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61378

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason his Department did not provide an ICT hosting environment for Capita on time for the Recruiting Partnering Project.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	uin	200298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A number of factors contributed to the problems experienced with the Information Communication Technology hosting environment provided for Capita. I refer the hon. Member to the Secretary of State for Defence's (Philip Hammond) response to an Urgent Question from the hon. Member for Gedling (Vernon Coaker) on 14 January 2014 (Official Report, column 715).</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 24/06/2014 14:59:39 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 200298.doc title Hansard Extract 14 January 2014 previous answer version 3504 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

61383

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the initial estimate of the additional costs of reverting to the fallback position of a hosting solution provided by Capita for the Recruiting Partnering Project increased from £47.7 million to £70 million; and who was responsible for these estimates.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	uin	200300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Philip Hammond) set out on 14 January 2014 (Official Report, column 716) the cost of Capita providing a new Information Technology platform as part of the Recruiting Partnering Project. At the time, these costs were expected to be around £47.7 million directly linked to the change of hosting provision. Since this statement, the £47.7 million has reduced to £42.9 million. <br><br>As previously stated by the Secretary of State on 14 January, there has been an additional cost of around £1 million per month to run the Capita system. This includes costs for additional manpower. <br><br>The Recruiting Partnering Project remains within the overall agreed cost of £1.360 billion.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 200538 question first answered 24/06/2014 14:51:44 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 3506 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

61380

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military or civilian personnel in his Department of what rank or grade have been reprimanded for failing to deliver an ICT hosting environment for Capita as part of the Recruiting Partnering Project.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	uin	200299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No personnel have been reprimanded in connection with the delivery of the Recruiting Partnering Project.<br><br>An ICT hosting platform is being provided for Capita.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 24/06/2014 14:31:40 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 3505 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

61382

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: 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 to date is of the Recruiting and Partnering Project.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	uin	200320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The cost of the Recruiting &amp; Partnering Project to date (for the three years from March 2011-2014) is around £300 million. This figure includes the costs of the service provider, CAPITA and costs to the Ministry of Defence such as military and civilian manpower, Information Communication Technology provision and infrastructure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 24/06/2014 14:32:34 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 3507 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

90826

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Submarines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many suitably qualified and experienced personnel staff are currently required and how many such positions are vacant in (a) Astute, (b) Vanguard and (c) Trafalgar class submarine crews.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	uin	208440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested, as at 8 September 2014, is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>REQUIRED POSITIONS</p><p>(LIABILITY)</p></td><td><p>VACANT POSITIONS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A Class (Astute, Ambush only)</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T Class (Torbay, Trenchant, Talent, Triumph only)</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>V Class (Vanguard, Victorious, Vigilant only)</p></td><td><p>1,080</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Note: All figures are rounded in accordance with the Defence Statistics rounding policy. All numbers over 100 are rounded to the nearest 10 with numbers ending in 5 rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid bias. Numbers under 100 are rounded to the nearest 5.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>None of the existing vacancies is in a post categorised as safety critical and no submarine would go to sea without the minimum required complement of suitably qualified and experienced personnel.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/09/2014 13:02:18 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 19384 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

60787

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Sultan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he or officials in his Department have had with counterparts in the Royal Canadian Navy or the US Navy on personnel of those navies undertaking conversion training at HMS Sultan to fill current vacancies in suitably qualified and experienced personnel positions.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	uin	199754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There have been no such discussions with the Royal Canadian Navy or the United States Navy. However, we work closely with many nations and provide opportunities for their personnel to serve with the Royal Navy through a range of schemes including exchange and liaison postings.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/06/2014 14:38:17 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

47929

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many suitably qualified and experienced RAF personnel his Department has required for aircraft maintenance in each location in each of the last three years; and how many such posts were vacant in each location in each such year.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	uin	196037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>A table that provides the data requested is attached.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 20140416-PQ-02988B-Robertson-manpower-table-FINAL.XLS title Manpower previous answer version 8281 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

45654

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel are taking part in the Seedcorn initiative; what the location is of each such person; and with what equipment such personnel are training.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	uin	194241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p>As announced in the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review the UK retains Seedcorn Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) capability with personnel embeded in MPA capabilities of our closest allies. The number and location of personnel and equipment are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Location</p></td><td><p>No of Seedcorn Personnel</p></td><td><p>Aircraft</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>Royal Canadian Air Force Greenwood</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>CP-140 Aurora</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Zealand</p></td><td><p>Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Whenuapai</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>P-3K Orion/P-3K2 Orion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Australia</p></td><td><p>Royal Australian Air Force base Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>AP-3C Orion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United States</p></td><td><p>Naval Air Station Patuxent River</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>P-8 Poseidon</p><p> </p><p>1 qualified on RQ-21A Blackjack UAV</p><p> </p><p>4 are scheduled to train on the MQ-4C Triton during June-August 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United States</p></td><td><p>Naval Air Station Jacksonville</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>P-8 Poseidon</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

61620

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the (a) monthly and (b) total additional cost to date for paying Capita as if it was meeting quantity and quality standards for recruitments in the Recruiting Partnering Project.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	uin	200381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>Between its launch in March 2012 to 31 March 2014, the Army has paid Capita £100.380 million for the Recruiting Partnering Project. The Recruiting Partnering Project remains within the overall agreed cost of £1.360 <ins class="ministerial">billion. </ins><del class="ministerial">million.</del><br /><br />My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Philip Hammond) set out on 14 January 2014 the cost of Capita providing a new Information Technology platform as part of the Recruiting Partnering Project (Official Report: column 716). At the time, these costs were expected to be around £47.7 million directly linked to the change of hosting provision. Since this statement, these costs have reduced to around £42.9 million. <br /><br />As previously stated by the Secretary of State on 14 January, there has been an additional cost of around £1 million per month to run the Capita system. This includes costs for additional manpower.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/06/2014 16:43:56 question first ministerially corrected 01/08/2014 09:48:10 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 4680 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

48781

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) press officers, (b) internal communications officers, (c) external communications officers, (d) communications strategy officers and (e) other personnel with a communications remit were employed by (i) his Department, (ii) its agencies and (iii) each other non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	uin	196954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Communicators are employed across Defence and the Armed Forces. They have an important task in explaining to the public, the media, our own people and other audiences – at the local regional, national and international levels - the role of Defence, Defence activities, capabilities and operations. Over the last several years substantial savings have been made across the communications area, and further efficiencies will continue to be made.<br><br>The latest figures for the numbers involved in communications roles as at 31 March 2013 are shown in the attached table, and include all posts for which over 50% of the post's core duties are communications. These figures include both military and civilian posts worldwide. In the 2013 exercise communications staff in Non-Departmental Public Bodies were not surveyed. As such, this data was requested separately.<br><br>Also shown are the figures for 31 March 2010, demonstrating a reduction of 12% (over 160 posts) in this time.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 2010 Data.doc Table part of answer.doc title Table forms part of the answer previous answer version 9118 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson