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155803

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date	17/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces: Engineers
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 11 November 2014 to Question 211796, how many engineers have been recruited into the (a) Army Reserves, (b) Royal Navy Reserves and (c) Royal Air Force Reserves in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	214676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The table below sets out details of the Ministry of Defence’s intake of Service personnel into engineering trades, corps or branches in the UK Reserve Forces, by financial year. Numbers presented are likely to be underestimates as engineers can be recruited into non-engineering branches or may not be recorded as engineers on entry. Data quality issues mean that, for the Army, figures prior to 1 April 2012 are unavailable; for the Maritime Reserves and Royal Auxiliary Air Force data is unavailable prior to 1 October 2012.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15 (6 months to 30 September)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Maritime Reserve</strong></p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Army Reserve (Royal Engineers)</strong></p></td><td><p>655</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>285</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Royal Auxiliary Air Force</strong></p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p>1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5.</p><p> </p><p>2. Intake includes ex-Regulars (either seamless transfer or following a break in service), Reserve re-joiners (following a break in service) and new entrants.</p><p> </p><p>3. Maritime Reserve figures comprise the Royal Naval Reserve and the Royal Marine Reserve, including mobilised reservists, High Readiness Reserves, those serving on Full Time Reserve Service and Additional Duties Commitment.</p><p> </p><p>4. Army figures refer to intake to Army Reserve (Group A) Royal Engineers and Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME), which includes Volunteer Reserves, Mobilised Army Reservists, High Readiness Reserves and Officers under training. Figures therefore exclude any Army Reserve Group B (University Officer Cadets) and Group C (Sponsored Reserves and Full Time Reserve Service).</p><p> </p><p>5. Royal Auxiliary Air Force figures include mobilised reservists and High Readiness Reserves.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 18/12/2014 16:34:00 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier previous answer version 29712 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

155805

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
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 television recruitment campaigns for (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Navy, (c) the Royal Air Force and (d) in total in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	214674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The table below shows how much each of the three Services has spent on television recruitment campaigns for the current and last two financial years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year/Service </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p><p><strong>£ million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14 </strong></p><p><strong>£ million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p><p><strong>£ million</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Navy</p></td><td><p>2.80</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1.86</del><ins class="ministerial">4.45</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2.95*</del><ins class="ministerial">6.79*</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>2.99**</p></td><td><p>1.28</p></td><td><p>1.75</p><p>(to 31 August 2014)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Air Force</p></td><td><p>2.25</p></td><td><p>2.67</p></td><td><p>3.37</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>* Forecast</p><p>** From 1 October 2012 to 31 March 2013</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not incurred any costs in respect of television recruitment for civilian staff.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier previous answer version 29711 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 35698 answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier question first answered 18/12/2014 16:34:34 question first ministerially corrected 22/01/2015 12:00:01 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

106413

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Libya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Libyan soldiers previously in receipt of UK military training at Bassingbourn have been withdrawn; and how many such people are (a) facing criminal charges and (b) have received convictions (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	213412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>Prior to the start of General Purpose Force training on 11 June 2014, the UK had several discussions with the Libyan government about the selection and vetting of the Libyan trainees. These conversations also included representations from the United States and Italy.</p><p> </p><p>The Libyan government provided trainee candidates who had been through Libyan vetting and selection processes. These candidates were then subject to additional UK vetting in Libya, to ensure that those selected met Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Ministry of Defence and Home Office requirements on security, immigration, medical, physical, literacy and numeracy criteria; in addition, the selected cohort comprised a suitable geographic representation of Libya. Home Office visa processes included checks against UK criminal databases and a visa declaration by all trainees which confirmed that they held no criminal convictions or charges in the UK or elsewhere.</p><p> </p><p>We are not aware that any of those candidates who passed UK screening had criminal convictions or faced charges at that time in the UK or elsewhere.</p><p> </p><p>During the course of training the Libyan General Purpose Force (GPF) we are aware of sixteen individuals being arrested. Of these five have been remanded in custody while facing the following criminal charges:</p><p> </p><p>Three counts of sexual assault, one count of theft of a pedal cycle and one count of exposure.</p><p> </p><p>Three counts of sexual assault and one count of theft of a pedal cycle.</p><p> </p><p>Two counts of sexual assault, one count of theft of a pedal cycle and one count of using threatening/abusive/insulting words/behaviour to cause harassment/alarm/distress against a police officer.</p><p> </p><p>One count of rape.</p><p> </p><p>One count of rape.</p><p> </p><p>All other trainees at Bassingbourn have been returned to Libya.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A team has been set up to produce for the Defence Secretary before Christmas an objective report into the GPF training. It is led by a MOD senior civil servant who was not involved in the original work, supported by a senior civil servant loaned from another Government Department to provide an additional element of independence and challenge.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois grouped question UIN 213338 213410 213588 214129 question first answered 18/12/2014 16:33:08 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 29885 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

106414

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Libya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) criminal convictions and (b) criminal charges are held by members of the Libyan armed forces receiving training in the UK.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	213410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>Prior to the start of General Purpose Force training on 11 June 2014, the UK had several discussions with the Libyan government about the selection and vetting of the Libyan trainees. These conversations also included representations from the United States and Italy.</p><p> </p><p>The Libyan government provided trainee candidates who had been through Libyan vetting and selection processes. These candidates were then subject to additional UK vetting in Libya, to ensure that those selected met Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Ministry of Defence and Home Office requirements on security, immigration, medical, physical, literacy and numeracy criteria; in addition, the selected cohort comprised a suitable geographic representation of Libya. Home Office visa processes included checks against UK criminal databases and a visa declaration by all trainees which confirmed that they held no criminal convictions or charges in the UK or elsewhere.</p><p> </p><p>We are not aware that any of those candidates who passed UK screening had criminal convictions or faced charges at that time in the UK or elsewhere.</p><p> </p><p>During the course of training the Libyan General Purpose Force (GPF) we are aware of sixteen individuals being arrested. Of these five have been remanded in custody while facing the following criminal charges:</p><p> </p><p>Three counts of sexual assault, one count of theft of a pedal cycle and one count of exposure.</p><p> </p><p>Three counts of sexual assault and one count of theft of a pedal cycle.</p><p> </p><p>Two counts of sexual assault, one count of theft of a pedal cycle and one count of using threatening/abusive/insulting words/behaviour to cause harassment/alarm/distress against a police officer.</p><p> </p><p>One count of rape.</p><p> </p><p>One count of rape.</p><p> </p><p>All other trainees at Bassingbourn have been returned to Libya.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A team has been set up to produce for the Defence Secretary before Christmas an objective report into the GPF training. It is led by a MOD senior civil servant who was not involved in the original work, supported by a senior civil servant loaned from another Government Department to provide an additional element of independence and challenge.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois grouped question UIN 213338 213412 213588 214129 question first answered 18/12/2014 16:33:09 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 29888 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones