Written questions

5,135 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Submarines: Decomissioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to decommission the retired nuclear submarines housed at Devonport.

27 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Sahel: Climate Change and Terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of climate change on trends in the level of violent extremism and terrorism in the Sahel.

27 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 22 of his Department’s Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach, published on 30 March 2021, what progress he has made on developing a set of defence climate assumptions for cap

27 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

NATO: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 23 of his Department’s Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach, published on 30 March 2021, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in NATO in the last 12 months on f

25 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Land Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 22 of his Department’s Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach published on 30 March 2021, how many test and trial sites have been established on the tenanted estate.

25 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 22 of his Department’s Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach published on 30 March 2021, when he plans to announce the new policy on standards for new builds for the defence

25 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 21 of his Department’s Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach published on 30 March 2021, whether the defence-wide consultation on future disaggregation of carbon targets has

25 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 21 of his Department’s Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach published on 30 March 2021, when his Department plans to appoint a sustainability non-executive director.

25 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 21 of his Department’s Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach published on 30 March 2021, what progress he has made in establishing an adequately resourced head office team wh

25 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 20 of his Department’s Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach published on 30 March 2021, whether discussions have taken place between his officials and suppliers to identify

25 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Land Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 16 of his Department’s Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach published on 30 March 2021, what steps he has taken to change defence’s land management practices to protect the

25 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 15 of his Department’s Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach published on 30 March 2021, what carbon targets have been set across defence organisations.

25 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 15 of his Department’s Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach published on 30 March 2021, what target his Department has set for all defence buildings to be built to a net zer

25 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 14 of his Department’s Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach published on 30 March 2021, what steps he has taken to improve medial planning to ensure that defence adapts its

25 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 14 of his Department’s Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach published on 30 March 2021, how much of the £6.6 billion allocated to defence R&D over the next four years he pla

25 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Military Bases: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 14 of his Department’s Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach published on 30 March 2021, what steps his Department has taken to improve the self-sufficiency of UK bases and c

25 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 13 of his Department’s Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach published on 30 March 2021, what steps he has taken to implement a climate lens into force development processes.

25 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2021 to Question 58730 on Ministry of Defence: Training, what the 81,306 civil servants in his Department that have received their refresher training for information security

25 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Oman: Military Attachés

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 15 of the Defence Command Paper, published 22 March 2021, what plans he has to increase the number of defence attachés to Oman.

25 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Yemen: Gulf Cooperation Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Gulf Cooperation Council on the security situation in Yemen.

25 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Yemen: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the conflict in Yemen on the security of the UK's interests in that region.

25 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Oman: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK troops have been stationed in Oman in each year from 2015.

25 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Gulf of Aden: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to increase the security for UK civilian shipping in the Gulf of Aden.

20 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Defence Equipment & Support: Consultants

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent by Defence Equipment and Support on consultants in each year since 2010.

19 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Warships: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what year he estimates the (a) Type 26, (b) Type 31 and (c) Type 32 will enter service.

19 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Type 23 Frigates

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which year each Royal Navy Type 23 frigate will be retired.

19 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his oral contribution of 21 September 2021, Official Report, column 151, whether he will offer a Privy Council briefing on the security situation on the ground in Afghanistan.

19 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2021 to Question 52414, how many and what proportion of his Department's staff have received their refresher training for information security.

18 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Advanced Short-range Air-to-air Missile: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the ASRAAM Sustainment programme has entered service on the (a) Typhoons and (b) F-35 IIs.

18 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Advanced short-range air-to-air missile: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has incurred any extra costs as a result of the delay to the in-service date of the ASRAAM Sustainment Programme.

Source: official written-questions record.