Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Royal Navy spent on advertising (a) above the line, (b) on Tiktok, (c) on Facebook and Instagram, (d) on Snapchat and (e) on Twitter in each financial year since 2017.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The Royal Navy (RN) has spent the following overall sums on marketing with above the line media and social media platforms since Financial Year 2017-18:
Financial Year |
| Social Media | Media (Excluding Social) |
2017-18 |
| £423,990 | £7,697,349 |
2018-19 |
| £784,161 | £14,528,656 |
2019-20 |
| £1,626,458 | £15,699,198 |
2020-21 |
| £1,824,316 | £13,428,792 |
2021-22 |
| £1,615,263 | £14,037,031 |
2022-23 |
| £1,682,000 | £14,025,000 |
2023-24 |
| £2,593,000 | £16,191,000 |
The breakdown of spend by individual platform is commercially sensitive and it would therefore be inappropriate to provide this level of detail.
In accordance with advice from the Government Communication Service, the RN does not currently use the TikTok platform.
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, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2024 to Question 19174 on Armed Forces: Housing, what those figures are as of 17 April 2024 (a) by region and (b) for Scotland.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
As at 17 April 2024, the number of open work orders for repairs to Service Family Accommodation (SFA), broken down by region can be found in the table below:
Contract | Open Reactive Work Orders at 17 April 2024 |
Central | 1,976 |
South East | 3,715 |
Scotland and Northern Ireland | 1,717 |
South West | 3,169 |
Of those reported for the Scotland & Northern Ireland Region, 533 relate to Scotland.
As at 17 April 2024, the number of open work orders for repairs to Single Living Accommodation (SLA) on the Built Estate, broken down by region, can be found in the table below:
Contract | Open Reactive Work Orders at 17 April 2024 |
Central | 3,566 |
South East | 2,590 |
Scotland and Northern Ireland | 921 |
South West | 1,998 |
Of those reported for the Scotland and Northern Ireland Region, 768 relate to Scotland.
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 callouts have been made to RAF Lossiemouth for maintenance issues relating to (a) roofing, (b) loss of heating and hot water, (c) electrics (d) pest control and (e) damp and mould in the since April 2022.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
Callouts made to RAF Lossiemouth for maintenance issues since April 2022, are shown in the table below;
Roofing | Loss Heating & Hot Water | Electrical | Pest Control | Damp & Mould | TOTAL |
31 | 82 | 506 | 17 | 87 | 723 |
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) domestic and (b) overseas trade shows have Ministers in his Department attended in each year since 2019.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
Information on domestic trade shows is not held centrally and could be provided only at a disproportionate cost, whilst information on any attendance of overseas trade shows would have been published online within the Transparency Returns.
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: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what budget his Department plans to provide for the Armed Forces Apprenticeship Programme in the (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 financial years.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 26 March 2024, to Question 19790.
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual budget for the Armed Forces Apprenticeship Programme was in each financial year since 2019.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 26 March 2024, to Question 19790.
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: 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 |