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522043

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking in response to the Armed Forces 2015 survey findings that (a) 12 per cent of women surveyed reported that someone had made unwelcome attempts to touch them and (b) only three per cent of servicewomen who were very upset about an incident of sexual harassment made a formal complaint.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	38899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Armed Forces take all allegations of sexual harassment very seriously; all such allegations are thoroughly investigated and action is taken where appropriate. We recognise that it takes great courage to come forward and report such allegations and we have taken a number of steps to improve training and awareness to ensure that Service personnel know how to report concerns and what support is available to them.</p><p>We also recognise that tackling sexual harassment in the Armed Forces depends on Service personnel having confidence that the complaints system will deal with their concerns appropriately and will treat them fairly. This year has seen the introduction of a fundamentally new Service Complaints Ombudsman role and a reformed complaints system. The new process is streamlined and Service personnel are now able to approach the Ombudsman if they are dissatisfied.</p><p>The Ombudsman has significant new powers to hold the Ministry of Defence to account for fair, effective and efficient complaints handling. The Ombudsman comments in her 2015 Annual Report (published in April 2016) that she is hopeful that the new system will make a real impact on confidence levels. It is important that all Service Personnel know where to get information about how to make a Service complaint, as well as about the role of the new Service Complaints Ombudsman and we will take further steps to communicate as widely as possible through appropriate channels the complaints process, particularly to female and junior personnel.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 06/06/2016 14:59:58 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

522044

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Air Force plans to issue policy instructions along the lines of those recently issued by the Army and Royal Navy on cases with a sexual element being referred to the Service Police for investigation.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	38901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Manual of Service Law already provides that a Commanding Officer (CO) should take legal advice to assist him/her in making the most appropriate decision as to who should investigate alleged offences of a sexual nature. Further advice/guidance on the handling of such cases is currently being considered by the Service Justice Board, which includes representation from all three Services.</p><p>Following the outcome of this review the Royal Air Force does intend to issue further guidance on cases with a sexual element being referred to the Service Police for investigation.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 06/06/2016 15:09:01 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

522045

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	War Graves: Wrecks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will make it his policy to seek international protection for maritime military graves by ratifying the UNESCO Convention and the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	38932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government of the United Kingdom would strongly condemn any desecration of any site of maritime military graves. By invoking the principle of Sovereign Immunity, and by designating specific vessels under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 and the Protection of Maritime Remains Act 1986, we endeavour to protect these important sites where we are able.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence became aware of the possible illegal salvage of items from HMS Indefatigable in 2010 and HMS Queen Mary in 2011. After due consideration, following liaison with UK and international prosecution authorities, it was concluded by the Ministry of Defence Police that no further action could be taken.</p><p>We are not aware of any illegal salvage activity currently taking place on other Jutland wreck sites, but should this come to our attention the matter would be reported to the Ministry of Defence Police. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is leading on the United Kingdom's position on the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage. It is currently considering the results of the 2014 Impact Review, in consultation with the other relevant Government Departments. The United Kingdom has already adopted the Rules for activities directed at underwater cultural heritage, found in the annex of the Convention, as best practice.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 38931 38933 question first answered 06/06/2016 15:20:07 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

522046

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships: Wrecks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he became aware that the Dutch salvage company Friendship Offshore had removed salvage from the wrecks of HMS Queen Mary and HMS Indefatigable, sunk at the battle of Jutland.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	38931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government of the United Kingdom would strongly condemn any desecration of any site of maritime military graves. By invoking the principle of Sovereign Immunity, and by designating specific vessels under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 and the Protection of Maritime Remains Act 1986, we endeavour to protect these important sites where we are able.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence became aware of the possible illegal salvage of items from HMS Indefatigable in 2010 and HMS Queen Mary in 2011. After due consideration, following liaison with UK and international prosecution authorities, it was concluded by the Ministry of Defence Police that no further action could be taken.</p><p>We are not aware of any illegal salvage activity currently taking place on other Jutland wreck sites, but should this come to our attention the matter would be reported to the Ministry of Defence Police. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is leading on the United Kingdom's position on the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage. It is currently considering the results of the 2014 Impact Review, in consultation with the other relevant Government Departments. The United Kingdom has already adopted the Rules for activities directed at underwater cultural heritage, found in the annex of the Convention, as best practice.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 38932 38933 question first answered 06/06/2016 15:20:07 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

522047

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships: Wrecks
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 assert the UK's right of Sovereign Immunity over wrecks from the Battle of Jutland and other Sovereign Immune Royal Navy wrecks.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	38933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government of the United Kingdom would strongly condemn any desecration of any site of maritime military graves. By invoking the principle of Sovereign Immunity, and by designating specific vessels under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 and the Protection of Maritime Remains Act 1986, we endeavour to protect these important sites where we are able.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence became aware of the possible illegal salvage of items from HMS Indefatigable in 2010 and HMS Queen Mary in 2011. After due consideration, following liaison with UK and international prosecution authorities, it was concluded by the Ministry of Defence Police that no further action could be taken.</p><p>We are not aware of any illegal salvage activity currently taking place on other Jutland wreck sites, but should this come to our attention the matter would be reported to the Ministry of Defence Police. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is leading on the United Kingdom's position on the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage. It is currently considering the results of the 2014 Impact Review, in consultation with the other relevant Government Departments. The United Kingdom has already adopted the Rules for activities directed at underwater cultural heritage, found in the annex of the Convention, as best practice.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 38931 38932 question first answered 06/06/2016 15:20:07 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

522048

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 45 Destroyers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to seek compensation from Rolls-Royce for the remedial work for the power and propulsion systems of the Type 45 Destroyers.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	38719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The decision to procure the Rolls Royce WR21 was taken in November 2000 by the then Defence Secretary, Geoff Hoon. In announcing the decision, he accepted this decision “presents a greater degree of risk to the programme.” It was judged that these risks would be outweighed by the system’s long term benefits of greater operational flexibility, as well as long-term savings in maintenance and personnel costs and a lower environmental impact.</p><p> </p><p>As the issues now being addressed result from those earlier decisions, it is appropriate that liability for funding this work now rests with the Ministry of Defence. In terms of the contractual position, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for East Renfrewshire (Kirsten Oswald) on 8 February 2016 to Question 25239.</p><p> </p><p>On progress in implementing measures to improve the reliability and resilience of the Power and Propulsion (P&amp;P) system, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife (Douglas Chapman) on 8 February 2016 to Question 25165.. The work to date has been carried out under the Type 45 support contract and the associated costs cannot be separately identified.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of the Independent P&amp;P System Performance Review, dated March 2011, redacted in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, was placed in the Library of the House on 13 May 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name Hansard_Extract__8_February_2016_HOC_25239[1].docx title QnA extract on Type 45 Destroyers 2 file name 20160208_QnA_extract_on_Type_45_Destroyers.docx title QnA extract on Type 45 Destroyers grouped question UIN 38717 38718 question first answered 06/06/2016 15:14:31 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

522049

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Military Decorations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Second World War veterans who have applied through his Department to receive the Légion d'Honneur have not yet received medals.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	38675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>In order to help the French authorities, who are ultimately responsible for the awarding of the Legion d'Honneur, we have developed improved administrative procedures whereby the UK is submitting Legion d'Honneur applications to the French in a steady flow in approximately the order that they were received by the Ministry of Defence.</p><p>Some 3,300 applications were received by the Department between June 2014 and March 2015. After forwarding these to the French authorities, the majority of these veterans have now received their award; exceptions are those where no contact information has been provided. Since April 2015 another 1,500 (approximately) applications have been received, and they are still arriving on a weekly basis. These cases are being processed and sent to the French authorities at the agreed rate of 100 per week.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 06/06/2016 15:21:48 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

522050

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Married Quarters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much rent his Department has paid in each financial year on properties within the Married Quarters Estate that have been unoccupied for the majority of the years (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15 and (f) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	38682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 06/06/2016 15:00:47 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

522051

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Married Quarters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many properties within the Married Quarters Estate have been unoccupied for the majority of (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15 and (f) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	38683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The number of properties within the Married Quarters Estate that have been unoccupied for the majority of the years since 2010-11 are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2010-11 1,865</p><p>2011-12 14,168</p><p>2012-13 12,240</p><p>2013-14 9,884</p><p>2014-15 8,342</p><p>2015-16 7,675</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 06/06/2016 15:09:50 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

522052

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Married Quarters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on dilapidation payments in respect of properties within the Married Quarters Estate in the years (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15 and (f) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	38684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The costs for dilapidations in Service Family Accommodation are as follows:</p><p>2010-2011 £1.4 million</p><p>2011-2012 £8.5 million</p><p>2012-2013 £1.5 million</p><p>2013-2014 £1.6 million</p><p>2014-2015 £2.2 million</p><p>2015-2016 £3.5 million</p><p>Dilapidation payments are paid as properties are handed back from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to Annington Homes when the MOD no longer requires them. This accounts for the fluctuation in the figures quoted.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 06/06/2016 15:05:43 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell