James Cartlidge MP: written questions
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Ukraine: Unmanned Air SystemsMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58688More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that critical components of military drones manufactured in the UK and supplied to Ukraine are sourced from UK suppliers.
Answer: Where the UK’s drone industry can meet Ukraine’s drone requirements, Task Force KINDRED try to source from UK industry. This has been reaffirmed by the Defence Secretary’s announcement at the Ukraine Defence Contact Group on 4 June 2025, where he pledged ...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: FlagsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58686More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the design of the Chagos Islands flag will change following the ratification of the Chagos treaty.
Answer: A British flag will continue to be flown at the UK-US Base on Diego Garcia as it has always done.The British Indian Ocean Territory will cease to exist as a British Overseas Territory upon ratification of the treaty agreed between the UK and Mauritius.No ...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: IndustryMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58679More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the Defence Industrial Strategy.
Answer: This Government is committed to bringing forward a Defence Industrial Strategy which ensures the imperatives of national security and a high-growth economy are aligned. The Defence Industrial Strategy will be published in the coming months.
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is timetable is for the publication of the Defence Investment Plan.
Answer: As set out in the Strategic Defence Review, the Defence Investment Plan will be published in the Autumn.
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: Pension FundsMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to encourage local authorities to invest pension funds in UK defence companies.
Answer: The Government is committed to increasing private sector investment in the UK defence sector, recognising its vital role in driving innovation, creating jobs, and enhancing national security. This commitment was underscored by the Defence Secretary’s spee...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: Pension FundsMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to hold discussions with local authorities that have voted to divest pension funds from UK defence companies.
Answer: The Government is committed to increasing private sector investment in the UK defence sector, recognising its vital role in driving innovation, creating jobs, and enhancing national security. The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) recommended the Ministry of ...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: DocumentsMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question 56289 on Ministry of Defence: Documents, what time on 18 July 2023 the Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (a) was sent and (b) received from his Department’s m
Answer: Officials have been unable to locate information which goes beyond that provided in my answer to the hon. Member's Question (56289).
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK defence companies received briefings on the contents of the Strategic Defence Review prior to 2 June 2025.
Answer: For the launch of the Strategic Defence Review, the Government offered embargoed briefings to our people and senior defence leaders, plus certain Parliamentarians, trade unions, businesses, allies and media. This was broadly consistent with the approach f...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58040More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he authorised his Department to issue unredacted hard copies of the Strategic Defence Review for viewing by journalists at 10.30am in Horse Guards on 2 June 2025.
Answer: For the launch of the Strategic Defence Review, the Government offered embargoed briefings to our people and senior defence leaders, plus certain Parliamentarians, trade unions, businesses, allies and media. This was broadly consistent with the approach f...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDiego Garcia: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of the UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia, published on 22 May 2025, on the level of contributions from the United S
Answer: The US continues to pay for the operating and maintenance costs of the Naval Support Facility on Diego Garcia. Our initial assessment is that the UK/Mauritius Agreement is unlikely to have any significant impact, in the short-term, on the operating and ma...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDiego Garcia: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the United States contributed to the running cost of the Diego Garcia military base in the most recent financial year for which information is available.
Answer: As agreed in the US-UK Exchange of Notes which governs the US use of Diego Garcia, there is no direct payment between the US and the UK for use of the base. The US pays for the operating and maintenance costs of the Naval Support Facility on Diego Garcia....
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary IntelligenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 5 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, published on 2 June 2025, when he plans to launch a tender to deliver the Digital Targeting
Answer: The Digital Targeting Web is not a single piece of equipment or software with a single supplier, but an ecosystem that will bring together the current disparate multitude of targeting systems and software into a secure and efficiently connected, cross-cla...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWarshipsMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has authorised any changes to the proposed timetable for the delivery of the multi-role strike ship since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The Multi Role Strike Ship (MRSS) programme is in the Concept Phase. It is funded from the Defence budget to enable the Royal Navy and Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) to conduct detailed preparatory work with intent to deliver first of class in 2...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Article 11, Clause 1 of the UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia [CS Mauritius No.1/2025], what the annual sum paid to Mauritius is in cash terms.
Answer: The schedule of payments is set out in the finance exchange of letters that was published alongside the treaty. The estimated average annual payment value is £101 million over the initial 99-year period of the treaty. This has been calculated using the st...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDiego Garcia: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Annex 1, Clause 3, of the UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia [CS Mauritius No.1/2025], for what reason Mauritius requires notification of (a) mainte
Answer: As stated in Annex 1, paragraph 1 of the Treaty, the United Kingdom will have unrestricted ability to authorise the installation, operation, and repair of new and existing systems on Diego Garcia, without the need to give notification. In respect of the C...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDiego Garcia: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Annex 1, Clause 3, of the UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia [CS Mauritius No.1/2025], whether permission will be required from Mauritius to (a) upg
Answer: As stated in Annex 1, paragraph 1 of the Treaty, the United Kingdom will have unrestricted ability to authorise the installation, operation, and repair of new and existing systems on Diego Garcia, without the need to give notification. In respect of the C...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDiego Garcia: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Annex 1, Clause 3, of the UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia [CS Mauritius No.1/2025], whether any States, excluding the United States of America, w
Answer: Annex 1, paragraph 1 of the Treaty confirms that the United Kingdom will have unrestricted ability to control the deployment of any military, civilian and contract personnel to Diego Garcia. Annex 1, paragraph 3 of the Treaty states that for the Chagos Ar...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMauritius: DefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Annex 1, Clause 2, of the UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia [CS Mauritius No.1/2025], whether Mauritius will be required to receive operational pla
Answer: As the hon. Gentleman will recall from his time as a Defence Minister, it is standard practice for basing arrangements to include an agreement to inform a host nation about military action from their territory. Additionally, the UN Charter has a requireme...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMauritius: Information SharingMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Annex 1, Clause 2, of the UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia [CS Mauritius No.1/2025], what level of detail is required to be passed onto Mauritius
Answer: As the hon. Gentleman will recall from his time as a Defence Minister, it is standard practice for basing arrangements to include an agreement to inform a host nation about military action from their territory. Additionally, the UN Charter has a requireme...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Article 14, Clause 3 of the UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia [CS Mauritius No.1/2025], under what circumstances a concern relating to the essentia
Answer: Article 14 of the Treaty sets out the role of the Joint Commission in resolving disputes. It is expected that the majority of security concerns that arise once the Agreement is in force will be resolved via the Joint Commission. As stated in Annex 1, para...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDiego Garcia: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Annex 1, Clause 2, of the document entitled UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia (CS Mauritius No.1/2025), published on 22 May 2025, what the agreed a
Answer: As the hon. Gentleman will recall from his time as a Defence Minister, it is standard practice for basing arrangements to include an agreement to inform a host nation about military action from their territory. Additionally, the UN Charter has a requireme...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDiego Garcia: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Annex 1, Clause 2, of the document entitled UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia (CS Mauritius No.1/2025), published on 22 May 2025, who will be respo
Answer: As the hon. Gentleman will recall from his time as a Defence Minister, it is standard practice for basing arrangements to include an agreement to inform a host nation about military action from their territory. Additionally, the UN Charter has a requireme...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDiego Garcia: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Annex 1, Clause 2, of the document entitled UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia (CS Mauritius No.1/2025), published on 22 May 2025, whether Mauritius
Answer: As the hon. Gentleman will recall from his time as a Defence Minister, it is standard practice for basing arrangements to include an agreement to inform a host nation about military action from their territory. As any notification of an armed attack from ...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDiego Garcia: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Annex 1, Clause 2, of the document entitled UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia (CS Mauritius No.1/2025), published on 22 May 2025, for what reason M
Answer: As the hon. Gentleman will recall from his time as a Defence Minister, it is standard practice for basing arrangements to include an agreement to inform a host nation about military action from their territory. Additionally, the UN Charter has a requireme...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Article 10, Clause 1 of the document entitled UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia (CS Mauritius No.1/2025), published on 22 May 2025, whether the ann
Answer: The funding arrangements for the treaty are subject to the Spending Review, which will be completed on 11 June.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
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