Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many airdrops of humanitarian aid into Gaza the UK Armed Forces have made since October 2023.
Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
Up to 17 April the RAF have delivered 64 tonnes of aid to Gaza over seven airdrops as part of the Jordanian led mission.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the in-service date is for the first ship to be delivered by the Fleet Solid Support Ship programme.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The first Fleet Solid Support ship (FSS) is expected to enter service by 2031, after first of class trials and equipment fits.
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, how many trainable decoy launchers are being purchased.
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 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, 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 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, 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 |