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58248

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date	05/06/2014
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, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to support former armed services' personnel to readjust to civilian life by providing (a) low cost mortgages, (b) low interest loans to start a business, (c) payment of tuition fees and living expenses for university or vocational educational and (d) health care bespoke to individual needs.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	199323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>There are no plans to introduce such legislation. As Lord Ashcroft highlighted in his recent review of transition arrangements, the measures we already have in place ensure that the vast majority of Service leavers make a successful transition to civilian life. Amongst many others, these measures include:<br><br>- resettlement and career assistance from the Ministry of Defence funded Career Transition Partnership;<br>- funding for nationally recognised qualifications through Enhanced Learning Credits and;<br>- a range of schemes to help veterans and their families secure appropriate accommodation, detailed in the answer I gave on 28 April 2014, (Official Report, columns 442-443W) to the hon. Member for Windsor (Mr Afriyie).<br><br>Healthcare provided by the National Health Service is already bespoke to individual needs, and reflects the aspirations of the Armed Forces covenant.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 21/07/2014 13:45:22 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract HOC 199323.doc title Hansard Extract 28 April 2014 previous answer version 2382 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

58291

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) rank and (b) length of service was of each RAF engineer (aerosystems) officer who left the service in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	199373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested constitutes personal data and is prohibited from release under the Data Protection Act 1998.<br><br>However, based on the information held from 1 April 2011 – 31 March 2014, the average total length of service on exit by rank for the Engineer (Aerosystems) officer is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Rank (RAF Engineer (Aerosystems))</td><td>Average length of sevice</td></tr><tr><td>Junior Officers</td><td>12 years 0 months</td></tr><tr><td>Squadron Leader</td><td>20 years 0 months</td></tr><tr><td>Wing Commander</td><td>26 years 7 months</td></tr><tr><td>Group Captain</td><td>Insufficient data to provide an average*.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br><br>*The small number of Engineering (Aerosystems) Group Captains during the period 01 Apr 11 – 31 Mar 14 means the resulting ‘average' would be misleading.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/06/2014 14:53:44 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

58292

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans to introduce maritime remotely-piloted air systems; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	199377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The Royal Navy has introduced the ScanEagle Unmanned Air System, delivering an intimate and assured persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance for equipped ships. ScanEagle was brought into service as an Urgent Operational Requirement; we are currently reviewing options for a follow-on maritime capability in the future.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 16/06/2014 16:56:21 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

58293

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the reason was for the time taken to produce the Defence Air Safety Annual Report July 2012 to August 2013, published on 3 April 2014; and if he will make it his policy to publish future such reports within three months of the end of the relevant year.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	199374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Before publishing the Annual Report, it was identified that further analysis of an Air Safety issue was required. Following completion of the analysis, the Report was released for publication. We remain committed to the timely publication of future reports.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/06/2014 14:47:30 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

58294

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to mitigate the risks to defence aviation safety systems and culture referred to in the Defence Air Safety Annual Report July 2012 to August 2013; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	199375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The risks highlighted in the annual report represented an aggregate of air safety risks across the regulated community. These are held by suitably qualified and experienced personnel and are actively managed and mitigated.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 12/06/2014 16:01:53 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

58295

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) outflow and (b) inflow was for RAF (i) engineer (aerosystems) officers and (ii) aircraft tradesmen in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	199376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The outflow and inflow figures available for RAF Engineer (Aerosystems) officers and aircraft tradesmen, for each financial year, are set out in the tables below:</p><p> </p><p>The inflow targets during this period were adjusted in line with the requirement to reduce the regular strength of the RAF. The reduction in inflow was partly due to the reduced requirement for engineering personnel following the removal of aircraft fleets such as Harrier and Nimrod.</p><p> </p><p>The increase in outflow relates to the redundancy programme. As an organisation which recruits into the lower end of the rank structure, recruiting remains important to maintain a sustainable demographic.</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><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 17/06/2014 16:05:31 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name Tables as part of the answer to 199376.doc title Outflow and Inflow figures for RAF Engineers
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

58315

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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, when he plans to respond to the letter of 5 May 2014 from the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth on British Army processes of justice and requesting an urgent meeting.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	199311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>I responded to the hon. Member today.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 202085 question first answered 30/06/2014 13:41:09 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 500 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

58316

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of British armed forces personnel operationally deployed to Northern Ireland in each year from April 1984 to April 2010 and (b) the number of such personnel who were accompanied by (i) a spouse or (ii) a civil partner in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	199300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="5"> </td><td colspan="6" rowspan="5">The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois grouped question UIN 202093 question first answered 30/06/2014 13:42:15 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 498 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

58351

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to put out to tender the contract to provide military air traffic management at British and overseas bases.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	199408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Following advertisement in the Official Journal of the European Union in March 2011, bidders submitted outline proposals to provide military air traffic management at British and overseas bases (Project MARSHALL). Two bidders submitted detailed proposals in January 2014. The second round of dialogue commenced in April 2014 and will conclude when the bidders are asked to submit their final tender proposals in late summer 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 12/06/2014 14:03:19 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

58353

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to confirm the decision to allow a process change to enable the Rivet Joint signal intelligence aircraft to be certificated under Military Aviation Authority regulations.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	199247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK Rivet Joint could not be certified under Military Aviation Authority Regulatory Publications (MRP) due to difficulties in obtaining documentary evidence of the aircraft's original design basis. The MRP allows an alternative course of action to be agreed where a regulated entity cannot fully comply. Accordingly, an alternative approach was agreed for Rivet Joint to achieve the same level of design safety assurance. The aircraft has been cleared by the Assistant Chief of the Air Staff, the RAF's Release to Service Authority, to fly to an initial Release to Service and completed its first flight on 23 May 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 16/06/2014 14:17:57 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck