James Cartlidge MP: written questions 2025
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National SecurityMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70680More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 24 on page 19of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, whether his Department plans to take steps with the (a) Cabinet Office and (b) Home Office to publish a formal p
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review set out the need for Defence Readiness legislation this Parliament to give the Government more robust or additional powers to make the UK safe. This could include measures to improve the preparedness of key industries includin...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: Armed ForcesDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70679More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 23 on page 19 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, whether her Department has allocated funding to help develop understanding of the Armed Forces among young pe
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) states that, as part of a national conversation on security, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) will work with the department to develop understanding of the armed forces in schools.The department works jointly with MoD on th...
Answered 9 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Young PeopleMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70678More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 23 on page 19 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what the expected total cost to the public purse is of his Department's plans to develop the understanding of t
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) recognises the importance of the Department for Education (DfE) in increasing understanding and appreciation of our Armed Forces in young people. Ministers and officials from the MOD have met with colleagues in the DfE and di...
Answered 6 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Annual ReportsMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70677More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 4 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, when his Department plans to undertake the first annual evaluation of the effectiveness of the integrated force model.
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review considered all aspects of Defence, including the capabilities required by UK Defence to meet the challenges, threats, and opportunities of the twenty-first century.The Defence Investment Plan will be published in the Autumn, t...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Annual ReportsMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 4 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, when the first annual statement on force design will be submitted.
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review considered all aspects of Defence, including the capabilities required by UK Defence to meet the challenges, threats, and opportunities of the twenty-first century. The Defence Investment Plan will be published in the Autumn, ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Conflict: Digital TechnologyMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 48 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, where the Digital Warfighter group will be based.
Answer: Our planning assumption is that the Digital Warfighter Group will be federated with the military commands. Hence the Group would be formed of multiple operational units, distributed across the UK.
Answered 6 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Conflict: Digital TechnologyMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 48 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, how many new staff will be employed as part of the Digital Warfighter group.
Answer: The Digital Warfighter Group remains at internal planning and design stages, with options presented to Defence but not yet endorsed by Military Strategic Headquarters. Initially, it is anticipated to be a re-brigading of elements from the Armed Forces, wh...
Answered 6 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Conflict: Digital TechnologyMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 48 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, when he plans to establish a Digital Warfighter group.
Answer: As stated in the referenced section of the Strategic Defence Review, the Digital Warfighter Group, at an Initial Operating Capability, will be established by July 2026.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 47 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer, published on 2 June 2025, when he plans to appoint a data and AI lead within each procurement capability portfolio in his Departmen
Answer: The Ministry of Defence is introducing service-agnostic capability portfolios to increase flexibility and drive pace in procurement. Portfolios will improve collaboration and integration pan-defence and ensure that cross-cutting aspects such as data and A...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: CybercrimeMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 47 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what assessment he has made of the risk of cyber attacks on legacy systems currently in use by his Department.
Answer: After years of underfunding and hollowing out under the previous administration, we recognise there is a need to invest more to bring our systems up to date. Defence routinely completes assessments of its digital systems. Understanding these risks is crit...
Answered 6 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: Expenditure and ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 3 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, published on 2 June 2025, what metric was used to measure (a) the lethality of the Armed Fo
Answer: This Government endorses the Strategic Defence Review’s (SDR) vision and accepts all 62 recommendations. The implementation of the Review’s recommendations will be priority business for the Department and will be executed through a whole of UK Defence eff...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNATOMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 2 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, published on 2 June 2025, what recent progress he has made on establishing a roadmap for de
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review is clear that our defence policy is ‘NATO First’. The Armed Forces must be capable of operating as part of a NATO force by design. We are taking this forward with and through NATO, which will produce an Interoperability Plan f...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial IntelligenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 24 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department have had discussions with the Department for Science, Innovation an
Answer: MOD Ministers and officials are working closely with DSIT colleagues in relation to the AI Opportunities Action Plan (AIOAP) and to drive forward the commitments set out in the Strategic Defence Review. That includes discussions involving both the Defence...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: InfrastructureMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 59 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what plans he has to present the Defence Infrastructure Recapitalisation Plan to Parliament.
Answer: There are currently no plans to present the Defence Infrastructure Recapitalisation Plan to Parliament.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: CybersecurityMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 31 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, how many new staff will be employed for the CyberEM Command.
Answer: The Defence Cyber and Electromagnetic Force (DCEMF) remains in internal planning and design stages, with options presented to Defence but not yet endorsed by Military Strategic Headquarters. Resource and capability decisions are subject to the Defence ann...
Answered 6 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: CybersecurityMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 31 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what the total cost to the public purse is for establishing the new CyberEM Command.
Answer: The Defence Cyber and Electromagnetic Force (DCEMF) remains in internal planning and design stages, with options presented to Defence but not yet endorsed by Military Strategic Headquarters. Resource and capability decisions are subject to the Defence ann...
Answered 6 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: CybersecurityMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 31 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, where the CyberEM Command will be based.
Answer: The 2* Defence Cyber and Electromagnetic Force will be headquartered in Corsham.
Answered 6 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: CybersecurityMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 31 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, who will lead the CyberEM Command.
Answer: Air Vice Marshal Tom Ashbridge will lead the 2* Defence Cyber and Electromagnetic Force, part of the Cyber and Specialist Operations Command which is led at 4* by General Sir James Hockenhull.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: CybersecurityMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 31 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what recent progress he has made on establishing the new CyberEM Command.
Answer: Design and implementation planning is well underway. The 4* Cyber and Specialist Operations Command has been launched as of 1 September 2025 and within it the 2* Defence Cyber and Electromagnetic Force is on schedule to be launched by the end of the year.
Answered 6 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpace: Cabinet CommitteesMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to clause 31 of the Strategic Defence Review - Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad published on 2 June 2025, if he will list the membership of the Cabinet sub-Committee on Space.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 23 July 2025 to Question 68516 to the right hon. Member for Solihull West and Shirley (Dr Neil Shastri -Hurst), where I stated ‘I welcome the hon. Gentleman’s interest in space. The Ministry of Defence along...
Answered 6 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpace: Cabinet CommitteesMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to clause 31 of the Strategic Defence Review - Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, published on 2 June 2025, who will chair the Cabinet sub-Committee on Space.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 23 July 2025 to Question 68516 to the right hon. Member for Solihull West and Shirley (Dr Neil Shastri -Hurst), where I stated ‘I welcome the hon. Gentleman’s interest in space. The Ministry of Defence along...
Answered 6 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpace: Cabinet CommitteesMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to clause 31 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, when he expects the Cabinet sub-Committee on Space to be established.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 23 July 2025 to Question 68516 to the right hon. Member for Solihull West and Shirley (Dr Neil Shastri -Hurst), where I stated ‘I welcome the hon. Gentleman’s interest in space. The Ministry of Defence along...
Answered 6 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: Uncrewed SystemsMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 29 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, who will the new defence uncrewed systems centre be led by.
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review recommends that a new Defence Uncrewed Systems Centre (DUSC) should be established at IOC by Feb 26, with centralised authority to accelerate the adoption of Uncrewed System technologies across all three services. Cost, staffi...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: Uncrewed SystemsMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 29 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, how many new staff will be employed as part of the defence uncrewed systems centre.
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review recommends that a new Defence Uncrewed Systems Centre (DUSC) should be established at IOC by Feb 26, with centralised authority to accelerate the adoption of Uncrewed System technologies across all three services. Cost, staffi...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: Uncrewed SystemsMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 29 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 202 what the total cost was of establishing the new defence uncrewed systems centre.
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review recommends that a new Defence Uncrewed Systems Centre (DUSC) should be established at IOC by Feb 26, with centralised authority to accelerate the adoption of Uncrewed System technologies across all three services. Cost, staffi...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
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