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Written Question
Ministry of Defence: Finance
Thursday 16th May 2024

Asked by: Ben Wallace (Conservative - Wyre and Preston North)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether an annual budget cycle took place for the financial year (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The department runs an Annual Budget Cycle (ABC) every year.


Written Question
Portsmouth Dockyard
Thursday 16th May 2024

Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on improving service accommodation at HMNB Portsmouth since April 2022.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The information required to answer the hon. Member's questions is held by Ministry of Defence contractors. Defence Infrastructure Organisation officials are working with them to produce a consolidated response which will take some time. I will write to him by early June 2024, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.


Written Question
Armed Forces: Housing
Thursday 16th May 2024

Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on improving service family accommodation in Plymouth since April 2022.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The information required to answer the hon. Member's questions is held by Ministry of Defence contractors. Defence Infrastructure Organisation officials are working with them to produce a consolidated response which will take some time. I will write to him by early June 2024, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.


Written Question
HMS Gannet
Thursday 16th May 2024

Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was for improvements to service accommodation at HMS Gannet since April 2022.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The information required to answer the hon. Member's questions is held by Ministry of Defence contractors. Defence Infrastructure Organisation officials are working with them to produce a consolidated response which will take some time. I will write to him by early June 2024, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.


Written Question
Institute of Naval Medicine
Thursday 16th May 2024

Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was for improvements to service accommodation at the Institute of Naval Medicine since April 2022.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The information required to answer the hon. Member's questions is held by Ministry of Defence contractors. Defence Infrastructure Organisation officials are working with them to produce a consolidated response which will take some time. I will write to him by early June 2024, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.


Written Question
Defence Driving School
Thursday 16th May 2024

Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was for improvements to service accommodation at Horsea Island since April 2022.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The information required to answer the hon. Member's questions is held by Ministry of Defence contractors. Defence Infrastructure Organisation officials are working with them to produce a consolidated response which will take some time. I will write to him by early June 2024, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.


Written Question
HMS Temeraire
Thursday 16th May 2024

Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was for improvements to service accommodation at HMS Temeraire since April 2022.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The information required to answer the hon. Member's questions is held by Ministry of Defence contractors. Defence Infrastructure Organisation officials are working with them to produce a consolidated response which will take some time. I will write to him by early June 2024, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.


Written Question
HMS Excellent
Thursday 16th May 2024

Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was for improvements to service accommodation at HMS Excellent since April 2022.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The information required to answer the hon. Member's questions is held by Ministry of Defence contractors. Defence Infrastructure Organisation officials are working with them to produce a consolidated response which will take some time. I will write to him by early June 2024, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.


Written Question
Clive Barracks
Thursday 16th May 2024

Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at Clive Barracks as of 3 May 2024.

Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)

As at 1 January 2024, there were 530 UK Armed Forces Service personnel stationed at Clive Barracks.

Please note the following caveats:

  1. The number of UK Armed Forces Service personnel stationed at Clive Barracks can only be provided as at 1 January 2024 in line with Published National Statistics.
  2. This figure comprises UK Regular Forces, Gurkhas, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel (LEP), Volunteer Reserve, Serving Regular Reserve, Sponsored Reserve and Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) of unknown origin. University Officer Cadets are excluded. The figure includes both trained and untrained personnel.
  3. The figure is based on Service personnel’s stationed location and not their location of residence – where personnel work is not necessarily where they live. Personnel deployed on operations to an area away from their stationed location are shown against their most recent stationed location.
  4. Figures containing Reserve personnel are estimates because the station location data for Reserves has not been fully verified.
  5. The figure has been rounded to the nearest 10 to prevent inadvertent disclosure of personal identities. However, numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias.


Written Question
Armed Forces and Ministry of Defence: Data Protection
Thursday 16th May 2024

Asked by: Richard Foord (Liberal Democrat - Tiverton and Honiton)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many national security data breaches were recorded (a) within his Department and (b) by armed forces personnel deployed overseas in 2023.

Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)

The Ministry of Defence is unable to disclose this information for national security reasons.