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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure the protection of British troops deployed in the Middle East.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to join the armed forces were rejected due to poor fitness in every year since 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what equipment programmes within the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army, (b) Strategic Command and (d) Royal Air Force were deleted following the most recent annual budget cycle round.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of members of the armed forces were graded as unconditioned following a conditioning review in each year since 2018.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to his Department was of (a) events, (b) activities, (c) merchandise and (d) other costs relating to Pride Month 2023.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many callouts the National Roadside Repair and Recovery Scheme has received in each region of the UK in each year since 2015; and what the cost to the public purse is of that service.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which vehicles are covered by the National Roadside Repair and Recovery Scheme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 24 October 2023 to Question 202827 on Armed Forces: Motor Vehicles, what the circumstances were that led to a vehicle being supported by the National Roadside Repair and Recovery S
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a breakdown by vehicle type of the vehicles supported by the National Roadside Repair and Recovery Scheme in each year since 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to join the Armed Forces were rejected due to previous criminal convictions in each year since 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 May 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure transparency and cost-effectiveness in the procurement of defence equipment, given the increasing complexity and expense of modern military hardware.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 May 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what measures are being taken to ensure that the UK's defence spending aligns with the current strategic threat landscape, particularly in the light of emerging hybrid and cyber warfare tactics observed in recent internatio
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 May 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to address the challenges of integrating advanced technologies into the UK's defence capabilities.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants have been identified as (a) serving and (b) having served in the armed forces for the latest assessment period.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2024 to Question 23368 on Armed Forces: Mefloquine, how many of the common law claims have been resolved; and how many unresolved common law claims are the subject of continuing
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2024 to Question 22653 on Armed Forces: Housing, how many service personnel were living in grade (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) below grade four single living accommodation
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2024 to Question 22653 on Armed Forces: Housing, how many service personnel were living in grade four service accommodation overseas as of 18 April 2024.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many callouts have been made to (a) single living accommodation and (b) Service Family Accommodation properties for maintenance issues since April 2022.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of Invitations to Negotiate issued by his Department did not lead to a procurement contract in 2023.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his criteria are for publicly disclosing payments made to contractors working on defence programmes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 April 2024
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister’s speech in Warsaw on 23 April 2024, whether his Department has (a) conducted an assessment of costings and (b) developed proposals for how to fund the commitment to spend 2.5% o
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 April 2024
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister’s speech in Warsaw on 23 April 2024, whether the commitment to spend 2.5% of gross domestic product on defence by 2030 will be require additional funding streams other than throu
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 April 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Prime Minister’s announcement on 23 April of an increase in defence spending to a new baseline of 2.5 per cent GDP by 2030 differs from the pledge to increase defence spending to 2.5 per cent by 2030 given by th
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of armed forces uniforms are manufactured in the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a breakdown of countries with current British Armed Forces uniform manufacturing contracts.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of manufacturing armed forces uniforms abroad on security.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of manufacturing all British armed forces uniforms in the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to take steps to end the procurement from China of clothing for (a) the SAS, (b) snipers, (c) the Red Arrows and (d) other military units.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's progress on improving service accommodation since his appointment.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 April 2024
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister’s defence speech in Warsaw of 23 April 2024, whether the commitment to spend 2.5% of gross domestic product on defence by 2030 has been incorporated into his Department's baselin
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 April 2024
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister’s defence speech in Warsaw of 23 April 2024, by how much each Department's research and development budget will be reduced to help fund the commitment to spend 2.5% of gross dome
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the announcement on 19 March 2024 by China's Ministry of Defence of the establishment of the Information Support Force.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Oral Statement of 24 April 2024, Official Report, column 939, if he will publish details of how his Department's increase in spending will be funded.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims have been made by current or former service personnel in respect of adverse effects caused by being prescribed the drug mefloquine, larium, in each of the last three years for which information is
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) serving personnel and (b) veterans are claiming Universal Credit by local authority for the latest reporting period.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel are stationed in Israel; and what their (a) locations and (b) responsibilities are.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2024 to Question 12736 on Israel: Armed Forces, what the ranks are of the Israeli military personnel in the UK; whether they are from the Israeli (a) army, (b) navy and (c) ai
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will hold discussions with NATO allies on the potential merits of all member countries increasing defence spending to a minimum of 2.5% of their gross domestic product.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on the Next Generation (Fixed) Communication Network programme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the £6.6bn in R&D spend for defence announced in his Department's paper entitled Defence and Security Industrial Strategy: A strategic approach to the UK’s defence and security industrial sectors, CP
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many compensation payments were awarded to families living in service family accommodation in (a) January, (b) February, (c) March and (d) April 2024; and what the value of such payments was in each month.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Defence Command Paper 2023, published on 18 July 2023, how much of the £400 million announced for improving service accommodation has been spent as of 24 A
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 22 February 2023 to Question 146784 on Armed Forces: Housing, how many compensation payments for issues relating to service family accommodation were made in each year between 1 Ap
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 April 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of GDP will be spent on defence in each financial year between now and 2030.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) urgent and (b) routine maintenance and repair appointments for service accommodation properties in Scotland have been missed since 1 April 2022.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2024 to Question 22382 on Armed Forces: Housing, what the value is of those compensation claims.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget for research and development has not been allocated.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made on the Defence Estate Optimisation programme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on the New Style of Information Technology Deployed programme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 April 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made on the Ground Based Air Defence programme.