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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in the US on levels of defence spending by the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on Capita provided medical vetting for forces personnel in each of the last 10 years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time taken was between the point of application to join the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) RAF and attestation in the latest period for which data is available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the average length of time taken between the point of application to join (a) the army, (b) the Royal Navy, (c) the RAF and attestation in each year since 1997.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many 3M Combat Arms Earplugs V2 his Department purchased between 2003 and 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of GDP that will be spent on defence by 2030.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of reaching his Department's target to spend 2.5% of GDP on defence in (a) 2030 and (b) 2032 on the effectiveness of the UK's defence capabilities.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to (a) review and (b) release (i) underused and (ii) surplus land to help meet housing targets in South and North Cotswolds.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2025
As the world changes, and the threat the UK faces evolves, we must ensure our Armed Forces recruitment is right for the 21st century.Recognising this, we are today announcing two new initiatives to remove outdated and unnecessary barriers and fast-track b...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2025
My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State ( Luke Pollard MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. As the world changes, and the threat the UK faces evolves, we must ensure our Armed Forces recruitment is right for the 21st...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to Question 23387 on the Strategic Defence Review, tabled on 13 January 2025 by the hon. Member for South Suffolk.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with the Cabinet Office on potential efficiency savings in his Department since 30 October 2024.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what efficiency savings targets does his Department have for financial year (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on procuring UK-made vehicles for his Department’s White Fleet.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to take steps to increase the accountability of senior officials in his Department.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to introduce new performance standards for senior officials serving in his Department.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and (b) devolved administrations on the potential impact of waiting lists for medical care required in order to pass recruitm
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the presence of UK troops as part of the NATO’s Exercise Steadfast Dart 25 in Eastern Europe on the risk of escalating tensions in that region.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) his Department, (b) him and (c) his Ministers in each month since August 2024 have not yet received a substantive resp
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many homes his Department owns in Edinburgh South West constituency; and how many of those (a) have Ministry of Defence tenants, (b) have private tenants and (c) are vacant.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the total cost to the public purse for the provision of diversity, equality and inclusion courses for staff in his Department in 2024.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) workforce and (b) other costs are to maintain the (i) 4th Light Brigade Combat Team, (ii) 20th Armoured Brigade Combat Team, (iii) 102 Operational Sustainment Brigade and (iv) 1st Deep Reconnaissance
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average annual workforce and activity cost is of the (a) Regular Army Infantry Battalion, (b) Army Reserve Infantry Battalion, (c) Royal Armoured Corps Regular Army Regiment and (d) Royal Armoured Corps
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the contribution of Scottish-based defence industries to the UK’s national security.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to support defence-related job creation in Scotland.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the impact of the UK defence sector on Scotland’s economy.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts his Department plans to provide to businesses in each of the devolved regions.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has received representations from relevant stakeholders on the potential impact of the (a) STEM curriculum and (b) attainment differences between (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales and
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations his Department has received in relation to the potential impact of uncompensated devolved (a) taxes and (b) other charges between (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales, (iv) Northern Irelan
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations his Department has received in relation to the potential impact of travel costs on (a) rates of completed recruitment into the armed services in the last 12 months and (b) rates of completed
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Infrastructure and Projects Authority Annual Report on Major Projects 2023-24, published on 16 January 2025, what progress has been made with the MODnet Evolve programme since 31 March 2024.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the most recent date on which Israeli officials entered the Department's buildings on Whitehall.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2025
To ask His Majesty's Government how many extra posts have been recruited to process service complaints under Volunteer ex-Regular Reserve contracts or other reservist terms and condition of service by (1) the Army, (2) the Royal Navy, (3) the Royal Air Fo
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2025
To ask His Majesty's Government how many hours per day staff in (1) the Army, (2) the Royal Navy, (3) the Royal Air Force, and (4) Strategic Command, spend dealing with a service complaint on average; and what estimate they have made of the cost of such s
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2025
To ask His Majesty's Government how many more service complaints they expect to receive following the enactment of the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill and its provision for families to submit such complaints; and what estimate they have made of the budget
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2025
To ask His Majesty's Government how long, on average, it takes (1) the Army, (2) the Royal Navy, (3) the Royal Air Force, and (4) Strategic Command, to process a service complaint; and what estimate they have made of the cost of each complaint.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2025
To ask His Majesty's Government how many service complaints have been received by (1) the Army, (2) the Royal Navy, (3) the Royal Air Force, and (4) Strategic Command, in each of the last five years; and of those, how many have not been upheld.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Infrastructure and Projects Authority Annual Report on Major Projects 2023-24, published on 16 January 2025, what progress has been made with the Next Generation (fixed) Communication Networ
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November to Question 11947 on Armed Forces: Private Education, whether the decision to not offer any exemptions from the VAT policy for service families included an assessment of the exem
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support jobs in the defence sector.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help protect female members of the armed forces from sexual harassment.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to secure a UK-EU defence and security agreement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on maintaining a military presence in the Kingdom of Brunei.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of Capita’s performance in armed forces recruitment since March 2022.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military pensions are unclaimed; and what steps his Department is taking to increase the claimant rate of those pensions.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has had discussions with the TV Licensing Agency on (a) discounts and (b) exemptions from the TV licence for armed forces personnel in service accommodation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of his Department's expenditure was with SMEs in (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that his Department pays contracted defence companies on time.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the time taken for his Department to process invoices for contracted work by SMEs in the defence sector.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help improve the efficiency of procurement supply chains.