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1712671

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	Type 23 Frigates: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of the upkeep of Type 23 Frigates in the 2024-25 financial year.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	22898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Type 23 Frigates undergo a planned series of Upkeep periods in order to maintain their condition and introduce capability updates. A total sum of £99.8 million has been allocated for financial year 2024-25, as part of a 10-year allocation.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 29/04/2024 14:27:54 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1712674

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	Armed Forces: Protective Clothing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on body armour in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	23031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The Dismounted Close Combat (DCC) team has spent approximately £37.9 million on body armour (hard armour plates, soft armour, and textile for body armour vests) for soldiers in the last five years (April 2019-March 2024). This figure is based on today’s unit costs; due to the way accounting records are held, it would only be possible to provide an exact figure at disproportionate cost. The DCC team does not procure body armour according to gender, but rather sources equipment to suit soldiers of all sizes.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 23032 23033 question first answered 13/05/2024 12:18:03 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1712675

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	Armed Forces: Protective Clothing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on body armour adapted for female service personnel in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	23032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The Dismounted Close Combat (DCC) team has spent approximately £37.9 million on body armour (hard armour plates, soft armour, and textile for body armour vests) for soldiers in the last five years (April 2019-March 2024). This figure is based on today’s unit costs; due to the way accounting records are held, it would only be possible to provide an exact figure at disproportionate cost. The DCC team does not procure body armour according to gender, but rather sources equipment to suit soldiers of all sizes.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 23031 23033 question first answered 13/05/2024 12:18:03 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1712676

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	Armed Forces: Protective Clothing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many units of body armour adapted for female soldiers his Department has purchased in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	23033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The Dismounted Close Combat (DCC) team has spent approximately £37.9 million on body armour (hard armour plates, soft armour, and textile for body armour vests) for soldiers in the last five years (April 2019-March 2024). This figure is based on today’s unit costs; due to the way accounting records are held, it would only be possible to provide an exact figure at disproportionate cost. The DCC team does not procure body armour according to gender, but rather sources equipment to suit soldiers of all sizes.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 23031 23032 question first answered 13/05/2024 12:18:03 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1712685

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	AUKUS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any other countries are being considered as potential partners for Pillar II of the AUKUS agreement.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	23030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>AUKUS partners have announced we are ready to begin consultations in 2024 with prospective collaborators regarding areas where they can contribute to, and benefit from, Pillar Two work.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 30/04/2024 12:03:48 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1712700

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	Military Aid: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria he uses to assess the human rights compliance of foreign military units before they are eligible to receive military aid; and how frequently those assessments are reviewed.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	23008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>All proposals to gift controlled military equipment and dual-use equipment are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, in the same way as commercial export licence applications and with the same degree of rigour. Assessments are conducted at the time a proposal is submitted and may be reviewed for subsequent proposals.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) manages the assessment process and seeks advice on gifting proposals from advisers in the MOD and the FCDO, with the latter being responsible for assessment of human rights compliance under Criterion Two of the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 30/04/2024 16:54:19 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1712722

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	Armed Forces: Defence Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the correction notices published on 19 April 2024 in relation to his Department's annual reports from 2018-19 to 2022-23, what accounts for the inaccurate estimates of the armed forces' inventories of supplies and spares published in the original copies of those reports; and whether the equivalent estimates in his Department's annual reports for years prior to 2018-19 remain accurate.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	22922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>This was an unfortunate administrative error, however the note to the accounts on volumes of inventory is essentially narrative and is not audited. The financial values of the stock that we hold are audited and the Department is confident in their accuracy in each set of accounts. Reporting responsibility for the quantities of inventory within the Department and included within the notes to the accounts changed in financial year 2017-18, therefore data prior to this time is unavailable. We have no reason to believe that the data was inaccurate prior to this point but are unable to confirm this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 30/04/2024 12:49:41 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1712723

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	Armed Forces: Defence Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the correction notice published on 19 April 2024 in relation to his Department's 2022-23 annual report, what are the top five categories of supplies and spares in the armed forces' inventories where his Department has identified discrepancies between the originally published totals of 740 million items of more than 640,000 different types and the revised totals of 457 million items of more than 517,000 different types.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	22923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The top five categories of supplies and spares in the armed forces' inventories amounting to the total of 457 million items and 517,000 different types are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>.</p></td><td><p><strong>2022-23<br> Type (NSN's)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022-23<br> Items</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>GWMB [Guided Weapons Missiles &amp; Bombs] , Strat Weapons, Munitions &amp; Armament Stores (Inc Bullets, Mortars, Flares, Explosives, Paveway &amp; Supporting Equipment)</strong></p></td><td><p>53,000</p></td><td><p>382 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Engineering and Technical (Capability Specific Spares &amp; Parts - Engines, Gearboxes)</strong></p></td><td><p>408,000</p></td><td><p>44 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>General Stores (Tools, Packaging and Non-Capability Specific Parts)</strong></p></td><td><p>31,000</p></td><td><p>13 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Clothing and Textiles</strong></p></td><td><p>17,000</p></td><td><p>14 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Medical and Veterinary Stores</strong></p></td><td><p>8,000</p></td><td><p>4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>517,000</p></td><td><p>457 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 30/04/2024 16:13:18 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

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

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