Written questions by MacCleary.

What steps he is taking to manage the risk of wildfires on Otterburn Training Area.

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What steps he is taking to manage the risk of wildfires on Stanford Training Area.

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Pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 780 on Navy, when the final two MMCM vessels will be delivered.

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With reference to the effect of climate change, what steps he is taking to manage the risk of wildfires on the defence estate.

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Pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 780 on Navy, what recent estimate he has made of the date on which HMS Bangor will complete its repairs and return to service.

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Pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 780 on Navy, when the final 10 Project BEEHIVE craft will be delivered.

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What plans he is taking to manage the risk of wildfires on Salisbury Plain Training Area.

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What steps he is taking to manage the risk of wildfires on Pirbright Ranges Training Area.

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Which programmes have been removed from the Defence Investment Plan to expedite their delivery.

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Whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of tasking the Royal Air Force with providing a national aerial firefighting capability in the United Kingdom to combat wildfires.

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Whether his Department owns land within the University of Sussex Campus.

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If he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the recent decision by the French Government to switch from using Microsoft Windows to Linux on government devices.

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What his planned timetable is for the first flight of the Tempest Combat Air Flying Demonstrator.

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What is the a) cost to date and b) planned final cost of the Tempest Combat Air Flying Demonstrator programme.

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What steps his Department is taking to accelerate the disposal of decommissioned nuclear submarines.

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What data do Palantir’s Forward Deployed Engineers have access to within the Ministry of Defence.

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What percent of complaints made to a) the Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces and b) the Armed Forces Commissioner were rejected in 2025.

Detailed information concerning the numbers, nature and timeliness of Service Complaints was published by the Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces (SCOAF) in its Annual Reports which were laid before Parliament, and in the supporting Annual Statistical Tables that are available on the SCOAF website: https://www.scoaf.org.uk/annual-statisticals-tables Information on the numbers of complaints received by the SCOAF from LGBTQ+ personnel, and the number of staff hours and cost expended in working on complaints made to the SCOAF is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The office of the Armed Forces Commissioner was established on 1 April 2026, and no verified statistics are currently available.

How many operational vessels are currently available to the Royal Navy with hospital or casualty receiving facilities.

All Royal Navy major surface combatants have integral medical facilities capable of receiving and treating casualties. The availability and scale of these is dependent on operational tasking. Both Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers, all the Type 45 destroyers and the three Bay Class RFAs are capable of delivering consultant-led pre- and deployed hospital patient care. This comprehensive facility is also incorporated into the design of Type 26 City-class Frigates.

What progress he has made on the Type 83 design process; and whether it will be ready by 2038.

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What steps his Department is taking to improve mine hunting capabilities.

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