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105878

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date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions his Department has made appointments by exception since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The Civil Service Commission recognises that in some circumstances it may be right to allow appointments to be made outside of the principle of selection on merit on the basis of fair and open competition. Those exceptions are designed to provide a flexible way of recruiting staff where this is necessary in the interests of the Civil Service; for example, to meet a short-term need for specialist skills.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is contained in the table below.The Ministry of Defence does not hold records of appointments by exception prior to Financial Year 2012-13. For data protection purposes, name of individuals appointed to roles cannot be disclosed.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of appointments</strong></p><p><strong>made by exception</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15 (to 31 October)</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 03/12/2014 16:49:03 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 29877 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105884

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions his Department has had requests for appointments by exception to the Senior Civil Service turned down by the Civil Service Commission since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="5"> </td><td colspan="6" rowspan="5"><p>I refer the hon. Member to the Answer my right hon. Friend the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office (Francis Maude) gave him on 10 November 2014, to Question UIN 213040.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 20/11/2014 16:57:10 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name HOC 213040 10 November 2014.doc title Hansard Extract 10 November 2014
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105887

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Instant Rewards of what value were given to his Department's officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence operates a Minor Award Scheme, which recognises performance over and above that is normally required in a specific task. The table below shows the number of awards and their total value for Financial Years (FY) 2012-13 and 2013-14. The information is not held by calendar year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>FY 2012-13</p></td><td><p>Total Value</p></td><td><p>FY 2013-14</p></td><td><p>Total Value</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Awards</p></td><td><p>5,348</p></td><td><p>£344,471.14</p></td><td><p>3,701</p></td><td><p>£284,272.43</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of awards does not equate to the number of officials who received them; awards can be made to individuals or teams of individuals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 02/12/2014 16:26:42 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 29873 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105890

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Offshore Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which military assets are tasked with the defence of UK-owned maritime offshore installations.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	212956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Defence provides support to the civil powers in defence of UK-owned maritime offshore installations through the provision of a guaranteed maritime capability, in excess of that which the civil powers can provide for themselves. This ranges from advice, through surveillance and reconnaissance to military intervention.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 24/11/2014 16:56:05 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

105891

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Offshore Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements his Department has in place with (a) NATO and (b) Norway for the defence of maritime offshore installations in the North Sea.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	212957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry Of Defence provides support to the civil powers by protecting UK-owned maritime offshore installations; routine bilateral engagement takes place with those nations (including Norway and our NATO partners) which have an interest in these arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 25/11/2014 16:49:08 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 29874 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

105892

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Fisheries: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which military assets are tasked with fisheries protection within the UK's exclusive economic zone.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	212959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The River Class Offshore Patrol Vessels HMS MERSEY, HMS TYNE and HMS SEVERN form the Royal Navy's Fishery Protection Squadron, which provides the Royal Navy's contribution to fishery protection duties within the United Kingdom's exclusive economic zone.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 25/11/2014 16:57:59 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

105893

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	British Overseas Territories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which military assets are tasked with the defence of British Overseas Territories.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	212958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>All of the UK’s military assets are available for the defence of the British Overseas Territories, subject to availability and operational requirements.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence undertakes regular assessments of potential military threats to all overseas territories to ensure that we retain an appropriate level of defensive capability to address any such threats.</p><p> </p><p>As at 5 November 2014, in the attached the following military assets were present in the Overseas Territories and tasked with the defence of the Territory in question.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois attachment 1 file name 212958 - Military Assets presents in Overseas Territories.doc title Military Assets present in Overseas Territories 2 file name HOC211278.doc title 211278 - Q n A Extract on Overseas Territories question first answered 25/11/2014 16:50:15 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 29871 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

105954

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	EU External Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will urge the European Commission to make public the negotiating mandate for the Trade in Services Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Jim Sheridan
uin	212862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government supports the new Trade Commissioner’s desire to bring greater transparency to trade negotiations. Official EU documents pertaining to trade negotiations should, in the Government’s view, as a matter of principle be published when to do so would not impact negatively on the EU’s ability to secure the best possible deal for Europe.</p><p>We have welcomed moves by the European Commission proactively to publish information on the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA). For the first time the Commission has published the full text of the EU initial offer and the proposal papers put forward by the EU during the negotiations. You may find the FAQs on this site a useful initial source of information. The website address is as follows; <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/tisa" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/tisa</a>.</p><p>It is the Government’s view that publication of the TiSA mandate at this stage could hinder these important negotiations but we will keep this under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/11/2014 14:16:38 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1464 label Biography information for Jim Sheridan

106020

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Official Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she met the Mayor of Calais during her visit to Westminster on 28 October 2014.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	212923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers have meetings with a wide variety of international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private <br>sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of these meetings are passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis and are subsequently published on the Gov.uk website: <a href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/11/2014 14:56:25 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

106022

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received about the number of illegal immigrants entering the UK.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	212918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office regularly receives written questions and correspondence from Honourable Members and their constituents about this issue. Since 2010, we have clamped down on illegal immigration.<br><br>The Immigration Act 2014 is a landmark piece of legislation which builds on the Government’s ongoing reforms to our immigration system to ensure it works in our national interest.<br><br>The Act will have a major impact on the Home Office’s work to secure our borders, enforce our immigration laws and continue to attract the brightest and the best to the UK.<br><br>The Act puts the law firmly on the side of those who respect it, not those who break it. <br><br>Key measures from the Act which are now in force including the introduction of enhanced duties for registrars to report suspected sham marriages and civil partnerships; new powers to streamline the recovery of illegal working penalties; the ability to remove harmfulindividuals before their appeals are heard if there is no risk of serious irreversible harm.<br><br>The Act also Strengthens requirements for the courts to have regard to Parliament’s view of the public interest in immigration cases raising Article 8-making clear the right to a family life is not to be regarded as absolute and unqualified.<br><br>New powers to revoke the driving licences of known illegal immigrants are also included in the Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 26/11/2014 15:24:28 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown