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445628

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to which countries of the UK his Department's target to halve the disability employment gap during the current Parliament applies.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
uin	22941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>Employment is a reserved matter. Progress towards halving the disability employment gap is a key part of our aim to achieve full employment across the whole of the UK. This is consistent with the Government’s manifesto commitment which said ‘as part of our objective to achieve full employment, we will aim to halve the disability employment gap’.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 25/01/2016 15:42:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

446576

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Athletics: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the second report on the IAAF of the Independent Commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency, published on 15 January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
uin	903155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>The findings of the report are disturbing. The government is committed to tackling corruption in sport and we will continue working with UK Anti-Doping and sport stakeholders to ensure that our athletes can compete in a clean sport environment.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 21/01/2016 12:22:13 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

445008

registered interest
date	14/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Better Care Fund: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Barnett consequentials are for Scotland of the additional £1.5 billion allocated to the Better Care Fund in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
uin	22529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>The Spending Review made social care funds available for local government from April 2017, rising to £1.5 billion by 2019/20. This grant will be paid from the Department for Communities and Local Government to local authorities on condition that they add it to the Better Care Fund, where the money will support integration of health and social care.</p><p>The Barnett Formula was applied to DCLG’s Spending Review settlement in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/01/2016 14:10:07 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

436707

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reserves were recruited in Scotland in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
uin	19330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <br /><br /><p>The information is not held in the format requested. However, the table below shows, where available, the estimated number of reserves recruited in Scotland in the last three Financial Years.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Service</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>FINANCIAL YEAR (1 APRIL TO 31 MARCH)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Maritime Reserve</strong></p></td><td><p>See note</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Army Reserve</strong></p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Royal Air Force Reserve </strong></p></td><td><p>See note</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p>Note – information not available.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>The Future Reserves 2020 Volunteer Reserve population includes mobilised Volunteer Reserves, High Readiness Reserves, and those volunteer reserves serving on Full Time Reserve Service and Additional Duties Commitment.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The figures are based on Service personnel's stationed location and not their location of residence - where personnel work is not necessarily where they live.</p><br /><br /> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 16/12/2015 17:12:45 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

436201

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 4.62 in the Strategic Defence and Security Review, published on 23 November 2015, what areas his Department plans to sell to reduce the size of the built estate by 30 per cent; and by what process those areas were chosen.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
uin	19188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The Defence Footprint Strategy examines the Defence Estate across the UK, with the aim of providing a smaller more sustainable estate in support of military capabilities. Work to identify the sites which may be released to enable the reduction of the estate through the Footprint Strategy will conclude in 2016, contributing to the Government's commitment to release public sector land for house building during this Parliament.</p><br /> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/12/2015 16:20:16 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

436202

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 4.62 in the Strategic Defence and Security Review, published on 23 November 2015, what projection he has made of the savings to the public purse from the sale of 30 per cent of the built estate.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
uin	19189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Ministry of Defence is developing a Footprint Strategy to enable the reduction of its built estate by 30% by 2040. This Strategy is currently being developed and is due to be published in 2016. It is therefore too soon to state what scale of efficiencies might be achieved from our intended estate rationalisation.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 15/12/2015 16:22:45 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

436203

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 4.62 in the Strategic Defence and Security Review, published on 23 November 2015, what estimate he has made of the revenue that will be received from the sale of 30 per cent of the built estate.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
uin	19187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>As stated in the Spending Review 2015 the Ministry of Defence (MOD) expects to generate £1 billion through the disposal of sites in the financial years 2016-17 to 2020-21.</p><p>The MOD does not disclose annual breakdowns due to the potential for prejudice to its commercial interests.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 15/12/2015 16:23:37 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

436204

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Astute Class Submarines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reports have been made on the assessed material state of HMS (a) Astute, (b) Ambush and (c) Artful.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
uin	19185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>A range of reports are generated on the material state of all Royal Navy submarines. Given the broad range of reporting that is undertaken and the large range of highly complex engineering systems reported on, 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 16/12/2015 16:25:17 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

436205

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 4.98 in the Strategic Defence and Security Review, published on 23 November 2015; how many of the 10,000 military personnel available to assist civil authorities are (a) based in Scotland and (b) available to be used to assist civil authorities in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
uin	19186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>Under the deployment plan the Ministry of Defence and police have identified a range of security tasks that the military will undertake in order to release police firearms officers to respond to a major counter-terrorism (CT) incident. A proportion of these are in Scotland although we do not reveal the specific numbers of personnel involved for reasons of operational security.</p><p>The plan also allows us to generate a far more significant surge of military personnel to deploy in response to a major CT incident. These personnel deploy across the UK, including in Scotland. Military units have a responsibility for this task on a rolling basis, including the 9,810 personnel based in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/12/2015 16:27:08 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

436211

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident: Cybersecurity
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 ensuring the Trident nuclear weapon system from cyber-attacks in each of the last three years; and how much he plans to spend in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
uin	19229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence audits the integrity of the UK's nuclear deterrent regularly for all threats and hazards and acts to ensure that it maintains the highest possible standards. The Strategic Defence and Security Review acknowledges the growing cyber threat and the importance of investing in cyber security across all of our capabilities. The Government has invested £860 million in new technology and capabilities since 2011 and will invest £1.9 billion over the next five years in protecting the UK from cyber attack and developing our sovereign capabilities in cyberspace. Our approach to protecting Defence capabilities against and mitigating the impact of cyber attacks spans technical, organisational, procedural and physical measures benefiting many different systems and networks, and investment is integrated across these measures. Submarines operate in isolation by design, and this contributes to their cyber resilience. I will not discuss further details for reasons of safeguarding national security.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 19228 question first answered 16/12/2015 16:17:28 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson