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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 October 2024
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (The Right Hon John Healey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Earlier today I, together with my German counterpart Boris Pistorius, signed an Agreement on Defence co-operation bet...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants were identified as (a) serving and (b) having served in the armed forces in each assessment period between July 2022 and June 2024.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to (a) promote and (b) participate in multi-national procurement initiatives through NATO.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2024 to Question 9487 on Strategic Defence Review, whether submissions to the Strategic Defence Review will be first read by (a) a human being and (b) an Artificial Intelligen
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts his Department holds with Palantir Inc.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to accept people with dietary allergies into the armed forces.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme to all veterans.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 October 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the current status of their review into equality, diversity and inclusion spending in the Armed Forces.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to use digital technology to improve defence outputs.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to prioritise the UK's capability in the space sector in the forthcoming defence industrial strategy.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve (a) recruitment and (b) retention in the armed forces.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 October 2024
A Bill to require parliamentary approval for the deployment of UK armed forces for armed conflict; to provide for exemptions from that requirement in cases of emergency or in respect of compliance with treaty obligations; to make provision for retrospective parliamentary approval in certain circumstances; and for connected purposes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's budget is for armed forces (a) uniforms and (b) protective clothing in the 2024-25 financial year; and what the value is of orders placed with companies in Northern Ireland to provide (i) un
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2024 to Question 2525 on Bangladesh: Armed Forces and Police, how many members of the Bangladeshi (a) police and (b) rapid action battalion have been trained at Sandhurst in
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2024 to Question 2525 on Bangladesh: Armed Forces and Police, what assessment his Department makes of the human rights obligations of the (a) UK and (b) other country when de
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the strategic value of maintaining sovereign capabilities in military satellite communications.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to engage with industry as part of the development of the defence industrial strategy.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to prioritise increasing UK sovereign capability across defence as part of the defence industrial strategy.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the defence industrial strategy.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's response to the Coroner report on the death of Corporal Joshua Hoole, dated 27 January 2020, when the common tri-service suite of reporting and investigation forms was completed
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of service personnel failed their annual fitness test in each year since 2013.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many annual fitness tests were cancelled due to the safe temperature being exceeded (a) one (b) two and (c) three hours before the start time in each year since 2013.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel died within 24 hours of completing their annual fitness test in each year since 2013.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) date and (b) place of every coroner's inquest that established heat as a cause of death for service personnel since 2013.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list every date on which the Health and Safety Executive issued his Department a notification of contravention since 2013.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the scope of the defence industrial strategy will be.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2024 to Question 8456 on Strategic Defence Review, which company was awarded the contract to collate responses to the Strategic Defence Review using artificial intelligence.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2024 to Question 8456 on Strategic Defence Review, whether there was a contracting process for the artificial intelligence software being used to assess responses to the Strat
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2024 to Question 8456 on Strategic Defence Review, whether all submissions received for the Strategic Defence Review will initially be read in full by a human being.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2024 to Question 8456 on Strategic Defence Review, how his Department plans to use artificial intelligence to help comprehend the content of submissions to the Strategic Defen
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will direct officials to score UK sovereign capability and jobs in all procurement decisions.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what challenge committees have been set up as part of the Strategic Defence Review; and if he will list their membership.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the withdrawal of UK military presence in Germany cost which was completed in 2019.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions he has met with Lord Robertson of Port Ellen to discuss the Chagos Islands in the context of the Strategic Defence Review since 5 July 2024.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence personnel were based in Germany on 16 October 2024, broken down by location.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence personnel were based in Germany in each year since 2000.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of desks were occupied in each of his Department’s offices in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available; and how many staff attended each office in person in the same
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants are assigned to work in each of his Department's offices; and how many desks are available in each office.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on (a) new furniture and fittings and (b) other refurbishment of Ministerial offices in his Department since the dissolution of the last Parliament; and on what items this was spent.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support the creation of new jobs in the defence sector.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 October 2024
To encourage participation in our democracy, this Government is committed to ensuring all legitimate voters have the ability to vote in our elections.Working alongside my friend the Minister for Veterans and People, Alistair Carns OBE MC MP, we are please...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 October 2024
My Honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Local Growth (Alex Norris MP) has today made the following statement:To encourage participation in our democracy, this Government is committed to ensuring all legitimate vot...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of overseas armed forces his Department is in a direct employment relationship with as of 15 October 2024.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Questions 7840, 7842 and 7843 on Armed Forces: Private Education, whether he has held discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of (a) i
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Questions 7840, 7842 and 7843 on Armed Forces: Private Education, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of imposing VAT on independent school
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Questions 7840, 7842 and 7843 on Armed Forces: Private Education, whether he has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of increasing the Continuity of Educa
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) his officials have held with external stakeholders since 5 July 2024.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 October 2024
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take to support military families who rely on fee-paying boarding schools for their children.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Strategic Defence Review on the ballistic missile defence capabilities of the Royal Navy.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on (a) how many and (b) the identities of UK citizens who have travelled to Israel to volunteer for military service with the (i) Israel