Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on hospitality in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
The figures provided for Entertainment and Hospitality for both financial year 2020-21 and 2021-22 are as follows. Figures for financial year 2022-23 figures will be available once the accounts have been finalised.
2020-21 - £1.533 million
2019-20 - £ 3.366 million
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ex-military personnel are registered as living in Hemsworth Constituency.
Answered by Johnny Mercer - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Minister for Veterans' Affairs)
The number of veterans living in the Hemsworth constituency is not held.
However, the number of veterans in receipt of UK Armed Forces compensation or pensions by location can be found at the following link:
Please note, individuals may be in receipt of more than one compensation and/or pension scheme. Therefore, subtotals cannot be summed.
In July 2020, Parliament approved the inclusion of a veteran question in the England and Wales 2021 census which, for the first time, will enable Government to identify the number of veterans by location.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the projected cost for the renewal of Trident.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The Ministry of Defence co-ordinates a range of interdependent programmes to support, maintain and renew the United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent, as detailed in the National Audit Office report 'The Defence Nuclear Enterprise: a landscape review', published in 2018.
In the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, the Dreadnought Class submarine build programme was estimated to be likely to cost a total of £31 billion with an additional £10 billion contingency. The programme remains on track to deliver within this budget. It is too early to provide cost estimates for the Replacement Warhead Programme as much will depend on the eventual design requirements, and information relating to the programme may be subject to commercial and national security constraints.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel have been seconded to Government Departments in the last 12 months.
Answered by Johnny Mercer - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Minister for Veterans' Affairs)
The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Corps have moved to the former Clares factory in Swindon.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The property in question was temporarily used by troops from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers as part of Exercise Iron Viper 2019 which ran from 23 September to 3 October. The exercise was a routine test of the Army's logistical and technical support capabilities which also involved units from the Royal Engineers, Royal Corps of Signals, Royal Logistic Corps and Royal Army Medical Corps. To achieve realism, the exercise utilised both the Defence estate and private land, including a number of sites in urban areas.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many troops have been recalled from the Falklands to assist with preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal in the last 12 months.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
Within the last twelve months, no military personnel have been recalled from the Falklands to assist with preparations for a no-deal Brexit.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which sites UK armed forces have used for urban training exercises in the last 12 months.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
Defence has developed a prudent standby package of Defence personnel to support the civil authorities on a range of tasks if required. There are no plans to utilise military personnel for public order following Brexit and the Armed Forces have not undertaken urban training exercises in preparation for the UK leaving the EU without a deal. Defence routinely conducts training and exercising in a range of environments, including urban environments as part of its preparedness for overseas operations.
A list of the sites routinely used by the Armed Forces for training in urban environments is provided in the table below:
SITE |
Salisbury Plain Training Area |
Dartmoor Training Area |
Lulworth Range Complex |
Tregantle Training Area |
East Kent Training Area |
Hythe Ranges |
Lydd Ranges |
Longmoor |
Bramley Training Area |
Pirbright Ranges |
Stanford Army Field Training Centre |
Fingerinhoe |
Sennybridge Training Area |
Swynnerton Training Area |
Caerwent Training Area |
Castlemartin Ranges |
Leek Training Area |
Nescliff Training Camp |
Magilligan Training Centre & Ranges |
Ballykinler Tranining Centre & Ranges |
Garelochhead Training Centre |
Catterick Training Area |
Warcop |
British Army Training Unit Suffield – Canada |
British Army Training Unit Kenya |
Sennylager Training Centre – Germany |
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK armed forces are undertaking urban training exercises in preparation for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
Defence has developed a prudent standby package of Defence personnel to support the civil authorities on a range of tasks if required. There are no plans to utilise military personnel for public order following Brexit and the Armed Forces have not undertaken urban training exercises in preparation for the UK leaving the EU without a deal. Defence routinely conducts training and exercising in a range of environments, including urban environments as part of its preparedness for overseas operations.
A list of the sites routinely used by the Armed Forces for training in urban environments is provided in the table below:
SITE |
Salisbury Plain Training Area |
Dartmoor Training Area |
Lulworth Range Complex |
Tregantle Training Area |
East Kent Training Area |
Hythe Ranges |
Lydd Ranges |
Longmoor |
Bramley Training Area |
Pirbright Ranges |
Stanford Army Field Training Centre |
Fingerinhoe |
Sennybridge Training Area |
Swynnerton Training Area |
Caerwent Training Area |
Castlemartin Ranges |
Leek Training Area |
Nescliff Training Camp |
Magilligan Training Centre & Ranges |
Ballykinler Tranining Centre & Ranges |
Garelochhead Training Centre |
Catterick Training Area |
Warcop |
British Army Training Unit Suffield – Canada |
British Army Training Unit Kenya |
Sennylager Training Centre – Germany |
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which public appointments he is responsible for.
Answered by Johnny Mercer - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Minister for Veterans' Affairs)
As specified in the Public Appointments Order in Council 2019, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence is responsible for public appointments to the following public bodies and offices:
Armed Forces Pay Review Body
Defence Nuclear Safety Committee
Independent Medical Expert Group
Independent Monitoring Board for the Military Corrective Training Centre
Nuclear Research Advisory Council
Oil and Pipelines Agency
Royal Air Force Museum
Science Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapons
Service Complaints Ombudsman
Single Source Regulations Office
Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the armed forces will be used to police civil unrest in the event that the scenarios outlined in Operation Yellowhammer: HMG Reasonable Worst Case Planning Assumptions occur.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The Ministry of Defence has been working across Government, including with the Home Office and the National Police Chiefs' Council, to ensure that Government is adequately prepared for the range of YELLOWHAMMER Planning Assumptions. The maintenance of public order is the responsibility of the police. There are no plans to utilise military personnel in the event of civil unrest in the event of a no-deal Brexit.