Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Royal Navy spent on (a) above the line marketing and (b) marketing on (i) tiktok, (ii) facebook and instagram, (iii) snapchat and (iv) X, formerly twitter, in each financial year since 2017-18.
Answered by Andrew Murrison
The Royal Navy (RN) has spent the following overall sums on marketing with social media platforms since Financial Year 2017-18:
Year | Social Media Marketing Spend |
2017-18 | £423,990 |
2018-19 | £784,161 |
2019-20 | £1,626,458 |
2020-21 | £1,824,316 |
2021-22 | £1,615,263 |
2022-23 | £1,682,000 |
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: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many tank shells were fired on training exercises in each year since 2015.
Answered by James Heappey
Below is a chart showing the number of shells and shots fired from tanks on training exercises each year since financial year 2014-15 until year to date.
Financial Year | SHELLS FIRED | SHOTS FIRED |
2014-15 | 6,742 | 5,904 |
2015-16 | 11,422 | 10,429 |
2016-17 | 4,313 | 5,509 |
2017-18 | 9,860 | 6,650 |
2018-19 | 10,206 | 7,632 |
2019-20 | 11,038 | 10,807 |
2020-21 | 700 | 4,766 |
2021-22 | 3,581 | 8,818 |
2022-23 | 2,635 | 6,162 |
2023-24 year to date | 3,201 | 1,966 |
Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of (a) flying and (b) simulator hours was per RAF pilot in each of the last six years.
Answered by James Heappey
The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel lived in substitute service single accommodation on average in each year since 2015.
Answered by Andrew Murrison
The table below shows the total numbers of Service personnel living in Substitute Service Single Accommodation (SSSA) each year since 2015.
Year | Number of Service Personnel in SSSA |
2015 | 4,165 |
2016 | 3,983 |
2017 | 3,970 |
2018 | 3,745 |
2019 | 3,870 |
2020 | 3,820 |
2021 | 3,633 |
2022 | 3,596 |
2023 (up to 28 Nov) | 3,951 |
There has been a 30% increase in SSSA applications in 2023. This is due to single Service Personnel being decanted from Single Living Accommodation as improvement and upgrade works take place a number of large Unit moves that have occurred this year.
Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful applications to join the Royal Marines as an (i) Officer and (ii) non-commissioned Officer were made in each year since 2010.
Answered by Andrew Murrison
It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the hon. Member's Questions. I will write to her when the information is available, and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of The House.
Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was for (a) abandoned and (b) postponed Royal Air Force training exercises in each year since 2018.
Answered by James Heappey
This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people left the (a) Army, (b) RAF, (c) Royal Navy and (d) Royal Marines in each calendar year since 2010.
Answered by Andrew Murrison
The requested information is provided in the attached table.
Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful applications to join the (i) Army as an officer, (ii) RAF as a commissioned officer and (iii) Royal Navy as an officer were made in each year since 2010.
Answered by Andrew Murrison
It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the hon. Member's Questions. I will write to her when the information is available, and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of The House.
Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful applications to join the (i) Army as a NCO, (ii) RAF as an NCO and (iii) Royal Navy as a rated officer were made in each year since 2010.
Answered by Andrew Murrison
It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the hon. Member's Questions. I will write to her when the information is available, and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of The House.
Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any (a) SA80 and (b) Glock 17 have been decommissioned in each year since 2015.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
SA80 and Glock 17s are decommissioned each year due to damage and wear outside of safe limits.
The ongoing SA80 A2 to A3 upgrade programme is also resulting in some SA80 A2s being decommissioned.