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1719691

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Exercises: NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to increase the (a) number and (b) frequency of the military training exercises conducted with NATO allies at army garrisons in the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	27255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Due to the high volume of activity already in the pipeline, the Department does not currently have any plans to increase training on the UK Defence Training Estate with partners or allies (NATO or otherwise) within the next 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 27256 question first answered 24/05/2024 10:43:22 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1719692

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Exercises: NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to increase the (a) number and (b) frequency of the military training exercises conducted with non-NATO allies at army garrisons in the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	27256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Due to the high volume of activity already in the pipeline, the Department does not currently have any plans to increase training on the UK Defence Training Estate with partners or allies (NATO or otherwise) within the next 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 27255 question first answered 24/05/2024 10:43:22 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1719695

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	LGBT Veterans Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on implementation of the recommendations of the LGBT Veterans Independent Review.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	27257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 23 May 2024 to Question 26830.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-05-17/26830" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-05-17/26830</a></p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/05/2024 14:23:03 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1719008

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
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 26 March 2024 to Question 18969 on Veterans: Identity Cards, when he plans to send that letter to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	26829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>I responded to the hon. Member on 5 April 2024, and a copy of my letter was placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/05/2024 08:48:30 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1719011

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	LGBT Veterans Independent Review
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 29 February 2024 to Question 15549 on LGBT Veterans Independent Review, what his target date is for implementation of the outstanding recommendations of that review.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	26830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The LGBT Veterans Review examined the treatment of LGBT serving personnel during the Ban. The Government has accepted the intent behind all 49 of the review’s recommendations, have already completed 28 (as of 18 April 2024) and we are working at pace to deliver those that remain. Our committed deadlines can be found in the Government's formal response to the LGBT Veterans Independent Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/05/2024 08:49:16 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1719016

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Data Protection
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 to prevent veterans’ personal data from being breached by malign actors.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	26831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes Cyber Security seriously including protecting personal data for all defence people including veterans.</p><p> </p><p>Defence employs a Cyber Risk Management Framework that regularly reviews and escalates risk. This uses evidence from a variety of sources including as the Cabinet Office’s Gov Assure ‘Cyber Assessment Framework’ (CAF). All Defence Organisations sit within this framework.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/05/2024 08:49:42 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1719018

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Identity Cards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans in prison have applied for the Veterans’ ID card.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	26832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>To date, twenty-five applications for a Veteran's Recognition Card have been received from Veterans in custody. Of those, one has been despatched and the remaining applications have been approved and are in the process of being printed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 26833 question first answered 23/05/2024 08:50:05 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1719019

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Identity Cards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans in prison have received a Veterans’ ID card.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	26833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>To date, twenty-five applications for a Veteran's Recognition Card have been received from Veterans in custody. Of those, one has been despatched and the remaining applications have been approved and are in the process of being printed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 26832 question first answered 23/05/2024 08:50:05 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1719089

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make the Armed Forces Covenant statutory.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	26846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has met its manifesto commitment to strengthen the Armed Forces Covenant in law by introducing a statutory Covenant Duty through the Armed Forces Act 2021, to raise awareness of, and help promote better outcomes for, the Armed Forces community when accessing key public services.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>During the passage of the Armed Forces Act, the Ministry of Defence committed to review whether central government should be included within the scope of the duty, and to report back to Parliament in the 2023 Covenant and Veterans Annual Report. Overall, the review found that the UK Government and Devolved Administrations are already implementing the Armed Forces Covenant as a matter of Government policy. We are committed to further strengthening of the Covenant and are actively looking at options.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/05/2024 14:24:19 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1712786

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans Welfare Service: Finance and Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget of the Veterans Welfare Service is; and how many staff work for that Service.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	22838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Veterans Welfare Service forms part of Defence Business Services (DBS), and is not an independent entity.</p><p> </p><p>Budgets and staff numbers are allocated within DBS at the delivery of veterans' services level referred to publicly as Veterans UK, and includes the administration of compensation claims, veterans' welfare services, pensions, some support to serving personnel and the running of Ilford Park Polish Home. It is not possible to break this information down to only the Veterans Welfare Service.</p><p> </p><p>The Veterans Services overall budget for financial year (FY)2023-24 was £20.003million and includes the HM Armed Forces Veteran Card project delivery.</p><p>The average Full Time Equivalent (FTE) across all Veterans Services for FY2023-24 was 437.91.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 01/05/2024 14:44:56 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe