James Cartlidge

4 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Police: Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of police officers in Suffolk in each financial year this Parliament.

4 Feb 2025 · Treasury

EU Budget: Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the total net fiscal impact of no longer paying fees associated with EU membership on overall UK public expenditure in each remaining financial year this Parliament.

4 Feb 2025 · Treasury

EU Budget: Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the total net fiscal impact of no longer paying fees associated with EU membership on overall UK public expenditure.

4 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Attachés

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Defence Attaché network for engaging with overseas partners.

4 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Attachés

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to expand the Defence Attaché network.

4 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the total financial remuneration for Non-Executive Directors in (a) his Department, (b) Defence Equipment & Support, (c) the Atomic Weapons Establishment and (d) all other connected

4 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

NATO: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the new US Administration on NATO defence spending levels.

4 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Brunei: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on the relationship between the Kingdom of Brunei and China.

4 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Brunei: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on maintaining a military presence in the Kingdom of Brunei.

4 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the time taken for his Department to process invoices for contracted work by SMEs in the defence sector.

4 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help improve the efficiency of procurement supply chains.

4 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that his Department pays contracted defence companies on time.

4 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of his Department's expenditure was with SMEs in (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years.

4 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Armed Forces: Private Education

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November to Question 11947 on Armed Forces: Private Education, whether the decision to not offer any exemptions from the VAT policy for service families included an assessment of the exem

4 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Navy: Guided Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with his French counterpart on the acquisition of additional Aster missiles for use by the Royal Navy.

4 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Navy: Guided Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on replenishing stocks of all types of Aster missile in use by the Royal Navy.

4 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January to Question 25988 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, how much has been spent on the Chagos Islands negotiations by his Depar

4 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2025 to Question 25988 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, how much and what proportion of spend to date on the Chagos Island

28 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces Compensation Scheme: Widowed People

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department made a formal response to the Treasury's consultation on reforms to (a) inheritance tax and (b) the application of inheritance tax on Death in Service payments for armed forces personnel.

27 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) in-year savings measures and (b) stockpile depletion on the delivery of live fire training in the Army.

24 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Typhoon Aircraft

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of extending the out-of-service date of the Eurofighter Typhoon.

24 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Army and Marines: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made changes to Departmental expenditure on training for the (a) Royal Marines and (b) Army in the last 12 months.

24 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will improve the training estate to support Operation Interflex.

24 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Peacekeeping Operations

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will hold discussions with the Prime Minister on sending British troops to Ukraine in peacekeeping roles.

23 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Dental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of medically unfit personnel are non-deployable for reasons of dental health in the (a) RAF, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Army.

23 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Boxer Vehicles: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his formal target to procure RCH 155 within the 5-year limit for hardware platforms.

23 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December to Question 20237 on Ministry of Defence: Employers’ Contributions, whether the additional money provided to cover the cost of increased employer National Insurance Contribut

23 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December to Question 20237 on Ministry of Defence: Employers’ Contributions, when his Department plans to publish the details of the funding set aside to cover the increased cost of N

23 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Army

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December to Question 18985 on Army, whether the Departmental priority to double the lethality of the British Army by 2027 includes the acceleration beyond current plans of any current

23 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Army

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December to Question 18985 on Army, whether the Departmental priority to double the lethality of the British Army by 2027 includes the procurement of the precision strike missile syst