Alex Chalk: A deployable combined arms squadron will consist of 27 Ajax vehicles, a mix of all variants. Achieving Initial Operating Capability requires 50 vehicles to be delivered in total. In addition to the 27 identified for the deployable squadron, the remaining 23 will be used by the Army to train crews and maintainers. Initial Operating Capability will be declared when a squadron is trained,...
Alex Chalk: The majority Ministry of Defence’s white fleet are leased through the Phoenix II Contract. There are a total of 15,422 vehicles leased under this contract. Of these, 728 are electric vehicles and 1,331 are hybrid vehicles. The table below sets out the numbers by Defence Organisation or Top Level Budget Holder (as of 15 March 2023): Total Phoenix II Leased Vehicles Air 3,166 Army...
Alex Chalk: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 6 March 2023 to Question 155024. Redford Barracks (docx, 22.6KB)
Alex Chalk: As announced on 16 March 2023, the UK has agreed a Government-to-Government sale with Sweden for the procurement of Archer artillery systems following the Granting in Kind of AS90 to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is intended that the first 14 Archer will have ownership transferred from Sweden to the British Army this month and will be fully operational by April 2024, forming an interim...
Alex Chalk: Up to March 2023, the Ministry of Defence has drawn-down £2 billion, 20 per cent, of the HM Treasury-held Dreadnought contingency. Contingency drawdown for financial year 2023-24 has not yet been agreed.
Alex Chalk: The UK has agreed a government-to-government sale with Sweden for the procurement of Archer artillery systems to replace the AS90 platforms Granted in Kind to Ukraine. The contract will be signed shortly, and until that point the value of the Archer programme will not be finalised. Once agreed, the contract will include other elements such as ammunition, support and training packages.
Alex Chalk: RM Condor Arbroath is 206.533 hectares in size. HMS Gannet is 7.634 hectares in size. RAF St Mawgan is 208.706 hectares in size. RAF Fairford is 514.226 hectares in size. RAF Weston-on-the-Green is 132.104 hectares in size. RAF Welford is 297.935 hectares in size. RAF High Wycombe is 79.627 hectares in size. No assessment has been made of the Housing Unit Potential of these...
Alex Chalk: HM Naval Base Clyde is 127.372 hectares in size. Royal Naval Armaments Depot Coulport is 657.141 hectares in size. HMS Collingwood is 73.917 hectares in size. HMS Excellent is 31.796 hectares in size. HMS Temeraire is 1.225 hectares in size. Horsea Island is 30.842 hectares in size. The Institute of Naval Medicine is 5.038 hectares in size. No assessment has been made of the...
Alex Chalk: Credible suppliers were informed on 24 February 2023 that the second half of the competition will be launched later this year. It is not appropriate to speculate on any further dates before the second stage of the competition is launched.
Alex Chalk: I will write to the right hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
Alex Chalk: The cost of extending Reaper resulting from the Department's decision to delay Protector is £48.6 million. This is not an additional cost as it has been offset through utilising support funding previously allocated to the Protector programme for the same period.
Alex Chalk: The new Future Defence Infrastructure Services accommodation contracts came into service on 1 April 2022. Within these contracts, there is a requirement for an annual boiler service in all Service Family Accommodation (SFA). In Financial Year 2022-23, Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) invested £73 million of the £176 million SFA improvement budget, which includes providing 600...
Alex Chalk: Picton Barracks is 40.769 hectares in size. Swinton Barracks is 138.489 hectares in size. Ward Barracks is 40.562 hectares in size. Wing Barracks is 19.878 hectares in size. McMullen Barracks is 118.365 Baker Barracks is 651.143 No assessment has been made of the Housing Unit Potential of these sites, as they have not been identified for disposal.
Alex Chalk: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
Alex Chalk: Ordnance Barracks is 9.821 hectares in size. Provost Barracks is 1.278 hectares in size. Thornhill Barracks is 2.423 hectares in size. Travers Barracks is 7.598 hectares in size. Browning Barracks is 12.774 hectares in size. Duchess of Kent Barracks is 12.316 hectares in size. Saint Omer Barracks is 22.187 hectares in size. New Normandy Barracks is 15.462 hectares in size. ...
Alex Chalk: The Dreadnought Class submarine build programme remains on track to deliver within the estimated budget, announced in the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, of £31 billion with an additional £10 billion contingency. It is too early to provide cost estimates for the Replacement Warhead programme as much will depend on the eventual design requirements, and work is underway to agree...
Alex Chalk: Of the £5 billion announced by the Prime Minister, £3 billion in additional funding will be invested across the defence nuclear enterprise. The Department is currently working through the allocation of this funding, but the existing funding mechanism for Dreadnought is already well established.
Alex Chalk: I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave on 6 March 2023 to Question 155024. Redford Barracks (docx, 22.2KB)
Alex Chalk: RAF Cosford is 272.115 hectares in size. RAF Brize Norton is 540.259 hectares in size. MOD St Athan is 91.489 hectares in size. Mona Airfield is 68.132 hectares in size. RAF Valley is 392.082 hectares in size. No assessment has been made of the Housing Unit Potential of these sites, as they have not been identified for disposal.
Alex Chalk: Alexander Barracks, Pirbright Nr Guildford is 75.448 hectares in size. Elizabeth Barracks, Pirbright Nr Guildford is 18.380 hectares in size. Gibraltar Barracks is 87.311 hectares in size. Hammersley Barracks is 4.890 hectares in size. Lille Barracks is 14.136 hectares in size. Mons Barracks is 18.742 hectares in size. No assessment has been made of the Housing Unit Potential of...