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582485

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Private Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Answer of 13 September 2016 to Question 44194, how many and what proportion of the total number of successful claims for the continuity of education allowance in 2015-16 were made by (a) officers and (b) other ranks.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	46325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="5"><p> </p></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="5"><p>In Financial Year 2015-16, there were 3,670 successful claims for Continuity of Education Allowance of which 2,190 were from officers and 1,480 were from other ranks. This equates to a proportion of 60:40. All numbers are rounded.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 10/10/2016 14:44:24 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

792703

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Islamic State: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what measures are in place to determine whether British-born ISIS combatants have surrendered following the fall of Mosul and Raqqa.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	114631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The surrender of Daesh fighters in Iraq and Syria - no matter what their nationality - is a matter for local Iraqi Forces or Syrian Democratic Forces operating on the ground. If a British national is detained in Iraq, we would expect to be notified by the Iraqi authorities. The UK has no diplomatic representation in Syria and all consular services are suspended. As a result, we are unable to confirm the status of British nationals in Syria.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 115531 question first answered 28/11/2017 16:31:55 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

794558

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Islamic State: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what measures are in place to determine whether any British-born ISIS combatants have surrendered as a result of the fall of Mosul and Raqqa.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	115531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The surrender of Daesh fighters in Iraq and Syria - no matter what their nationality - is a matter for local Iraqi Forces or Syrian Democratic Forces operating on the ground. If a British national is detained in Iraq, we would expect to be notified by the Iraqi authorities. The UK has no diplomatic representation in Syria and all consular services are suspended. As a result, we are unable to confirm the status of British nationals in Syria.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 114631 question first answered 28/11/2017 16:31:55 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

706691

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2017
	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, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that maintenance and repairs to service family accommodation and single living accommodation are carried out quickly and effectively.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	66134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The provision of quality accommodation to our Service personnel is of the utmost importance to the Department and is at the heart of the Armed Forces Covenant. Where Serving personnel are entitled to accommodation it should be of good quality, affordable and suitably located.</p><p> </p><p>CarillionAmey delivers the maintenance services for Service family accommodation (SFA) and the majority of single living accommodation (SLA). Performance is monitored using key time and performance indicators against a number of maintenance categories. CarillionAmey has made notable progress in the past 18 months to improve performance to the required levels. It has been made clear to CarillionAmey that their improved performance must be sustained and improved further where possible. Ministry of Defence officials continue to meet with senior CarillionAmey officials at least once a fortnight to monitor performance. In addition, quarterly meetings take place with Top Level Budget holders, Families Federations and CarillionAmey to review progress and performance and agree how further improvements could be enacted. The Department will continue to penalise poor performance to the maximum extent we can in the contract by retaining payments.</p><p> </p><p>Outside of these arrangements, Project SLAM (Single Living Accommodation Modernisation) undertook to build a number of modern SLA. The new SLAM accommodation is subject to a seven year maintenance period and maintenance is carried out by the SLAM provider in accordance with the contract.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 08/03/2017 17:41:51 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

577489

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the most recent version of The Army List has been published in error on his Department's website; whether that list includes details of service personnel ranking below one-star level; and what steps he is taking to improve the online security of personal details of serving members of the armed forces.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	45387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The most recent publication of the Army List was published in accordance with processes in place at the time, which included officers below the rank of Brigadier.</p><p>The security of our people is our foremost concern and we keep the range of measures we have to address the threats to them under constant review. A revised policy was introduced in November 2015 restricting publications of such lists to senior officers, already considered in the public eye. The Army List 2016 will be published in accordance with the revised policy. The previous Service Lists published on the Gov.UK website have now been removed</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 12/09/2016 14:56:48 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

577485

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Bases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 6 September 2016, on Defence Estate Rationalisation, HCWS133, how many (a) military and (b) civilian personnel are based at each site.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	45334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>SITE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>MILITARY </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CIVILIAN PERSONNEL</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF HENLOW (BEDFORDSHIRE)</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>322</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MIDDLEWICK RANGES (ESSEX)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AMPORT HOUSE (ANDOVER)</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LAND AT HARLEY HILL (CATTERICK)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CHALGROVE AIRFIELD (OXFORD)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COLERNE AIRFIELD (CHIPPENHAM)</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AZIMGHUR BARRACKS (CHIPPENHAM)</p></td><td><p>427</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PRINCE WILLIAM OF GLOUCESTER BARRACKS (GRANTHAM)</p></td><td><p>928</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LAND AT OLD DALBY (MELTON MOWBRAY)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VENNING BARRACKS (TELFORD)</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>215 – across both sites</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>114 – across both sites</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PARSONS BARRACKS (DONNINGTON)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOUTHWICK PARK (FAREHAM)</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROYAL MARINES STONEHOUSE (PLYMOUTH)</p></td><td><p>673</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 12/09/2016 14:48:15 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

579477

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Forces Help to Buy Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many forces personnel, by rank, have purchased a property under the Help to Buy scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	45814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p><p>However, the latest monthly figures for The Forces Help to Buy Scheme are published at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/546417/20160818-FHTB_Official_Stats_July.pdf</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/09/2016 15:37:50 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

576386

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2016
	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, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost of terminating and re-tendering the Carillion Amey housing contract.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	44893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has put in place a strategy to provide an alternative solution should CarillionAmey fail to sustain performance. The Department continues to assess CarillionAmey's performance to determine whether the implementation of this strategy is necessary.</p><p>I will be meeting senior CarillionAmey staff in September to hold them to account for their performance.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 09/09/2016 12:56:12 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

576388

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Married Quarters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many married quarter void properties are situated on each military base in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	44891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not hold the information in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 12/09/2016 14:48:53 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

576389

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Married Quarters
	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 8 June 2016 to Question 38976, on married quarters, what assessment his Department has made of the habitability of the 10,187 void properties.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	44892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department continually assesses the condition and thus the habitability of its housing stock, including void properties.</p><p>With the introduction of the Combined Accommodation Assessment System (CAAS) on 1 April 2016, all Service Family Accommodation (SFA) in the UK were subject to a physical survey and/or extrapolation from like properties on the same estate. Void properties were assessed as part of the survey programme.</p><p>For void properties, 92% were assessed as being at Decent Homes Standard (DHS) and 8% below. In line with the commitment given in the Armed Forces Covenant, SFA below DHS will not be allocated to incoming Service families. For families living in properties below the DHS they will be offered to move to a different property where we can.</p><p>Overall 83% SFA exceed the Decent Homes Standard.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 12/09/2016 14:45:33 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis