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1609908

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time taken was by Capita to process applications to join the regular or reserve forces in the last twelve months.
	tabling member constituency	North Somerset
	tabling member printed	Dr Liam Fox
	uin	180041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The British Army conducts recruiting activities in partnership with Capita under the Recruiting Partnership Programme, whereas the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force deliver recruitment in house. The below table therefore represents the average length of time for Army applicants only.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the average time in days from application to starting training.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Mean time (Days)<br> <br> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regular Officer</p></td><td><p>524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reserve Officer</p></td><td><p>338</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regular Other Ranks</p></td><td><p>203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reserve Other Ranks</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes / Caveats</p><p> </p><p>- Averages have been calculated using data from the recruiting year (RY) 2021/22 application cohort data.</p><p>- Data for RY 2022/23 is not yet available as it takes time for cohorts to mature to the point of intake.</p><p>- There are several variables that may impact the time it takes to progress through the recruitment pipeline, including but not limited to, timely individual participation in the recruitment process, medical/fitness issues, aptitude testing success and availability of training places.</p><p>- The recruitment process for Officers can take significantly longer given that candidates can go to university between application and arriving at RMAS.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/04/2023 12:30:31 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox

1609911

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
	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 for Capita to process application forms for the regular and reserve forces in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	North Somerset
	tabling member printed	Dr Liam Fox
	uin	180044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The British Army conducts recruiting activities in partnership with Capita under the Recruiting Partnership Programme, whereas the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force deliver recruitment in house. The below table therefore represents the cost to the Army only.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of processing application forms is not captured as a separate activity under the Army Recruiting Contract with Capita, but within the overall cost of recruiting. Recruiting costs are covered by a combination of the Service Management Charge and the Recruitment charge. The latter charge alters depending upon the volume of recruiting demand in a particular year, whereas the former is a fixed charge not dependant on demand volumes. Additionally, there are costs relating to medical assessment activities included.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the costs over the last three financial years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Cost</p></td><td><p>Comments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£43.57 million</p></td><td rowspan="3"><p>Figures include the Service Management Charge, Recruitment Charge and medical assessment costs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>£40.29 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>£42.65 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/04/2023 12:25:12 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox

1609905

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
	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 armed forces have been made in the past 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	North Somerset
	tabling member printed	Dr Liam Fox
	uin	180038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The requested information is currently undergoing a checking and verification process and publication is anticipated in the summer as an Official Statistic. The release of this data ahead of planned publication would be a breach of the Code of Practice for Statistics. When ready, the information will be published at the website of the collection of Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-index" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-index</a></p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 24/04/2023 14:47:34 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox

1609907

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time was between the submission of an application to join the regular or reserve forces and an interview in the last twelve months.
	tabling member constituency	North Somerset
	tabling member printed	Dr Liam Fox
	uin	180040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The following information has been provided by the single Services.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Naval Service</strong></p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the average time taken (in days) between receipt of application and interview date between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Regular Other Ranks</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reserve Other Ranks</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li>Figures are a single service estimate and have not been validated by Analysis (Navy). Figures may not be reflective of Official Statistics. These figures cannot be compared to previously published application figures.</li><li>The recruitment system changed in April last year so it has not been possible to align with information on the Joint Personnel Administration system. That also means the three services may not be aligned in what has been provided. Therefore, Royal Navy application data cannot be compared to Army or Royal Air Force.</li><li>The selection process for Officers has been revised significantly over the last year, therefore it is not possible to derive any meaningful data for this population. Figures for Officers have not been supplied and therefore are not included in the Total.</li><li>Average time taken is calculated as Mean days between application receipt and a date set for interview, where interview dates were set between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>British Army</strong></p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the total applications and Time of Flight Average from Application to Army Brief and Individual Candidate Discussion, by stream.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Stream</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average for last 12 months in Days</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regular Officers</strong></p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regular Other Ranks</strong></p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Reserve Officers</strong></p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Reserve Other Ranks</strong></p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li>Averages have been calculated using data from 1 April 2022 to 1 March 2023 and have been calculated using the mean.</li><li>Each service has a different set of intake pathways and representative calculations have necessarily been made using the following parameters for Army: time taken from application to the Army Brief and Individual Candidate Discussion.</li><li>There are several variables that may impact the time it takes to progress through the recruitment pipeline, including but are not limited to, timely individual participation in the recruitment process, medical/fitness issues, aptitude testing success, and availability of training places.</li><li>The recruitment process for Officers can take significantly longer given that candidates can go to university between application and arriving at The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Royal Air Force (RAF)</strong></p><p>The table below shows the average time (in days) between application and first interview for the RAF Regular and Reserve Forces in recruiting year 2022-23.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Stream</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average for last 12 months in Days</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regular Aviator</strong></p></td><td><p>106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regular Officer</strong></p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Reserve Aviator</strong></p></td><td><p>101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Reserve Officer</strong></p></td><td><p>144</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li>Figures are a single service estimate and have not been validated by Analysis (RAF). Figures may not be reflective of Official Statistics. These figures cannot be compared to previously published application figures.</li><li>Averages have been calculated using data from 1 April 2022 to 1 March 2023 and have been calculated using the mean.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 24/04/2023 14:33:47 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox

1608761

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Personal Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans can be identified via the verification processes of the Royal British Legion and other service charities.
	tabling member constituency	North Somerset
	tabling member printed	Dr Liam Fox
	uin	176540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has access to the records of all service personnel who have served in the UK armed forces. From 1972 onwards the information is held electronically by the MOD, either in the DPRR (data preservation repository reporting) or in the Joint Personnel Administration System. This equates to approximately 2.1 million records.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to 1972 the MOD holds an index of all service personnel IDs (name and service number) to facilitate the recall of service records from the National Archive (all records from WW2 onwards), approximately 4.9m records.</p><p> </p><p>Currently, Service charities approach the single Services or Defence Business Services for verification of an individual veteran’s service. However, more than £1 million in new money is being invested into a new digital verification service for veterans, which will enable them to verify their veteran status online quickly and easily.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 176539 question first answered 21/04/2023 13:03:55 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox

1608757

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Personal Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans can be personally identified from his Department's records.
	tabling member constituency	North Somerset
	tabling member printed	Dr Liam Fox
	uin	176539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has access to the records of all service personnel who have served in the UK armed forces. From 1972 onwards the information is held electronically by the MOD, either in the DPRR (data preservation repository reporting) or in the Joint Personnel Administration System. This equates to approximately 2.1 million records.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to 1972 the MOD holds an index of all service personnel IDs (name and service number) to facilitate the recall of service records from the National Archive (all records from WW2 onwards), approximately 4.9m records.</p><p> </p><p>Currently, Service charities approach the single Services or Defence Business Services for verification of an individual veteran’s service. However, more than £1 million in new money is being invested into a new digital verification service for veterans, which will enable them to verify their veteran status online quickly and easily.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 176540 question first answered 21/04/2023 13:03:55 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox

1453596

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK can deliver blood products to the Ukrainian defence forces through the channels being used to supply military equipment.
	tabling member constituency	North Somerset
	tabling member printed	Dr Liam Fox
	uin	145800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has not received requests from the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) for increased supplies of blood products. The UK will continue to review any potential requests from the AFU and will work with Allies and partners to best ensure it is medically equipped.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 01/04/2022 10:09:26 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox

1453594

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Ukrainian defence forces currently need increased supplies of blood products; and what assessment he has made of potential future Ukrainian defence forces requirements for those products.
	tabling member constituency	North Somerset
	tabling member printed	Dr Liam Fox
	uin	145799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has not received requests from the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) for increased supplies of blood products. The UK will continue to review any potential requests from the AFU and will work with Allies and partners to best ensure it is medically equipped.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 01/04/2022 10:09:01 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox

1453593

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the United Kingdom is providing the Ukrainian defence forces with blood products.
	tabling member constituency	North Somerset
	tabling member printed	Dr Liam Fox
	uin	145798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>We are not providing the Armed Forces of Ukraine with blood products, nor have we received such requests.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 01/04/2022 10:08:20 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox

450348

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Deployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many deployments are family postings.
	tabling member constituency	North Somerset
	tabling member printed	Dr Liam Fox
	uin	25764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>Overseas tours for military personnel can be broadly grouped into three categories: operational deployments, exercises and longer-term postings.</p><p>Operational deployment roles are high readiness deployments anywhere in the world where there is an operational requirement and are not family accompanied. UK military personnel are currently performing these roles in parts of Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and the South Atlantic Islands.</p><p>The standard tour length for operational deployments can vary greatly depending on the circumstances but is likely to be six months, with some Service personnel serving up to 12 months or longer.</p><p>Large-scale exercises are conducted in Belize, Canada and Kenya to provide training for UK military operations. There are a small number of permanent UK military staff posted in each location, and these roles are family accompanied. UK military personnel sent to these locations on exercise are not accompanied by their families.</p><p>Permanent or longer-term posted roles or assignments can be family accompanied. Permanent overseas postings which can be family accompanied include Bahrain, Qatar, the USA, Gibraltar, the South Atlantic Islands, the Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas and the United Nations Operation TOSCA, Singapore and European countries. Around 4,600 of these posts are family-accompanied.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 25762 25763 question first answered 10/02/2016 16:40:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox