Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Type 45 destroyers are (1) at sea, and (2) technically fit to go to sea with 24 hours notice.
Answered by Baroness Goldie
We do not disclose the readiness state of individual ships for operational security reasons, as this would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces. HMS DEFENDER is currently deployed on operations in the Gulf. All Royal Navy ships rotate through planned operating cycles involving routine maintenance, repair, training, deployment, leave, essential modification and upgrades and will, therefore, be at varying levels of readiness in accordance with Defence requirements.
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many command appointments there are in the British army at one star and above, broken down by role.
Answered by Baroness Goldie
There are 29 command appointments at one-star level and above within the Royal Navy, 42 within the Army, 18 within the Royal Air Force and 26 within Strategic Command. The table below shows a breakdown by role although for security reasons two Strategic Command posts are not included.
While broadly similar, the three services and Strategic Command use slightly different criteria for 'command appointments' because of their structural differences. Senior service officers also hold command appointments in roles outside of their service, for example in NATO. There are also non-command appointments at one-star level and above, both within and external to the single services.
Table 1: Command appointments at one-star level and above for the Army, Navy, Royal Air Force and Strategic Command
4 Star Command Appointments | Service |
First Sea Lord | RN |
Chief of the General Staff | Army |
Chief of the Air Staff | RAF |
Commander UK Strategic Command | Strat Com |
3 Star Command Appointments | |
Second Sea Lord | RN |
Fleet Commander | RN |
Commander Field Army | Army |
Commander Home Command | Army |
Deputy Commander Operations/ Air Member Operations | RAF |
Chief Joint Operations | Strat Com |
Director General Joint Force Development | Strat Com |
Director General Defence Medical Services | Strat Com |
2 Star Command Appointments | |
Commander Operations | RN |
Commander UK Strike Force / Rear Admiral Surface Ships | RN |
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Capability) | RN |
Flag Officer Sea Training & Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Training) | RN |
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Ships) | RN |
Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Submarines) / Rear Admiral (Submarines) | RN |
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Aviation and Carrier Strike) / Rear Admiral Fleet Air Arm | RN |
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Personnel), Naval Secretary and Flag Officer Reserves | RN |
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy) | RN |
Commandant General Royal Marines | RN |
General Officer Commanding Regional Command | Army |
General Officer Commanding London District | Army |
General Officer Commanding 1st United Kingdom Division | Army |
General Officer Commanding 3rd United Kingdom Division | Army |
General Officer Commanding 6th United Kingdom Division | Army |
General Officer Commanding Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command | Army |
Commander Joint Helicopter Command | Army |
Air Officer Commanding 1 Group | RAF |
Air Officer Commanding 2 Group | RAF |
Air Officer Commanding 11 Group | RAF |
Air Officer Commanding 22 (Training) Group & Chief of Staff Training | RAF |
Air Officer Commanding 38 Group | RAF |
Chief of Staff UK Strategic Command | Strat Com |
Commander British Forces Cyprus | Strat Com |
Chief of Staff Operations | Strat Com |
Chief of Staff Joint Warfare | Strat Com |
Command Information Surveillance and Reconnaissance | Strat Com |
Surgeon General | Strat Com |
Director Medical Personnel & Training | Strat Com |
Director Defence Healthcare | Strat Com |
Commander Standing Joint Forces Headquarters | Strat Com |
1 Star Command Appointments | |
Commodore Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton | RN |
Naval Base Commander (Clyde) | RN |
Naval Base Commander (Devonport) | RN |
Naval Base Commander (Portsmouth) | RN |
Commander 3 Commando Brigade | RN |
Commander Littoral Strike Group | RN |
Commander UK Carrier Strike Group | RN |
Commander UK Maritime Component and Senior Royal Navy Officer (Gulf) | RN |
Commodore Royal Fleet Auxiliary | RN |
Commodore Maritime Reserves | RN |
Assistant Chief of Staff (Land and Littoral Strike / Deputy Commandant General Royal Marines) | RN |
Commander Portsmouth Flotilla | RN |
Commander Devonport Flotilla | RN |
Commander Faslane Flotilla | RN |
Captain HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH | RN |
Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron Commander British Forces Gibraltar | RN |
Commander 16 Air Assault Brigade | Army |
Commander 1st Artillery Brigade | Army |
Commander 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade | Army |
Commander 12 Armoured Infantry Brigade | Army |
Commander 20 Armoured Infantry Brigade | Army |
Commander 4th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters North East | Army |
Commander 7th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters East | Army |
Commander 11th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters South East | Army |
Commander 8th Engineer Brigade | Army |
Commander 1st Signal Brigade | Army |
Commander 11th Signal Brigade and Headquarters West Midlands | Army |
Commander 101st Logistics Brigade | Army |
Commander 102nd Logistics Brigade | Army |
Commander 104th Logistics Support Brigade | Army |
Commander 77th Brigade | Army |
Commander 1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade | Army |
Commander 38th Irish Brigade | Army |
Commander 51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland | Army |
Commander 160th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Wales | Army |
Commander Specialised Infantry Group | Army |
Commander 2nd Medical Brigade | Army |
Commander 1 Military Police Brigade and Provost Marshal (Army) | Army |
Deputy Commander Reserves 1st United Kingdom Division | Army |
Deputy Commander Reserves 3rd United Kingdom Division | Army |
Deputy Commander Reserves 6th United Kingdom Division | Army |
Commander Initial Training Group | Army |
Commander Collective Training Group | Army |
Commandant Royal School of Military Engineering | Army |
Commandant Defence College of Logistics Policing and Administration | Army |
Commandant Defence College of Technical Training | Army |
Deputy Commander Joint Helicopter Command | Army |
Commander Sandhurst Group | Army |
Air Officer Commanding 83 Expeditionary Air Group & UK Air Component Commander | RAF |
Commandant RAF College | RAF |
Joint Force Air Component Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer Lightning & Lightning Force Commander * | RAF |
Air Officer Typhoon & Typhoon Force Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer ISTAR and ISTAR Force Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer A4 & A4 Force Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer Force Protection, Force Protection Force Commander & Commandant General RAF Regiment* | RAF |
Air Officer Battlespace Management & Battlespace Management Force Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer Air Mobility & Air Mobility Force Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer A6 & A6 Force Commander* | RAF |
Commanding Officer Northwood Headquarters | Strat Com |
Deputy Commander British Forces Cyprus | Strat Com |
Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands | Strat Com |
Commander Combined/Joint Forces Headquarters | Strat Com |
Commander Joint Forces Logistic Component | Strat Com |
Commander Joint Forces Intelligence Group | Strat Com |
Station Commander Wyton | Strat Com |
Commander Joint Cyber Electro Magnetic Activity Group | Strat Com |
Commander Joint Force Cyber Group | Strat Com |
Commander British Forces Gibraltar | Strat Com |
Commander Joint Hospital Group | Strat Com |
Table notes:
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many command appointments there are in the Royal Navy at one star and above, broken down by role.
Answered by Baroness Goldie
There are 29 command appointments at one-star level and above within the Royal Navy, 42 within the Army, 18 within the Royal Air Force and 26 within Strategic Command. The table below shows a breakdown by role although for security reasons two Strategic Command posts are not included.
While broadly similar, the three services and Strategic Command use slightly different criteria for 'command appointments' because of their structural differences. Senior service officers also hold command appointments in roles outside of their service, for example in NATO. There are also non-command appointments at one-star level and above, both within and external to the single services.
Table 1: Command appointments at one-star level and above for the Army, Navy, Royal Air Force and Strategic Command
4 Star Command Appointments | Service |
First Sea Lord | RN |
Chief of the General Staff | Army |
Chief of the Air Staff | RAF |
Commander UK Strategic Command | Strat Com |
3 Star Command Appointments | |
Second Sea Lord | RN |
Fleet Commander | RN |
Commander Field Army | Army |
Commander Home Command | Army |
Deputy Commander Operations/ Air Member Operations | RAF |
Chief Joint Operations | Strat Com |
Director General Joint Force Development | Strat Com |
Director General Defence Medical Services | Strat Com |
2 Star Command Appointments | |
Commander Operations | RN |
Commander UK Strike Force / Rear Admiral Surface Ships | RN |
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Capability) | RN |
Flag Officer Sea Training & Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Training) | RN |
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Ships) | RN |
Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Submarines) / Rear Admiral (Submarines) | RN |
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Aviation and Carrier Strike) / Rear Admiral Fleet Air Arm | RN |
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Personnel), Naval Secretary and Flag Officer Reserves | RN |
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy) | RN |
Commandant General Royal Marines | RN |
General Officer Commanding Regional Command | Army |
General Officer Commanding London District | Army |
General Officer Commanding 1st United Kingdom Division | Army |
General Officer Commanding 3rd United Kingdom Division | Army |
General Officer Commanding 6th United Kingdom Division | Army |
General Officer Commanding Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command | Army |
Commander Joint Helicopter Command | Army |
Air Officer Commanding 1 Group | RAF |
Air Officer Commanding 2 Group | RAF |
Air Officer Commanding 11 Group | RAF |
Air Officer Commanding 22 (Training) Group & Chief of Staff Training | RAF |
Air Officer Commanding 38 Group | RAF |
Chief of Staff UK Strategic Command | Strat Com |
Commander British Forces Cyprus | Strat Com |
Chief of Staff Operations | Strat Com |
Chief of Staff Joint Warfare | Strat Com |
Command Information Surveillance and Reconnaissance | Strat Com |
Surgeon General | Strat Com |
Director Medical Personnel & Training | Strat Com |
Director Defence Healthcare | Strat Com |
Commander Standing Joint Forces Headquarters | Strat Com |
1 Star Command Appointments | |
Commodore Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton | RN |
Naval Base Commander (Clyde) | RN |
Naval Base Commander (Devonport) | RN |
Naval Base Commander (Portsmouth) | RN |
Commander 3 Commando Brigade | RN |
Commander Littoral Strike Group | RN |
Commander UK Carrier Strike Group | RN |
Commander UK Maritime Component and Senior Royal Navy Officer (Gulf) | RN |
Commodore Royal Fleet Auxiliary | RN |
Commodore Maritime Reserves | RN |
Assistant Chief of Staff (Land and Littoral Strike / Deputy Commandant General Royal Marines) | RN |
Commander Portsmouth Flotilla | RN |
Commander Devonport Flotilla | RN |
Commander Faslane Flotilla | RN |
Captain HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH | RN |
Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron Commander British Forces Gibraltar | RN |
Commander 16 Air Assault Brigade | Army |
Commander 1st Artillery Brigade | Army |
Commander 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade | Army |
Commander 12 Armoured Infantry Brigade | Army |
Commander 20 Armoured Infantry Brigade | Army |
Commander 4th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters North East | Army |
Commander 7th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters East | Army |
Commander 11th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters South East | Army |
Commander 8th Engineer Brigade | Army |
Commander 1st Signal Brigade | Army |
Commander 11th Signal Brigade and Headquarters West Midlands | Army |
Commander 101st Logistics Brigade | Army |
Commander 102nd Logistics Brigade | Army |
Commander 104th Logistics Support Brigade | Army |
Commander 77th Brigade | Army |
Commander 1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade | Army |
Commander 38th Irish Brigade | Army |
Commander 51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland | Army |
Commander 160th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Wales | Army |
Commander Specialised Infantry Group | Army |
Commander 2nd Medical Brigade | Army |
Commander 1 Military Police Brigade and Provost Marshal (Army) | Army |
Deputy Commander Reserves 1st United Kingdom Division | Army |
Deputy Commander Reserves 3rd United Kingdom Division | Army |
Deputy Commander Reserves 6th United Kingdom Division | Army |
Commander Initial Training Group | Army |
Commander Collective Training Group | Army |
Commandant Royal School of Military Engineering | Army |
Commandant Defence College of Logistics Policing and Administration | Army |
Commandant Defence College of Technical Training | Army |
Deputy Commander Joint Helicopter Command | Army |
Commander Sandhurst Group | Army |
Air Officer Commanding 83 Expeditionary Air Group & UK Air Component Commander | RAF |
Commandant RAF College | RAF |
Joint Force Air Component Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer Lightning & Lightning Force Commander * | RAF |
Air Officer Typhoon & Typhoon Force Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer ISTAR and ISTAR Force Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer A4 & A4 Force Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer Force Protection, Force Protection Force Commander & Commandant General RAF Regiment* | RAF |
Air Officer Battlespace Management & Battlespace Management Force Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer Air Mobility & Air Mobility Force Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer A6 & A6 Force Commander* | RAF |
Commanding Officer Northwood Headquarters | Strat Com |
Deputy Commander British Forces Cyprus | Strat Com |
Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands | Strat Com |
Commander Combined/Joint Forces Headquarters | Strat Com |
Commander Joint Forces Logistic Component | Strat Com |
Commander Joint Forces Intelligence Group | Strat Com |
Station Commander Wyton | Strat Com |
Commander Joint Cyber Electro Magnetic Activity Group | Strat Com |
Commander Joint Force Cyber Group | Strat Com |
Commander British Forces Gibraltar | Strat Com |
Commander Joint Hospital Group | Strat Com |
Table notes:
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many command appointments there are that are not single service, broken down by role.
Answered by Baroness Goldie
There are 29 command appointments at one-star level and above within the Royal Navy, 42 within the Army, 18 within the Royal Air Force and 26 within Strategic Command. The table below shows a breakdown by role although for security reasons two Strategic Command posts are not included.
While broadly similar, the three services and Strategic Command use slightly different criteria for 'command appointments' because of their structural differences. Senior service officers also hold command appointments in roles outside of their service, for example in NATO. There are also non-command appointments at one-star level and above, both within and external to the single services.
Table 1: Command appointments at one-star level and above for the Army, Navy, Royal Air Force and Strategic Command
4 Star Command Appointments | Service |
First Sea Lord | RN |
Chief of the General Staff | Army |
Chief of the Air Staff | RAF |
Commander UK Strategic Command | Strat Com |
3 Star Command Appointments | |
Second Sea Lord | RN |
Fleet Commander | RN |
Commander Field Army | Army |
Commander Home Command | Army |
Deputy Commander Operations/ Air Member Operations | RAF |
Chief Joint Operations | Strat Com |
Director General Joint Force Development | Strat Com |
Director General Defence Medical Services | Strat Com |
2 Star Command Appointments | |
Commander Operations | RN |
Commander UK Strike Force / Rear Admiral Surface Ships | RN |
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Capability) | RN |
Flag Officer Sea Training & Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Training) | RN |
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Ships) | RN |
Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Submarines) / Rear Admiral (Submarines) | RN |
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Aviation and Carrier Strike) / Rear Admiral Fleet Air Arm | RN |
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Personnel), Naval Secretary and Flag Officer Reserves | RN |
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy) | RN |
Commandant General Royal Marines | RN |
General Officer Commanding Regional Command | Army |
General Officer Commanding London District | Army |
General Officer Commanding 1st United Kingdom Division | Army |
General Officer Commanding 3rd United Kingdom Division | Army |
General Officer Commanding 6th United Kingdom Division | Army |
General Officer Commanding Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command | Army |
Commander Joint Helicopter Command | Army |
Air Officer Commanding 1 Group | RAF |
Air Officer Commanding 2 Group | RAF |
Air Officer Commanding 11 Group | RAF |
Air Officer Commanding 22 (Training) Group & Chief of Staff Training | RAF |
Air Officer Commanding 38 Group | RAF |
Chief of Staff UK Strategic Command | Strat Com |
Commander British Forces Cyprus | Strat Com |
Chief of Staff Operations | Strat Com |
Chief of Staff Joint Warfare | Strat Com |
Command Information Surveillance and Reconnaissance | Strat Com |
Surgeon General | Strat Com |
Director Medical Personnel & Training | Strat Com |
Director Defence Healthcare | Strat Com |
Commander Standing Joint Forces Headquarters | Strat Com |
1 Star Command Appointments | |
Commodore Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton | RN |
Naval Base Commander (Clyde) | RN |
Naval Base Commander (Devonport) | RN |
Naval Base Commander (Portsmouth) | RN |
Commander 3 Commando Brigade | RN |
Commander Littoral Strike Group | RN |
Commander UK Carrier Strike Group | RN |
Commander UK Maritime Component and Senior Royal Navy Officer (Gulf) | RN |
Commodore Royal Fleet Auxiliary | RN |
Commodore Maritime Reserves | RN |
Assistant Chief of Staff (Land and Littoral Strike / Deputy Commandant General Royal Marines) | RN |
Commander Portsmouth Flotilla | RN |
Commander Devonport Flotilla | RN |
Commander Faslane Flotilla | RN |
Captain HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH | RN |
Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron Commander British Forces Gibraltar | RN |
Commander 16 Air Assault Brigade | Army |
Commander 1st Artillery Brigade | Army |
Commander 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade | Army |
Commander 12 Armoured Infantry Brigade | Army |
Commander 20 Armoured Infantry Brigade | Army |
Commander 4th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters North East | Army |
Commander 7th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters East | Army |
Commander 11th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters South East | Army |
Commander 8th Engineer Brigade | Army |
Commander 1st Signal Brigade | Army |
Commander 11th Signal Brigade and Headquarters West Midlands | Army |
Commander 101st Logistics Brigade | Army |
Commander 102nd Logistics Brigade | Army |
Commander 104th Logistics Support Brigade | Army |
Commander 77th Brigade | Army |
Commander 1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade | Army |
Commander 38th Irish Brigade | Army |
Commander 51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland | Army |
Commander 160th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Wales | Army |
Commander Specialised Infantry Group | Army |
Commander 2nd Medical Brigade | Army |
Commander 1 Military Police Brigade and Provost Marshal (Army) | Army |
Deputy Commander Reserves 1st United Kingdom Division | Army |
Deputy Commander Reserves 3rd United Kingdom Division | Army |
Deputy Commander Reserves 6th United Kingdom Division | Army |
Commander Initial Training Group | Army |
Commander Collective Training Group | Army |
Commandant Royal School of Military Engineering | Army |
Commandant Defence College of Logistics Policing and Administration | Army |
Commandant Defence College of Technical Training | Army |
Deputy Commander Joint Helicopter Command | Army |
Commander Sandhurst Group | Army |
Air Officer Commanding 83 Expeditionary Air Group & UK Air Component Commander | RAF |
Commandant RAF College | RAF |
Joint Force Air Component Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer Lightning & Lightning Force Commander * | RAF |
Air Officer Typhoon & Typhoon Force Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer ISTAR and ISTAR Force Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer A4 & A4 Force Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer Force Protection, Force Protection Force Commander & Commandant General RAF Regiment* | RAF |
Air Officer Battlespace Management & Battlespace Management Force Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer Air Mobility & Air Mobility Force Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer A6 & A6 Force Commander* | RAF |
Commanding Officer Northwood Headquarters | Strat Com |
Deputy Commander British Forces Cyprus | Strat Com |
Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands | Strat Com |
Commander Combined/Joint Forces Headquarters | Strat Com |
Commander Joint Forces Logistic Component | Strat Com |
Commander Joint Forces Intelligence Group | Strat Com |
Station Commander Wyton | Strat Com |
Commander Joint Cyber Electro Magnetic Activity Group | Strat Com |
Commander Joint Force Cyber Group | Strat Com |
Commander British Forces Gibraltar | Strat Com |
Commander Joint Hospital Group | Strat Com |
Table notes:
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many command appointments there are in the Royal Air Force at one star and above, broken down by role.
Answered by Baroness Goldie
There are 29 command appointments at one-star level and above within the Royal Navy, 42 within the Army, 18 within the Royal Air Force and 26 within Strategic Command. The table below shows a breakdown by role although for security reasons two Strategic Command posts are not included.
While broadly similar, the three services and Strategic Command use slightly different criteria for 'command appointments' because of their structural differences. Senior service officers also hold command appointments in roles outside of their service, for example in NATO. There are also non-command appointments at one-star level and above, both within and external to the single services.
Table 1: Command appointments at one-star level and above for the Army, Navy, Royal Air Force and Strategic Command
4 Star Command Appointments | Service |
First Sea Lord | RN |
Chief of the General Staff | Army |
Chief of the Air Staff | RAF |
Commander UK Strategic Command | Strat Com |
3 Star Command Appointments | |
Second Sea Lord | RN |
Fleet Commander | RN |
Commander Field Army | Army |
Commander Home Command | Army |
Deputy Commander Operations/ Air Member Operations | RAF |
Chief Joint Operations | Strat Com |
Director General Joint Force Development | Strat Com |
Director General Defence Medical Services | Strat Com |
2 Star Command Appointments | |
Commander Operations | RN |
Commander UK Strike Force / Rear Admiral Surface Ships | RN |
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Capability) | RN |
Flag Officer Sea Training & Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Training) | RN |
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Ships) | RN |
Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Submarines) / Rear Admiral (Submarines) | RN |
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Aviation and Carrier Strike) / Rear Admiral Fleet Air Arm | RN |
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Personnel), Naval Secretary and Flag Officer Reserves | RN |
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy) | RN |
Commandant General Royal Marines | RN |
General Officer Commanding Regional Command | Army |
General Officer Commanding London District | Army |
General Officer Commanding 1st United Kingdom Division | Army |
General Officer Commanding 3rd United Kingdom Division | Army |
General Officer Commanding 6th United Kingdom Division | Army |
General Officer Commanding Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command | Army |
Commander Joint Helicopter Command | Army |
Air Officer Commanding 1 Group | RAF |
Air Officer Commanding 2 Group | RAF |
Air Officer Commanding 11 Group | RAF |
Air Officer Commanding 22 (Training) Group & Chief of Staff Training | RAF |
Air Officer Commanding 38 Group | RAF |
Chief of Staff UK Strategic Command | Strat Com |
Commander British Forces Cyprus | Strat Com |
Chief of Staff Operations | Strat Com |
Chief of Staff Joint Warfare | Strat Com |
Command Information Surveillance and Reconnaissance | Strat Com |
Surgeon General | Strat Com |
Director Medical Personnel & Training | Strat Com |
Director Defence Healthcare | Strat Com |
Commander Standing Joint Forces Headquarters | Strat Com |
1 Star Command Appointments | |
Commodore Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton | RN |
Naval Base Commander (Clyde) | RN |
Naval Base Commander (Devonport) | RN |
Naval Base Commander (Portsmouth) | RN |
Commander 3 Commando Brigade | RN |
Commander Littoral Strike Group | RN |
Commander UK Carrier Strike Group | RN |
Commander UK Maritime Component and Senior Royal Navy Officer (Gulf) | RN |
Commodore Royal Fleet Auxiliary | RN |
Commodore Maritime Reserves | RN |
Assistant Chief of Staff (Land and Littoral Strike / Deputy Commandant General Royal Marines) | RN |
Commander Portsmouth Flotilla | RN |
Commander Devonport Flotilla | RN |
Commander Faslane Flotilla | RN |
Captain HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH | RN |
Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron Commander British Forces Gibraltar | RN |
Commander 16 Air Assault Brigade | Army |
Commander 1st Artillery Brigade | Army |
Commander 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade | Army |
Commander 12 Armoured Infantry Brigade | Army |
Commander 20 Armoured Infantry Brigade | Army |
Commander 4th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters North East | Army |
Commander 7th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters East | Army |
Commander 11th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters South East | Army |
Commander 8th Engineer Brigade | Army |
Commander 1st Signal Brigade | Army |
Commander 11th Signal Brigade and Headquarters West Midlands | Army |
Commander 101st Logistics Brigade | Army |
Commander 102nd Logistics Brigade | Army |
Commander 104th Logistics Support Brigade | Army |
Commander 77th Brigade | Army |
Commander 1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade | Army |
Commander 38th Irish Brigade | Army |
Commander 51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland | Army |
Commander 160th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Wales | Army |
Commander Specialised Infantry Group | Army |
Commander 2nd Medical Brigade | Army |
Commander 1 Military Police Brigade and Provost Marshal (Army) | Army |
Deputy Commander Reserves 1st United Kingdom Division | Army |
Deputy Commander Reserves 3rd United Kingdom Division | Army |
Deputy Commander Reserves 6th United Kingdom Division | Army |
Commander Initial Training Group | Army |
Commander Collective Training Group | Army |
Commandant Royal School of Military Engineering | Army |
Commandant Defence College of Logistics Policing and Administration | Army |
Commandant Defence College of Technical Training | Army |
Deputy Commander Joint Helicopter Command | Army |
Commander Sandhurst Group | Army |
Air Officer Commanding 83 Expeditionary Air Group & UK Air Component Commander | RAF |
Commandant RAF College | RAF |
Joint Force Air Component Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer Lightning & Lightning Force Commander * | RAF |
Air Officer Typhoon & Typhoon Force Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer ISTAR and ISTAR Force Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer A4 & A4 Force Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer Force Protection, Force Protection Force Commander & Commandant General RAF Regiment* | RAF |
Air Officer Battlespace Management & Battlespace Management Force Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer Air Mobility & Air Mobility Force Commander* | RAF |
Air Officer A6 & A6 Force Commander* | RAF |
Commanding Officer Northwood Headquarters | Strat Com |
Deputy Commander British Forces Cyprus | Strat Com |
Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands | Strat Com |
Commander Combined/Joint Forces Headquarters | Strat Com |
Commander Joint Forces Logistic Component | Strat Com |
Commander Joint Forces Intelligence Group | Strat Com |
Station Commander Wyton | Strat Com |
Commander Joint Cyber Electro Magnetic Activity Group | Strat Com |
Commander Joint Force Cyber Group | Strat Com |
Commander British Forces Gibraltar | Strat Com |
Commander Joint Hospital Group | Strat Com |
Table notes:
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 9 May (HL15373), whether the Ministry of Defence will adhere to paragraph 5.2 of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s Guide to Maintaining Road Worthiness of Commercial Goods and Passenger Carrying Vehicles, published in November 2018, which states that tyres in single formation should not be kept in service on a heavy goods vehicle for more than 10 years.
Answered by Earl Howe - Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
The Ministry of Defence policy is that tyres fitted to vehicles are inspected at regular intervals in line with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency's Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) inspection manual 2018 edition. This takes into account the requirements in paragraph 5.2 of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency's Guide to Maintaining Road Worthiness of Commercial Goods and Passenger Carrying Vehicles, published in November 2018.
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that heavy goods vehicles used by the Ministry of Defence with tyres that are more than 10 years old are not exported for use in developing countries; and what estimate they have made of the loss of income from such sales.
Answered by Earl Howe - Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) routinely scraps used tyres through a contractor, therefore none are exported overseas. However, when tyres are attached to heavy goods vehicles, it is possible that those over 10 years old could be exported, as all ex-MOD vehicles are sold as seen. There is currently no loss of income associated with such vehicle sales.
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that heavy goods vehicle tyres used by the Ministry of Defence that are more than 10 years old are not exported for use in developing countries; and what estimate they have made of the loss of income from such sales.
Answered by Earl Howe - Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) routinely scraps used tyres through a contractor, therefore none are exported overseas. However, when tyres are attached to heavy goods vehicles, it is possible that those over 10 years old could be exported, as all ex-MOD vehicles are sold as seen. There is currently no loss of income associated with such vehicle sales.
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of tyres fitted in single formation which are in use on vehicles used by the Ministry of Defence; and what estimate they have made of the cost in each of the next 10 years of replacing tyres that are 10 or more years old.
Answered by Earl Howe - Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
Details on the number of tyres fitted in single formation on vehicles used by the Ministry of Defence are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. No estimate of the cost of replacing tyres that are 10 or more years old has been made. All vehicles are maintained and serviced regularly, at which time tyres are replaced if they do not meet minimum legal and safety standards.
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 4 April (HL14845), whether the Ministry of Defence adheres to the advice given in the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency Guide to maintaining roadworthiness: Commercial goods and passenger carrying vehicles, published in November 2018, providing that the advice does not conflict with operational requirements.
Answered by Earl Howe - Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has a dis-application from the statutory legislation that requires vehicles to undergo an Annual Roadworthiness Test and periodic Safety Inspections. Where Defence has dis-applications, the Secretary of State for Defence's Policy Statement for Health, Safety and Environmental Protection requires the MOD to maintain Departmental arrangements that produce outcomes that are, so far as reasonably practicable, at least as good as those required by UK legislation. As such, the MOD does conduct Annual Roadworthiness Test and periodic Safety Inspections to the standard contained in the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency guide to maintaining roadworthiness for commercial goods and passenger carrying vehicles.