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62865

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports covering the factors surrounding the use of nuclear weapons have been (a) prepared and (b) commissioned by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	201426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The UK has made it clear that the circumstances in which any employment of nuclear weapons might be contemplated are very remote. We would employ nuclear weapons only in extreme circumstances of self defence and in accordance with our obligations under international law. The UK uses nuclear weapons as a deterrent every single day as demonstrated by the Continuous At Sea Deterrence. The most recent major Government reports that explore these issues are the 2006 White Paper “The Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent”; the 2010 SDSR and the 2013 Trident Alternatives Review, all of which are in the public domain.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 25/06/2014 16:07:18 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

62866

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
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, what change there was in the number of (a) sea cadets and (b) army cadets in Northern Ireland between January 2004 and 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	201471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence-sponsored cadet forces offer challenging and enjoyable activities for young people, and prepare them to play an active part in the community while developing valuable life skills.</p><p> </p><p>Information held centrally by the Ministry of Defence on the numbers of sea and army cadets in Northern Ireland is provided in the following tables. For sea cadets, reliable data is available from January 2005. For army cadets, estimated information on the Army Cadet Force is available from March 2012 although comparable data about the Army Combined Cadet Force is not available in the format requested. Information prior to these dates could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Sea Cadets</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Marine (RM) Cadets</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Adult Volunteers (Sea and RM) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2005</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change +/-</p></td><td><p>+10</p></td><td><p>+9</p></td><td><p>+11</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Army Cadet Force</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Army Combined Cadet Force</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Adult Volunteers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2012</p></td><td><p>1,925 (estimated)</p></td><td><p>Not held</p></td><td><p>350 (estimated)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014</p></td><td><p>1,422</p></td><td><p>598</p></td><td><p>397</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change +/-</p></td><td><p>-503</p></td><td><p>Not known</p></td><td><p>+47</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Since 2012 the Army has worked to improve the accuracy of their record keeping with a concerted effort to identify those cadets not actively participating and to either encourage them back into cadet activities or to remove them from the management information system. This has accounted for a significant drop in Army Cadet Force figures over the past few years. However, we are actively recruiting Army cadets in Northern Ireland and numbers are beginning to increase.</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 26/06/2014 13:41:49 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 5273 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

62867

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	201441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 18 November 2013 (Official Report, column705W)</p><p> </p><p>The number of calls to each number for the period 1 June 2013 to 31 May 2014 is provided in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Telephone number prefix</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Operated by DFTS</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Sponsored by DFTS</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>How many calls received in last 12 months</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>0845</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>347,258</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>0844</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>73</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>0843</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 24/06/2014 15:42:30 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

62868

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what he expects to make the next main gate decision for the F-35.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
uin	201449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK remains committed to the Joint Strike Fighter programme, and the next Main Gate investment decision will be made in due course. The UK has already taken delivery of three F-35B aircraft and has one aircraft currently in production. It remains on track to enter service in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 24/06/2014 15:30:29 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

62869

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether bidders for the Next Generation Estates contracts were invited to offer a blanket bid for all contracts.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	201413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Next Generation Estate Contracts consist of six separate contracts which were advertised separately. Some companies chose to become involved in bids for more than one but since the procurements were competed separately the Defence Infrastructure Organisation did not encourage a “blanket bid”. It was left for tenderers to make their own commercial judgement in this respect.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/06/2014 15:24:15 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

62870

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what budget is available to help (a) active service personnel and (b) veterans with psychological injuries.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	201430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>We take the mental health of our personnel and veterans very seriously, and the Government has invested £7.4 million to improve the mental health services available and ensure help is available for everyone who needs it. The Government has implemented all of the recommendations of the ‘Fighting Fit' report, written by the now Minister for International Security Strategy the Under-Secretary of State for Defence, (Dr Murrison). These include structured mental health assessments at routine and discharge medicals; access to military Departments of Community Mental Health for six months after discharge; tailored NHS mental health services; funding for the Combat Stress 24 hour Mental Health Helpline; and the introduction of the Big White Wall, providing mental health wellbeing services to serving personnel, their families and veterans.<br><br>The Veterans Information Service makes contact with recent service leavers to make them aware of mental health and other support available in the community. <br><br>For serving personnel, the Defence Medical Services (DMS) have introduced a range of measures to identify issues at the earliest possible opportunity. These include pre-and post-deployment briefing and the availability of support, assessment and (if required) treatment, both during and after deployments, as well as peer-group mentoring through Trauma Risk Management. Away from deployed operations, our mental health services are configured to provide community-based mental healthcare in line with national best practice, through both unit-based primary health centres and our network of 16 military Departments of Community Mental Health across the UK (plus centres overseas). Inpatient care, when required, is available through a contract with a group of eight specialist NHS Trusts across the UK. The DMS does not allocate a specific budget for mental healthcare, but provides appropriate care and treatment for all those who require it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 201428 question first answered 24/06/2014 14:55:36 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

62871

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department takes to help servicemen and women and veterans with psychological injuries.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	201428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>We take the mental health of our personnel and veterans very seriously, and the Government has invested £7.4 million to improve the mental health services available and ensure help is available for everyone who needs it. The Government has implemented all of the recommendations of the ‘Fighting Fit' report, written by the now Minister for International Security Strategy the Under-Secretary of State for Defence, (Dr Murrison). These include structured mental health assessments at routine and discharge medicals; access to military Departments of Community Mental Health for six months after discharge; tailored NHS mental health services; funding for the Combat Stress 24 hour Mental Health Helpline; and the introduction of the Big White Wall, providing mental health wellbeing services to serving personnel, their families and veterans.<br><br>The Veterans Information Service makes contact with recent service leavers to make them aware of mental health and other support available in the community. <br><br>For serving personnel, the Defence Medical Services (DMS) have introduced a range of measures to identify issues at the earliest possible opportunity. These include pre-and post-deployment briefing and the availability of support, assessment and (if required) treatment, both during and after deployments, as well as peer-group mentoring through Trauma Risk Management. Away from deployed operations, our mental health services are configured to provide community-based mental healthcare in line with national best practice, through both unit-based primary health centres and our network of 16 military Departments of Community Mental Health across the UK (plus centres overseas). Inpatient care, when required, is available through a contract with a group of eight specialist NHS Trusts across the UK. The DMS does not allocate a specific budget for mental healthcare, but provides appropriate care and treatment for all those who require it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 201430 question first answered 24/06/2014 14:55:36 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

62872

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the level and quality of post-operational support provided to injured members of the (a) Regulars and (b) Army Reserves.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	201506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 16 June 2014, (Official Report, column 364W) to the hon. Member for Stretford and Urmston (Kate Green).<br><br>Reservists are treated exactly the same as regulars in terms of operational training and support while mobilised, including access to the same welfare support and medical treatment through the Defence Medical Services (DMS). They are retained in service and will receive treatment and rehabilitation until they are medically assessed as having reached a steady state of fitness, at which point they will be demobilised. If they have continuing healthcare needs following demobilisation, they will be taken through a transition from military to NHS care. Reservists who are medically discharged as a result of injuries sustained during deployment are also entitled to resettlement training and to the same range of services available to regular veterans. Where service is the only or main cause of injury or illness, members or former members of the reserve forces may qualify for awards under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS).<br><br>The level and quality of post-operational support provided to injured mobilised reservists is exactly the same as that provided to regulars, with full access to all the facilities and expertise provided under the Army Recovery Capability, and it is a level of support of which the Army and the Ministry of Defence are extremely proud.<br><br>Following the Reserves 2020 White Paper, which proposed improvements to occupational health provision to ensure consistent access to these services for all reservists, the MOD committed to extending DMS occupational health provision to non-mobilised reservists. Rehabilitation services are also being extended to members of the reserve forces who are injured during reserve training. This is in addition to the procedure in place since 2006, whereby reservists can obtain DMS mental health treatment through the Veterans and Reserves Mental Health Programme. Implementation of the new measures started in April 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 201504 201505 question first answered 24/06/2014 14:56:42 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 16 June 2014.doc title Hansard Extract 16 June 2014
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

62873

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Reserve
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what level of provision is available for injured members of the Army Reserve.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	201505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 16 June 2014, (Official Report, column 364W) to the hon. Member for Stretford and Urmston (Kate Green).<br><br>Reservists are treated exactly the same as regulars in terms of operational training and support while mobilised, including access to the same welfare support and medical treatment through the Defence Medical Services (DMS). They are retained in service and will receive treatment and rehabilitation until they are medically assessed as having reached a steady state of fitness, at which point they will be demobilised. If they have continuing healthcare needs following demobilisation, they will be taken through a transition from military to NHS care. Reservists who are medically discharged as a result of injuries sustained during deployment are also entitled to resettlement training and to the same range of services available to regular veterans. Where service is the only or main cause of injury or illness, members or former members of the reserve forces may qualify for awards under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS).<br><br>The level and quality of post-operational support provided to injured mobilised reservists is exactly the same as that provided to regulars, with full access to all the facilities and expertise provided under the Army Recovery Capability, and it is a level of support of which the Army and the Ministry of Defence are extremely proud.<br><br>Following the Reserves 2020 White Paper, which proposed improvements to occupational health provision to ensure consistent access to these services for all reservists, the MOD committed to extending DMS occupational health provision to non-mobilised reservists. Rehabilitation services are also being extended to members of the reserve forces who are injured during reserve training. This is in addition to the procedure in place since 2006, whereby reservists can obtain DMS mental health treatment through the Veterans and Reserves Mental Health Programme. Implementation of the new measures started in April 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 201504 201506 question first answered 24/06/2014 14:56:42 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 16 June 2014.doc title Hansard Extract 16 June 2014
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

62874

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Reserve
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Army Reserve returned injured from operations in the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	201503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>239 Army Reserve personnel have returned injured from operations between 1 April 2007, when records began, and 30 April 2014.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/06/2014 16:11:22 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 5066 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker