James Cartlidge

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Kerslake Commission on Armed Forces Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the statement in the report of the Kerslake Commission on Armed Forces Accommodation that decisions on repairs and maintenance for Service Famil

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to ensure the Strategic Defence Review team engages fully with UK defence industry (a) primes and (b) SMEs.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the continuity of education allowance for service families.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the maintenance and repairs service provided by private contractors on the defence estate.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to introduce new defence regional partnerships.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to respond to the review entitled Agency and Agility: Incentivising people in a new era - a review of UK Armed Forces incentivisation, published on 19 June 2023.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing minimum standards for single living accommodation.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure the Strategic Defence Review engages with each nation of the UK.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of trends in the level of service family accommodation funding since 2022.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an estimate of trends in the number of complaints made about service family accommodation since 2022; and what steps he plans to take to reduce the number of recorded complaints.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many anti-tank missiles were procured by his Department for Ukraine (a) directly and (b) through international routes since the outbreak of that country's conflict with Russia.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to take steps to improve customer service for (a) single living accommodation and (b) service family accommodation.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many air defence systems were procured by his Department for Ukraine (a) directly and (b) through international routes since the outbreak of that country's conflict with Russia.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Kerslake Commission on Armed Forces Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report by the Kerslake Commission on Armed Forces Housing entitled Homes unfit for heroes: The poor condition of armed forces accommodation

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many small arms ammunition his Department has procured for Ukraine (a) directly and (b) via international routes since the outbreak of the conflict.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many artillery shells were procured by his Department for Ukraine (a) directly and (b) through international routes since the outbreak of that country's conflict with Russia.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the Armed Forces Commissioner (a) is accountable to Parliament and (b) operates in a transparent manner.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department plans to spend on service family accommodation in each financial year of this Parliament.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the Armed Forces Commissioner will sit in his Department's command structure; whether the Commissioner will be a military role; and what grade they will be.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff will support the Armed Forces Commissioner; and what the annual cost of those staff will be.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the office of the Armed Forces Commissioner will be located within the Ministry of Defence Main Building on Whitehall.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) salary, (b) pension and (c) relevant benefits does he expect the Armed Forces Commissioner to receive.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to ensure that his Department is a psychologically safe place in which to work.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the new Armed Forces Commissioner to be appointed.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for establishing an Armed Forces Commissioner.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Kerslake Commission on Armed Forces Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the Armed Forces Commissioner will play in delivering his Department’s response to the Kerslake Commission.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Submarines: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the current Prime Minister's announcement of the nuclear triple lock and his statement on the delivery of all future upgrades needed for submarines of 2 June 2024, what estimate he has made of t

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Submarines: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the current Prime Minister's announcement of the nuclear triple lock and his statement on the delivery of all future upgrades needed for submarines of 2 June 2024, what is meant by the phrase al

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his timetable for reaching 2.5% GDP of expenditure on defence on the Land Environment Tactical Communications and Information Systems programme.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Kerslake Commission on Armed Forces Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the report entitled Homes unfit for heroes: The poor condition of armed forces accommodation and what needs to change,