Chris Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Command Paper, published March 2021, how much of the £4.3 billion in funding for the Defence Estates Optimisation plan has been spent in the last year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Command Paper, published March 2021, how many new highly skilled jobs were created by the UK combat air industry in 2021.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Command Paper, published in March 2021, how much of the £1.5 billion of funding for improving single living accommodation has been allocated to future projects.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Command Paper, published March 2021, how much of the £6.6 billion allocated for research, development, and experimentation over four years has been spent in the last year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Command Paper, published March 2021, how much of the £2 billion in funding for strategic investment in the Future Combat Air System has been spent in the last year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to table 4.2 on page 231 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, Published on 20 January 2022, HC692, if he will to provide a breakdown of spending between the three categories of t...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to table 4.2 on page 231 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, Published on 20 January 2022, HC692, if he will provide examples of spending recorded as training, safety and welfar...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to table 4.2 on page 231 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, Published on 20 January 2022, HC692, how training, safety and welfare is defined.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason omitted estimates and data for jobs supported by MOD expenditure have been delayed for the report entitled MOD regional expenditure with UK industry and commerce and supported employment 2020/2021...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of requests for Internal Review of refused FOI requests were (a) referred to and (b) decided by a Minister during the 2021 calendar year.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of Freedom of Information Act requests were (a) referred to and (b) decided by a Minister in the 2021 calendar year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had sight of the independent QC-led review into the conduct of the Professional Footballer’s Association; and whether her Department plans to take any actions as a result...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the investigations into the concerns that headsets used by personnel in armoured fighting vehicles were causing hearing problems have concluded; and what the results of the investigation have been to date...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with which company he has placed the contract for headsets used by army personnel on the (a) Ajax, (b) Warrior and (c) CVRT family of armoured fighting vehicles.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many army personnel have been medically downgraded as a result of hearing loss in each year for the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there is still a time restriction placed on personnel using the (a) Ajax, (b) Warrior and (c) CVRT family of armoured vehicles in response to concerns over the headsets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the statement on the Defence Command Paper, published 22 March 2021, whether his Department plans to increase the F-35 fleet beyond 48 aircraft as committed to within that Statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the future procurement of the F-35.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the safety of the F-35 fleet following a crash off the HMS Queen Elizabeth.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has been made of the risk to flight crew following the crash of an F-35 from the HMS Queen Elizabeth.