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77069

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on refurbishing (a) gym and leisure facilities, (b) cafeteria and (c) interior decoration within (i) his Department and (ii) his Department-owned buidlings in (A) 2013 and (B) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	205087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 22/07/2014 16:22:07 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

77071

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Media: Subscriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual cost is of each subscription to (a) magazines and (b) television channels held by his Department.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	205136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>Information on individual media subscriptions is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.<br><br>The Ministry Of Defence (MOD) purchases its print and electronic journals through a pan-Government framework contract. Our expenditure against this contract totalled £584,387 (excluding VAT) in financial year 2013-14.<br>The contract is mainly used for the purchase of academic, technical, medical and trade publications for the MOD colleges, training centres, technical information centres and medical units, including those in operational theatres. A small number of recreational titles are provided for use in personnel recovery centres.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/09/2014 13:06:26 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 11772 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

77076

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individuals in his Department have participated in (a) disability awareness and (b) LGBT awareness training in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	205047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 22/07/2014 16:58:17 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier previous answer version 11782 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

77077

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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, what proportion of the budget for the Cadet Expansion Programme has been spent to date.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	205048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2014 answer text <p>To date, £4.3 million of the £10.85 million Cadet Expansion Programme budget has been spent. This represents 40% of the total budget.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 04/08/2014 10:16:03 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 11778 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

77087

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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 who returned injured from operations have accessed rehabilitation support.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	205165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>67 Army Reservists who returned from operations with injuries have accessed rehabilitation support.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 22/07/2014 16:22:37 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 10495 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

77093

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Official Residences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of running and maintaining each grace and favour residence provided by his Department to senior figures from the armed forces in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	205237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2014 answer text <p>Under previous arrangements, Official Service Residences (OSRs, colloquially known as ‘grace and favour’ residencies) were provided for senior officers in certain posts which required them to undertake official hospitality for Defence purposes. As announced by the then Minister for Personnel, Welfare and Veterans (Andrew Robathan) on 12 December 2011 (Official Report, column 63WS), these arrangements have been discontinued. Properties which were formerly categorised as OSRs are being phased out on a rolling basis as personnel retire or move on to other posts. However, senior officers remain entitled to Service Family Accommodation (Type 1 or Type 2). In addition, the Department is undertaking an ongoing review into domestic assistance policy to ensure that the level of support provided to senior entitled officers is appropriate and driven by a clear business need. Information is available for financial years 2009-10 and 2010-11 and is presented in the tables.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry previous answer version 11770 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry 15385 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name Tables - Part of answer to 205237.doc title Tables forming part of the answer to 205237 question first answered 07/08/2014 10:44:05 question first ministerially corrected 16/02/2015 10:06:13 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name Tables - Part of answer to 205237 FINAL.doc title Tables forming part of the answer to 205237 v3
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

77094

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many research experiments his Department has performed on animals since May 2010; and for what purpose and on which types of animal such experiments have been performed.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	205234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) returns the numbers of procedures involving animals to the Home Office on an annual basis in accordance with UK legislation. Details of the Annual Dstl Returns to the Home Office from 2010 to 2013 are given in the table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Year 2010</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Animal Species (Type)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rodents</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pigs</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Non-human primates</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rabbits</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p>9,007</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>244</p></td><td><p><strong>47</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,438</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Year 2011</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Animal Species (Type)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rodents</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pigs</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Non-human primates</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rabbits</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p>9,490</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>68</p></td><td><p><strong>76</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,722</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Year 2012</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Animal Species (Type)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rodents</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pigs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Non-human primates</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Other</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rabbits</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p>8,616</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,830</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Year 2013</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Animal Species (Type)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rodents</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pigs</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Non-human primates</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rabbits</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p>6,156</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>193</p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,461</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Dstl Porton Down conducts less than half of one per cent of the animal experimentation carried out in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Dstl is proud of the research undertaken by its staff and believes that the remit to provide safe and effective protective measures for the UK and its Armed Forces against the threat posed by chemical and biological weapons and enhance the treatment of conventional casualties on the battlefield, could not currently be achieved without the use of animals.</p><p> </p><p>The main areas of use are as follows: regulatory testing; medical countermeasures to biological agents; medical countermeasures to chemical agents; provision of tissue; hazard assessment; treatment and decontamination of chemical agents; medical management and surgical care; detection and identification of biological weapons.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Each of the procedures has been undertaken in strict accordance with the terms of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. Dstl Porton Down is licensed to conduct research involving animals by the Home Office.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 22/07/2014 16:53:00 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 11702 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

76634

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government to what extent they plan to extend their proposals for one per cent of civil servants to join the Armed Forces Reserves to other public sector workers.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2014 answer text <p>All central government departments have signed up to the 1% Challenge. We are currently working across Government to decide what would be appropriate for other parts of the public sector to sign up to, given the variety of organisations involved. Regardless of this, we encourage all organisations to adopt a supportive environment for their employees who are Armed Forces reservists, and to encourage others to join.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 23/07/2014 15:48:05 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

76729

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in his Department, of each grade, have remained at that grade since 2010 but received a pay rise; and how much of a rise each such person at each such grade has received.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	204766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2014 answer text <p>The following number of officials have remained at the same grade from 1 January 2011 until 31 July 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Grade Band</td><td>Headcount</td></tr><tr><td>SCS PB2</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>SCS PB1</td><td>80</td></tr><tr><td>BAND B1</td><td>325</td></tr><tr><td>BAND B2</td><td>645</td></tr><tr><td>BAND C1</td><td>3,635</td></tr><tr><td>BAND C2</td><td>4,850</td></tr><tr><td>BAND D</td><td>4,975</td></tr><tr><td>BAND E1</td><td>6,645</td></tr><tr><td>BAND E2</td><td>3,435</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>SKILL ZONE 4</td><td>220</td></tr><tr><td>SKILL ZONE 3</td><td>1,880</td></tr><tr><td>SKILL ZONE 2</td><td>2,240</td></tr><tr><td>SKILL ZONE 1</td><td>1,100</td></tr><tr><td>TOTAL</td><td><p>30,050</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>In line with Defence Statistics rounding policy all figures have been rounded to the nearest 5, numbers exclude Royal fleet auxiliary, Ministry of Defence (MOD) police, fire fighters, teachers, NHS grades, apprentices, Non Standard Operational Groups and museum workers.</p><p> </p><p>The above figures relate to personnel who have been in employment throughout the period 1 January 2011 – to current date.</p><p> </p><p>For 2011 and 2012 only those staff whose Annual salary was less than £21,000 were entitled to receive a pay award. For these two awards, 19,450 personnel received pay increases of at least £250 per annum.</p><p> </p><p>The pay award for August 2013 saw a 1% increase in salary for all personnel covered by the MOD Main Pay Award and this is reflected in the figures which show that overall 30,050 personnel received a pay increase of at least 1% for the period 1 January 2011 - 1 August 2013. This figure includes the 19,450 personnel that received the pay increase of at least £250 for August 2011 and August 2012.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 06/10/2014 15:27:37 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

66017

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	Senior Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many senior civil servants appointed to positions in his Department since 2010 were previously (a) political appointees within that Department and (b) employed by a political party.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	204321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 22/07/2014 16:58:48 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier previous answer version 10503 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney