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1535429

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date	24/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	China: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Chinese Government recruiting ex-British RAF jet pilots for training purposes on national security.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	69645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>This practice poses a significant threat to UK and Western interests. We are taking a range of measures to dissuade current and former UK pilots from being recruited. We also want to ensure that China understands that our previous silence on this matter should not be interpreted as acceptance or approval of this activity.</p><p>We are issuing threat guidance to personnel at risk of being approached. We are reminding personnel of their obligations to protect sensitive information acquired during their tenure as crown or civil servants; we will be looking at options to tighten the contractual obligations of Service leavers. We are also encouraging the reporting of any recruitment activity targeting pilots or any other specialist area of Defence. The alert has been issued to relevant personnel across Defence, including to partners in defence industry. We are also actively sharing information with key allies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 27/10/2022 11:04:53 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1535430

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Foreign Policy and Security Council: National Security Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he had with the National Security Adviser before the National Security Council was replaced by the Foreign Policy and Security Council.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	69646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>Following a short change of title to Foreign Policy and Security Council, the National Security Council has been re-established and meets regularly.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 69647 question first answered 01/11/2022 16:36:05 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1535431

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Foreign Policy and Security Council: National Security Council
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 effectiveness of replacing the National Security Council with the Foreign Policy and Security Council.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	69647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>Following a short change of title to Foreign Policy and Security Council, the National Security Council has been re-established and meets regularly.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 69646 question first answered 01/11/2022 16:36:05 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1506815

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his Department's policy that cases concerning injuries to locally employed civilians who were resettled in the UK under the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and (b) ex gratia scheme will be (i) assessed and (ii) compensated in the same way as those of UK (A) armed forced personnel and (B) veterans.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	51667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to awarding appropriate payments to former locally employed staff in Afghanistan who were injured as a result of their employment with the Ministry of Defence (MOD). Those locally employed staff would not be assessed in the same way as members of the UK Armed Forces or veterans because they were never members of the UK military.</p><p>However, payments are based on Judicial College guidelines that inform personal injury cases, and our published criteria, but were also designed to reflect the socio-economic conditions of Afghanistan. For those Afghans who were injured and then subsequently resettled to the UK, a review was conducted in 2017 to ensure their medical payments were uplifted to reflect the socio-economic conditions of the UK where they are now living.</p><p>In 2020 the Government published the Ex-Gratia Medical payments review policy https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ex-gratia-medical-payments-reviews</p><p>This enables individuals who wish to have their cases re-assessed and those whose condition has deteriorated beyond their original prognosis, or those who have developed a late-onset condition, to receive a fair full and final payment without prejudice.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 26/09/2022 08:37:53 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1506215

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Office for Veterans' Affairs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Office for Veterans Affairs on Ben Parkinson's case in the context of the Sunday Times investigation published on 4 September; and what his planned timetable is for reviewing the circumstances of Ben Parkinson's case.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	49670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2022 answer text <p>As my answer contains personal information, I will write to the hon. Member shortly.</p> answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton question first answered 12/10/2022 06:54:59 answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1505834

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Interpreters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Afghan civilian interpreters and (b) other locally employed civilians have submitted injury compensation claims to his Department in the UK in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	49148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2022 answer text <p>As the hon. Member will I hope appreciate, the last few weeks have seen a unique set of events and circumstances, and I sincerely apologise that, amongst all of those, there has been a delay in responding to these questions. Unfortunately it is taking time to collate the required information to answer the hon. Member's questions and I am not yet in a position to respond fully. I will write to him when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.</p><p>I apologise again for the delay in responding and once information is received I will ensure it is forwarded immediately.</p> answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton grouped question UIN 49149 question first answered 07/10/2022 08:43:16 answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1505835

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Interpreters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many injury compensation claims submitted to his Department in the UK by (a) Afghan civilian interpreters and (b) other locally employed civilians (i) have been accepted and (ii) are pending more than (A) six and (B) 12 months after submission.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	49149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2022 answer text <p>As the hon. Member will I hope appreciate, the last few weeks have seen a unique set of events and circumstances, and I sincerely apologise that, amongst all of those, there has been a delay in responding to these questions. Unfortunately it is taking time to collate the required information to answer the hon. Member's questions and I am not yet in a position to respond fully. I will write to him when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.</p><p>I apologise again for the delay in responding and once information is received I will ensure it is forwarded immediately.</p> answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton grouped question UIN 49148 question first answered 07/10/2022 08:43:16 answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1505836

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State on 18 July 2022, Official Report, column 690 on the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy, how the list of 2000 eligible Afghans was determined; which personnel are listed; what steps his Department has taken to extract those people; and where those eligible people are as of 7 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	49150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>The MOD is using Government employment records, and records held by groups representing eligible Afghans, with whom we are working closely, to quickly identify and process applications from those who meet the criteria of the ARAP scheme. Those criteria encompass a range of personnel, focussing on those who worked directly for or alongside UK Armed Forces.</p><p>We estimate that there are approximately 6,000 eligible individuals (including family members) still to relocate to the UK. This includes those under-going UK visa processing in third countries.</p><p>Supporting the movement of eligible ARAP persons out of Afghanistan is complex given the volatile political situation and the heightened risk to life, but despite this we are successfully moving individuals to safety. Our work with third country partners is critical and we are very grateful for their support.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 22/09/2022 09:54:23 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1489595

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Parachuting
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 14 July 2022 to Question 33782 on Armed Forces: Parachuting, for what period HM Forces will be without the capability to low-level parachute once the Hercules goes out of service.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	37496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>A low-level mass parachuting capability will be delivered in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 20/07/2022 16:32:57 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1487955

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Parachuting
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 potential impact of the Hercules fleet leaving service on the parachuting capabilities of HM armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	33782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The A400M Capability Programme has successfully accelerated the estimated delivery dates for all parachuting activity. The Atlas can already air-drop a range of supplies and equipment and is planned to have a high altitude parachuting capability before the C-130J Hercules goes out of service, with a low-level parachuting capability shortly thereafter.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 14/07/2022 12:37:29 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis