To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are taken to ensure that ammunition
used on firing ranges is fully and properly accounted for; and what amount of ammunition
has not been accounted for in each of the three services in each of the last five
years.
<p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) takes the security and accounting of its ammunition
very seriously. The MOD therefore has in place mechanisms to ensure that only units
and individuals which are allowed to draw and use specific types of ammunition can
do so. In addition to this, the MOD operates a rigorous internal audit system to ensure
that ammunition can be accounted for at all stages of the supply chain. This includes
both formal inventory checking within ammunition stores and confirmatory checks at
the end of a range session; the latter includes a declaration requiring individuals
to confirm they have no ammunition in their possession. The Service Police Crime Bureau
has recorded all reported losses, thefts, and recoveries of MOD ammunition since 2011.
Centrally held figures prior to 2011 are not available and could be provided only
at disproportionate cost. The amount of lost and stolen ammunition is shown in the
following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lost
9mm</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>237</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lost
5.56mm</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>602</p></td><td><p>1,473</p></td><td><p>2,322</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lost
7.62mm</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lost
.22mm</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lost
L35A3 105mm</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lost
12.7mm</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stolen
9mm</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stolen
5.56mm</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>371</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stolen
7.62mm</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>230</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Full year data for 2014 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he could place in the Library a table
showing, for each branch of the Armed Forces Police, the number of cases of (a) rape,
(b) sexual assault and (c) domestic violence that were (i) reported, (ii) referred
to a prosecutor, (iii) directed for trial, (iv) led to a conviction, (v) led to an
acquittal and (vi) led to a custodial sentence in each year between 2009 to 2013.
<p>All allegations of rape, sexual assault and domestic violence made by or against
members of the Armed Forces are thoroughly investigated. An investigation may be conducted
by either the civil or Service Police.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below show the number
of alleged cases of rape and sexual assault (including assault by penetration) that
were investigated by each branch of the Service police in each year from 2009 to 2013,
the number referred to the Service Prosecuting Authority (SPA) and the result of those
referrals. The SPA can receive formal referrals only from either Service Police or
the Commanding Officer.</p><p>It should be noted that the SPA may receive referrals
in one year which relate to allegations and investigations made in previous years
and that such cases may be directed, disposed and/or tried in following years. There
is therefore no direct correlation between investigations and referrals and the number
of cases brought in any one year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>ROYAL NAVY POLICE
(RNP) INVESTIGATIONS</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Rape</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total
Investigated by RNP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Referred to SPA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Directed
</strong></p><p><strong>For </strong></p><p><strong>Trial</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Acquitted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Convicted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Custodial
sentence</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p><p>(Figures in first column are
from 1 Nov –figures in subsequent columns are for all of 2009)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p><strong>Sexual Assault (including assault by penetration)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total
Investigated by RNP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Referred to SPA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Directed
</strong></p><p><strong>For </strong></p><p><strong>Trial</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Acquitted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Convicted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Custodial
sentence</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p><p>(Figures in first column are
from 1 Nov –figures in subsequent columns are for all of 2009)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>ROYAL MILITARY POLICE (RMP) INVESTIGATIONS</strong></p><p>
</p><p><strong>Rape</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total
Investigated by RMP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Referred to SPA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Directed
</strong></p><p><strong>For </strong></p><p><strong>Trial</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Acquitted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Convicted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Custodial
sentence</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p><p>(Figures in first column are
from 1 Nov –figures in subsequent columns are for all of 2009)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p><strong>17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>2013
– DIRECTED FOR TRIAL – 3 cases yet to go to trial</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Sexual
Assault (including assault by penetration)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total
Investigated by RMP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Referred to SPA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Directed
</strong></p><p><strong>For </strong></p><p><strong>Trial</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Acquitted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Convicted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Custodial
sentence</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p><p>(Figures in first column are
from 1 Nov –figures in subsequent columns are for all of 2009)</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p><strong>24</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p><strong>42</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p><strong>60</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p><strong>26*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p><strong>34</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>2013
– DIRECTED FOR TRIAL – 3 cases yet to go to trial</p><p>* We previously advised this
as being “28”, but on re-investigation realised we have included 2 other Service police
referrals that were not for sexual assault.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>ROYAL
AIR FORCE POLICE INVESTIGATIONS</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Rape</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total
Investigated by RAFP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Referred to SPA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Directed
</strong></p><p><strong>For </strong></p><p><strong>Trial</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Acquitted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Convicted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Custodial
sentence</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p><p>(Figures in first column are
from 1 Nov –figures in subsequent columns are for all of 2009)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>2013
– DIRECTED FOR TRIAL – 2 cases yet to go to trial</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Sexual
Assault (including assault by penetration)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total
Investigated by RAFP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Referred to SPA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Directed
</strong></p><p><strong>For </strong></p><p><strong>Trial</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Acquitted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Convicted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Custodial
sentence</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p><p>(Figures in first column are
from 1 Nov –figures in subsequent columns are for all of 2009)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>2013
– DIRECTED FOR TRIAL – 1 case yet to go to trial</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Domestic violence
is not a crime classification, but may be recorded under the crime classification
of violence, for example battery, assault or grievous bodily harm. For the Service
Police to establish which offences are as a result of domestic violence would require
an individual review of all cases, which could be undertaken only at disproportionate
cost.</p><p> </p><p>I apologise for not replying sooner; it has taken some time to
ensure the accuracy of the data.</p><p> </p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department expects to reply to
the letter dated 1 April 2014 from the hon. Member for York Outer to the Minister
of State for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans concerning the Justice for Forces
Widows Campaign.
<p>The Government has been clear that dealing with this threat will take time and
patience. Our intention is to provide support to the Iraqi government while we believe
it to be both needed and the Iraqi government still requests it. The UK airstrikes
and other military support shows the UK will play its part in standing against ISIL.</p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the cost to the public
purse of enabling all armed forces' widows to retain their pension in the event of
later cohabiting or remarrying.
<p>We have decided to change both the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 75 (AFPS75) and
the War Pension Scheme (WPS). The changes we have made will ensure that from 1 April
2015, widows, widowers and surviving civil partners of all members of the Armed Forces
Pension Scheme will now retain their pensions for life, fulfilling the Government's
ongoing commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant.</p><p>From 1 April 2015 the spouse
or civil partner of all members of AFPS75 and any WPS widows will retain their pension
for life if they have not already surrendered it due to remarriage or cohabitation.</p><p>For
those who have already surrendered their pension due to remarriage or cohabitation,
should that relationship end they can apply to have their pension restored for life.</p>
<p>The private and state schools which have a Combined Cadet Force (CCF) unit are
shown on the attached list. Of the state schools, 41 are schools which have established
CCF units under the Cadet Expansion Programme.</p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of suicide by serving armed
forces personnel resulted in a full service enquiry between 2002 and 2012.
<p>Service inquiries were introduced on 1 October 2008, to replace the three single-Service
systems of boards of inquiry. In the period from 1 October 2008 until 31 December
2012, the number of cases in which the death of a Service person was confirmed by
a coroner (or the procurator fiscal for Scotland) as a suicide, and for which a service
inquiry was held, is four.</p><p> </p><p>The number of cases in the Naval Service
for which a board of inquiry was convened into a death confirmed as a suicide in the
period from 1 January 2002 until 30 September 2008 is seven. Information about the
number of boards of inquiry convened by either the Army or the RAF before October
2008 is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many visits were made by Ministers
of his Department to Torbay constituency in the 12 months to 14 October 2014; whom
the invitation for each such visit was issued by; and what the cost to the public
purse was of each such visit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) highest and (b) lowest full-time
equivalent salary paid by (i) his Department and (ii) its public bodies was in (A)
2010-11, (B) 2011-12, (C) 2012-13, (D) 2013-14 and (E) 2014-15; and if he will make
a statement.
<p>The tables show the highest and lowest salaries for each of the requested years
for the Ministry of Defence and each of its non-departmental public bodies, which
include trading funds and museums. The highest salaries relate to a small number of
individuals within the organisation. In line with Cabinet Office guidance on publishing
information, highest salaries are shown in £5,0000 bands.</p><p> </p><p>Pay scales
for the highest and lowest Armed Forces Personnel salaries can be found in Armed Forces’
Pay Review Body (AFPRB) and Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB) Reports. The AFPRB
and SSRB Reports are published annually and copies are placed in the Library of the
House. Alternatively, the Reports can be found on the gov.uk website at the following
link:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of-manpower-economics</p><p>
</p><p>Further details on MOD senior salaries and non-departmental public bodies can
be found on the gov.uk website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>http://data.gov.uk/dataset/organogram-and-staff-pay-data-for-ministry-of-defence</p><p>
</p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in his Department of
each (a) gender, (b) ethnicity and (c) age received the Civil Service Employment Policy
Performance Management System's (i) exceeded, (ii) met and (iii) must improve performance
mark in 2013-14.
<p>41,130 Ministry of Defence (MOD) civilian personnel below the Senior Civil Service
were the subject of a Performance Appraisal Report (PAR) for reporting year 2013-14
and therefore took part in Performance Management.</p><p> </p><p>The moderated performance
outcomes are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>
</td><td><p>Box 1</p></td><td><p>Box 2</p></td><td><p>Box 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Submitted
PARs:</p></td><td><p>9,690</p></td><td><p>28,940</p></td><td><p>2,510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion:</p></td><td><p>23.5%</p></td><td><p>70.4%</p></td><td><p>6.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>A non-consolidated performance award has been made to those individuals who
received a Box 1 outcome.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD will publish an annual report on the
outcome of the performance management process later this year; this will include a
thorough analysis of the 2013-14 data broken down by declared protected characteristics.
It will also show the relevant declaration rates in support of this data analysis.</p>
