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Written Question
Reserve Forces: Recruitment
Tuesday 23rd April 2024

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.


Written Question
Armed Forces: Housing
Tuesday 23rd April 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 family accommodation properties there are in Southampton.

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

The number of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties there are in Aldershot, Plymouth, Southampton, Salisbury and Devon are shown in the table below, the number for Plymouth is also included in the figures for Devon:

Aldershot

Plymouth

Southampton

Salisbury

Devon

Total SFA

3,253

973

220

1,879

1,571


Written Question
Armed Forces: Housing
Tuesday 23rd April 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 family accommodation properties there are in Plymouth.

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

The number of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties there are in Aldershot, Plymouth, Southampton, Salisbury and Devon are shown in the table below, the number for Plymouth is also included in the figures for Devon:

Aldershot

Plymouth

Southampton

Salisbury

Devon

Total SFA

3,253

973

220

1,879

1,571


Written Question
Armed Forces: Housing
Tuesday 23rd April 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 family accommodation properties there are in Devon.

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

The number of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties there are in Aldershot, Plymouth, Southampton, Salisbury and Devon are shown in the table below, the number for Plymouth is also included in the figures for Devon:

Aldershot

Plymouth

Southampton

Salisbury

Devon

Total SFA

3,253

973

220

1,879

1,571


Written Question
Armed Forces: Housing
Tuesday 23rd April 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 family accommodation properties there are in Salisbury.

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

The number of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties there are in Aldershot, Plymouth, Southampton, Salisbury and Devon are shown in the table below, the number for Plymouth is also included in the figures for Devon:

Aldershot

Plymouth

Southampton

Salisbury

Devon

Total SFA

3,253

973

220

1,879

1,571


Written Question
Armed Forces: Housing
Tuesday 23rd April 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 family accommodation properties there are in Aldershot.

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

The number of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties there are in Aldershot, Plymouth, Southampton, Salisbury and Devon are shown in the table below, the number for Plymouth is also included in the figures for Devon:

Aldershot

Plymouth

Southampton

Salisbury

Devon

Total SFA

3,253

973

220

1,879

1,571


Written Question
Apache Helicopters
Tuesday 23rd April 2024

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.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Tuesday 23rd April 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, if he will update the letter deposited in the Library of the House on 27 December 2023, reference DEP2024-0002, with the latest figures available.

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

Data provided in response to Questions is not updated when new data becomes available.

If the data was later found to be incorrect, then a correction would be issued. However this is not the case with the Question referred to by the hon. Member.


Written Question
Armed Forces: Medical Treatments
Tuesday 23rd April 2024

Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel are waiting for medical treatment.

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

The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.


Written Question
Armed Forces: Recruitment
Tuesday 23rd April 2024

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