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	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions he has had with the (a) Home Secretary b) Mayor of London, (c) Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and (d) Secretary of state for Defence on proposals for the use of UK military forces to support civilian services in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	214616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union engages regularly with Ministers from other Government departments and external stakeholders to ensure that businesses and citizens are sufficiently prepared for all eventualities. As part of cross-Whitehall preparations for a ‘no deal’ scenario, all Government departments, including the Ministry of Defence, are considering what resources are required to mitigate any potential impacts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 06/02/2019 13:57:47 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

170092

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what savings to the public purse will arise from annual pay restraint and workforce reductions in the armed forces in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
	tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
	uin	218561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p>Savings as a result of the restructuring of the Armed Forces agreed at the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review are forecast to be £1.3bn in 2014-15 and £1.4bn in 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Savings as a result of the Government’s pay restraint policy are forecast to be £600m in 2014-15 and £700m in 2015-16. These savings are compared against a counterfactual annual pay award of 2%.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/12/2014 09:27:52 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier

169442

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	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 the cost to his Department was of (a) salaries, (b) pension contributions, (c) employer's National Insurance contributions and (d) operational allowances for all ranks of officers in each of the armed forces in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	218146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>The pay costs for officers in each of the Armed Forces over the period 2010-11 to 2013-14 inclusive have been attached.</p><p> </p><p>These costs represent expenditure on the regular cadre. Expenditure on reservists is not accounted for by rank or Arm of Service, and is therefore not included in the attached figures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Expenditure on operational allowances is also not accounted for by rank or Arm of Service. However, annual expenditure for all ranks and all Arms of Service has been as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Expenditure Category</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2010-11 (£ million)</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2010-12 (£ million)</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2012-13 (£ million)</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2013-14 (£ million)</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Operational Allowance</p><p> </p></td><td><p>113.2</p><p> </p></td><td><p>144.7</p><p> </p></td><td><p>127.6</p><p> </p></td><td><p>69.6</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Campaign Continuity Allowance (includes Op Herrick Drawdown Allowance)</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0.7</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0.6</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0.6</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0.7</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/01/2015 14:00:35 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 218146 - Pay costs for Officers in each of the Armed Forces - 2010-11 to 2013-14.doc title 218146 - Armed Forces pay costs for Officers previous answer version 35432 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

169445

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	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, how many armed forces personnel are working for (a) Defence Equipment and Support, (b) the Defence Infrastructure Organisation and (c) the Defence Support Group.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	218176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The requested information is provided in the following table.</p><p> </p><p><strong>UK Armed Forces personnel working in DE&amp;S, DIO and DSG as at </strong></p><p><strong>1 October 2014</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S)</p></td><td><p>1,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence Support Group (DSG)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>‘-’ Zero or rounded to zero. Figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in 5 are rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/01/2015 17:10:05 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 35428 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

169446

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	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, how many regular service men and service women there are in each rank of the (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) RAF.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	218177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The requested breakdown is provided in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 17/12/2014 17:33:58 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 218177 UK Regular Forces by Service.doc title 218177 - UK Regular Forces by Service
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

169448

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	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, how many armed forces personnel are based at (a) Army HQ, (b) Navy HQ, (c) RAF HQ, (d) Joint Forces HQ and (e) MoD Main Building.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	218154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The approximate number of UK Regular Forces personnel stationed at each of the requested locations as at 1 October 2014 is provided in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Army HQ</strong></p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Navy HQ</strong></p></td><td><p>510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RAF HQ</strong></p></td><td><p>1,330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Joint Forces Command HQ</strong></p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>MOD</strong><strong> Main Building</strong></p></td><td><p>740</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol type="1"><li>UK Regular Forces includes all trained and untrained personnel. Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve personnel, and mobilised reservists are excluded.</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias.</li></ol> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 17/12/2014 17:34:33 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

169449

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	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 estimate he has made of the number of serving personnel in the Army, Navy and RAF in non-front line roles.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	218139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. All Armed Forces personnel contribute to the delivery of Defence outputs, and the term 'non-front line role' is too non-specific to be the basis for precise analysis.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 17/12/2014 17:31:49 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

65119

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to centrally record all instances of verbal or physical abuse made towards members of the Armed Forces.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	203471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has no plans to record such information, and no representation has been made by the Armed Forces that such a record is necessary. We have seen no evidence of widespread or increasing prejudice, harassment or criminality aimed at Service personnel.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/07/2014 15:38:29 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

90043

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	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, how many nationals of which countries other than the UK serve in each service of the armed forces; and what proportion of each such service such foreign nationals represent.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
	uin	207803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>The number of foreign nationals serving in our Armed Forces is shown in the table. The information is presented by the number of foreign personnel by nationality, the number and percentage serving in each of the Armed Forces and the number within the Armed Forces overall.The number of foreign nationals serving in our Armed Forces is shown in the table. The information is presented by the number of foreign personnel by nationality, the number and percentage serving in each of the Armed Forces and the number within the Armed Forces overall.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/09/2014 13:28:03 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name HOC 207803.doc title UK Regular Forces by Declared Nationality previous answer version 18970 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

384488

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they have taken to increase the availability and use of gender advisers and cultural advisers within deployable United Kingdom armed forces; and whether they will list those instances where such advisers have been deployed.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is currently examining the number, training and requirement of military gender advisors.</p><p>Over the past 12 months, the MOD has deployed gender advisors to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Iraq (in order to train the Kurdish Security Forces (KSF); approximately 700 KSF have been trained so far). The MOD will also be deploying one gender advisor to the United Nations Headquarters to support the United Nations' military advisor to the Secretary-General on gender issues.</p><p>The MOD's cultural advisors have undertaken over 60 deployments over the past 12 months, to locations such as Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Nigeria, Ghana, Angola, Mozambique and Bosnia.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 01/07/2015 15:52:19 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic