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1235881

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
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	What plans he has to increase the number of people applying to join the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	906267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>Interest in the Armed Forces has been strong over the last recruiting year with 2019-20 seeing intake increase by 31%.</p><p> </p><p>Recruitment campaigns and the advertising that accompanies them continues as planned. There is a Covid-related reduction in basic training capacity but all three Services are looking to work around this. Most notably, we’ve seen sailors passing out alongside their officers at BRNC Dartmouth last month.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 21/09/2020 16:40:27 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1235883

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department has taken to maintain the overall size of the armed forces since the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	906273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>We have made significant progress in delivering the aims of the last Strategic Defence and Security Review. But the global picture has changed since 2015, and we must adapt to the new threats that confront us. That is why the Prime Minister has commissioned the Integrated Review.</p><p> </p><p>I can assure the House that this Government is committed to ensuring that the United Kingdom continues to have the world-class Armed Forces that it needs and deserves.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 21/09/2020 16:39:17 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1235509

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Unmanned Marine Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) progress by other countries in developing marine autonomous unmanned surface vehicles and (b) ability of Royal Navy submarines to avoid detection by those vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	91606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence audits the integrity of our submarine fleet regularly for all threats and acts to ensure that it maintains the highest possible standards. The oceans are, and will remain, complex and challenging environments in which to conduct large-scale anti-submarine warfare despite technological advancements.</p><p>I am unable to make specific comment on the UK's assessment of other countries' autonomous unmanned surface vehicles for the purposes of safeguarding national security as disclosure would be likely to prejudice the defence of the UK and the capability and effectiveness of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey grouped question UIN 91607 question first answered 22/09/2020 11:10:38 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1235510

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Unmanned Marine Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of countries that (a) have developed and (b) are developing marine autonomous unmanned surface vehicles to detect submarines.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	91607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence audits the integrity of our submarine fleet regularly for all threats and acts to ensure that it maintains the highest possible standards. The oceans are, and will remain, complex and challenging environments in which to conduct large-scale anti-submarine warfare despite technological advancements.</p><p>I am unable to make specific comment on the UK's assessment of other countries' autonomous unmanned surface vehicles for the purposes of safeguarding national security as disclosure would be likely to prejudice the defence of the UK and the capability and effectiveness of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey grouped question UIN 91606 question first answered 22/09/2020 11:10:38 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1234147

registered interest
date	14/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Saudi Arabian pilots are training at RAF bases in the UK; and what models of aircraft they are training on.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	89804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>The number of Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) pilots currently training at RAF bases in the UK is less than 10. The Hawk T2 and Typhoon aircraft are used for this training.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 21/09/2020 16:27:38 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1234148

registered interest
date	14/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Typhoon Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when Royal Saudi Air Force pilots last trained to fly the Typhoon in the UK; and whether that training is ongoing.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	89805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>Training for Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) aircrew has continued and is ongoing, with the most recent RSAF aircrew graduating from flying training in April 2020.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 21/09/2020 16:27:20 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1234149

registered interest
date	14/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Saudi Arabian pilots trained in the UK have undertaken missions for the Royal Saudi Air Force in the war in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	89806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2020 answer text <p>The utilisation of trained Royal Saudi Air Force aircrew is not monitored by or otherwise confirmed to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 18/09/2020 11:56:56 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1234150

registered interest
date	14/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when Royal Saudi Air Force Hawk T2 pilots last conducted air-to-ground attacks at the Pembrey Sands Air Weapons Range; and what munitions they fired.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	89807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>The Hawk T2 simulates weapons. Therefore, no weapons have been fired at Pembury Sands Air Weapons range by Royal Saudi Air Force pilots in the course of their training.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 21/09/2020 16:27:02 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1234151

registered interest
date	14/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what type of of munitions have been fired at Pembrey Sands air weapons range by the current group of Royal Saudi Air Force pilots undergoing Hawk T2 training at RAF Valley.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	89808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>No weapons or munitions have been fired at Pembrey Sands by the Royal Saudi Air Force pilots currently undergoing Hawk T2 training at RAF Valley. The Hawk T2 only simulates weapons.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 21/09/2020 16:26:43 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1234152

registered interest
date	14/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when Royal Saudi Air Force Typhoon pilots last undertook training in air-to-ground attacks in the UK where that training took place; and what munitions those pilots fired.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	89809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>Royal Saudi Air Force Typhoon pilots only undertake air to ground training in a simulator and through a classroom brief; therefore, no munitions have been fired.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 21/09/2020 16:26:27 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle