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1697512

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to join the (a) British Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force have been voluntarily withdrawn within (i) three, (ii) six, (iii) 12 and (iv) 18 months of the initial application being made in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	19531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the right hon. Member’s Questions. I will write to him when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 19532 question first answered 25/03/2024 13:59:14 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1697513

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of applications to join the (a) British Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force took more than (i) three, (ii) six, (iii) 12 and (iv) 18 months to process before a potential recruit began basic training over the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	19532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the right hon. Member’s Questions. I will write to him when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 19531 question first answered 25/03/2024 13:59:14 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1697514

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Bases: Bedbugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether bed bugs have been found at army barracks in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	19533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>There have been two recorded incidents of bed bugs in the last 12 months, both of which have been treated.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 25/03/2024 16:23:39 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1697515

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Asbestos
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what data his Department holds on the number of personnel who (a) were exposed to asbestos and (b) sought medical assistance as a result of asbestos exposure in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	19534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>Information regarding personnel exposed to asbestos is not held centrally and the number of personnel who were exposed to asbestos in the last 12 months could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Between 1 February 2023 and 31 January 2024, 127 UK Armed Forces personnel had at least one read code related to asbestos exposure entered into their electronic medical record. Of these personnel:</p><p>To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the report entitled Investigation into the alleged exposure of UK Defence Personnel to asbestos during overseas exercises and training since 2018, published on 18 August 2022, how many Armed Forces personnel have been exposed to asbestos during overseas exercises in each year since 2018.</p><p> </p><ul><li>114 had at least one read code for history of asbestos exposure.</li><li>17 had at least one read code for Control of Substances Hazardous to Health: asbestos.</li><li>Fewer than five had at least one read code for asbestosis.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The figures provided by read code do not sum to the total, as some personnel have more than one of the above read codes recorded.</p><p> </p><p>The presence of a read code within the last year does not indicate that the medical appointment was directly related to asbestos exposure. It also does not indicate that the asbestos exposure occurred during the last year, or that exposure occurred whist in Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 25/03/2024 16:24:50 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1698247

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of pension inequality among armed forces veterans.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	902183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>Pension schemes develop over time in response to changing circumstances, but the Armed Forces Pension Schemes are designed to be generous, fair and equitable. It is a principle of public service pensions policy, upheld by successive Governments, that improvements to public service pension schemes should not be applied retrospectively.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 25/03/2024 16:57:48 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1698248

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	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 recruit armed forces personnel.
	tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
	tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
	uin	902184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>In a challenging labour market, we continue to apply an array of measures to support recruitment and retention and refine the Armed Forces’ offer including last year with the largest pay increase for more than two decades. Haythornthwaite Review teams have been stood up across Defence to implement all of Rick Haythornthwaite’s 67 recommendations, working to establish a reward and incentivisation architecture that will attract and retain the skills we need in the years ahead.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 25/03/2024 16:58:42 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

1698249

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces and Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure parity of support provided to (a) armed forces families and (b) veterans.
	tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
	uin	902185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>Much of the policy that impacts Service families and veterans within the UK is not owned by Defence. We work with Other Government Departments and the Devolved Administrations to ensure that, wherever possible, disadvantage associated with Service life is mitigated and effective support is provided; the Armed Forces Covenant is an especially important tool in this.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 25/03/2024 16:59:31 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1696662

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Legal Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost to the public purse was of legal (a) support and (b) representation to Ministers in his Department in relation to their official conduct in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	19111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>Such information is not centrally recorded or collated in the format requested. More generally, I would refer the hon. Member to the long-standing policies on legal expenditure, as set out recently by Cabinet Office Ministers on 12 March 2004, Official Report,17709 and 12 March 2024, Official Report, House of Lords, column 1901-1904.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 25/03/2024 13:58:45 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1696737

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many phone calls were made to the 24 hour Military Mental Health Helpline in each year since 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	18999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is provided in the following tables:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of phone calls made to the Military Mental Health Helpline in each year since 2019</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Phone Calls</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024 (Jan – Feb)</p></td><td><p>182</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>1,220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>1,153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>888</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>453</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Annual budget for the Military Mental Health Helpline in each Financial Year (FY) since 2019-20</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year (FY)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Annual Budget*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023-24</p></td><td><p>£137,666</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>£56,621.16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>£30,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£30,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£30,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>* </strong>Exclusive of VAT</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 19000 question first answered 25/03/2024 14:00:43 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1696738

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual budget for the Military Mental Health Helpline was in each financial year since 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	19000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is provided in the following tables:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of phone calls made to the Military Mental Health Helpline in each year since 2019</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Phone Calls</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024 (Jan – Feb)</p></td><td><p>182</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>1,220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>1,153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>888</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>453</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Annual budget for the Military Mental Health Helpline in each Financial Year (FY) since 2019-20</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year (FY)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Annual Budget*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023-24</p></td><td><p>£137,666</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>£56,621.16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>£30,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£30,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£30,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>* </strong>Exclusive of VAT</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 18999 question first answered 25/03/2024 14:00:44 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle