James Cartlidge MP: written questions
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Canada: ArmyMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107396More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the British Army is currently utilising the British Army Training Unit Suffield.
Answer: BATUS continues to be used for both training and experimentation activity. Below are the numbers of training exercises that have taken place at BATUS in each of the last 10 financial years, including the current financial year. 18 Training exercises have ...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordArtillery: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his timetable to publish the Defence Investment Plan on the procurement of a new mobile fires platform.
Answer: Defence continues to manage its capabilities and programmes to ensure they are not unnecessarily impacted or delayed whilst the upcoming Defence Investment Plan (DIP) is developed. The Department is working flat out to deliver the DIP, which will be publi...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDefence: IndustryMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his timetable to publish the Defence Investment Plan on the UK defence industry.
Answer: Defence continues to manage its capabilities and programmes to ensure they are not unnecessarily impacted or delayed whilst the upcoming Defence Investment Plan (DIP) is developed. The Department is working flat out to deliver the DIP, which will be publi...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLeonardoMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) he or (b) his ministerial colleagues have met with representatives from Leonardo UK since 1 November 2025.
Answer: Leonardo is one of Defence’s key suppliers and therefore the Defence Secretary and I continually meet with representatives from the company. Most recently, I met with Leonardo UK CEO, Clive Higgins, on 12 January 2026, and the Secretary of State was due t...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordUnmanned Air Systems: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many long range one-way attack drones his Department has ordered for (a) Ukraine and (b) the British armed forces since 5 July 2024.
Answer: At the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in October 2025, the Defence Secretary confirmed that £600 million has been invested by the UK this year to accelerate drone delivery to Ukraine, with more than 85,000 military drones delivered in between April and Oct...
Answered 19 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDefence: Small BusinessesMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his timetable to publish the Defence Investment Plan on the viability of UK defence SMEs.
Answer: Defence continues to manage its capabilities and programmes to ensure they are not unnecessarily impacted or delayed whilst the upcoming Defence Investment Plan (DIP) is developed. The Department is working flat out to deliver the DIP, which will be publi...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his timetable to publish the Defence Investment Plan on defence capability.
Answer: Defence continues to manage its capabilities and programmes to ensure they are not unnecessarily impacted or delayed whilst the upcoming Defence Investment Plan (DIP) is developed. The Department is working flat out to deliver the DIP, which will be publi...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHelicopters: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his timetable to publish the Defence Investment Plan on the delivery of the New Medium Helicopter programme.
Answer: Defence continues to manage its capabilities and programmes to ensure they are not unnecessarily impacted or delayed whilst the upcoming Defence Investment Plan (DIP) is developed. The Department is working flat out to deliver the DIP, which will be publi...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGlobal Combat Air ProgrammeMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his timetable to publish the Defence Investment Plan on the Global Combat Air Programme.
Answer: Defence continues to manage its capabilities and programmes to ensure they are not unnecessarily impacted or delayed whilst the upcoming Defence Investment Plan (DIP) is developed. The Department is working flat out to deliver the DIP, which will be publi...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCanada: ArmyMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to increase the British Army's use of the British Army Training Unit Suffield in the (a) current and (b) next Parliament.
Answer: BATUS continues to be used for both training and experimentation activity. Below are the numbers of training exercises that have taken place at BATUS in each of the last 10 financial years, including the current financial year. 18 Training exercises have ...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCanada: Military ExercisesMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many training exercises will take place at the British Army Training Unit Suffield in (a) the current financial year and (b) the next financial year.
Answer: BATUS continues to be used for both training and experimentation activity. Below are the numbers of training exercises that have taken place at BATUS in each of the last 10 financial years, including the current financial year. 18 Training exercises have ...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCanada: Military ExercisesMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many training exercises have taken place at the British Army Training Unit Suffield in each of the last 10 financial years.
Answer: BATUS continues to be used for both training and experimentation activity. Below are the numbers of training exercises that have taken place at BATUS in each of the last 10 financial years, including the current financial year. 18 Training exercises have ...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: SmugglingHome OfficeTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending to county councils the provisions of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 on issuing closure notices in cases of ill
Answer: The closure power, under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, enables police or local councils - including county councils where there is no district council - to close premises quickly which are being used to commit nuisance or disorde...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: SmugglingTreasuryTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107093More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department has taken to help support Trading Standards services in Suffolk in responding to organised criminal activity linked to the sale of illegal tobacco and vaping products.
Answer: I refer the hon member to the answer on 27 October 2025 to UIN 84365 Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Smuggling. Operation CeCe is a joint UK-wide initiative between HMRC and Trading Standards to target the illicit tobacco trade. Since it began in Janua...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: SmugglingTreasuryTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107092More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the enforcement powers available to county council Trading Standards services on tackling the sale of illegal tobacco and vaping products on the high s
Answer: I refer the hon member to the answer on 27 October 2025 to UIN 84365 Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Smuggling. Operation CeCe is a joint UK-wide initiative between HMRC and Trading Standards to target the illicit tobacco trade. Since it began in Janua...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTyphoon Aircraft: RadarMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jan 2026WithdrawnUIN 107091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Britain's fighter jet fleet strengthened in £205 million boost for British jobs, published on 19 January 2026, when the full-scale production of the Europ
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordTyphoon Aircraft: RadarMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Britain's fighter jet fleet strengthened in £205 million boost for British jobs, published on 19 January 2026, when the full-scale production of the Europ
Answer: On 13 June 2025 the Chief Secretary to the Treasury confirmed, during a visit to Leonardo in Edinburgh, that the Ministry of Defence (MOD) had released over £200 million of funding towards the production and integration of the innovative European Common R...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTyphoon Aircraft: RadarMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release Britain's fighter jet fleet strengthened in £205 million boost for British jobs, published on 19 January 2026, when he plans to deliver the European Common Radar S
Answer: On Monday 19 January 2026 the Ministry for Defence (MOD) announced that they had signed a £205 million, five-year contract extension with the British company QinetiQ. This agreement will deliver essential, specialist technical and engineering support to t...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPoland: DefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled UK and Poland agree enhanced missile defence and helicopter training cooperation, published on 13 January, if he will list the new capabilities for which
Answer: The UK and Poland will engage in joint training which will include a mix of live training and Digital Synthetic elements to maximise the benefits to both nations’ service personnel.
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Finance: Rural AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the significance of a remoteness factor adjustment in the Fair Funding Review for rural areas.
Answer: The government published the Local government finance policy statement 2026-27 to 2028-29 and response to the Fair Funding Review 2.0 on Thursday 20 November, which set out the government's plans to introduce a fairer and evidence-led funding system. The ...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNavy: WeaponsMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the four Royal Navy vessels that will be equipped with the DragonFire laser in 2027.
Answer: The Royal Navy sees the adoption of novel technologies as critical to delivering the lethality of the Hybrid Navy. DRAGONFIRE is a cutting-edge Laser Directed Energy Weapon system and the programme remains on schedule to commence delivery from 2027. DRAGO...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Homes fit for heroes with extra £1.5 billion for forces housing through upcoming Strategic Defence Review, published on 31 May 2025, how much of the £7 bi
Answer: The Defence Housing Strategy, published on 3 November 2025, sets out plans to improve the standard of Service family homes as part of a generational renewal of Defence family housing. Through the Consumer Charter, 1,000 of the worst homes were refurbished...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Homes fit for heroes with extra £1.5 billion for forces housing through upcoming Strategic Defence Review, published on 31 May 2025, how much of the £7 bi
Answer: The Defence Housing Strategy, published on 3 November 2025, sets out plans to improve the standard of Service family homes as part of a generational renewal of Defence family housing. Through the Consumer Charter, 1,000 of the worst homes were refurbished...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Homes fit for heroes with extra £1.5 billion for forces housing through upcoming Strategic Defence Review, published on 31 May 2025, how much of the £7 bi
Answer: The Defence Housing Strategy, published on 3 November 2025, sets out plans to improve the standard of Service family homes as part of a generational renewal of Defence family housing. Through the Consumer Charter, 1,000 of the worst homes were refurbished...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Homes fit for heroes with extra £1.5 billion for forces housing through upcoming Strategic Defence Review, published on 31 May 2025, how much of the £7 bi
Answer: The Defence Housing Strategy, published on 3 November 2025, sets out plans to improve the standard of Service family homes as part of a generational renewal of Defence family housing. Through the Consumer Charter, 1,000 of the worst homes were refurbished...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
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