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Written Question
Typhoon Aircraft: Training
Wednesday 13th March 2024

Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 121 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, for what reason the fruitless payment relating to the Reconstruction of Multi Threat Wall for Typhoon Synthetic Trainers was made.

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

Additional costs were incurred on the Typhoon Future Synthetic Training new buildings to ensure the internal walls complied with the latest appropriate standards, in order to meet security requirements.

This required the redesign and rework of walls that were already being constructed and resulted in the fruitless payment detailed in the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23.


Written Question
Army
Tuesday 30th January 2024

Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) infantry, (b) artillery, (c) armoured and (d) support battalions there were in the Army on 1 January in each of the last eight years.

Answered by James Heappey

The table below show the formations of the Army from 2016-2023. This was extracted from the Government website (Table 6 for the Army):

UK_Armed_Forces_Equipment_and_Formations_2023_tables.xlsx (live.com)

Land Formations of UK Armed Forces

Combat Role and arm/corps

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Combat Forces

61

61

63

63

63

63

62

63

Infantry

46

46

48

48

48

48

48

48

Regular Army Battalions

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

Army Reserves Battalions

14

14

16

16

16

16

16

16

Royal Armoured Corps

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

Regular Army Regiments

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

Army Reserves Regiments

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

Combat Support Forces

62

62

62

63

64

64

66

64

Royal Artillery

19

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

Regular Army Regiments

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

Army Reserves Regiments

5

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

Royal Engineers

18

17

17

18

18

18

18

18

Regular Army Regiments

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

Army Reserves Regiments

4

3

3

4

4

4

4

4

Royal Signals

16

16

16

16

17

17

17

17

Regular Army Regiments

12

12

12

12

13

13

13

13

Army Reserves Regiments

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

Intelligence Corps

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

Regular Army Regiments

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

Army Reserves Regiments

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

Combat Service Support

71

71

71

66

66

66

67

62

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

14

14

14

11

11

11

12

12

Regular Army Battalions

8

8

8

8

8

8

9

9

Army Reserves Battalions

6

6

6

3

3

3

3

3

Royal Logistic Corps

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

Regular Army Regiments

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

Army Reserves Regiments

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

Royal Army Medical Corps

26

26

26

24

24

24

24

19

Regular Army Regiments

11

11

11

9

9

9

9

7

Army Reserves Regiments

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

12

Royal Military Police

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

Regular Army Regiments

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

Army Reserves Regiments

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Corps, Division & Brigade HQ

18

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

NATO Corps HQ

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Division / District HQ

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

Deployable

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Non-deployable

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

Brigade HQ

11

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

Deployable

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

Non-deployable

4

3

3

3

3

3

3

3


Written Question
Armed Forces: Deployment
Tuesday 30th January 2024

Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many regiments were active in the (a) Army and (b) Royal Marines in each year since 2010.

Answered by James Heappey

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 this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.


Written Question
Armed Forces
Tuesday 30th January 2024

Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many regiments in the (a) Army and (b) Royal Marines have been disbanded since 2010.

Answered by James Heappey

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 this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.


Written Question
Army: Military Exercises
Monday 29th January 2024

Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of Army training exercises abandoned in each year since 2019.

Answered by James Heappey

This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.


Written Question
Military Exercises
Monday 29th January 2024

Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many international military training exercises UK personnel took part in each year since 2015.

Answered by James Heappey

I refer the hon. Member to my letter dated 12 December 2023 to Question 13864 to the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne, (Mr Healey) which was deposited in the Library of the House.


Written Question
Air Force: Military Exercises
Monday 29th January 2024

Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of RAF training exercises abandoned in each year since 2019.

Answered by James Heappey

This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.


Written Question
Aircraft Carriers: Deployment
Monday 29th January 2024

Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there is a minimum number of vessels in a Royal Navy carrier battle group.

Answered by James Heappey

The composition and size of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) deployments are tailored to meet the operational requirement and all options are continuously reviewed to ensure optimum Royal Navy output.

The last CSG deployment between September and November 2023 included exercising and integration with NATO and Joint Expeditionary Force, operating in the Norwegian Sea, Baltic Sea and High North with five Royal Navy/RFA ships as well as vessels from partners and allies.


Written Question
Aircraft Carriers: Deployment
Monday 29th January 2024

Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the last exercise was that included a full carrier battle group.

Answered by James Heappey

The composition and size of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) deployments are tailored to meet the operational requirement and all options are continuously reviewed to ensure optimum Royal Navy output.

The last CSG deployment between September and November 2023 included exercising and integration with NATO and Joint Expeditionary Force, operating in the Norwegian Sea, Baltic Sea and High North with five Royal Navy/RFA ships as well as vessels from partners and allies.


Written Question
Military Bases
Monday 29th January 2024

Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military bases the UK maintained abroad in each year since 2015.

Answered by James Heappey

The UK currently maintains a number of military establishments abroad which comprise of permanent operating bases and overseas training establishments.

The data to answer this question is being drawn from across multiple areas of Defence and will take longer to review and collate.

I will write to the hon. Member with a full answer as soon as the information is available and will place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.