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595480

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of staff on the payroll of his Department who work in Westminster are (a) British nationals and (b) nationals of another country.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	John Pugh
uin	47580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>All Government Departments are bound by legal requirements concerning the right to work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Nationality Rules.</p><p>Evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment into the Civil Service as part of wider pre-employment checks, but there is no requirement on departments to retain this information beyond the point at which it has served its purpose.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, the Government will be consulting in due course on how we work with business to ensure that workers in this country have the skills that they need to get a job. But there are no proposals to publish lists of the number or proportion of foreign workers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 47411 question first answered 17/10/2016 16:45:13 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

595484

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of staff employed by his Department are non-UK nationals.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	47411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>All Government Departments are bound by legal requirements concerning the right to work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Nationality Rules.</p><p>Evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment into the Civil Service as part of wider pre-employment checks, but there is no requirement on departments to retain this information beyond the point at which it has served its purpose.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, the Government will be consulting in due course on how we work with business to ensure that workers in this country have the skills that they need to get a job. But there are no proposals to publish lists of the number or proportion of foreign workers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 47580 question first answered 17/10/2016 16:45:13 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

595496

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Discharges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the operation of the Future Horizons Programme for early service leavers.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	46792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Future Horizons Programme (FHP) is the resettlement programme for Early Service Leavers (ESL), meaning those members of the UK Armed Forces who leave with less than four years' service. It is delivered through the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) Career Transition Partnership (CTP) with Right Management Limited (part of the ManpowerGroup). The uptake rates and employment outcomes of ESL are monitored routinely through the CTP governance structure to ensure the programme continues to be effective in supporting ESL.</p><p> </p><p>ESL have been entitled to the FHP since it was introduced on 1 October 2013. Between 1 October 2013 and 31 March 2014 approximately 33% of eligible personnel participated in the FHP. During financial year 2014-15 some 62% of eligible personnel participated in the Future Horizons Programme. Prior to the establishment of the FHP all ESL were entitled to unit level support as part of standard MOD policy.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 October 2015, the resettlement provision for ESL is termed CTP Future Horizons. Official statistics for ESL who used CTP Future Horizons from 1 October 2015 will be published in January 2017 as part of the CTP Official Statistic.</p><p> </p><p>All personnel made redundant in the Armed Forces redundancy programme 2011-2015 (Tranches 1-4), received the highest level of resettlement provision delivered through what was then termed the CTP Full Resettlement Programme, regardless of their overall length of service.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 46794 46796 question first answered 17/10/2016 16:40:11 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

595497

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Discharges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many infantry personnel aged (a) under 18 and (b) over 18 have voluntarily left the service early in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	46793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is provided below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Regular Infantry Trained and Untrained Voluntary Outflow </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Under 18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18 And Above</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>2,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>1,560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>1,440</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The trained and untrained information has come from two different organisations and administrative systems and therefore, may be inconsistent. There is also potential for double counting and/or missing information. Numbers should be considered as estimates.</p><p> </p><p>Voluntary Outflow is defined as personnel who leave the Army voluntarily before the end of their agreed engagement or commission period.</p><p> </p><p>Figures have been rounded to 10 for clarity and presentational purposes; numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/10/2016 16:45:45 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

595498

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Discharges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of (i) all service leavers and (ii) early service leavers from each of the armed forces who left the service voluntarily received transitional support through the Future Horizons Programme in each year since that programme's inception.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	46794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Future Horizons Programme (FHP) is the resettlement programme for Early Service Leavers (ESL), meaning those members of the UK Armed Forces who leave with less than four years' service. It is delivered through the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) Career Transition Partnership (CTP) with Right Management Limited (part of the ManpowerGroup). The uptake rates and employment outcomes of ESL are monitored routinely through the CTP governance structure to ensure the programme continues to be effective in supporting ESL.</p><p> </p><p>ESL have been entitled to the FHP since it was introduced on 1 October 2013. Between 1 October 2013 and 31 March 2014 approximately 33% of eligible personnel participated in the FHP. During financial year 2014-15 some 62% of eligible personnel participated in the Future Horizons Programme. Prior to the establishment of the FHP all ESL were entitled to unit level support as part of standard MOD policy.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 October 2015, the resettlement provision for ESL is termed CTP Future Horizons. Official statistics for ESL who used CTP Future Horizons from 1 October 2015 will be published in January 2017 as part of the CTP Official Statistic.</p><p> </p><p>All personnel made redundant in the Armed Forces redundancy programme 2011-2015 (Tranches 1-4), received the highest level of resettlement provision delivered through what was then termed the CTP Full Resettlement Programme, regardless of their overall length of service.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 46792 46796 question first answered 17/10/2016 16:40:11 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

595499

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of (i) all service leavers and (ii) early service leavers from each of the armed forces who left the service voluntarily have been assessed as achieving a positive employment or training outcome within six months of leaving the service.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	46795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>UK Service personnel with four or more years’ Service who voluntarily left the Armed Forces in Financial Year 2014-15 (the latest statistic available) and used the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) services had the following estimated employment outcomes, up to six months after leaving:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Service</p></td><td><p>Employed %</p></td><td><p>Economically Inactive %</p></td><td><p>Unemployed %</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Navy</p></td><td><p>89% (1,950)</p></td><td><p>7% (160)</p></td><td><p>3% (70)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>84% (6,560)</p></td><td><p>9% (690)</p></td><td><p>7% (510)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Air Force</p></td><td><p>83% (1,710)</p></td><td><p>14% (290)</p></td><td><p>4% (70)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Average %</p></td><td><p>85% (10,220)</p></td><td><p>10% (1,150)</p></td><td><p>6% (640)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong> The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not record the training outcomes of Service leavers. The following categories of personnel have been included in the definition of those leaving Service voluntarily; those reaching the end of their engagement; those giving notice to terminate and those medically discharged. Figures include all Service leavers who used the Career Transition Partnership, less Early Service Leavers (this includes those with less than four years’ service and those compulsorily discharged). The numbers and percentages for employment outcomes cannot be summed together, as the unemployment figures were calculated on a different population to the employment and economically inactive figures. All totals and sub-totals have been rounded and so may not equal the sums of their rounded parts. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p> </p><p>For Early Service Leavers (ESL i.e. those with less than four years service or those compulsorily discharged irrespective of length of Service), the Future Horizons Programme (FHP) for ESL was introduced on 1 October 2013. Between 1 October 2013 and 31 March 2014 approximately 33% of eligible personnel participated in FHP. During Financial Year 2014-15 some 62% of eligible personnel participated in the Future Horizons Programme. Prior to the establishment of FHP all ESL were entitled to unit level support as part of standard MOD policy.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 October 2015, the resettlement provision for ESL is termed CTP Future Horizons. Official statistics on the six-months post-discharge employment status of ESL who used CTP Future Horizons will be published in January 2017 as part of the CTP official statistic.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 47863 question first answered 17/10/2016 16:43:42 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

595500

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Discharges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of personnel from each of the armed forces who have been made redundant have received transitional support through the Future Horizons Programme in each year since that programme's inception.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	46796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Future Horizons Programme (FHP) is the resettlement programme for Early Service Leavers (ESL), meaning those members of the UK Armed Forces who leave with less than four years' service. It is delivered through the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) Career Transition Partnership (CTP) with Right Management Limited (part of the ManpowerGroup). The uptake rates and employment outcomes of ESL are monitored routinely through the CTP governance structure to ensure the programme continues to be effective in supporting ESL.</p><p> </p><p>ESL have been entitled to the FHP since it was introduced on 1 October 2013. Between 1 October 2013 and 31 March 2014 approximately 33% of eligible personnel participated in the FHP. During financial year 2014-15 some 62% of eligible personnel participated in the Future Horizons Programme. Prior to the establishment of the FHP all ESL were entitled to unit level support as part of standard MOD policy.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 October 2015, the resettlement provision for ESL is termed CTP Future Horizons. Official statistics for ESL who used CTP Future Horizons from 1 October 2015 will be published in January 2017 as part of the CTP Official Statistic.</p><p> </p><p>All personnel made redundant in the Armed Forces redundancy programme 2011-2015 (Tranches 1-4), received the highest level of resettlement provision delivered through what was then termed the CTP Full Resettlement Programme, regardless of their overall length of service.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 46792 46794 question first answered 17/10/2016 16:40:12 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

595501

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of personnel from each of the armed forces who were made redundant in the last five years have been assessed as achieving a positive employment or training outcome within six months of leaving the service.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	46797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Armed Forces redundancies were announced in September 2011 and consisted of four tranches between 2011 and 2015. All Service personnel who left under the Armed Forces redundancy programme, whether as an applicant or non-applicant, were offered support and assistance with their career transition through the Career Transition Partnership (CTP).</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence does not record the training outcomes of Service leavers. However, information on the estimated employment outcomes of Armed Forces redundees is provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>UK Regular Service Personnel who used CTP services, Tranche 1-4 Redundancy, Estimated Employment Outcomes, Within Six Months of Leaving Service</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Redundancy Tranche (T)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Naval Service (Royal Navy and Royal Marines)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Army</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>RAF</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Employed</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Employed</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Employed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td><td><p>1,970</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>3,150</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Limited quantitative data.</p></td><td><p>460</p></td><td><p>82%</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li>Numbers are rounded to the nearest ten; numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. Limited quantitative data refers to figures fewer than five which have been suppressed due to the risk of disclosure.</li><li>T1 &amp; T2 employment outcome is as at June 2014; T3 is as at February 2015.</li><li>T4 includes applicants only, and outcomes are as at August 2015.</li></ol><p>Full details of employment outcome information for UK Regular Armed Forces personnel, including those who have used the Career Transition Partnership are available at the following address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/career-transition-partnership-ex-service-personnel-employment-outcomes-statistics-index" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/career-transition-partnership-ex-service-personnel-employment-outcomes-statistics-index</a></p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/10/2016 16:36:08 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

595519

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Combined Cadet Force: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the funding levels are for Combined Cadet Forces in schools in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
uin	47198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>There is no set budget for the Combined Cadet Force (CCF) and the cost of Ministry of Defence (MOD) sponsorship of the CCF is calculated retrospectively.</p><p>The latest assessment of the cost to the MOD of funding the CCF was for Financial Year (FY) 2013-14 when the total was £30.144 million. This figure covered the running costs and fixed costs of over 350 cadet units with a total of over 41,000 cadets. Running costs include equipment, rations, uniforms, transport, and remuneration for Adult Volunteers. Fixed costs include training infrastructure and overheads, regional structures, and central management administration and support.</p><p>The baseline cost of the CCF for FY 2016-17 will not be substantially different from the 2013-14 figure, although the Government has committed an additional £50 million from LIBOR fines to the joint MOD/Department for Education Cadet Expansion Programme to increase the number of cadet units in schools to 500 by 2020. Most of the new units will be CCF contingents.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/10/2016 16:37:22 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan