Gareth Davies MP: written questions 2026
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Prince William of Gloucester BarracksMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a net value-for-money assessment of the disposal of Prince William of Gloucester Barracks has been conducted that accounts for the cost of replacing its training and logistics functions.
Answer: Prince William of Gloucester (PWoG) Barracks is included in Joint Military Command (JMC) Centre contingency plans for potential resilience operations, along with all other available Defence locations in their Area of Operations. JMC Centre are aware of th...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrince William of Gloucester BarracksMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will commit to not closing Prince William of Gloucester Barracks until alternative Army Reserve basic training capacity has been established and is operational.
Answer: Prince William of Gloucester (PWoG) Barracks is included in Joint Military Command (JMC) Centre contingency plans for potential resilience operations, along with all other available Defence locations in their Area of Operations. JMC Centre are aware of th...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrince William of Gloucester BarracksMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consultation his Department has undertaken with i) the Army Reserve, ii) local authorities and stakeholders, and iii) local residents and service families on the closure of Army Training Regiment Grantham.
Answer: Prince William of Gloucester (PWoG) Barracks is included in Joint Military Command (JMC) Centre contingency plans for potential resilience operations, along with all other available Defence locations in their Area of Operations. JMC Centre are aware of th...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrince William of Gloucester BarracksMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with the Defence Infrastructure Organisation on whether the disposal of Prince William of Gloucester Barracks remains consistent with current defence requirements.
Answer: Prince William of Gloucester (PWoG) Barracks is included in Joint Military Command (JMC) Centre contingency plans for potential resilience operations, along with all other available Defence locations in their Area of Operations. JMC Centre are aware of th...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrince William of Gloucester BarracksMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the business case for the disposal of Prince William of Gloucester Barracks.
Answer: Prince William of Gloucester (PWoG) Barracks is included in Joint Military Command (JMC) Centre contingency plans for potential resilience operations, along with all other available Defence locations in their Area of Operations. JMC Centre are aware of th...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMilitary BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government's planned closure of Prince William of Gloucester Barracks is being managed under the Defence Estate Optimisation programme; and what the most recent review date of that programme was.
Answer: Prince William of Gloucester (PWoG) Barracks is included in Joint Military Command (JMC) Centre contingency plans for potential resilience operations, along with all other available Defence locations in their Area of Operations. JMC Centre are aware of th...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrince William of Gloucester BarracksMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what units are currently headquartered or based at Prince William of Gloucester Barracks; and where each will be relocated following the site’s planned closure.
Answer: Prince William of Gloucester (PWoG) Barracks is included in Joint Military Command (JMC) Centre contingency plans for potential resilience operations, along with all other available Defence locations in their Area of Operations. JMC Centre are aware of th...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrince William of Gloucester BarracksMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the contribution of Prince William of Gloucester Barracks to domestic resilience, including its role in the assembly of mobile testing centres during the covid-19 pandemic.
Answer: Prince William of Gloucester (PWoG) Barracks is included in Joint Military Command (JMC) Centre contingency plans for potential resilience operations, along with all other available Defence locations in their Area of Operations. JMC Centre are aware of th...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordReserve ForcesMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has produced a plan to enhance the scale and agility of the Active and Strategic Reserves, which accounts for the closure of Army Training Regiment Grantham.
Answer: As at 1 January 2026 - The Trained Strength of the Active Army Reserve Group A and S population was 17,512, this is against a target of 28,371Figures for the Army Reserve intake for each of the last five years are below: Group A and S Intake from 1 April ...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordArmy Reserve: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Army Reserve intake was in each of the last five years; and what annual intake will be required to deliver the recommended 20% increase in the Army Reserve.
Answer: As at 1 January 2026 - The Trained Strength of the Active Army Reserve Group A and S population was 17,512, this is against a target of 28,371Figures for the Army Reserve intake for each of the last five years are below: Group A and S Intake from 1 April ...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordArmy Reserve: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what date he expects the recommended 20% increase in the Army Reserve set out in the Strategic Defence Review 2025 to be achieved.
Answer: As at 1 January 2026 - The Trained Strength of the Active Army Reserve Group A and S population was 17,512, this is against a target of 28,371Figures for the Army Reserve intake for each of the last five years are below: Group A and S Intake from 1 April ...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordArmy ReserveMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current trained strength of the Army Reserve is; and what the target strength is.
Answer: As at 1 January 2026 - The Trained Strength of the Active Army Reserve Group A and S population was 17,512, this is against a target of 28,371Figures for the Army Reserve intake for each of the last five years are below: Group A and S Intake from 1 April ...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordArmy Reserve: TrainingMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of replicating the Army Reserve basic training capacity at Army Training Regiment Grantham at an alternative location.
Answer: The Army is currently conducting an Army Reserve Basic Training Review which will make recommendations by Autumn 2026. This review will provide options for the future delivery of Army Reserve Basic Training across the United Kingdom. Until future plans ar...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordArmy Reserve: TrainingMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what modelling his Department has undertaken of Army Reserve basic training capacity following the closure of Army Training Regiment Grantham.
Answer: The Army is currently conducting an Army Reserve Basic Training Review which will make recommendations by Autumn 2026. This review will provide options for the future delivery of Army Reserve Basic Training across the United Kingdom. Until future plans ar...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordArmy Reserve: TrainingMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where Army Reserve basic training currently delivered at Army Training Regiment Grantham will be delivered following the planned closure of Prince William of Gloucester Barracks.
Answer: The Army is currently conducting an Army Reserve Basic Training Review which will make recommendations by Autumn 2026. This review will provide options for the future delivery of Army Reserve Basic Training across the United Kingdom. Until future plans ar...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrince William of Gloucester BarracksMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5471More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Armed Forces personnel undertook training at Army Training Regiment Grantham in each of the last five years.
Answer: Army Training Regiment Grantham trains solely Reservist personnel. Numbers of Reservists who undertook training at Grantham as well as the proportion of Army Reserve recruits who completed an element of their basic training at Army Training Regiment Grant...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrince William of Gloucester BarracksMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Army Reserve recruits completed an element of their basic training at Army Training Regiment Grantham in each of the last five years.
Answer: Army Training Regiment Grantham trains solely Reservist personnel. Numbers of Reservists who undertook training at Grantham as well as the proportion of Army Reserve recruits who completed an element of their basic training at Army Training Regiment Grant...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrince William of Gloucester BarracksMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5469More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the disposal timeline for Prince William of Gloucester Barracks remains 2028; and what recent assessment he has made of that timeline in light of the Strategic Defence Review 2025.
Answer: The planned disposal of Prince William of Gloucester Barracks Grantham and associated reprovision at Alexander Barracks Pirbright does not reduce Army Reserve training capacity. Co-location of Army Training at Pirbright delivers more efficient and flexibl...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrince William of Gloucester BarracksMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5468More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the decision to dispose of Prince William of Gloucester Barracks was last formally reviewed; and whether that review post-dated the publication of the Strategic Defence Review 2025 on 2 June 2025.
Answer: The planned disposal of Prince William of Gloucester Barracks Grantham and associated reprovision at Alexander Barracks Pirbright does not reduce Army Reserve training capacity. Co-location of Army Training at Pirbright delivers more efficient and flexibl...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrince William of Gloucester BarracksMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5467More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of closing Army Training Regiment Grantham on the deliverability of the Strategic Defence Review 2025 recommendation to increase the Army Reserve by 20%.
Answer: The planned disposal of Prince William of Gloucester Barracks Grantham and associated reprovision at Alexander Barracks Pirbright does not reduce Army Reserve training capacity. Co-location of Army Training at Pirbright delivers more efficient and flexibl...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCare Homes: Cleaning ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment into the potential health benefits of encouraging care homes to have their laundry services fulfilled by an external commercial laundry provider.
Answer: The Department has not made a specific assessment of the potential health benefits of encouraging care homes to have their laundry services fulfilled by an external commercial laundry provider.Good laundry management is an important element of effective i...
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: Cleaning ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the inclusion of commercial laundry in the UK Government’s Resilience Action Plan, in the context of the role the sector plays in
Answer: The Resilience Action Plan sets out the Government’s approach to improving the United Kingdom’s domestic resilience, and we work closely with partners across the health and social care sector to strengthen resilience to a range of risks. While the Resilie...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCleaning Services: Energy Intensive Industries Exemption SchemeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, why commercial laundrettes, such as Johnsons in the Grantham and Bourne constituency, are not included in the Energy Intensive Industry Scheme.
Answer: The British Industry Supercharger supports businesses by relieving them of certain electricity policy and network costs. The list of eligible sectors is based on European Commission guidelines, since eligibility was established when the UK was an EU Membe...
Answered 2 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: Cleaning ServicesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of including commercial laundry services within wider sector support for hospitality.
Answer: The Department has not made a specific assessment of the case for including commercial laundry services within hospitality sector support. Our support for hospitality is focused on businesses directly operating within that sector, including through measur...
Answered 5 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCleaning ServicesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department would consider the potential merits of including commercial laundry services within the Government’s Industrial Strategy.
Answer: The Government recognises that commercial laundry services provide an essential service, supporting the daily operations of key sectors such as hospitality and tourism. The Department for Business and Trade has not made a formal assessment of the sector’s...
Answered 1 Jun 2026
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