Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Ministers: Military AircraftMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2025 to Question 31166 on Ministers: Aviation, whether the £4,282 figure includes officials accompanying Ministers.
Answer: No, the £4,282 figure is for Ministers only.
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Household: HelicoptersMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) he and (b) the Prime Minister are permitted to make use of the King's Helicopter Flight when not in use by the Royal Household.
Answer: No. There is no arrangement for the Prime Minister or the Secretary of State for Defence for use of the King's Helicopter Flight.
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: HelicoptersMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 1248 on Military Aircraft: Helicopter, whether there will be a public procurement exercise for the new helicopter service.
Answer: There is no procurement of a new helicopter service. The Ministry of Defence has accessed an existing cross-Government helicopter air transport contract to allow cost-effective, operationally important helicopter transport when needed.
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinisters: AviationMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 28652 on Ministers: Aviation, what the amount of air passenger duty that is paid on an individual domestic RAF flight each way was in (a) March 2025 and (b)
Answer: The Government introduced the domestic rate of Air Passenger Duty (APD) with effect from 1 April 2023 and this is paid on flights from qualifying airports within the UK. Flights on the RAF Envoy incur the higher rate of APD as this relates to an aircraft ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinisters: HelicoptersMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 29217 on Prime Minister: Aviation, what the cost of helicopter travel for Defence Ministers is since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence has spent £1,154.03 on helicopter travel for Defence Ministers since 4 July 2024.
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: HelicoptersMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of (a) 21 February 2025 to Question 30825, on Ministers: Helicopters, and (b) 18 February 2025, to Question 30467 on Military Aircraft: Helicopters, what the expected cost to the Department
Answer: The new method of Ministry of Defence senior leader helicopter travel commenced on 1 January 2025. Costs vary on the basis of a range of factors, including number of passengers, distance, length of time of usage and availability. The Ministerial Air Trans...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: HelicoptersMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30468More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2025 to Question 25862 on Military Aircraft: Helicopters, whether his assessment of the cost has included the additional costs of (a) Royal Household helicopter provision and
Answer: Provision of Royal Household and non-Defence Ministerial helicopter travel is not a Ministry of Defence responsibility. Therefore, the cost assessment for Ministry of Defence senior leader and official future helicopter transport did not include Royal Hou...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: HelicoptersMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30467More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024, to Question 1248 on Military Aircraft: Helicopter, where the Ministerial Transport Office is based; how many staff work in it; and what its budget is .
Answer: The helicopter arrangements are managed by the Cabinet Office Commercial team and form part of the Central Departmental Travel contracts which are in place with Corporate Travel Management (North) Limited (CTM). There is one dedicated Full Time official w...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: HelicoptersMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2025to Question 25863 on Military Aircraft: Helicopters, what is the name of the company now providing the helicopter transport through the Cabinet Office framework.
Answer: The Cabinet Office has a cross-Government contract in place with Corporate Travel Management (North) Limited (CTM). CTM provides a travel booking service for Cabinet Office staff, Ministers and Ministry of Defence senior officials when travel is permitted...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: WomenMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support female veterans.
Answer: This Government will always stand up for those who have served our country, and I am leading work across Government and with civil society to look at the best ways to ensure all veterans, including women veterans, get access to the support and opportuniti...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Post-traumatic Stress DisorderMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take to reduce the time taken for compensation processing for veterans with PTSD-related claims.
Answer: The information is not held in the format requested and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. However, it may be helpful to note that War Pension Scheme (WPS) and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) claims are not categorised by condition o...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Post-traumatic Stress DisorderMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans are awaiting compensation for PTSD-related claims; and what steps he is taking to expedite those claims.
Answer: The information is not held in the format requested and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. However, it may be helpful to note that War Pension Scheme (WPS) and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) claims are not categorised by condition o...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: HelicoptersMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2024, to Question 21064, on Military Aircraft: Helicopters, whether senior leaders who will have access to the helicopter service include (a) Ministers, (b) Members of the Ro
Answer: Under the Commercial Air Transport Contract, Ministry of Defence Ministers, senior Department officials and senior officers will have access to helicopter transport. The Royal Household make independent arrangements for Royal Helicopter transport.
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: HelicoptersMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2024 to Question 21064 on Military Aircraft: Helicopters, what estimate he has made of the annual value of the rotary wing transport being provided under the Commercial Trans
Answer: Ministry of Defence future use of the Commercial Air Transport Contract has been assessed and will be significantly cheaper than the cancelled Future Rotary Wing Command Support Air Transport contract. Individual user budgets will pay for use under the Mi...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Official CarsMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2024 to Question 7009 on Ministry of Defence: Official Cars, if he will publish a list of senior officials with access to a government car.
Answer: For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.
Answered 6 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Official CarsMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2024 to Question 7008 on Ministry of Defence: Official Cars, how many of those vehicles are electric.
Answer: For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.
Answered 6 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of DefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) his officials have held with external stakeholders since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Details of ministers’ and senior officials’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course.
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Official CarsMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on the allocation of Government Car Service cars to senior officials; what the policy was on 24 May 2024; and which senior officials have been granted access to the service since 4
Answer: The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to Government Departments as a shared resource. Each Department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles. The arrangements relating to the using of vehicles in the Government Car Service is...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Official CarsMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 6 September 2024 to Questions 2306 and 2308 on Ministers: Official Cars, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have (i) been allocated a dedicated vehicle and (ii) acc
Answer: The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to Government Departments as a shared resource. Each Department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles to its Ministerial cadre/officials, as under previous administrations. The Ministry ...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
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