Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Armed Forces Recruiting Offices allow for walk-ins by potential new recruits.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
Armed Forces Career Offices do allow for walk-ins by potential new recruits during office hours. Alternatively, people interested in a career in the Armed Forces can access online recruitment portals at any time.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) RAF personnel worked on military recruitment in each year since 2010.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
Information in response to the right hon. Member's Question is as follows:
Royal Navy
As of January 2024, there were 453 personnel employed to deliver recruitment with an additional surge support of some 85 personnel to enable transition to the New Recruiting Process. Historic information is not available.
Army
Financial Year | Personnel |
2010/12 | 526 |
2012/13 | 1050 |
2013/14 | 742 |
2014/15 | 742 |
2015/16 | 742 |
2016/17 | 736 |
2017/18 | 736 |
2018/19 | 424 |
2019/20 | 427 |
2020/21 | 427 |
2021/22 | 427 |
2022/23 | 427 |
2023/24 | 427 |
For information about additional Capita staff, not included in these figures, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 15 January 2024 to Question 7766 to the hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne, which is available at: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-01-05/7766.
Royal Air Force
Calendar Year | Personnel |
2010 | 439 |
2011 | 371 |
2012 | 332 |
2013 | 339 |
2014 | 356 |
2015 | 387 |
2016 | 396 |
2017 | 403 |
2018 | 436 |
2019 | 435 |
2020 | 429 |
2021 | 432 |
2022 | 415 |
2023 | 334 |
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many appeals against medical assessments of potential full time UK Armed Forces recruits were (a) submitted, (b) successful and (c) unsuccessful in each year since 2010.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former full time Armed Forces personnel voluntarily withdrew their application to join the Reserves after (a) three, (b) six and (c) 12 months in each year since 2010.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the right hon. Member’s Questions. I will write to him when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former full-time Armed Forces personnel (a) applied to and (b) joined the Reserves in each year since 2010.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the right hon. Member’s Questions. I will write to him when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the explosion at BAE Systems Monmouthshire on munitions production.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This was an isolated incident at the BAE Systems (BAES) Glascoed site, Monmouthshire that occurred in a remote building away from the production facilities. Tried and tested safety protocols were immediately enacted and there were no casualties. BAES is continuing to investigate and has engaged the Health and Safety Executive.
At this stage BAES do not envisage anything but a minimal impact on operations. Defence Equipment & Support are closely engaged with BAES to support their investigations. At present, a separate Ministry of Defence investigation is not planned.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on the commemorative final flight of the Army’s Apache Mk1.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The final commemorative flight of the Apache Mk1 was incorporated into a routine training sortie for the operational crew. We do not capture the financial costs of individual sorties.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Royal Navy warships to be boosted with new cutting-edge launchers, published on 26 March 2024, how many ships will be fitted with the new trainable decoy launchers.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
A total of 38 trainable decoy launchers will be installed across 19 Royal Navy surface ships on the Type 45 Destroyers and on the Type 26 and Type 31 Frigates.
The new decoy launchers form part of the Electronic Warfare Counter-Measures programme and will involve an incremental approach to the capability delivery. The programme’s detailed delivery plans have still to be developed; the in-service delivery date for the programme will be formally agreed at the appropriate approvals point.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Royal Navy warships to be boosted with new cutting-edge launchers, published on 26 March 2024, what the in-service date is for the new trainable decoy launchers.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
A total of 38 trainable decoy launchers will be installed across 19 Royal Navy surface ships on the Type 45 Destroyers and on the Type 26 and Type 31 Frigates.
The new decoy launchers form part of the Electronic Warfare Counter-Measures programme and will involve an incremental approach to the capability delivery. The programme’s detailed delivery plans have still to be developed; the in-service delivery date for the programme will be formally agreed at the appropriate approvals point.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much income the Defence Infrastructure Organisation has generated by renting out Service Family Accommodation properties to non-service personnel each year since 2010.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The amount the Department has received for renting out Service Family Accommodation (SFA) to non-Service personnel each year since financial year (FY) 2016-17 is shown in the table below:
FY | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
Sublet Income (£million) | 1.1 | 2.1 | 5.5 | 9.1 | 12.2 | 11.6 | 15.8 | 14.8 |
No information is held prior to FY 2016-17 as the Department only started subletting surplus SFA in 2016.