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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

66021

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	Armed Forces: Cadets
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 25 June 2014, Official Report, column 221W, on Combined Cadet Force, if he will make an assessment of the effect of recruitment to existing community-based cadet forces.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	204145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The community cadet forces and Combined Cadet Forces (CCFs) deliver different but complementary elements of the Ministry of Defence's youth engagement strategy. <br><br>Where the establishment of a new CCF unit under the Cadet Expansion Programme is proposed, there is an approval process involving the single Service cadet organisations and consideration is given on a case by case basis of any possible adverse affect on local community cadet force units.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/07/2014 13:50:59 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

65675

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Codes of Practice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) internal and (b) external complaints have been received by his Department about alleged breaches of the Civil Service Code of Conduct since 2010; and what actions his Department has taken in response to each such complaint.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Lindsay Roy
uin	203955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. This is because grievance cases are not categorised according to whether they relate to alleged breaches of the Civil Service Code of Conduct.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/07/2014 16:25:59 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1608 label Biography information for Lindsay Roy

65319

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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to increase the number of replies sent electronically to letters from hon. Members.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	203525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office (Francis Maude) gave on 7 July 2014 (Official Report, columns 5-6W)</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 203301 question first answered 08/07/2014 16:26:32 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 20140707 Hansard extract Members Correspondence.doc title 20140707 Hansard extract Members Correspondence
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

65423

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, what total number of sponsored reserves were agreed as part of contracts signed by companies working for his Department in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	203842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>No Sponsored Reserve recruitment targets were set by the MOD during the period in question. Sponsored Reserves are members of a civilian workforce who deliver a support service and who can be mobilised as Service Personnel if required. The number of Sponsored Reserves engaged by contractors in any year will be governed by the number and type of contracts for support services that are agreed in that year. Contractors are responsible for employing enough people with Sponsored Reserve status to meet the MOD's operational needs.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 203840 question first answered 08/07/2014 16:05:54 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 8614 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

65424

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	Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department issues guidance on protocols relating to former armed forces' personnel using their rank as a title after they have left service.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	203843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Ministry of Defence officials are not aware of any official guidance on this issue. However, Debretts suggests that:<br><br>‘…regular officers of the rank of major and above may use, and be addressed by, their rank after being placed on the retired list.'</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/07/2014 15:39:16 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

65427

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, what targets his Department had for the number of sponsored reserves in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	203840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>No Sponsored Reserve recruitment targets were set by the MOD during the period in question. Sponsored Reserves are members of a civilian workforce who deliver a support service and who can be mobilised as Service Personnel if required. The number of Sponsored Reserves engaged by contractors in any year will be governed by the number and type of contracts for support services that are agreed in that year. Contractors are responsible for employing enough people with Sponsored Reserve status to meet the MOD's operational needs.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 203842 question first answered 08/07/2014 16:05:54 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 8613 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