Asked by: David Duguid (Conservative - Banff and Buchan)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of defence procurement on services and equipment was from firms operating or based in Banff and Buchan constituency.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) regularly publishes expenditure with UK industry, broken down by both UK region and industry group.
The latest bulletin on MOD regional expenditure can be found at the following link:
The MOD does not report on expenditure data by constituency, as the data is of insufficient quality to produce accurate estimates at this level.
Asked by: David Duguid (Conservative - Banff and Buchan)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of deploying armed forces personnel to support NHS Grampian in January 2022.
Answered by James Heappey
For January 2022, the charge for Defence support to NHS Grampian is estimated to be approximately £180,000. Defence personnel are currently deployed to NHS Grampian where they are providing acute medical support.
Asked by: David Duguid (Conservative - Banff and Buchan)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
What steps his Department is taking to support defence jobs throughout the UK.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
Last year the Ministry of Defence invested over £20 billion in industry and commerce across the UK directly and indirectly supporting many thousands of jobs.
Asked by: David Duguid (Conservative - Banff and Buchan)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel deployments there have been in Scotland to assist the Scottish Health and Scottish Ambulance Services, by local authority area.
Answered by James Heappey
From 1 March 2020 to 20 October 2021, there have been 32 military personnel deployments to support the Scottish Health and Scottish Ambulance Services through Military Aid to the Civil Authority (MACA) requests. These MACA tasks ranged from supporting the COVID-19 vaccination and testing programme in Scotland, providing Service personnel to drive ambulances, as well as the use of defence estate and military planners.
The table below shows the number of military deployments broken down by local authority area. The total exceeds 32 as some tasks spanned over several local authority areas.
Location | Number of MACA tasks |
Aberdeen | 2 |
Borders | 1 |
Central Belt | 2 |
Dumfries | 1 |
Edinburgh | 8 |
Fife | 2 |
Glasgow | 7 |
Highlands & Islands | 1 |
Kinloss | 1 |
Lanarkshire | 2 |
Lothian | 1 |
Rosyth | 1 |
Nationwide (Scotland) | 8 |
Asked by: David Duguid (Conservative - Banff and Buchan)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of deploying of military personnel to assist the Scottish Health and Scottish Ambulance Service during the covid-19 outbreak.
Answered by James Heappey
Since 22 March 2020, the estimated cost of assisting the Scottish Government in support of Op RESCRIPT (MoD's COVID-19 response) is £15 million.