James Cartlidge MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Health Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether funding for NHS waiting lists is proportionate to the average waiting list time in each region.
Answer: National Health Service funding provided to integrated care boards is decided via NHS England's Fair Share model and through the NHS resource allocation formula.The NHS resource allocation formula is intended to support equal opportunity of access for equ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of regional differences of NHS waiting lists.
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England regularly monitor regional variation in NHS waiting lists to address variation in performance, so patients can expect to receive high quality care in a timely way, wherever they live.NHS England off...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: AllowancesMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the specified operational locations are which qualify service personnel to receive the Operational Allowance.
Answer: The number of Service personnel who have received tax free operational allowance in each of the last five financial years including the financial year 2025-26 to date, can be found in the table below. Financial YearNumber of Employees2020-2153362021-22528...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: AllowancesMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have received the tax free operational allowance in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: The number of Service personnel who have received tax free operational allowance in each of the last five financial years including the financial year 2025-26 to date, can be found in the table below. Financial YearNumber of Employees2020-2153362021-22528...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: AllowancesMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have received the tax free operational allowance in each of the last five financial years.
Answer: The number of Service personnel who have received tax free operational allowance in each of the last five financial years including the financial year 2025-26 to date, can be found in the table below. Financial YearNumber of Employees2020-2153362021-22528...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmyMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) role and (b) size is of the Army's General Service Corps.
Answer: The General Service Corps (GSC) is an administrative grouping for Service personnel with no other assigned Regiment or Corps, such as those who are recruited directly into limited specialist roles. As at 28 July 2025, there were c800 Service personnel in ...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Unmanned Air SystemsMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of the drones that have been supplied to Ukraine were manufactured in the UK.
Answer: Where the UK's drone industry can meet Ukraine's drone requirements, the Ministry of Defence sources from UK industry, and this is true of the majority of the spend on drone procurements for Ukraine. As stated by the Defence Secretary at the Ukraine Defen...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Peacekeeping OperationsMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the primary language will be in the three-star multi-national command headquarters for the Multinational Force Ukraine.
Answer: Over 30 nations are working together to provide support for MNF-U. We will be working using usual protocols for international collaboration. The planned working language is English.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Peacekeeping OperationsMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral statement of 17 July 2025 on Ukraine, Official Report, col 475, whether the three star military officer who commands the multi-national command headquarters for the Multinational Force
Answer: The intent is for the three star command of the Multinational Force Ukraine to remain joint between UK and France. This will be reviewed once the detail of any ceasefire is known.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Peacekeeping OperationsMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral statement of 17 July 2025 on Ukraine, Official Report, col 475, whether (a) the UK, (b) France, (c) another country will provide the three star military officer to command the multi-nat
Answer: It is currently planned that France and the UK will jointly provide the three star commanders. This will be reviewed once the detail of any ceasefire is known.
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Peacekeeping OperationsMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69950More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral statement of 17 July 2025 on Ukraine, Official Report, col 475, whether the two star military officer who will deploy to Kyiv to lead the Multinational Force Ukraine headquarters will b
Answer: Under current plans, the two star military commander in Kyiv will be an Army officer. Further details will be announced in the usual way in due course.
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Peacekeeping OperationsMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral statement of 17 July 2025 on Ukraine, Official Report, col 475, whether the two-star military officer who will deploy to Kyiv to lead the Multinational Force Ukraine headquarters has be
Answer: Yes, the two-star military officer to lead the Multinational Force Ukraine headquarters in Kyiv has now been selected. For security reasons we are not publishing further details about this role at this time.
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Peacekeeping OperationsMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence,with reference to his oral statement of 17 July 2025 on Ukraine, Official Report, col 475, what (a) British Army, (b) Royal Navy, (c) Royal Air Force and (d) other units are being held readiness to deploy as part
Answer: Defence holds forces from across the single Services at readiness for a broad range of contingencies and operations, including the Multinational Force Ukraine. Further information will be published in due course in the usual way.
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Unmanned Air SystemsMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral statement of 17 July 2025 on Ukraine, Official Report, col 475, how many and what proportion of the drones supplied to Ukraine were made by British companies.
Answer: Where the UK's drone industry can meet Ukraine's drone requirements, the Ministry of Defence sources from UK industry, and this is true of the majority of the spend on drone procurements for Ukraine. As stated by the Defence Secretary at the Ukraine Defen...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Public ExpenditureMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will quantify his Department’s (a) underspend and (b) overspend in financial year 2024-2025.
Answer: The Department's performance against its control totals for financial year 20245-25 will be set out in its Annual Report and Accounts, which will be published shortly.
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFrance: Military AlliancesMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July to Question 67413 on France: Military Alliances, whether his Department recognises any distinction between strategic and sub-strategic nuclear capabilities.
Answer: The UK does not categorise nuclear weapon capabilities as either strategic or sub-strategic. The UK and NATO have said that any employment of nuclear weapons against NATO would fundamentally alter the nature of a conflict.
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Armaments Director: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69944More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the proposed remuneration package for the new National Armaments Director has been revised since the post was first advertised.
Answer: The salary for the National Armaments Director role remains as advertised.
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69943More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Armed Forces Recruitment Service contract contains diversity targets.
Answer: Defence remains committed to attracting, recruiting, retaining and developing the best talent from the broadest diversity of thought, skills, and backgrounds, to ensure our workforce is reflective of today’s society and able to meet current and future sec...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the contract for the Armed Forces Recruitment Service will include specific recruitment targets for the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy.
Answer: We inherited a retention and recruitment crisis from the last administration and it is the policy of this Government to recover numbers in our Armed Forces and to grow the size of the Army. To deliver this we will be working with the new provider of the t...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFrance: Nuclear WeaponsCabinet OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69455More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 11 July 2025 on Lancaster 2.0, HCWS812, if he will list each member of the new UK-France Nuclear Steering Board.
Answer: The UK France Nuclear Steering Group will be chaired by the Presidency of the Republic on the French side and by the Cabinet Office on the UK side. The steering group will be made up of senior officials from other Ministries and organisations as required....
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFrance: Nuclear WeaponsCabinet OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69454More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 11 July 2025 on Lancaster 2.0, HCWS812, when the new UK-France Nuclear Steering Board will first meet.
Answer: The UK France Nuclear Steering Group will be chaired by the Presidency of the Republic on the French side and by the Cabinet Office on the UK side. The steering group will be made up of senior officials from other Ministries and organisations as required....
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFrance: Nuclear WeaponsCabinet OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69453More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 11 July 2025 on Lancaster 2.0, HCWS812, how regularly the new UK-France Nuclear Steering Board will meet.
Answer: The UK France Nuclear Steering Group will be chaired by the Presidency of the Republic on the French side and by the Cabinet Office on the UK side. The steering group will be made up of senior officials from other Ministries and organisations as required....
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFrance: Nuclear WeaponsCabinet OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69452More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 11 July 2025 on Lancaster 2.0, HCWS812, who will chair the new UK-France Nuclear Steering Board.
Answer: The UK France Nuclear Steering Group will be chaired by the Presidency of the Republic on the French side and by the Cabinet Office on the UK side. The steering group will be made up of senior officials from other Ministries and organisations as required....
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Minister for Defence Procurement plans to respond to the hon. Member for South Suffolk's letter dated 1 July 2025.
Answer: I responded to the hon. Member’s letter of 1 July 2025 on 29 July 2025. This was within 20 working days of receipt, in accordance with longstanding policy.
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Armaments Director: ContractsCabinet OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69424More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the contract for the acting National Armaments Director has been extended in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: Andy Start continues to be the acting National Armaments Director. The substantive appointment of the National Armaments Director is underway.
Answered 1 Sept 2025
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