Derek Twigg MP: written questions 2025
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Reserve ForcesMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the baseline allocation of reserve services days will be for reservists in the (a) Army Reserve, (b) Maritime Reserve and (c) RAF Reserve in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: Reserves enable our Armed Forces to meet the threats we face at home and overseas, by providing the scale, skills, agility and connection to society needed, in a cost-effective way. As the Minister for Veterans and People, I have commissioned an internal ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of serving personnel in the (a) Navy, (b) Army and (c) RAF were recruited from countries outside the UK in each year since 2015; and from which countries.
Answer: The attached tables provide the intake into the Regular Armed Forces by Service and the Brigade of Gurkhas by nationality, and as percentage of overall intake in each year between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2024. Commonwealth citizens have been groupe...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2025 to Question 37538 on Army: Recruitment, if he will provide numbers by category for each year listed.
Answer: It is taking time to interrogate the data and therefore it has not been possible to provide the answer in the time available. I will write to the hon. Member as soon as practical and will place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: Armed ForcesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on increasing the number of medical reservists joining the Armed Forces.
Answer: People working in the National Health Service have many transferable skills that can be of great benefit to the Armed Forces reserve, whether they be clinicians, such as doctors and nurses, or staff working in leadership or management roles. There have be...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgency Nurses: North WestDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of nursing posts are currently being filled by Bank Nurses in each Acute Hospital in the Cheshire and Merseyside ICB area.
Answer: The Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the most frequent reasons were for new applicants to the Army being refused on medical grounds in each year since 2020.
Answer: It is taking time to interrogate the data and therefore it has not been possible to provide the answer in the time available. I will write to the hon. Member as soon as practical and will place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: FoodMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for the next Army Messing Survey.
Answer: The Army Messing Survey 2021 document was developed for an internal audience and there are no current plans to publish the results. The Department incorporated the feedback of this survey into the Army Exploring the Appetites of Today Soldiers (EATS) prop...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: FoodMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2025 to Question 35639 on Army: Food, for what reason there was a period of three years between the 2021 survey and the launch of the Defence Catering Strategy.
Answer: The Army Messing Survey 2021 document was developed for an internal audience and there are no current plans to publish the results. The Department incorporated the feedback of this survey into the Army Exploring the Appetites of Today Soldiers (EATS) prop...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: FoodMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2025 to Question 35639 on Army: Food, if he will he publish the results of the Army Messing Survey 2021.
Answer: The Army Messing Survey 2021 document was developed for an internal audience and there are no current plans to publish the results. The Department incorporated the feedback of this survey into the Army Exploring the Appetites of Today Soldiers (EATS) prop...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to produce a National Defence Plan.
Answer: Defence is supporting the Cabinet Office on the design and implementation of an internal-to-government Home Defence Programme. This will further enhance UK national security and resilience through bolstering civilian-military coordination and HMG’s overal...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordReserve ForcesMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the current shortfall in the (a) Army Reserve, (b) RAF Reserve, (c) Royal Navy Reserve and (d) Royal Marines Reserve.
Answer: I am grateful for the contribution of our Reserve Forces who provide the UK with the ability to meet the threats we face at home and overseas, with the scale, skills, agility and connection to society that it needs, in a cost-effective way. The requested ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: PoultryMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries the Army sourced chicken from for its personnel's meals in the past five years.
Answer: This information is not held. Under the terms of the Ministry of Defences’ (MOD) food contracts, the procurement of all produce is the responsibility of the prime contractors.All food procured for MOD personnel must comply with MOD food quality standards ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: BeefMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries the Army sourced beef from for its personnel's meals in the past five years.
Answer: This information is not held. Under the terms of the Ministry of Defences’ (MOD) food contracts, the procurement of all produce is the responsibility of the prime contractors.All food procured for MOD personnel must comply with MOD food quality standards ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: FoodMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the most recent survey of Army personnel on the quality of food served to them was undertaken.
Answer: Delivering high quality and varied food to Service personnel is important to both the Army and the Department. The Army regularly provides opportunities for its personnel to provide feedback and encourages them to do so. The most recent survey undertaken ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccination: ProductionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 27976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the required domestic capacity for vaccine production in the event of a pandemic.
Answer: As we saw in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring that the United Kingdom’s population has ready access to pandemic vaccines as soon as they are available is critical to our ability to respond to and recover from any future pandemic. Whilst it ...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordInfluenza: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 27975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many vaccine doses have been purchased for this year’s Flu campaign; and where they were sourced from.
Answer: Information on the number of doses procured by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is commercially sensitive.The UKHSA secures sufficient volumes of flu vaccines for the children’s flu programme, to ensure that eligible children aged less than 18 years ...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAstraZeneca: MerseysideDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 27974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which Departments were involved in discussions with Astra-Zeneca on the expansion of the vaccine production plant at Speke Merseyside.
Answer: A cross-Government approach is taken to support the UK’s Life Sciences sector. This was the case for Government’s work to explore AstraZeneca’s potential investment in Speke, which involved No10, HM Treasury, the Department for Science, Innovation and Tec...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCardiovascular System: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 24413 on Cardiovascular System: Health Services, for what reason his Department does not hold a breakdown of the data on vascular services for
Answer: There are no patients coded as waiting on the Referral to Treatment waiting list at the Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for Vascular Surgery Service. This may be because the vascular service is being coded under a different treatment fu...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: EducationMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of officer cadets entering Sandhurst since 2015 attended a (a) state and (b) private school.
Answer: The table below shows the proportion of officer cadets entering Sandhurst in the last 10 years who attended independent and state schools. This data has been provided from a Single Service source rather than official statistics produced by Defence Statist...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25644More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS clinical staff were armed forces reservists in each year since 2010.
Answer: This information is not collected nationally. NHS Employers is working with National Health Service organisations to support them in being flexible and supportive employers, so that they can enable their staff to participate in the Armed Forces reserve, a...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary ExercisesMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many overseas army training exercises took place each year since 2010.
Answer: The Army invests significantly in skills, education and training for its people to build the problem-solving attributes, teamwork, resilience, intellect and creativity needed to be successful now and in the future. The Army maintains an active overseas tr...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence Medical Services: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) budget for and (b) amount spent on Defence medical services was in each year since 2015.
Answer: The table below presents the budget and amount spent by Defence Medical Services in each year since 2016. Figures prior to 2016 are not held in the format requested: Financial YearBudget £Spend £16/17505,432,887.00457,074,00017/18476,356,801.00461,981,000...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Health ProfessionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many medical rank reservists there were in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) RAF in each year since 2015.
Answer: I am withholding the information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces. Whilst a statistical release of overall Armed Forces strength is published annually, strength and capa...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAgency Nurses: Cheshire and MerseysideDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many agency nurses were employed in each acute hospital trust in the NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board area in each year since 2019; and what proportion of all nurses they were.
Answer: The information requested is not available.
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: DogsMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many working dogs the Army had in each year since 2010; and what the requirement was in each of those years.
Answer: As at 23 January 2025, there were 113 trained Military Working Dogs (MWD) in the British Army. Determining whether an annual breakdown of MWD in the Army could be provided for each year since 2010 could only be achieved at a disproportionate cost due to i...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
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