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76299

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service complaints went to a full board hearing in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	204445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Figures on the number of complaints made by service personnel in the last five years are published in the Service Complaints Commissioner's (SCC) Annual Reports. The full reports are presented annually to the House and are also located at the following website:<br><br>http://armedforcescomplaints.independent.gov.uk/newsandpublications.htm<br><br>The figures available for complaints made by Service personnel about bullying for each year are also published in the Annual Reports. Details of the number of complaints that are heard by a panel (level 3) are also published. All of this information can be found in the relevant pages:<br><br>2013 Annual Report – page 72, appendix 3. <br><br>2012 Annual Report – page 62, appendix 3. <br><br>2011 Annual Report – page 59, appendix 3. <br><br>2010 Annual Report – page 89, appendix 6<br><br>2009 Annual Report – page 36, table 7.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/07/2014 16:38:43 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

76300

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service complaints were filed in the last five years; and how many such complaints related to allegations of bullying.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	204443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Figures on the number of complaints made by service personnel in the last five years are published in the Service Complaints Commissioner's (SCC) Annual Reports. The full reports are presented annually to the House and are also located at the following website:<br><br>http://armedforcescomplaints.independent.gov.uk/newsandpublications.htm<br><br>The figures available for complaints made by Service personnel about bullying for each year are also published in the Annual Reports. Details of the number of complaints that are heard by a panel (level 3) are also published. All of this information can be found in the relevant pages:<br><br>2013 Annual Report – page 72, appendix 3. <br><br>2012 Annual Report – page 62, appendix 3. <br><br>2011 Annual Report – page 59, appendix 3. <br><br>2010 Annual Report – page 89, appendix 6<br><br>2009 Annual Report – page 36, table 7.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/07/2014 16:36:20 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

77063

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve the service complaints system.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Duncan Hames
uin	904805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Service personnel deserve to have a fair and effective complaints system. I announced in March that we had been working for some time with Dr Atkins, the Service Complaints Commissioner, on proposals for a more efficient system.</p><p> </p><p>In her most recent report, Dr Atkins concluded that she was optimistic that a fairer, more effective system has been agreed, and that, once implemented, Service personnel will have access to a redress system that they deserve. The bill introduced in the House of Lords on 5<sup>th</sup> June 2014 will improve the system to make sure that is what they will get.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/07/2014 16:58:31 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3951 label Biography information for Duncan Hames

77504

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Malaria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on prescribing anti-malarial prophylaxis to members of the armed forces serving overseas.
tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
tabling member printed	Mr David Heath
uin	904820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence follows the advice of Public Health England's Advisory Committee for Malaria Prevention in providing appropriately tested and effective methods of chemo-prophylaxis to Service personnel who are deploying to areas of the world where there is a risk of contracting malaria. The exact choice of drug depends on a number of factors, including the region the individual is deploying to, the health of the individual and any past history of side effects.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/07/2014 16:40:47 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	255 label Biography information for Mr David Heath

66018

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what professional development courses are made available to staff of his Department; and what the cost to the public purse is of each such course.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	204340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The Defence Academy provides professional skills and knowledge courses to Defence personnel. The Defence Academy 2014 course prospectus can be found on the Academy's website (www.da.mod.uk). A copy of that report and the 2012-13 Training and Education Statistical Analysis have been placed in the Library of the House. <br>The cost of providing each individual course is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The Defence Academy total operating costs in FY 2013-14 was £130.617 million.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 15/07/2014 16:08:46 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 20140602_61246 Statistical Analysis Report_Full DAIS.pdf title Defence Academy Training and Educational Academic
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

65425

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on advertising for recruitment to the Reserves in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) Royal Air Force in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	203844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>It is a key requirement for the Armed Forces to maintain a satisfactory balance of skills, experience, ability and seniority in rank to enable delivery of operational requirements. Despite the reduction in overall numbers of Service personnel, the requirement for the Armed Forces to recruit and train personnel to replace those who leave the Services remains.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2010 are not held centrally. Figures from 2011 onwards are set out in the table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p>Financial year (FY)</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p> </p><p>Total spend (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>Royal Navy</p></td><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>Royal Air Force</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td rowspan="2"> </td><td colspan="3"><p>2.86 Single tri-Service Campaign</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>5.04</p></td><td><p>1.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>1.95</p></td><td><p>2.23</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 15/07/2014 15:51:45 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 8615 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker