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77093

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Official Residences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of running and maintaining each grace and favour residence provided by his Department to senior figures from the armed forces in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	205237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2014 answer text <p>Under previous arrangements, Official Service Residences (OSRs, colloquially known as ‘grace and favour’ residencies) were provided for senior officers in certain posts which required them to undertake official hospitality for Defence purposes. As announced by the then Minister for Personnel, Welfare and Veterans (Andrew Robathan) on 12 December 2011 (Official Report, column 63WS), these arrangements have been discontinued. Properties which were formerly categorised as OSRs are being phased out on a rolling basis as personnel retire or move on to other posts. However, senior officers remain entitled to Service Family Accommodation (Type 1 or Type 2). In addition, the Department is undertaking an ongoing review into domestic assistance policy to ensure that the level of support provided to senior entitled officers is appropriate and driven by a clear business need. Information is available for financial years 2009-10 and 2010-11 and is presented in the tables.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry previous answer version 11770 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry 15385 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name Tables - Part of answer to 205237.doc title Tables forming part of the answer to 205237 question first answered 07/08/2014 10:44:05 question first ministerially corrected 16/02/2015 10:06:13 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name Tables - Part of answer to 205237 FINAL.doc title Tables forming part of the answer to 205237 v3
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

78061

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been placed under a discretionary bar from working with (a) children and (b) adults in each of the last five years; and for what (i) reasons and (ii) harm type each person was so placed.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	205989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2014 answer text <p>The following table sets out the number of people that have been placed under a discretionary bar from working with (a) children and (b) adults in each of the last five years. Information relating to the reasons and the harm type under which each person was so placed cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td>Calendar Year</td><td>Discretionary Barred Children's</td><td>Discretionary Barred Adults</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>26</td><td>2121</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>152</td><td>1022</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>163</td><td>503</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>157</td><td>391</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>165</td><td>441</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Independent Safeguarding Authority did not have the power to automatically place individuals on the adults barred list where their convictions predated 20 January 2009, when automatic barring on the adults list became available. These cases were considered under the discretionary barring route. The ISA continued to receive notification of these convictions in 2009 and did not conclude all of these cases until 2010/11. This means that the figures for discretionary bars were higher in 2009 and 2010. After 2010, the number of such cases decreased and the number of discretionary bars reduced in line with that change.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 07/08/2014 12:55:47 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 11255 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

78148

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value is of compensation payouts issued by his Department on the grounds of (a) structural damage to private property and (b) loss of livestock in each year since 2010; and what the highest such payment in each case has been.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	206066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The amounts paid in the UK and abroad in regard to the two categories in question, including legal costs, were as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p>Structural/Property damage</p></td><td>Amount paid</td><td>Highest payment</td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£185,000</p></td><td><p>£125,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£42,000</p></td><td><p>£6,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£122,000</p></td><td><p>£7,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£202,000</p></td><td><p>£15,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Loss of Livestock</td><td><p> </p><p>Amount paid</p></td><td>Highest payment</td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£114,000</p></td><td><p>£23,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£443,000</p></td><td><p>£23,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£290,000</p></td><td><p>£15,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£521,000</p></td><td><p>£15,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>These amounts do not include payments made by the Area Claims Office in Afghanistan, which are not recorded in a manner that can distinguish without incurring disproportionate cost between those claims relating to structural damage to private property and those relating to loss of livestock. The overall payments for damage to property, including legal costs, made over the periods in question in Afghanistan were as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Amount paid</p></td><td><p>Highest payment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£1,200,000</p></td><td><p>£143,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£436,000</p></td><td><p>£15,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£677,000</p></td><td><p>£9,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£230,000</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/08/2014 10:45:06 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

78159

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	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, when it was decided that his Department would maintain the use of the Sentinel aircraft until 2018; and what the reasons were for this decision.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	206091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2014 answer text <p>The decision to extend the Sentinel long-range airborne surveillance aircraft until 2018 was made in the Department’s most recent financial planning cycle. The decision was taken to preserve a capability to conduct wide area surveillance of operational environments in the short term, and to allow the longer-term requirement to be considered during the next Strategic Defence and Security Review.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 07/08/2014 10:50:28 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

78168

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	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, how much will it cost his Department to keep Sentinel aircraft in service in each year until 2018
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	206089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The cost to keep Sentinel aircraft in service in each year until 2018 is shown in the table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>Total</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£ millions</p></td><td><p>63.541</p></td><td><p>54.644</p></td><td><p>45.054</p></td><td><p>35.158</p></td><td><p>198.398</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 07/08/2014 10:52:02 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

78169

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the E-Scan radar for the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft (a) was originally expected to come into use and (b) is now expected to come into use.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	206090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The E-Scan Radar Development Programme for Typhoon is currently still within the Assessment Phase, prior to its main investment decision. Once this decision has been made an In-Service Date on UK aircraft will be determined.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 07/08/2014 10:52:54 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

78172

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press release from the Prime Minister's Office of 14 July 2014, entitled PM announces £1.1 billion investment in capabilities for the armed forces, how much he plans to invest in unmanned future combat air systems.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	206101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence is investing over £100 million in future combat air systems as part of the £1.1 billion investment in capabilities for the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 07/08/2014 10:55:25 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

78401

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Illustrious
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Government has to preserve HMS Illustrious when she is withdrawn from service in December 2014; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	206370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2014 answer text <p>HMS Illustrious, the last of three Invincible class aircraft carriers, will retire from the Royal Navy on 1 August 2014. As I informed the House on 10 September 2012 (Official Report ,column 1WS), in recognition of the service given by these ships in protecting the UK over the last 30 years, it is our preference to see HMS Illustrious preserved intact as a lasting tribute to the Service personnel who served on all three of the carriers.<br><br>In October 2013 the Ministry of Defence’s Disposal Services Authority launched a competition to seek innovative reuse bids to retain HMS Illustrious in the UK, with part or all of it developed for heritage purposes, which could include tourism. The competition is ongoing and therefore no final decisions have been made on the ship’s future.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 206371 question first answered 07/08/2014 10:41:56 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name 10 Sep 2012 WMS.doc title Hansard Extract WMS 10 September 2012
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

78402

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Illustrious
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Government will investigate the tourism potential of preserving HMS Illustrious.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	206371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2014 answer text <p>HMS Illustrious, the last of three Invincible class aircraft carriers, will retire from the Royal Navy on 1 August 2014. As I informed the House on 10 September 2012 (Official Report ,column 1WS), in recognition of the service given by these ships in protecting the UK over the last 30 years, it is our preference to see HMS Illustrious preserved intact as a lasting tribute to the Service personnel who served on all three of the carriers.<br><br>In October 2013 the Ministry of Defence’s Disposal Services Authority launched a competition to seek innovative reuse bids to retain HMS Illustrious in the UK, with part or all of it developed for heritage purposes, which could include tourism. The competition is ongoing and therefore no final decisions have been made on the ship’s future.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 206370 question first answered 07/08/2014 10:41:58 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name 10 Sep 2012 WMS.doc title Hansard Extract WMS 10 September 2012
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

78405

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Lockheed Martin
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what hospitality the Chief of Defence Materiel has received from Lockheed Martin in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	206330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2014 answer text <p>Details of all meetings between the Chief of Defence Materiel (CDM) and external organisations are published online as part of the Government’s Transparency Agenda. Information covering the period from October 2010 until the end of December 2013 is available at the following link: <br><br>http://data.gov.uk/dataset/senior-staff-meetings-with-external-organisations-ministry-of-defence<br><br>Details of hospitality received by CDM is also published under Transparency and this can be viewed at the following link:<br><br>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/senior-staff-hospitality-received<br><br>Information covering the period from January 2014 to date will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 206331 question first answered 07/08/2014 10:54:17 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones