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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to monitor the potential impact of the introduction of VAT on independent school fees on service families in receipt of the continuity of education allowance.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2024
To ask the Leader of the House when she expects a Written Answer to be given to the question asked by Lord Jackson of Peterborough on 22 October (HL1878).
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2024
Today I am announcing plans to develop a new Defence Industrial Strategy that will be published in late spring 2025. I have published a Statement of Intent setting out the focus of the strategy and invitation to consultation on GOV.UK. The UK faces acute ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2024
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (The right hon. John Healey MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Today I am announcing plans to develop a new Defence Industrial Strategy that will be published in late spring 20...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's (a) computers, (b) laptops, (c) phones and (d) USB sticks were (i) lost and (ii) stolen in each month in 2023.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Strategic Defence Review will be (a) delivered to Ministers and (b) made available to the public.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on the defence sector.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish his Department’s pathway for reaching 2.5% of GDP being spent on Defence; and whether he has made any changes to that timetable since 1 November.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether frontier technologies such as (a) machine learning and (b) artificial intelligence are being used within (i) the Armed Forces and (ii) his Department to help improve workforce efficiencies.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to support armed forces personnel who do not receive Continuity of Educational Allowance with the increase in the cost of private school fees arising from the introduction of VAT on such fees.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral statement on Defence Programmes Developments of 20 November 2024, Official Report, column 287, whether he had discussions with (a) Lord Robertson and (b) other members of the Strategic
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the size of the (a) Regular Army, (b) RAF, (c) Royal Navy, (d) Royal Marines (e) Army Reserve, (f) RAF Reserve, (g) Royal Navy Reserve and (h) Royal Marines Reserve in 2029.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his statement of 20 November 2024 on Defence Programmes Developments, Official Report columns 287 to 289, what capabilities he plans to prioritise for the reinvestment of the forecast £150m of s
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his statement of 20 November 2024 on Defence Programmes Developments, Official Report columns 287 to 289, if he will publish a tabulated breakdown of the forecast £500m of savings.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to announce financial details of the increase to Continuity of Educational Allowance.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing a (a) commercial and (b) military solution to alternative jungle training helicopter capability in Brunei.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the potential operational implications are of providing a military solution to alternative jungle training helicopter capability in Brunei.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his statement of 20 November 2024 on Defence Programmes Developments, Official Report columns 287 to 289, whether he had discussions on military capability retirements with his US counterpart be
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where and when (a) Watchkeeper Mk 1, (b) Puma, (c) the 14 Chinook helicopters that are being retired, (d) HMS Northumberland, (e) HMS Albion, (f) HMS Bulwark, (g) RFA Wave Knight and (h) RFA Wave Ruler were last
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 November 2024
I want them to raise the military defence budget and invest more towards defending the country instead of cutting the budget.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has instructed Defence Equipment and Support to put a hold on new procurement in this financial year.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last issued instructions to his Department on the threshold for financial sign-off of new procurements; and what those instructions were.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the proportionate change in (a) spending on service personnel in (i) real and (ii) cash terms and (b) the number of frontline service personnel in each financial year between 2015-1
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 17 April 2024 to Question 21056 on Defence: Artificial Intelligence, whether the Capability Lead, AI Talent and Skills is now in post.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in their Department since 5 July 2024.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how their Department defines strategy.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 November 2024
We call on government to address what we view as a longstanding injustice for veterans who served their country and left before April 1 1975 who don’t receive any preserved pension benefits from the Armed Forces Pension Scheme (AFPS). We would like these made retrospective to include those veterans. These veterans, despite their dedication and sacrifice, were excluded from the pension benefits introduced in later schemes. Since the introduction of the AFPS 1975 and AFPS 2015, shorter service periods (e.g. two years) have been deemed sufficient for pension rights. We think it is unjust that pre-1975 veterans remain excluded and receive no pension for their service.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 November 2024
We think we must bolster defence given the Russia Ukraine war. We believe that we mustn't think that when the war ends things will go back to how they were before. We think we will need to revert to previous levels of spending, for example in the mid 80's we spent 5% of GDP on defence! Poland has just passed 2025 spending of 4.7%!
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 November 2024
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the Strategic Defence Review.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he met the Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces during his visit to the UK in November 2024.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will provide a table detailing the most recent data on UK Regular Forces by (a) Service and (b) Medical Deployability Standards.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 5.52 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, what guidance his Department issues on whether nominees of deceased Armed Forces Pension Scheme members other than spouses and civil partners wi
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential (a) causes and (b) consequences of the recent road traffic incident in Estonia involving British armed forces personnel.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Ministry of Defence on the potential merits of using the Armed Forces during extreme weather events.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help create defence jobs in Scotland.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of steel companies that are classed by his Department as critical suppliers into UK defence programmes are based in the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what data his Department holds on the proportion of steel used in defence programmes that was manufactured in the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of equipment purchased by his Department and in use by his Department was manufactured (a) in and (b) outside the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalent employees are employed by (a) his Department and (b) non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department; and what estimate he has made of the number of such employees who wil
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2024
The war in Ukraine is not a matter that should involve British troops in any capacity. It is not a member of NATO and needs to come to peace terms with Russia to end the killing and destruction. Supporting Ukraine prolongs a now senseless war We have seen so many casualties, dead, wounded, maimed for life physically and mentally, among our armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan that I want our parliament to debate and pass a motion that the Go ernment will not be allowed to send our troops to war without a direct threat to our nation or a NATO country.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2024
We believe the UK should allocate an additional 0.15% of GDP per year to the defence budget, until it reaches 3.5% of GDP, set a clear plan for doing so, and implement that plan as soon as possible. Both the current and previous administration promised increases in defence spending to 2.5% of GDP. We think these commitments haven’t been backed up by clear plans. Given the current climate in geopolitics, we think that this 2.5% figure is too low, and that Great Britain must rearm.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has has with the defence sector on the potential impact of environmental, social and governance policies on levels of divestment.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what equipment produced in China his Department has bought at what cost to the public purse in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government whether service personnel undertaking a leave of absence will be subject to the provisions of the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government whether members of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment and their families will be subject to the provisions of the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill when serving (1) in the United Kingdom, (2) in Gibraltar, or (3) elsewhere in the wo
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government whether UK service personnel and their families will be subject to the provisions of the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill when serving in Gibraltar.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the provisions of the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill will apply equally to both (1) regular, and (2) reserve personnel, and their families.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the provisions of the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill will require amendments to the Reserve Forces Act 1996 in addition to the Armed Forces Act 2006.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government under what circumstances they anticipate the provisions of the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill will be extended to the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.