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1506482

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much the Royal Navy will increase in tonnage between 2020 and 2030.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL2312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>It is anticipated that the Royal Navy will increase in tonnage by 59,000 between 2020 and 2030, rising from 799,000 in 2020 to 858,000 by 2030.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 22/09/2022 14:07:17 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1506484

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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 His Majesty's Government when the order for the five remaining Type 26 frigates will be placed.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL2314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>As negotiations for Type 26 Batch 2 are still in progress, it would not be appropriate to release any further information. The House will be updated in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 22/09/2022 14:07:45 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1505558

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department were based permanently in (a) Gujarat, (b) Delhi and (c) other states in India in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	48202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The table below details the Military and Civilian staff working in India for the last five years. All MOD Civilian staff working in India are based in New Delhi. The exact geographical location of Military officials working in India is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Fiscal year</p></td><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td><p>2019-2020</p></td><td><p>2020-2021</p></td><td><p>2021-2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Civilian FTE total</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Military FTE total</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>- Figures reported in fiscal year 01 April to 31 March.</p><p>- Rounded figures are to the nearest five, with numbers below five replaced by the tilde symbol (‘~’) and zeros replaced by full stops (‘.’). All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton question first answered 27/09/2022 12:29:43 answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1504796

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Anson: Lichfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of linking HMS Anson with the City of Lichfield in the context of Thomas Anson having been the first Earl of Lichfield and the continuation of that line.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	47338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2022 answer text <p>I welcome the constituency interest and the proposal will be considered in the regular rounds of affiliation planning, noting that the Royal Navy seeks to affiliate ships with communities across the country over time, which can be made at borough, town, city or county level.</p> answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton question first answered 10/10/2022 13:27:00 answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1503686

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Aircraft Carriers: Damage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many instances of damage to the starboard propeller shaft on Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers have been reported by the Royal Navy since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	45197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>There have been no previous reports of damage to the propeller shafts on the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers since 2015, prior to the defect that HMS PRINCE OF WALES experienced upon sailing on 27 August.</p><p> </p><p>A thorough technical investigation has commenced to allow us to understand the causes of the fault on HMS PRINCE OF WALES and prevent reoccurrence.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 21/09/2022 14:11:38 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1503689

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many flying instructors has the RAF had in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	45205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of Qualified Flying Instructors and Qualified Helicopter Instructors at the rank of Flight Lieutenant and Squadron Leader in the Royal Air Force in each year since 2010.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Instructors</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>859</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>869</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>857</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>813</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>776</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>758</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>732</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>715</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>701</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>693</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>707</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>669</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures include all personnel who held an instructional qualification at the time. Most would have been in student facing instructional roles, but there may have been a small number of individuals that held an instructional qualification while in a non-instructional role, such as staff roles or front-line flying roles.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 23/09/2022 12:29:11 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1503690

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average wait time is for a training slot for RAF trainee pilots for (a) Typhoons, (b) F35s, (c) Hawk jets and (d) Hercules aircraft.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	45209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2022 answer text <p>The average wait time for RAF trainee pilots from completing the Military Flying Training System (MFTS) to starting their respective Operational Conversion Units (OCU) for Typhoon is approximately 11 months and, for F35 is approximately 12 months.</p><p>The Hawk jet is the Hawk T2 trainer aircraft at RAF Valley and used for Advanced Fast Jet Training. The time between phases of training within MFTS are dictated by a number of variables, including the performance standard of the trainee pilot.</p><p>There are no training slots for the C130J Hercules, as all training ceased for new pilots in November 2021 in anticipation of the aircraft's retirement.</p><p>There have always been planned holds in the flying training pipeline to ensure all courses are fully utilised. The RAF remains able to meet frontline operational commitments and has sufficient qualified aircrew to do so.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 06/10/2022 11:28:02 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1504056

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve the capacity of RAF fighter pilot training.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
uin	45617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2022 answer text <p>The RAF constantly reviews its training pipeline and introduces measures as and when required in order to strike the best balance between pipeline supply and the frontline demand for new pilots. Such measures currently include a small number of pilots being trained on the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training programme in the USA as part of a 5-year commitment completing in FY 2024/25, with additional training capacity being requested through this programme. Other measures to increase capacity include reducing the length of Operational Conversion Unit syllabuses and making greater use of synthetic training. We are also working with allies and partners to examine whether UK pilots could be trained overseas, or where we might pool our resources to mutual benefit.</p><p>The RAF remains able to meet its frontline operational commitments and has sufficient trained aircrew to do so.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 06/10/2022 11:28:50 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1504104

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June to Question 11845 on Air Force: Recruitment, how many jet pilots were trained in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
uin	45738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>In answering this question I have determined jet pilots to mean fast jet pilots. The current number of fast jet pilots that have graduated from their Conversion to Type training in each complete calendar year since 2015 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Platform</strong></p></td><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Fast Jet Pilots Trained by Calendar Year </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Typhoon</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lightning</strong></p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In accordance with the Data Protection Act and our obligations in relation to the protection of confidentiality when handling personal data, data have been rounded to the nearest 10, where &quot;-&quot; denotes zero and &quot;~&quot; denotes a number less than or equal to 5. Due to the rounding methods used, totals may not always equal the sum of the parts. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p> </p><p>The RAF has sufficient qualified aircrew to meet its frontline operational commitments.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 26/09/2022 08:44:24 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1504105

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long it takes on average to train (a) fast jet, (b) heavy lift and (c) rotary pilots.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
uin	45739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2022 answer text <p>The average time for trainee pilots completing flying training in the current Financial Year, to the point of joining an Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) is 4.8 years for Fast Jet; 5.4 years for Multi Engine (heavy lift) and; 6.9 years for Rotary Wing.</p><p>The time taken to complete OCU training can vary across the aircraft types and will result in newly qualified pilots leaving OCUs as Limited Combat Ready or Combat Ready.</p><p>There have always been planned holds built into the flying training pipeline to ensure all courses are fully utilised. Aircrew on hold fulfil other essential roles across Ministry of Defence (MOD), developing their skills in other areas of MOD business.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 06/10/2022 11:29:39 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood