable is to launch the competition for the first Multi Role Support Ship.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	27281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Funding for the concept phase of Multi Role Support Ship (MRSS) has been approved by HM Treasury. I can confirm that the platform will be procured through the new Integrated Procurement Model (IPM), which I recently announced. As such, the next step in the programme will be for me to receive and review the Independent Advice Note (IAN) on MRSS which will inform the concept and design phases of the programme. As I said in my Oral Statement of 28<sup>th</sup> February, announcing the IPM, the aim of this note is “to provide a credible second opinion for Ministers to weigh alongside the military’s proposed requirement” (Hansard ref).</p><p> </p><p>The IAN will provide advice on key policy choices, to ensure we set the programme up for success from the off. In particular, this is to core policy issues are transparently considered at the earliest stage, and then locked down as far as possible, so that the remaining procurement stages can proceed at pace, and in a context of underlying policy certainty. Policy areas to be informed by the IAN will include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Industrial options, to be supplemented by in-depth engagement with industry;</li><li>Exportability, enabling any related campaigns to commence at the earliest opportunity, and providing transparency over any potential mismatch between domestic and international market requirements;</li><li>Full cost transparency, including the likely cost of associated and dependent enablers; and</li><li>Technological considerations, informed by wargaming and other evidence.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Advice would draw on expertise from across the Defence Enterprise, including, but not restricted to: DSTL; DE&amp;S; DSE/DBT.</p><p> </p><p>The total programme budget will be allocated on completion of the concept phase. It is too early in that process to have committed expenditure or actual spend.</p><p> </p><p>MRSS will enter service in the early 2030s, providing highly flexible warships, able to deploy on a wider variety of operations. They will be lean-crewed, with the precise crew requirement being confirmed during the concept phase.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 26082 26083 26084 26646 26647 26648 27274 27280 27282 27284 question first answered 24/05/2024 09:52:49 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1719625

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Multi-role Ocean Surveillance Ships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled New Golden Age of shipbuilding as new UK-built warships boost Navy building programme to up to 28 ships and submarines, published on 14 May 2024, what the expected in-service date will be for the first Multi-Role Support Ship.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	27282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Funding for the concept phase of Multi Role Support Ship (MRSS) has been approved by HM Treasury. I can confirm that the platform will be procured through the new Integrated Procurement Model (IPM), which I recently announced. As such, the next step in the programme will be for me to receive and review the Independent Advice Note (IAN) on MRSS which will inform the concept and design phases of the programme. As I said in my Oral Statement of 28<sup>th</sup> February, announcing the IPM, the aim of this note is “to provide a credible second opinion for Ministers to weigh alongside the military’s proposed requirement” (Hansard ref).</p><p> </p><p>The IAN will provide advice on key policy choices, to ensure we set the programme up for success from the off. In particular, this is to core policy issues are transparently considered at the earliest stage, and then locked down as far as possible, so that the remaining procurement stages can proceed at pace, and in a context of underlying policy certainty. Policy areas to be informed by the IAN will include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Industrial options, to be supplemented by in-depth engagement with industry;</li><li>Exportability, enabling any related campaigns to commence at the earliest opportunity, and providing transparency over any potential mismatch between domestic and international market requirements;</li><li>Full cost transparency, including the likely cost of associated and dependent enablers; and</li><li>Technological considerations, informed by wargaming and other evidence.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Advice would draw on expertise from across the Defence Enterprise, including, but not restricted to: DSTL; DE&amp;S; DSE/DBT.</p><p> </p><p>The total programme budget will be allocated on completion of the concept phase. It is too early in that process to have committed expenditure or actual spend.</p><p> </p><p>MRSS will enter service in the early 2030s, providing highly flexible warships, able to deploy on a wider variety of operations. They will be lean-crewed, with the precise crew requirement being confirmed during the concept phase.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 26082 26083 26084 26646 26647 26648 27274 27280 27281 27284 question first answered 24/05/2024 09:52:49 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1719626

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Multi-role Ocean Surveillance Ships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled New Golden Age of shipbuilding as new UK-built warships boost Navy building programme to up to 28 ships and submarines, published on 14 May 2024, where the new Multi-Role Support Ships will be built.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	27283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>As announced by the Secretary of State, it is intended that the Multi Role Support Ships will be built in the UK.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 24/05/2024 11:05:37 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1719216

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Sudan: UN Security Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps his Department has taken in its role as the penholder on Sudan at the United Nations Security Council.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	26957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK uses its position as penholder on Sudan at the UN Security Council to urge the warring parties to secure a ceasefire, allow unhindered humanitarian access, protect civilians and commit to a meaningful peace process. Most recently, the UK has used its position to condemn the escalating violence in El Fasher. The UN Security Council agreed a UK-led press statement on 27 April, calling for de-escalation, and we also called for the Security Council to convene on the deteriorating situation, which it did on 29 April. We will continue to use every available opportunity at the UN to ensure that a spotlight remains on Sudan and to urge the warring parties to end the needless suffering of the Sudanese people.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 24/05/2024 08:31:55 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1718344

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 25 July 2023 to Question 194671, what the Royal Air Force’s recruitment target was for each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	26344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The RAF does not recruit to ‘recruitment targets’ but does recruit to a training requirement, referred to as Into Training Requirement (ITR), that can be adjusted at any time within the recruiting year for internal management purposes. ITR achievement data includes Serving personnel who are changing role and require re-training or further training; for example, individuals who are commissioned from Enlisted Aviators.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, the percentage achievement as measured against ITR intake allocations for RAF Regular personnel, for 12 months ending 31 March for each year is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>87%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>87%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>87%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 20/05/2024 13:28:43 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1718405

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 16 May 2023 to Question 184569 on Ministry of Defence: Data Protection, if he will make an estimate of the number of people affected by personal data incidents.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	26349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 24/05/2024 08:07:37 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1718406

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to join the full time (a) British Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force were received in financial year 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	26350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The number of applications to the UK Armed Forces by Service for Financial Year 2023-24 is due to be published as part of the Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics (SPS) publication; the provisional release date is August 2024. The latest SPS was published 1 January 2024 and can be accessed via the following link: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fquarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2024&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPaul.Carlier927%40mod.gov.uk%7C33e6a18424a44f9a5a5d08dc79934a90%7Cbe7760ed5953484bae95d0a16dfa09e5%7C0%7C0%7C638518920732496632%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=24ZowbUl0PjPqo32Ev07IpXZi7w2kQn0oasLZdzgXGI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2024</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/05/2024 08:51:10 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1718407

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of new recruits joined the (a) British army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force in financial year 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	26351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Intake to the UK Regular Forces by Service for the full 2023-24 Financial Year is due to be published as part of the Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics (SPS); publication is planned for 30 May 2024. The most recent SPS publication, from 1 January 2024, can be accessed via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2024</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/05/2024 08:54:14 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1718416

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when will (a) HMS Albion and (b) HMS Bulwark return to active service.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	26359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave on 17 April 2024 to Question 21289 to the hon. Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Mr Luke Pollard). <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-04-12/21289" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-04-12/21289</a></p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 26358 question first answered 23/05/2024 10:25:30 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey