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1127779

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Medical Services: Termination of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Defence Medical Service doctors have (a) taken early retirement and (b) left the armed forces as a result of pension taxation changes in the last two years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	256981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2019 answer text <p>Voluntary Outflow (VO) is defined as all exits from trained UK Regular Forces which are voluntarily generated by the individual before the end of their agreed engagement or commission period.</p><p> </p><p>Between 1 April 2017 and 31 December 2018, the latest period for which figures are available, 60 Defence Medical Services (DMS) Medical Officers and 20 DMS Dental Officers were VO exits. These figures have been rounded to the nearest five.</p><p> </p><p>Information about VO exits as a result of pension taxation changes is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 30/05/2019 16:06:05 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1090901

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2019 to Question 225436 on Armed Forces: Compensation, what criteria the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy uses when issuing compensation payments of £500 or less to armed forces service complainants; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	233495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The correct terminology is &quot;consolatory&quot; awards or payments, which are made in accordance with pan-Government Principles for Managing Public Money. The value of compensation/consolatory payments are determined by reference, as appropriate, to external benchmarks such as the Vento Scale (as used by the Employment Tribunal Service), and informed by legal advice.</p><p>The Army Service Complaints Secretary, of OF5/Colonel rank, holds delegated authority to make consolatory payments of up to £500 and is empowered to delegate such authority to all Decision and Appeal Bodies. The minimum Army rank for appointment to Decision and Appeal Bodies is OF4/Lieutenant Colonel.</p><p>The Naval Service Complaints Secretary has a delegated financial authority to make consolatory payments of up to £1,000 with any above that level requiring approval by the Deputy Finance Director. Governance requires that at any compensation level, advice is taken through Navy Command Finance if this payment would be regarded as novel or contentious.</p><p>The RAF Service Complaints Team has delegated authority to make consolatory payments of up to £500 with any above that level requiring approval by Air Director Resources.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 233496 question first answered 26/03/2019 16:05:15 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1090902

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2019 to Question 225436 on Armed Forces: Compensation, what level command authority is required to issue compensation payments of £500 or less to armed forces service complainants in the (a) Army (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	233496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The correct terminology is &quot;consolatory&quot; awards or payments, which are made in accordance with pan-Government Principles for Managing Public Money. The value of compensation/consolatory payments are determined by reference, as appropriate, to external benchmarks such as the Vento Scale (as used by the Employment Tribunal Service), and informed by legal advice.</p><p>The Army Service Complaints Secretary, of OF5/Colonel rank, holds delegated authority to make consolatory payments of up to £500 and is empowered to delegate such authority to all Decision and Appeal Bodies. The minimum Army rank for appointment to Decision and Appeal Bodies is OF4/Lieutenant Colonel.</p><p>The Naval Service Complaints Secretary has a delegated financial authority to make consolatory payments of up to £1,000 with any above that level requiring approval by the Deputy Finance Director. Governance requires that at any compensation level, advice is taken through Navy Command Finance if this payment would be regarded as novel or contentious.</p><p>The RAF Service Complaints Team has delegated authority to make consolatory payments of up to £500 with any above that level requiring approval by Air Director Resources.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 233495 question first answered 26/03/2019 16:05:15 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1079367

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Industrial Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Department's letter of 27 February 2019 to the hon. Member for Bridgend on the Health and Safety Executive, what is meant by the phrase centrally reported.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	227063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2019 answer text <p>The phrase centrally reported refers to information recorded at Top Level Budget or equivalent Defence Authority Chief Executive level. Whilst this is considered to be the totality of contraventions it cannot be verified without contacting each site across Defence. To do so could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 08/03/2019 11:35:36 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1079368

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Industrial Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Department's letter of 27 February 2019 to the hon. Member for Bridgend, which notices of contravention placed on his Department related to the (a) Army, (b) RAF, (c) Royal Navy and (d) Royal Marines in each year between 2012 and 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	227064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested could not be collated in the time available. I will write to the hon. Member with details as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 227066 227069 question first answered 08/03/2019 11:38:26 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1079369

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Industrial Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Department's letter of 27 February 2019 to the hon. Member for Bridgend on the Health and Safety Executive, what the criteria are for determining whether notices of contravention placed on his Department by that Executive are to be reported (a) centrally and (b) elsewhere.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	227065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2019 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive will predominantly serve Notices of Contravention at the appropriate Defence site. Defence Safety Authority Policy Document 01.1, Chapter 3, Paragraph 24 and 25 provides the reporting criteria for Health, Safety and Environmental Protection events and individual Top Level Budgets or Chief Executive equivalents should be informed by the Defence site of such Notices of Contravention. However, such reporting cannot be guaranteed.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 08/03/2019 11:33:51 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1079370

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Industrial Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Department's letter of 27 February 2019 to the hon. Member for Bridgend on the Health and Safety Executive, whether (a) a policy change, (b) a staffing issue and (c) another reason constituted the reason why notices of contravention placed on the Ministry of Defence by the Health and Safety Executive were not reported centrally in the years (i) 2015 and (ii) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	227066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested could not be collated in the time available. I will write to the hon. Member with details as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 227064 227069 question first answered 08/03/2019 11:38:26 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1079371

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Industrial Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Department's letter of 27 February 2019 to the hon. Member for Bridgend on the Health and Safety Executive, how his Department ensures that when notices of contravention are centrally reported (a) all appropriate follow-up action by the Health and Safety Executive to ensure compliance is completed, (b) lessons are learned, (c) remedial action is implemented, (d) lessons are cascaded across the armed forces and (e) lessons are not confined to one location.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	227067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2019 answer text <p>All Notices of Contravention are investigated and tracked by the respective Defence site that have been issued with the Notice and closure with Health and Safety Executive will only take place when sufficient evidence is gained by them. Where lessons are applicable to others within Defence relevant information is cascaded through the Top Level Budgets or the Chief Environment Safety Officer network.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 227068 question first answered 08/03/2019 11:36:42 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1079372

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Industrial Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Department's letter of 27 February 2019 to the hon. Member for Bridgend on the Health and Safety Executive, how his Department ensures that when notices of contravention are not centrally reported (a) all appropriate follow-up action by the Health and Safety Executive to ensure compliance is completed, (b) lessons are learned, (c) remedial action is implemented, (d) lessons are cascaded across the armed forces and (e) lessons are not confined to one location.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	227068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2019 answer text <p>All Notices of Contravention are investigated and tracked by the respective Defence site that have been issued with the Notice and closure with Health and Safety Executive will only take place when sufficient evidence is gained by them. Where lessons are applicable to others within Defence relevant information is cascaded through the Top Level Budgets or the Chief Environment Safety Officer network.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 227067 question first answered 08/03/2019 11:36:42 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1079373

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Industrial Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Department's letter of 27 February 2019 to the hon. Member for Bridgend on the Health and Safety Executive, to what (a) changes, (b) requirements, (c) staffing, (d) training and (e) other issues the notices of contravention placed on his Department in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013, (iii) 2014 and (iv) 2017 relate.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	227069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested could not be collated in the time available. I will write to the hon. Member with details as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 227064 227066 question first answered 08/03/2019 11:38:26 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon