Asked by: Lord Roberts of Llandudno (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much United Kingdom public funding BAE Systems has received in each of the last five financial years.
Answered by Lord Astor of Hever
A summary of the total amount of direct Ministry of Defence (MOD) payments for equipment and services attributed to BAE Systems companies for each of the last five financial years is as follows:
Expenditure with BAE Systems | |
Financial Year | Total Payments (£ million) |
2009-10 | 3,907 |
2010-11 | 3,263 |
2011-12 | 3,324 |
2012-13 | 3,378 |
2013-14 | To be published on 14 August on Gov.uk in the MOD's Finance Bulletin 1.01 – Trade, Industry & Contracts 2014 |
This analysis is based on payments made centrally by the MOD (some 95% of all payments). It does not therefore include payments made on behalf of other Government Departments, by the MOD's trading funds and Executive non-departmental public bodies, locally by the Department, through third parties such as prime contractors or other Government Departments, in relation to collaborative projects where the payments are made through international procurement agencies or overseas Governments or by Government Procurement Card.
Asked by: Lord Roberts of Llandudno (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many members of the armed forces are currently posted overseas.
Answered by Lord Astor of Hever
At 1 April 2014 there were approximately 18,070 Regular Armed Forces Personnel stationed overseas. This figure excludes Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service personnel and mobilised reservists.
Details of the locations by country and breakdown by Service are reported as part of our Quarterly Location Statistics and the latest report is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/312590/qls_april_14.pdf
The next quarterly report is due to be published on 21 August 2014.
Asked by: Lord Roberts of Llandudno (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what procedures are in place to ensure that members of the armed forces posted overseas receive, and are able to post, postal ballot papers; and whether any members of the armed forces have complained as a result of not being able to do so in each of the last ten years.
Answered by Lord Astor of Hever
Well established processes are in place to ensure that members of the Armed Forces posted overseas are able to vote in all those elections for which they are eligible.
The MOD runs an annual information campaign on Electoral Registration which sets out the options for Armed Forces personnel and their families to register to vote. Where Armed Forces personnel are to be posted overseas they are encouraged to appoint a proxy as this removes any doubt about whether a postal vote can be received and returned in time before polls close. Some personnel prefer to cast their own vote and the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 has extended the electoral timetable so that Returning Officers are able to send postal ballot papers out earlier than previously allowed. This will give Armed Forces Personnel more time to receive and return their ballots if they have chosen this option.
The MOD continues to work with the Electoral Commission and the British Forces Post Office, as it has done for previous elections, to ensure that postal ballot papers are identified and quickly processed through the mail system where operationally possible.
Information about complaints related to an inability to vote whilst overseas for the last ten years is not held centrally.