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947412

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pay
	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 24 July 2018 on Ministry of Defence -Update, HCWS909, when the 0.9 per cent non-consolidated one-off payment will be implemented.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	167982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is working with its pay administration providers to agree when the non-consolidated payment will be implemented and will update Service personnel as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 05/09/2018 14:59:15 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

947413

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department first received a copy of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body’s 2018 report.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	167983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence responded to the Armed Forces Pay Review Body's 2018 report on 24 July 2018.</p><p>This pay award affects approximately 190,000 UK Regular and Reserve Forces personnel, who will receive an above inflation increase of 2.9%. Supported by strong evidence on recruitment and retention issues, the award takes into account the need to recruit, retain and motivate suitably able and qualified personnel.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 05/09/2018 15:00:28 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

947464

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 29, paragraph 3.23, of the Armed Forces Pay Body Review Report 2018, for what reason the Review Body’s recommendation of an across-the-board increase of 2.9 per cent in base pay for 2018-19 was not accepted.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	168004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>For the 2018-19 award, the Government gave the Armed Forces a 2% consolidated uplift, and 0.9% as a bonus. The payment of a bonus element will ensure that total annual income will be increased by 2.9%, therefore meeting the spirit of the AFPRB recommendation.</p><p>This is the largest pay increase for the Armed Forces since 2010.</p><p>The Government values the advice of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB) and works closely with them to ensure that they have all the evidence necessary to complete their work.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 05/09/2018 15:01:28 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

856195

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence of 5 March 2018, Official Report, column 15, whether he plans to set out parameters for revised armed forces pay in his letter to the Armed Forces Pay Review Body to commence the annual pay round; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	131361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Defence wrote to the Chair of the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body (AFPRB) on 7 December 2017 setting out parameters for the 2018/19 pay round. A copy of this letter can be found on the gov.uk website at the following address:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defence-secretary-gavin-williamson-letter-to-chair-of-afprb.</p><p>We look forward to receiving the AFPRB's 2018 report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/03/2018 16:08:12 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

722967

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 51, paragraph 4.49 of the 46th Report of the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body, published on 28 March 2017, on what basis his Department calculated that the future accommodation model would result in savings of £500 million over 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	71485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The 2015 Spending Review committed the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to savings of around £500 million from accommodation over the next 10 years through reduced running costs, capital receipts and savings. Inefficiencies in the current model mean that it costs the MOD around two pounds for every pound of effective accommodation subsidy Service personnel receive; by making the model more efficient we aim to realise these savings and also create a fairer model that provides Service personnel with more choice.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 25/04/2017 11:37:53 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

714477

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 2.73 of the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body 46th Report, what steps his Department is taking to promote cohesion between Regulars and Reserves as part of the Whole Force approach.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	69623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>The Services are committed to achieving culture change to break down barriers between Regulars and Reserves and improve cohesion. This is being addressed through a number of programmes.</p><p>We continue to invest in more integrated training and in equipment for the Reserves. Reserves have access to the same equipment and technology as Regulars across all the Services. Army Reserve Units are now commonly paired with Regular Units and train alongside them using the same modern equipment and, when required, may also deploy with them. The Army also employs individual reservists alongside Regular personnel, for example in intelligence roles. The Maritime and RAF Reserves are most often used to provide individuals and small teams for specific roles. Their training is designed to integrate them with the Regulars.</p><p>We have streamlined the process for transferring from the Regulars to the Reserves to enable people with key skills to share their knowledge and expertise. We are also actively working to identify any policy or process issues that may hinder the use of reservists and to remove these barriers wherever possible.</p><p>We have developed a set of indicators of culture change and we have put in place a process through which the Services will assess their progress against these indicators and provide evidence of that progress to senior leadership in the Department. This will allow the Ministry of Defence to identify and share examples of good practice as well as issues to be addressed.</p><p>These initiatives have begun to have a positive effect. In the 2016 Armed Forces Continuous Attitude Survey, almost two thirds of Regulars who had served alongside Reservists rated them as professional, with a similar number rating the Reserves' contribution as valuable. This is a firm foundation on which we can build and we are working to do so.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 04/04/2017 14:30:55 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

714481

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 28, paragraph 3.34 of the 46th Report of the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body, published on 28 March 2017, what the implications are for his policies on recruitment and retention payments; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	69607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes seriously the recommendations of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body. Recruitment and Retention Payments (RRP) are paid at Departmental discretion to recruit and retain individuals in specific cadres. It is, therefore, right that RRP is removed when the Department is no longer able to retain the services of an individual to whom RRP is paid.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/04/2017 15:16:57 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith