Asked by: Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department uses automated decision making in relation to procurement.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The Ministry of Defence does not use automated decision making in relation to procurement.
Asked by: Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of armed forces accommodation units have been empty for each of the last five years.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The table below portrays how many and what proportion of Service Family Accommodation have been void (empty) in each of the last five years:
Date | December 2018 | December 2019 | December 2020 | December 2021 | December 2022 |
Voids | 11,610 | 10,266 | 9,792 | 9,404 | 9,075 |
% | 23.37% | 20.75% | 19.91% | 19.37% | 18.93% |
Asked by: Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has received an official request for military aid to the civil authorities for Scottish ferry routes; and what (a) assets and (b) capabilities the armed forces have to provide such support.
Answered by James Heappey
In response to a request from the Scotland Office, Defence has deployed a Military Assessment Team to Scotland to investigate the feasibility of military assets providing a temporary replacement for the Corran ferry service. A Military Aid to the Civil Authorities (MACA) request has not been received.
The UK's Armed Forces maintain a range of capabilities with the ability to transport assets across water, including landing craft and landing rafts. These are, however, not directly analogous to civilian ferry craft.
Asked by: Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Sexual Offences in the Service Justice System statistics for 2022 published on 30 March 2023, how many of the 34 victims of sexual offences cases aged under 18 were based at the Army Foundation College at the time of the offence.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
It is taking some time to collate the information requested. I will write to the hon. Member shortly to answer his question and will place a copy of my response in the Library of the House.
Asked by: Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April to Question 175746 on Armed Forces: Scotland, how many military personnel based and resident in Scotland there are of each rank.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
The attached supporting table details the number of military personnel based and resident in Scotland by rank.
Asked by: Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will exhibit at the Meet the Buyer event in Edinburgh on 17 May.
Answered by Alex Chalk - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Due to resource constraints, the Ministry of Defence will not be exhibiting at this particular event. Our Doing Business With Defence Team regularly present at various regional and national trade events and meet the buyer events across the United Kingdom as part of the Department's outreach strategy.
Asked by: Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many H135 aircraft were owned by his Department as of 14 April 2023; how many hours have been flown by each of those aircraft; and what information is held on the remaining airframe fatigue hours for each aircraft.
Answered by Alex Chalk - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Defence owns 34 H135's of which 29 are designated as Juno HT Mk1 for rotary wing training. The other five airframes are airworthy, but in storage awaiting a decision on whether they will remain in Defence.
Registration - Flying Hours
ZM504 - 2,764hrs
ZM505 - 2,461hrs
ZM506 - 2,950 hrs
ZM507 - 2,520 hrs
ZM508 - 2,590 hrs
ZM509 - 2,483 hrs
ZM510 - 2,056 hrs
ZM511 - 1,974 hrs
ZM512 - 2,599 hrs
ZM513 - 2,133 hrs
ZM514 - 2,511 hrs
ZM515 - 2,561 hrs
ZM516 - 2,432 hrs
ZM517 - 2,616 hrs
ZM518 - 2,579 hrs
ZM519 - 2,762 hrs
ZM520 - 2,338 hrs
ZM521 - 1,886 hrs
ZM522 - 2,101 hrs
ZM523 - 2,388 hrs
ZM524 - 2,571 hrs
ZM525 - 1,688 hrs
ZM526 - 2,691 hrs
ZM527 - 2,853 hrs
ZM528 - 1,832 hrs
ZM529 - 1,883 hrs
ZM530 - 1,975 hrs
ZM531 - 802 hrs
ZM532 - 1,477 hrs
G-CMIR - 20 hrs
G-CMIS - 32 hrs
G-CMIT - 12 hrs
G-CMIU - 10 hrs
G-CMIV - 13 hrs
Airbus Helicopters technical information details that the H135 aircraft structural design is damage tolerant and does not specify a finite approved life.
Asked by: Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2023 to Question 171543 on Armed Forces: Scotland, how many and what proportion of the 15,480 military personnel stationed in Scotland as at 1 January 2023 were resident in that country.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
The number of military personnel stationed and living in Scotland as at 1 January 2023 is 9,260. This represents 59.8 per cent of the 15,480 military personnel stationed in Scotland.
The figures are rounded to the nearest ten. Stationed figures are based on Service personnel's stationed location and not their location of residence - where personnel work isn't necessarily where they live. Personnel deployed on operations to an area away from their stationed location are shown against their most recent stationed location. The Royal Navy/Royal Marines personnel on sea service are included against the local authority containing the home port of their ship.
Where a Service person is living is based on their Primary address as recorded on Joint Personnel Administration. An individual can have a Residence at Work Address, Permanent Home Address and Out of Hours Contact Address all running concurrently. The Service person will then mark only one address as primary; this is regarded by the Ministry of Defence as their main resident address.
Asked by: Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) contracts and (b) sub-contracts his Department holds with Infosys; and what the value is of each.
Answered by Alex Chalk - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
A search has found no contracts awarded by the Ministry of Defence to Infosys.
Comprehensive information on sub-contractors is not recorded centrally by the Department and as such, details of any sub-contracts held by Infosys could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it remains his policy to reduce the total number of Challenger 2 tanks held by the British Army.
Answered by Alex Chalk - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
As announced under Future Soldier, Challenger 3 will replace Challenger 2 to deliver the Army’s new Main Battle Tank capability with enhanced lethality, survivability, and mobility, able to meet current and emerging threats.
The number of Challenger 3 remains under review to ensure the Army’s Main Battle Tank fleet is sufficient to meet Defence’s needs.