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1665484

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Foundation College
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the annual cost to the public purse of running the Army Foundation College.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	202979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The annual cost of running the Army Foundation College (Harrogate) is £85.5 million.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 20/10/2023 11:40:17 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1665485

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
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, how many and what proportion of girls under the age of 18 in the armed forces were victims of crimes under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022; and how many of these cases were dealt with by the (i) police and (ii) Royal Military police.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	202980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>In the interests of protecting the anonymity of the victims of sexual offences, and to ensure that victims of sexual offences are not deterred from coming forward, I will not be providing the requested information. This is consistent with my answer to Question 182068 and Question 199692.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not hold information on cases dealt with by the civil police, as these organisations are not within the Department’s jurisdiction.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of victims of sexual offences is provided by year, broken down by age, and separately by gender, within the official annually published Murder, Manslaughter, Sexual Offences and Domestic Abuse in the Service Justice System statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sexual-offences-in-the-service-justice-system" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sexual-offences-in-the-service-justice-system</a>. The published figures for victims of sexual offences are based on investigations opened, and the most serious offence initially reported, not convictions. Not all investigations result in an arrest or a charge.</p><p> </p><p>Defence has made it clear there is zero tolerance to any form of sexual abuse.</p><p>Zero tolerance means that every allegation of sexual offending or instructor/trainee sexual relationships will be acted upon through prompt, thorough, efficient and independent investigation. When a person is convicted of a sexual offence or an instructor is found to have engaged in a sexual relationship with a trainee, their discharge is mandatory.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 26/10/2023 12:38:28 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1418800

registered interest
date	01/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Cameroon: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the training and facilities provided by the Government to Cameroon's Battalion d'Intervention Rapide unit are resourced from her Department's budget or that of another Government department.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	115892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>Funding for all Capacity Building to the Battalion d'Intervention Rapide in Cameroon is resourced from the cross-government Conflict, Stability and Security Fund for West Africa.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 07/02/2022 15:06:33 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey previous answer version 49024 answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1418803

registered interest
date	01/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Cameroon: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if she will carry out an assessment of the effectiveness of training given to the Cameroon Bataillon d'Intervention Rapide by the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	115893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK military team providing capacity building for the Battalion d'Intervention Rapide (BIR) regularly assess the effectiveness of the training provided. Their assessment is that the BIR is a credible and effective partner force, having a positive effect on containing the spread of violent extremism in the Lake Chad Basin. A CSSF team visited Cameroon in November 2021 to evaluate the effectiveness of the military assistance provided to the BIR and they concluded that the training provided is effective.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 07/02/2022 15:10:17 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey previous answer version 49029 answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1418805

registered interest
date	01/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Cameroon: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long the UK has been training Cameroon's Bataillon d'Intervention Rapide forces; and how much the training, capacity building and the building of the Salak training village has cost.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	115894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK has been providing training to the Battalion d'Intervention Rapide (BIR) since 2018. Since January 2021, we have been training the BIR in Salak in the far North of Cameroon. In the last financial year, all capacity building cost £1.365 million, including the cost of the training village in Salak (£250,000).</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 07/02/2022 15:11:21 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey previous answer version 49031 answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1418809

registered interest
date	01/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Cameroon: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the documents publish on 26 January 2022 by Declassified UK, what steps her Department takes to monitor the potential diversion of military units trained by the UK from the Far North region to the Anglophone regions of Cameroon.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	115895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>UK Defence assistance in Cameroon is not linked to the ongoing Anglophone conflict. All training in the far North of Cameroon is geographically bound to the far North Region only. The training itself emphasises obligations to adhere to strict international human rights standards, and we have also supported the delivery of training on the law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law (IHL), including theory and practical lessons on IHL compliance in operations. Records are kept on all BIR trainees to monitor for any potential diversion of military units. We keep our security cooperation under constant review.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 07/02/2022 15:13:27 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey previous answer version 49032 answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1403443

registered interest
date	17/01/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's policy is on sanctions for armed forces personnel who refuse to receive the covid-19 vaccination.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	105510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>Within Defence, vaccinations are administered under the principles of informed consent. For some operational deployments and roles all personnel must be vaccinated either to manage medical risks, maintain critical capabilities, or if a host nation requires it as a condition of entry.</p><p>Those refusing or unable to take a COVID-19 vaccine may be ineligible to deploy or undertake certain roles, and we would seek to identify an alternate role for those affected.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 24/01/2022 11:27:46 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey previous answer version 45025 answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1127391

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions she has had with the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body on levels of pay for the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	910988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has provided the Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body with all its evidence to support their recommendations for Pay Round 2019-20 and is awaiting submission of the Pay Review Body’s final report. The Government will then consider the recommendations before agreeing the final 2019 Armed Forces Pay Award, taking into account the need to recruit, retain, and motivate suitably able and qualified personnel, as well as the long term affordability of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/05/2019 16:45:11 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

638072

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Apprentices
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 4 November 2016 to Question 50804, what information his Department holds on the number of its apprentices who went on to secure permanent positions within the Civil Service in each year from 2011 to date.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	53388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>Since 2011, the Ministry of Defence has created 771 Civil Service apprenticeships. Information on subsequent permanent employment in the Civil Service 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 23/11/2016 16:42:49 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

622539

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many apprenticeships have been created in his Department in each region in each of the last five years; and how many participants in those apprenticeships subsequently secured a job within the Civil Service.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	50804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested. The Cabinet Office is currently coordinating a detailed data collection from across Government including the apprenticeship type, region of work, as well as demographic data and socio-economic background. This will allow the Civil Service to report on its contribution towards the national target. Information on the number of apprenticeships created in the Ministry of Defence in each of the last five years is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Apprenticeships</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>346</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Armed Forces are the biggest provider of apprenticeships within the UK. Completion rates for Level 2 and Level 3 apprenticeships in the Armed Forces by Academic Year for 2011-12 and 2012-13 are shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Level 2 Apprenticeships - 1 August 2011- 31 July 2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Level 2 Apprenticeships - 1 August 2012- 31 July 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Level 3 Apprenticeships - 1 August 2011- 31 July 2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Level 3 Apprenticeships - 1 August 2012- 31 July 2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td><p>4,507</p></td><td><p>3,116</p></td><td><p>1,682</p></td><td><p>1,763</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Royal Navy</strong></p></td><td><p>2,182</p></td><td><p>2,006</p></td><td><p>339</p></td><td><p>334</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Royal Air Force</strong></p></td><td><p>764</p></td><td><p>693</p></td><td><p>665</p></td><td><p>618</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,864*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,891*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,134*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,893*</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*total numbers include apprenticeships completed by Service personnel.</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 Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 04/11/2016 13:52:29 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham