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1683692

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	War Widow(er)s: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, How many war widows who lost their War Widow's Pension and did not benefit from changes on 31 March 1973 and 5 April 2005 have since been compensated by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	10589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>The War Widows Recognition Payment was announced in Parliament on 17 May 2023. A further announcement with details on taxation was made by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 19 September 2023. On 16 October 2023 the full policy was launched and details are available at the following website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/war-widowers-recognition-payment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/war-widowers-recognition-payment</a></p><p> </p><p>As at 19 January 2024, the number of War Widows Recognition Payments awarded was 100.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 10590 question first answered 26/01/2024 10:54:03 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1683693

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	War Widow(er)s: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, If he will publish his Department's proposals to compensate war widows who lost their War Widow's Pension and did not benefit from changes on 31 March 1973 and 5 April 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	10590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>The War Widows Recognition Payment was announced in Parliament on 17 May 2023. A further announcement with details on taxation was made by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 19 September 2023. On 16 October 2023 the full policy was launched and details are available at the following website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/war-widowers-recognition-payment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/war-widowers-recognition-payment</a></p><p> </p><p>As at 19 January 2024, the number of War Widows Recognition Payments awarded was 100.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 10589 question first answered 26/01/2024 10:54:03 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1681566

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Bullying and Harassment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to appendix 1 of his Department's guidance entitled JSP 763 Behaviours and Informal Complaint Resolution Part 2: Guidance - Informal Complaints Resolution Process published in June 2021, how many incident logs recorded that the nature of the complaint involved being treated less favourable to others in each year since 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	9155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>This information for each of the right hon. Member's Questions could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 8926 8927 9151 9152 9153 9154 9156 9157 9158 9159 9160 9161 9162 9163 question first answered 16/01/2024 17:20:04 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1689913

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what purpose the RAF helicopter GZ100 was flown under the call-sign RRR1325 on 9 February 2024 (a) from RAF Northolt to Plymouth between 7.00am and 9.00am, (b) on multiple movements around Devon between 9.00am and 3.30pm and (c) from Plymouth to RAF Northolt between 3.30pm and 5.00pm; how many (i) civil servants, (ii) special advisers, (iii) ministers and (iv) other VIPs were passengers on the aircraft over the course of that day; and what total mileage was recorded by the aircraft on that day.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	14505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>Helicopter GZ100, which is part of the Command Support Air Transport fleet, performed a defence tasking on 9 February 2024, travelling between Defence locations within the Southwest. Measurement of military aviation is primarily through recorded flight hours. While we do not record exact track miles flown by military aircraft, the rough total straight line round trip distance between those Defence locations was some 240 nautical miles.</p><p>Regarding passengers, I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given to PQ7873 from 15 of January 2024; “It has been the practice of successive Administrations not to publish granular information relating to the official movements of protected individuals, and/or official travel by any individual to military or secure locations”.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 22/02/2024 17:49:03 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1693451

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Business Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason does Defence Business Services not publish its annual plan.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	16867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>Defence Business Services is an integral part of the Ministry of Defence (MOD), not an arm's length body (ALB). Its annual business plan is approved by the MOD Chief Operating Officer and, in common with many other annual business plans written by other parts of the Department, is for internal use.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 12/03/2024 15:17:50 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1626315

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason has decided to reduce the number of Army personnel by 10,000.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	184150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is reviewing whether it is now right to reduce the Regular Army to 73,000, as planned under Future Soldier. That process is ongoing.</p><p>Our capabilities and readiness levels are regularly reviewed to ensure our strategic approach remains in line with agile planning mechanisms.</p><p>Any specific policy changes or updates required related to defence capability and force design will be determined once the update to the Defence Command Paper has concluded.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/05/2023 09:49:38 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1664924

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason his Department has not given permission for serving members of the Armed Forces to give oral evidence to the Defence Sub-Committee inquiry into Service Accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	202618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>Serving members of the Armed Forces have been given dispensation to give oral evidence to the committee.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 19/10/2023 16:25:19 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1657289

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Naval College
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the Britannia Royal Naval College is subject to inspections by the Office for Standards in Education.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	196919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Ofsted is commissioned by Defence to provide Ministers with independent external oversight of initial training across Defence. They examine training establishment's provision of Care &amp; Welfare including self-assessment processes using the MOD specific Inspection Framework (MODIF).</p><p>This commission and its terms are set out in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreed between the MOD and Ofsted. Within this MoU Ofsted inspections across all 3 services cover: Phase 1 and Phase 2 Regular training establishments for Officers and other ranks, University Service Units and Phase 1 and Phase 2 Reserve Training.</p><p>Ofsted will seek to determine the progress made in addressing issues of duty of care, welfare and support for recruits and trainees within Initial Training.</p><p>Findings and recommendations are provided to the unit, with general MOD recommendations made in the published Annual Report to Ministers.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 11/09/2023 15:09:24 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1659066

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the cost of compensation payments reported on page 122 of his Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2022–23, published in July 2023, is lower than the costs for common law compensation claims for each of the financial years from 2017-18 to 2021-22 in the MOD common law compensation claims statistics published in December 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	198319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2023 answer text <p>The Common Law data disclosed within the ARAc, relates solely to the value of compensation paid in settlement of claims. It does not include legal costs incurred by the Department or the claimant.</p><p>The data disclosed in the MOD common law compensation claims statistics, which are published separately to the Annual Report and Accounts, include all payments made including where appropriate reimbursement of the claimant's legal costs. This is the main reason why the values in the published common law compensation statistics are higher than those disclosed in the ARAc.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 15/09/2023 13:18:30 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1701569

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence Police: Defence Infrastructure Organisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the line management of the Ministry of Defence Police has moved to the Defence Infrastructure Organisation.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	22155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 24/04/2024 16:52:41 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard