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828668

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Private Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish the Continuity of Education Allowance payments made to each Service, by rank, over each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
	tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
	uin	124326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is provided in the attached tables.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 30/01/2018 15:00:23 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name CEA_Cost_By Rank-TABLES-SUBMITTED.xlsx title CEA Payments
	tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

800548

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the transparency document entitled MoD's ministerial travel, April to June 2017, which tickets relating to which journeys were (a) first, (b) business, (c) economy and (d) any other class; and what the cost was of each such ticket.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	117169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The table below sets out the travel undertaken by Ministry of Defence Ministers during the period April to June 2017, including the class and cost of each ticket:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Minister</p></td><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Destination</p></td><td><p>Mode of Transport</p></td><td><p>Class</p></td><td><p>Cost</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="9"><p>Secretary of State for Defence Sir Michael Fallon MP</p></td><td><p>9/4/17</p></td><td><p>Lille</p></td><td><p>Rail (Eurostar)</p></td><td><p>Business</p></td><td><p>£276.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/4/17-14/04/17</p></td><td><p>Mumbai (Paris to Mumbai) (New Delhi to LHRQ)</p></td><td><p>Civilian Air</p></td><td><p>Business Business</p></td><td><p>£3,200.00 £1,936.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19/4/17-20/4/17</p></td><td><p>Talin</p></td><td><p>No 32 Sqn Fixed Wing</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8/5/17- 9/5/17</p></td><td><p>Copenhagen</p></td><td><p>No 32 Sqn Fixed Wing</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/5/17- 13/5/17</p></td><td><p>Paris</p></td><td><p>Rail (Eurostar)</p></td><td><p>Standard return</p></td><td><p>£368.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25/5/17</p></td><td><p>Brussels</p></td><td><p>Other military fixed wing</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6/6/17</p></td><td><p>Caen</p></td><td><p>No 32 Sqn Fixed Wing</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14/6/17- 15/6/17</p></td><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>CSAT</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28/6/17- 29/6/17</p></td><td><p>Brussels</p></td><td><p>CSAT</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Minister of State in the House of Lords – Earl Howe</p></td><td><p>18/4/17- 25/4/17</p></td><td><p>Vietnam/Japan/Korea</p></td><td><p>Civilian Air</p></td><td><p>Business x2 Economy x 1</p></td><td><p>£4294.37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17/5/17- 18/5/17</p></td><td><p>Brussels</p></td><td><p>No 32 Sqn Fixed Wing</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minister of the State for the Armed Forces – Mike Penning MP</p></td><td><p>26/4/17</p></td><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>Civilian Air</p></td><td><p>Economy</p></td><td><p>£544.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minister for Defence Procurement – Harriett Baldwin MP</p></td><td><p>19/6/17</p></td><td><p>Paris</p></td><td><p>Civilian Air</p></td><td><p>Economy</p></td><td><p>£588.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/12/2017 17:56:33 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

800518

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Medical Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, Pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2017 to Question 115323 on armed forces: medical records, which of the regulations and standards referred to in that answer have been amended since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	117139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>Since 2013, a number of textual amendments or annotations have been made to the following regulations, such as to reflect changes in related legislation:</p><p>• Access to Medical Reports Act 1988</p><p>• Human Rights Act 1998</p><p>• Access to Health Records Act 1990</p><p>• Computer Misuse Act 1990</p><p>• Data Protection Act 1998</p><p>• Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Act 2015</p><p>Following a second review of information governance, the Caldicott Principles were revised in 2013. A seventh principle 'the duty to share information can be as important as the duty to protect patient confidentiality' was introduced.</p><p>The General Medical Council - Confidentiality: Good Practice in Handling Patient Information (2017) updates guidance previously published in 2009.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/12/2017 15:59:27 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

825420

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Cost Effectiveness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department has initiated an invitation to tender for an Efficiency Assurance Review for additional external and independent assurance of his Department's revised efficiency plan within his Department’s financial forecast.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	123561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2018 answer text <p>We are making good progress towards our efficiency targets, and are confident of meeting our objectives. This work will help provide assurance that our current plans are robust.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 26/01/2018 13:44:53 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

828889

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	War Widow(er)s: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) men and (b) women widowed during the Second World War are claiming war widow or widower pensions.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	124504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 30/01/2018 15:01:06 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

823648

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many BAME personnel have been in one-star postings or above in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	123105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The numbers of women and BAME personnel in one-star postings and above for each of the last five years can be found, respectively, in tables 1 and 2a of the UK Armed Forces Biannual Diversity Statistics (NATO rank OF6 and above). The latest figures can be found at the following address:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-2017</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 123103 question first answered 24/01/2018 16:04:49 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

806536

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Private Rented Housing
	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 lived in private rented accommodation in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014, (f) 2015, (g) 2016 and (h) 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	119612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not hold information on the numbers of Service personnel who privately rent their accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/12/2017 16:15:36 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

824539

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Cadets
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cadets there are in each of the services.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	123340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The Cadet Forces are not part of the Armed Forces and have no operational role.</p><p> </p><p>Numbers of Cadets and Adult Volunteers in the Cadet Forces sponsored by the Ministry of Defence are published annually as a national statistic. The latest statistics, providing figures as at 1 April 2017, can be found at the following address: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-sponsored-cadet-forces-statistics-2017.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 22/01/2018 17:46:58 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

806273

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many data incidents his Department (a) recorded and (b) reported to the Information Commissioner's Office in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	119465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>2,519 data incidents were recorded by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) for the period 01 April 2015 - 31 March 2016. One was reported to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).</p><p>4,034 data incidents were recorded by the MOD for the period 01 April 2016 - 31 March 2017. Three were reported to the ICO.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/12/2017 15:20:27 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

810243

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Reserve Forces: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many different types of contracts there are for the Reserve Forces; and what the difference between those contacts is.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	120709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>The Reserve Forces Act 1996 (RFA 96) describes two Reserve Forces: Volunteer Reserves and Regular Reserves. It also makes provision for “special members”, commonly known as Sponsored Reserves, where employers enter into capability contracts with the Ministry of Defence, providing for some or all of their employees to be mobilised when the operational need arises.</p><p> </p><p>Volunteer Reserves accept an annual training commitment and a liability for call-out for permanent service. All serve on Reserve Service Days (RSDs). Pay is attendance-based. Annual training is comprised of continuous training (which is a unit camp or an attachment or course involving one or more periods not exceeding 16 days per annum) and non-continuous training (which can take place at any time, but normally at weekends and training nights). Each Service mandates the number of RSDs required under obligatory training to achieve a Certificate of Efficiency and therefore qualify for a training bounty.</p><p> </p><p>Section 27 of RFA 96 enables Reservists to undertake Voluntary Training or Other Duties (VTOD). Volunteer Reservists can also agree to maintain a higher level of readiness (the High Readiness Reserve) for which they are paid a premium to their annual bounty. They can also agree to enter into a formal commitment to undertake Defence work either as an Additional Duties Commitment (ADC) or on Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS).</p><p> </p><p>An ADC is a formal binding commitment under Section 25 of RFA 96, under which a Reservist commits to perform specified duties for a specified period or periods ranging between 16 days and a maximum of 180 days in any 12 month period. ADC may include duties outside the UK and service alongside any of the Regular Services. Pay is attendance-based.</p><p> </p><p>Section 24 of RFA96 provides for Reservists to undertake periods of FTRS, performing specified duties for a specified period with a continuous liability for duty. There are three types of FTRS commitment, each with a different liability, and the type of commitment offered to the reservist is determined by the liability required. These are:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Full Commitment</strong><strong> (FC)</strong>: an individual on FTRS (FC) is fully deployable without the need to be mobilised.</p><p><strong>Limited Commitment</strong>: these Reservists fulfil a full range of duties based in one location (which may be overseas) and have a liability for compulsory detachment in the UK or overseas which is limited to a total of 35 days in any one year, with no single detachment lasting in excess of 21 days. If detached to a theatre of operations they must first be mobilised.</p><p><strong>Home Commitment</strong>: these Reservists fulfil a full range of duties appropriate to the post in a single, restricted location but with a liability for compulsory detachment limited to training periods and other limited duties specified in the individual’s FTRS commitment. Detachment does not extend to travel to a theatre of operations unless mobilised.</p><p> </p><p>FTRS is a fixed term commitment, and can be short-term or long-term. Conditions of Service for each type of commitment are detailed in single Service regulations. A Reservist will normally be given, or be required to give, three to six months’ notice of termination if they wish to end the commitment early but a commitment can be terminated at any time by mutual consent. The Service can terminate an FTRS commitment at any time. There is no redundancy policy. The basic pay (i.e. without X-factor) of a Reservist on FTRS is the same as that of a Regular, with X-factor set at either 0, 5, or 14.5% depending upon the commitment.</p><p> </p><p>Special members of the Reserve Forces, commonly known as Sponsored Reserves, differ from other members of the military as they are employed at all times through the contractor and only receive relevant military training to allow them to survive, operate and perform their contracted task as military personnel in an operational environment. This varies depending on the environments in which they are contracted to operate. Section 40 of RFA 96 sets out the liability of Sponsored Reserves to be called out or to train. Pay and conditions of service for Sponsored Reserves are determined by their contract of employment with their employer.</p><p> </p><p>The Regular Reserve Force comprises the Royal Fleet Reserve, Army Regular Reserve and Royal Air Force Regular Reserve. Members of this Reserve Force are all former Regular members of the Armed Forces. Many retain a liability to be called out for service, the duration of which is determined by their previous contract type, length of Regular service and reason for leaving. Some are available to provide specialist capability for a limited time after leaving Regular service; all form a strategic reserve for resilience and regeneration of our Armed Forces in case of national crisis. In general, ex-Regular Reservists have only been called upon to support routine operations if they have volunteered or when volunteer reservists have not been available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/01/2018 14:59:03 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon