Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many Atlas C.1 (A400M) aircraft are operational in the UK; and whether they have ordered more to be built.
Answered by Baroness Goldie
The RAF has a fleet of 21 Atlas C.1 (A400M) aircraft with another due for delivery in the summer of 2023. Currently, no additional aircraft have been ordered.
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many A400M Atlas aircraft are currently operated by the Ministry of Defence.
Answered by Baroness Goldie
There are currently 20 Atlas C.1 (A400M) aircraft in RAF service.
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) A400M, and (2) C17, aircraft are currently in service in the Royal Air Force.
Answered by Baroness Goldie
There are currently a total of 20 A400M Atlas and eight C-17 Globemaster aircraft in RAF service.
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they provided in total monies for the A400M project.
Answered by Baroness Goldie
Up to the end of March 2020, the UK had spent £2.3 billion on its acquisition of A400M aircraft against a total provision for acquisition of £2.6 billion.
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many A400M aircraft they have obtained for current service.
Answered by Baroness Goldie
To date, 20 A400M aircraft have been delivered to the Royal Air Force.
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many A400M aircraft are currently on order.
Answered by Baroness Goldie
The UK has ordered 22 A400M aircraft, 20 have been delivered, with two remaining to be delivered.
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) army cadet forces, (2) sea cadet forces, and (3) air training cadet forces, there were in the UK in (a) 2018, and (b) 2019.
Answered by Baroness Goldie
We are incredibly proud of our cadet forces, which provide the young people of our nation with confidence, resilience, and a sense of civic duty and values which will serve them well throughout life.
The information requested is available as an open-source document, and can be found at the following address: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-sponsored-cadet-forces-statistics-2019.
A copy of the report is attached for ease of reference, and should the noble Lord wish to compare, data for 2020 can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-sponsored-cadet-forces-statistics-2020
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many defence establishments there are in Wales, and what are their approximate locations.
Answered by Earl Howe - Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
There are 30 Defence establishments in Wales, which are listed below by constituency. It should be noted that the list does not include the Volunteer Estate, Army Career and Information Offices, Armed Forces Careers Offices or Service Family Accommodation.
Site Name | Location by Constituency |
Brecon Barracks | Brecon and Radnorshire |
Caerwent Training Area | Monmouth |
Capel Curig Training Camp | Aberconwy |
Castlemartin Training Area | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire |
Cawdor Barracks | Preseli Pembrokeshire |
Cwrt-y-Gollen Camp | Brecon and Radnorshire |
Defence Training Estate HQ Wales | Brecon and Radnorshire |
Defence Training Estate Kinmel Park | Vale of Clywd |
Defence Training Estate Llansilin Rifle Range | Montgomeryshire |
Fairbourne Resource Initiative Training Centre | Dwyfor Meirionnydd |
Hightown Barracks | Wrexham |
Infantry Battle School (IBS) Brecon | Brecon and Radnorshire |
Joint School for Adventurous Training Llanrwst | Aberconwy |
Joint Service Mountain Training Centre (JSMTC) Indefatigable | Ynys Mon |
Maindy Barracks | Cardiff Central Boro |
Manorbier Ranges | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire |
MOD Range Aberporth | Ceredigion |
MOD Range Pendine | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire |
Mona Airfield Anglesey | Ynys Mon |
Penally (Camp and Ranges) | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire |
Pwllholm Training Area | Monmouth |
RAF Pembrey Sands | Llanelli |
RAF Valley | Ynys Mon |
Rogiet Moor Ranges | Newport East |
Sennybridge Training Area | Brecon and Radnorshire |
St Athan | Vale of Glamorgan |
St Athan West Camp | Vale of Glamorgan |
Templeton Training Area | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire |
Ty Isaf Base Camp Talybont | Brecon and Radnorshire |
Ynys Gaint, Menai Bridge | Ynys Mon |
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the agreement by the partner countries of the UK, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain and Turkey to lend Airbus Military €1.5 billion to support production of the A400M aircraft, how many of those aircraft (1) have been purchased by, and (2) are on order from, each of those partner countries.
Answered by Earl Howe - Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
The six A400M partner nations have agreed to procure 170 aircraft from Airbus Defence & Space. Aircraft deliveries commenced in 2013 and are expected to continue into the next decade. Please see below the number of aircraft delivered, and the number ordered but yet to be delivered, as at 21 October 2016.
Partner nation | Aircraft delivered | Total ordered aircraft |
Belgium | 0 | 8 (including 1 aircraft for Luxembourg) |
France | 10 | 50 |
Germany | 5 | 53 |
Spain | 0 | 27 |
Turkey | 3 | 10 |
United Kingdom | 11 | 22 |
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many A400M aircraft they plan to purchase for use by the United Kingdom's armed forces.
Answered by Earl Howe - Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
The United Kingdom has ordered 22 A400M Atlas aircraft which will be operated by the Royal Air Force.