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1141908

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government by how much (1) the Royal Navy, (2) the army, and (3) the Royal Air Force, are under strength.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The current strength of the Armed Forces as at 1 April 2019 is give<ins class="ministerial">n</ins> in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Service</p></td><td><p>Trained Strength</p></td><td><p>Workforce Requirement</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Navy/Royal Marines</p></td><td><p>29,224</p></td><td><p>30,568</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>75,070</p></td><td><p>82,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Air Force</p></td><td><p>30,010</p></td><td><p>31,756</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Trained Strength comprises military personnel who have completed Phase 1 and 2 training for Royal Navy/Royal Marines, the Army (prior to 1 October 2016) and the Royal Air Force. Following the change in definition of trained strength for Army, from 1 October 2016, trained strength for the Army comprises of personnel who have completed Phase 1 training.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence remains committed to maintaining the overall size of the Armed Forces and we have a range of measures under way to improve recruitment and retention. The challenge is kept under constant review.</p><p>Importantly the Services continue to meet all their current commitments, keeping the country and its interests safe.</p><p> </p><p>The strength of the Armed Forces is published every three months and can be found in the UK Armed Forces Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2019</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 02/08/2019 13:21:39 question first ministerially corrected 20/08/2019 11:14:54 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie previous answer version 132042 answering member printed Baroness Goldie answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

1220859

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aircraft
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration, if any, was given to (1) replacing, or (2) refurbishing, the Vigilant airframes; and if any such consideration was given, why were both options rejected.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Garden of Frognal
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Officials have now developed a number of options to be considered. The full financial and legal implications of these options are being explored so that the Defence Secretary can decide how to proceed. Work on this is continuing at pace both in the Ministry of Defence and across Government.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Vigilant T1 originally had an Out-of-Service Date of 2019; this was brought forward to May 2018 in order to refocus resource for the benefit of the Cadets, extending the life of the Viking conventional glider and investing in the wider Air Cadet Aerospace Offer.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The glider recovery programme from 2014-2018 covering both Viking Conventional glider and Vigilant motor-glider was subject to routine investment appraisal processes. This showed that substantial operational, technical and commercial negotiations with a range of aerospace leaders in this field had failed to find a value for money approach to successfully repair and recover or replace all the gliders. Therefore, in line with the available technical and commercial capacity the value for money was in restructuring the Aerospace Offer for cadets.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The recovery programme of both glider types was resourced within wider support contracts which also supported the operation of the active fleets with Volunteer Gliding Squadrons. Consequently, we cannot separately identify the resource used for the recovery of the six Vigilant airframes which were successfully recovered prior to the Out-of-Service date.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Vigilant fleet was disposed of to Aerobility. I am withholding the value of the disposal sale as it would prejudice commercial interests.</ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 13/07/2020 10:59:00 question first ministerially corrected 17/07/2020 13:31:41 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie previous answer version 36431 answering member printed Baroness Goldie answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal

1222208

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Domestic Abuse
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many reports of domestic abuse (1) the Royal Military Police, (2) the Royal Air Force Police, and (3) the Royal Navy Police, dealt with in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018, (e) 2019, and (f) 2020 to date.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tunnicliffe
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>There is no statutory offence of ‘domestic abuse’ and actions amounting to it could be recorded under a number of offences such as Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH), Actual Bodily Harm (ABH), Common Assault or sexual offences. Furthermore, within military police crime-recording systems, the categorisation of whether an incident involves ‘domestic violence’ or not, is not a mandatory field, meaning that the figures provided are indicative only.</p><p> </p><p>The first document provided gives figures for the number of reported offences for each Service for the years 2015-2020 to date where the incident has been categorised as involving domestic violence. The second document provided gives figures for each Service for the years 2015-2020 to date, for the number of GBH, ABH, and Common Assault offences. The noble Lord should note that in both of the documents, the figures given are for reported offences – that is, to say an allegation has been made. These figures do not relate to charges brought or court convictions.</p><p> </p><p>An average time cannot be given regarding the Chain of Command (CoC) reporting such incidents to the Service Police. Every case would require examination to determine when it was reported to the Service Police and not every investigation file may contain the date when an incident was originally reported to the CoC. Therefore, we would not be able to provide a complete answer and what we could provide could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>However where reported to the CoC, any incident of domestic abuse must be reported to the Service Police no later than 24 hours after the incident has occurred. Further to this, a referral to the Welfare Service must be made in any situation involving domestic abuse or similar allegations.</p><p>Whilst there are no houses on the defence estate dedicated specifically for survivors of domestic abuse, support is provided through a suite of policies which seek to provide housing options for families in times of estrangement.</p><p> </p><p>Short term accommodation for welfare or compassionate reasons is administered by Service welfare associations. Tri-Service accommodation policy requires the provision of welfare houses at each designated establishment, scaled to reflect density of Service population. Unit welfare staff, in conjunction with civilian police and local authorities assess whether utilisation of such are in the best interests of safeguarding abuse survivors, and may provide alternative accommodation (through local authority or charitable provision) if distance between perpetrator and survivor is required.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD is currently reviewing the tri-service policy on domestic abuse with the help of leading charity Hestia, who sit alongside MOD on the Employer’s Initiative on Domestic Abuse. It is intended that this policy apply to the whole force – civilians, contractors and the single Services. The review will also focus on the availability of accommodation for survivors, taking advice from the domestic abuse charity Standing Together. MOD intends to refresh and re-launch the policy towards the end of 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD continually monitors whole force data on domestic abuse for prevalence and risk factors – this has been of particular focus during the Covid-19 pandemic. This data is disseminated and discussed within the MOD Domestic Abuse Stakeholder Forum the Domestic Abuse Working Group (DAWG), which meets quarterly. The DAWG seeks advice and guidance from national domestic abuse charities like Hestia, Aurora New Dawn and the Employer’s Initiative on Domestic Abuse, resulting in continual policy improvement.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie attachment 1 file name 20200710_PQ 07865 - Domestic Violence Tick Box.xlsx title HL6648 - AF Domestic Violence Tick Box 2 file name 20200710_PQ_07865_Figures for ABH-GBH-Common Assault (1).xlsx title HL6648 - AF Common Assault Data question first answered 16/07/2020 15:11:17 question first ministerially corrected 16/07/2020 15:51:00 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie previous answer version 37799 answering member printed Baroness Goldie answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	3671 label Biography information for Lord Tunnicliffe

1461076

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Procurement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent progress they have made on delivering outstanding Ajax armoured vehicles.
	tabling member printed	Lord Coaker
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL41
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">I refer the Noble Lord to the written statement (HCWS739) made by my hon. Friend the Minister for Defence Procurement (Jeremy Quin) in the House of Commons on 29 March 2022. </del><ins class="ministerial">I refer the Noble Lord to the written statement (HCWS42) made by my hon. Friend the Minister for Defence Procurement (Jeremy Quin) in the House of Commons on 19 May 2022.</ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 23/05/2022 15:37:55 question first ministerially corrected 24/05/2022 10:29:40 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie attachment 1 file name HCWS42 - Ajax Update.docx title Ajax Update previous answer version 2074 answering member printed Baroness Goldie answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie attachment 1 file name HCWS 739.docx title Armoured Cavalry Programme: Ajax Update
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1140651

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Middle East: Shipping
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of the United States about the plans, outlined by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on 9 July, to create a multinational military coalition to safeguard the waters around Iran and Yemen; and what assessment they have made of the practicality of those proposals.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The UK is part of ongoing conversations with international allies including the US on how best we can ensure maritime security in the Gulf and protect freedom of navigation. Work to assess the practicality of any proposals continues in parallel with the ongoing conversations with our partners.</p><p> </p><p>Freedom of navigation is in every nation's interest. It is therefore unacceptable to illegally seize a ship going about legitimate business in an internationally recognised shipping lane.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We continue to work for stability in the region with the international community and uphold the international rules that protect us all.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 02/08/2019 12:10:37 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1141546

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) men, and (2) women, are in the British army.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>As at 1 April 2019, there were 74,940 male and 7,510 female personnel in the Regular Army and Gurkha population, and 25,400 male and 4,060 female personnel in the Army Reserve.</p><p> </p><p>Notes/Caveats:</p><p> </p><p>The Figures are for trained and untrained Regular and Gurkha personnel excluding Full Time Reserve Service.</p><p> </p><p>Reserve figures are taken from the FR20 population consisting of Group A Army Reserves, some Sponsored Reserves and those personnel serving on FTRS contracts who were previously Army Reservists.</p><p> </p><p>Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 02/08/2019 12:15:20 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

1141547

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army Reserve
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people there are in the Army Reserve in (1) Wales, (2) Scotland, (3) Northern Ireland, and (4) England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>As at 1 April 2019, there were an estimated 1,720 Reserve personnel stationed in Wales, 4,140 in Scotland, 1,950 in Northern Ireland and 21,440 in England.</p><p>These figures are based on stationed locations, and not on residence or nationality.</p><p>Figures are taken from the Future Reserve 2020 population, which consists of Group A Army Reserves, some Sponsored Reserves and those personnel serving on Full Time Reserve Service contracts who were previously Army Reservists.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 02/08/2019 12:10:19 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

1141571

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Warships: Decommissioning
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many de-commissioned (1) destroyers, and (2) frigates, remain in the ownership of the Ministry of Defence; and how many of those, if any, could be returned to service.
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence owns no decommissioned destroyers or frigates; therefore, none are available to be returned to service.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 02/08/2019 12:10:49 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

1141907

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Regiment of Scotland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government by how much the battalions of the Royal Regiment of Scotland are under strength.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The current strength against workforce requirement for the battalions of the Royal Regiment of Scotland can be found in the table.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Strength and workforce requirement of the battalions of The Royal Regiment of Scotland:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>The Royal Regiment of Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Strength</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Workforce Requirement</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regular Battalions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>743</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Reserve Battalions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (incl. band)</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>468</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>51st Highland, 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (incl. band)</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>468</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> <strong>Notes/Caveats: </strong></strong></p><p> </p><p>Strength figures have been provided by Defence Statistics, whilst Workforce Requirement is a single service estimate.</p><p> </p><p>Regular battalions will include some Trained Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) (Full Commitment).</p><p> </p><p>Reserve battalions will include Trained FTRS (Home Commitment), FTRS (Full Commitment), Trained Volunteer Reservists and some Regular personnel.</p><p> </p><p>The Highland and Lowland bands are included with the Reserve battalions.</p><p><br>Strength figures have been rounded to the nearest 10; numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 02/08/2019 12:15:05 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

1141909

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) Royal Navy, (2) army, and (3) Royal Air Force, recruits there were in each of the last five years for which records are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The number of recruits joining the Armed Forces in the last five years is given in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>12 Months Ending</strong></td><td><strong>31 March 2015</strong></td><td><strong>31 March 2016</strong></td><td><strong>31 March 2017</strong></td><td><strong>31 March 2018</strong></td><td><strong>31 March 2019</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Tri-Service</td><td>12,980</td><td>13,796</td><td>13,383</td><td>12,359</td><td>12,485</td></tr><tr><td>Royal Navy/Royal Marines</td><td>2,933</td><td>2,997</td><td>3,045</td><td>3,042</td><td>3,143</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>8,165</td><td>8,600</td><td>8,294</td><td>7,217</td><td>6,985</td></tr><tr><td>Royal Air Force</td><td>1,882</td><td>2,199</td><td>2,044</td><td>2,100</td><td>2,357</td></tr></tbody></table><p>UK Regular Forces includes trained and untrained UK Regulars, excludes Gurkhas, Military Provost Guard Service, Locally Engaged Personnel, Volunteer Reserve, Serving Regular Reserve, Sponsored Reserve, and Full Time Reserve Service.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Armed Forces recruitment figures are published in the Armed Forces Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2019</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 02/08/2019 13:36:38 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem