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1029340

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff were employed in his Department on (a) 20 December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	204538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of staff employed in the Department on the dates requested are shown below.</p><p> </p><p>20 December 2018</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Military Strength</p></td><td><p>196,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Civilian Employees</p></td><td><p>47,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>244,060</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>23 June 2016</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Military Strength</p></td><td><p>201,350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Civilian</p></td><td><p>46,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>247,760</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The military figures include both trained and untrained Service personnel, Ghurkhas</p><p>and the Royal Gibraltar Regiment.</p><p>All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.</p><p>Totals have been rounded separately and therefore may not equal the sum of their rounded parts.</p><p>- zero or rounded to zero</p><p>The civilian figures are MOD Main personnel, including DE&amp;S. Personnel from DSTL, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, other agencies and arm’s length bodies are not included.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 10/01/2019 15:10:36 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1029390

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Financial Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what financial advice serving military personnel receive.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	204509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) provides financial education and awareness to Service personnel though the MoneyForce programme which provides accessible online support for the entire Armed Forces community via the MoneyForce website, available at the following link: www.moneyforce.org.uk.</p><p>The MOD has not made any assessment of the potential merits of a voluntary system in which serving military personnel have a proportion of their pay directly transferred to a Lifetime ISA.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 204510 question first answered 07/01/2019 16:29:50 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1029391

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Individual Savings Accounts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of a voluntary system in which serving military personnel have a proportion of their pay directly transferred to a Lifetime ISA.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	204510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) provides financial education and awareness to Service personnel though the MoneyForce programme which provides accessible online support for the entire Armed Forces community via the MoneyForce website, available at the following link: www.moneyforce.org.uk.</p><p>The MOD has not made any assessment of the potential merits of a voluntary system in which serving military personnel have a proportion of their pay directly transferred to a Lifetime ISA.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 204509 question first answered 07/01/2019 16:29:50 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1029402

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aid: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of UK troops deployed in operations to tackle the international drugs trade.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	204382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Around 300 military personnel and two Royal Navy vessels are currently deployed on Maritime Security Operations that include Counter Narcotics, Anti-Piracy and Anti-People Smuggling.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 07/01/2019 16:21:54 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1029403

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Project Bank Accounts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many infrastructure contracts overseen by his Department have been let with the stipulation that a Project Bank Account must be applied in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	204612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, has let one infrastructure contract in the last year with the stipulation that a Project Bank Account (PBA) must be used. For all future procurements, DIO are reviewing the way in which PBAs can be embedded into contracts.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 10/01/2019 15:13:10 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

1029431

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants in his Department are currently working on planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how many have been moved from other projects to work on those plans.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	204449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) currently has a central team of ten civil servants who deal exclusively with Defence issues relating to the UK's decision to leave the EU. Four of these have recently joined the team, having moved from elsewhere within the Department to support planning for the possibility of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. The central team draws on a wide network of subject matter experts across all relevant business areas within MOD; they provide support and input as required, in addition to their normal duties. The MOD continually reviews workforce plans and reprioritises as necessary.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 10/01/2019 15:13:06 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1029443

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many projects his Department has put on hold due to the requirements of planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	204460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has not put any projects on hold to date. The Department continually reviews its plans against emerging priorities, taking into account any developments in the Government's approach to the UK leaving the EU.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 10/01/2019 15:08:31 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1029450

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
	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 11 December 2018 to Question 198864 on Ministry of Defence: Staff, for what reason that information which was available for the Answer of 12 May 2014 to Question 188387 on Nuclear Reactors is not available now.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	204524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is undertaking a new project to collect data. This will support future workforce planning across the nuclear community.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/01/2019 16:18:24 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1029460

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Recruitment and Resignations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people (a) recruited into and (b) resigned from each infantry regiment in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017 and (d) 2018; and the extent to which each regiment is at full complement.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	204377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested will take time to collate and I will write to the hon. Member when it is available.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/01/2019 16:06:52 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1029478

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	International Military Services: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will instruct the directors of International Military Services Ltd to declassify their records using the same protocols that apply to his Department's own records.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	204592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>Due to ongoing legal proceedings between International Military Services Ltd and the Iranian Ministry of Defence and Support for the Armed Forces of Iran (known as MODSAF), it would not be appropriate for the Ministry of Defence to comment.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 204593 204594 204595 204596 204597 question first answered 08/01/2019 17:00:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq