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1306705

registered interest
date	25/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Russia: China
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Prime Minister last spoke to (1) the President of Russia, and (2) the President of China, about the military presence of those countries within the Arctic Circle; and what discussions they have had with (a) the government of Russia, and (b) the government of China, at any ministerial level about that issue.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL14645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2021 answer text <p>The UK's primary objective in the Arctic is to maintain the region as one characterised by high levels of international cooperation and low tensions. We support the Arctic Council and continue to play an active role in its work as a state observer, and are committed to working with our partners to ensure that increasing access to the region and its resources is managed safely, sustainably and responsibly. Russia and China's military presence in the Arctic has not been part of any recent Prime Ministerial or Ministerial discussions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 01/04/2021 14:53:00 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1306723

registered interest
date	25/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Marines
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the trained personnel strength of the Royal Marines on (1) 1 April 2010, (2) 1 April 2016, and (3) what do they estimate will be the trained personnel strength on 1 April 2025.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL14667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2021 answer text <p>As at 1 January 2021, the current Full Time Trained Strength of the Royal Marines is 5,968. On 1 April 2010 and 1 April 2016, the Full Time Trained Strength of the Royal Marines was 7,082 and 6,921 respectively.</p><p> </p><p>The recent Defence Command Paper announced that the Royal Marines will transition into the Future Commando Force and adopt new and autonomous capabilities. As a result, force structures will change but decisions are yet to be made on the future size of the Royal Marines.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 31/03/2021 14:28:08 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1305834

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
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 British armed forces personnel were recruited between 1 January 2020 and 1 March 2021.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL14563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2021 answer text <p>The requested information up until 31 December 2020 can be found in the attached ‘UK Regular Forces Intake and Outflow’ tables 4 and 5a in the excel spreadsheet of the quarterly Service personnel statistics.</p><p>Information for the most recent quarter, 1 January 2021 – 31 March 2021, will be published on 27 May 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 30/03/2021 12:01:53 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie attachment 1 file name HL14563 - Copy of 1_January_2021_SPS_-_Values_Only.xlsx title HL14563 - Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1305842

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to (1) the government of Russia’s seizure of Crimea, and (2) the government of Azerbaijan’s attack on Nagorno-Karabakh, what plans they have to review their policies for (a) nuclear, and (b) other deterrence.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL14575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2021 answer text <p>The international order is more fragmented, characterised by intensifying competition between states over interests, norms and values.</p><p> </p><p>The UK's defence and deterrence policy is kept constantly under review to ensure that it reflects the current security environment. NATO remains the foundation of collective security in the Euro-Atlantic area, where our commitment to Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty remains our most powerful deterrent. To respond to emerging security challenges, including sub-threshold activity, Her Majesty's Government applies modern deterrence: the application of all appropriate tools to deter actual or potential adversaries from attempting harm against the UK or our partners.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to use the full spectrum of our capabilities to deter adversaries and to deny them opportunities to attack us or our allies. The UK's nuclear deterrent exists to deter the most extreme threats to our national security and way of life.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 31/03/2021 14:28:58 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1305867

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 26 Frigates: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Goldie on 23 March (HL Deb, col 811), what meetings they have had with the board of BA Systems to discuss the Type 26 frigate programme.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL14607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2021 answer text <p>Ministerial colleagues and Ministry of Defence officials have regular meetings with BAE Systems board members on a range of matters, including the Type 26 Frigate programme.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 30/03/2021 08:37:22 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1305868

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they next plan to order F35B aircraft; and how many they plan to order.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL14608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2021 answer text <p>The Defence Command Paper confirms our intention to continue the growth of our F-35B Lightning Force, beyond the 48 we have already ordered. We will now undertake a period of detailed analysis to evaluate the scale and timeline for procurement of our second tranche of F-35B Lightning Aircraft, associated infrastructure, equipment and support requirements.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 30/03/2021 08:31:20 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1305869

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Frigates: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many frigates they plan to be in commission on (1) 1 April 2026, and (2) 1 April 2027.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL14609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2021 answer text <p>Shipbuilding investment will double over the life of this Parliament rising to over £1.7 billion a year; this investment will allow us to increase the number of Frigates and Destroyers beyond the 19 we currently have by the end of the decade. Orders for the Type 26 and Type 31 Frigates have already been placed and will be introduced from around the mid-late 2020s.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 01/04/2021 14:52:53 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1305870

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Goldie on 23 March (HL Deb, col 811), whether the review of reserves by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton will cover the provision of soldiers for 'Military Aid to the Civil Power', including (1) resilience, and (2) disaster relief, following the recent cut in the size of the armed forces.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL14610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2021 answer text <p>The Reserve Forces 2030 (RF30) review was initiated by the Chief of the Defence Staff in February 2020. Lord Lancaster was invited to prepare an independent report on the reserve forces and how their likely future employment will contribute to defence and wider Government out to 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The RF30 review has yet to be published, but is a welcome and thorough review of reserves’ contribution to the Armed Forces including resilience. The MOD will carefully consider all of the review’s recommendations and report back to Parliament in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 31/03/2021 14:26:39 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1304491

registered interest
date	22/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Indo-Pacific Region: Navy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to establish a permanent naval force in the (1) Indian, and (2) Pacific, oceans; if so, where they intend to establish dockyards to conduct repairs for those forces; and whether such forces would be protected by permanent air defences.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL14443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2021 answer text <p>In support of the strategic tilt toward the Indo-Pacific announced by Her Majesty’s Government in the Integrated Review (CP 403) on 16 March 2021, the Ministry of Defence plans to establish a persistent maritime presence in the Indo-Pacific region. On 22 March 2021, the Secretary of State for Defence outlined a plan to Parliament (CP 411) to deliver this through Offshore Patrol Vessels from 2021, a Littoral Response Group from 2023 and a permanently assigned Frigate by the end of the decade. These forces will intentionally operate asymmetrically, without a nominated base. They will use existing UK, allied and partner facilities around the region enabled by our existing global support agreements. Consequently, no permanent air defences are required.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 01/04/2021 14:52:42 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1304419

registered interest
date	19/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the financial contributions made by (1) the Crown Dependencies, and (2) Overseas Territories, to the annual defence budget of the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL14422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2021 answer text <p>The annual defence budget is funded entirely from the Supply Estimates process.</p><p> </p><p>Supply Estimates are the means by which the Government seeks Parliament's authority for its spending plans. The Estimates reflect the HM-Treasury budgetary control structure and where appropriate are net of certain types of income where this can be used to reduce the overall amount of resource required by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories do not provide a direct contribution to the annual defence budget of the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>Records show that there is a very small amount of income received during Financial Year 2020-21 that has been received from the Government of Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories. This is for actual services supplied to those Governments for which the Ministry of Defence has sought reimbursement on a full cost recovery basis.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 01/04/2021 14:52:32 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka