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1127390

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	How many organisations have signed up to the armed forces covenant.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	910986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>To date over 3,600 organisations have signed the Covenant at an average rate of 30 per week, up from five per month in 2014. In addition, all Local Authorities in Great Britain and four in Northern Ireland have pledged to uphold the Armed Forces Covenant.</p><p> </p><p>Broadening support for the Covenant is a top priority for the Ministerial Covenant and Veterans Board and the Armed Forces Covenant annual report outlines the progress we have made.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/05/2019 16:45:48 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1126572

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of officials in her Department office took sick leave for reasons relating to stress in the last 12 months; what proportion that leave was of total sick leave taken in her Department; and what the cost was to her Department of officials taking sick leave over that period.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	254081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Civilian Sickness Absence data has been published on the GOV.UK website since January 2016 and the latest available edition can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-civilian-sickness-absence-financial-year-201718.</p><p> </p><p>Data relating to the 12 month period to 31 March 2019 is due to be published on 13 June 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD takes the health and wellbeing of its personnel very seriously. The Department’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy for all MOD employees, military and civilian, is designed to provide guidance to the chain of command and civilian line managers on how to manage the health needs, both mental and physical, of their people. The aim is to maximise the number of people fit to work, managing people back to work after a period of sickness, so that they are fit and able to meet the requirements of Defence outputs, including operational effectiveness. In 2017, the Department also launched its Defence People Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2017–2022 with a four-step plan of implementation; promotion, prevention, detection and treatment.</p><p> </p><p>All civilian staff can access the Department’s Employee Wellbeing Service which offers emotional support and advice on life events as well as counselling services. In addition, the Speak Safe helpline provides a safe space to discuss issues relating to bullying, harassment and discrimination. The Department also has over 2,000 civilian and military Mental Health First Aiders, each of whom has completed a two-day course delivered in accordance with the requirements of Mental Health First Aid England (or equivalent).</p><p> </p><p>The MOD offers a range of flexibilities to enable a better work-life balance for civilian employees. The department recognises that by enabling employees to create a good work-life balance it benefits by attracting and retaining high calibre staff.</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> </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> </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> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/05/2019 13:09:22 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1127304

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Military Police: Lambeth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cadets regularly use the Ministry of Defence Royal Military Police Centre on Upper Tulse Hill SW2 2RS; and how many cadets have passed through that facility.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	255675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>A Royal Military Police Company, Cadet detachment, and associated Cadet headquarters are based at the site. Currently, 77 cadets attend eight hours of training there each week. An additional 388 cadets have passed through the facility between 5 December 2006 and 24 January 2019.</p><p>When there is spare capacity, the site is used for training by other Government Departments and for wider defence purposes.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 255674 question first answered 23/05/2019 14:39:59 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1127303

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Military Police: Lambeth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hours the Ministry of Defence Royal Military Police Centre on Upper Tulse Hill SW2 2RS is used per week.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	255674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>A Royal Military Police Company, Cadet detachment, and associated Cadet headquarters are based at the site. Currently, 77 cadets attend eight hours of training there each week. An additional 388 cadets have passed through the facility between 5 December 2006 and 24 January 2019.</p><p>When there is spare capacity, the site is used for training by other Government Departments and for wider defence purposes.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 255675 question first answered 23/05/2019 14:39:59 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1125582

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Bullying
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many instances of alleged bullying have been made in Northern Ireland (a) in Army Cadet Force units and (b) where the complainant at the time of the complaint held the rank of Lieutenant or above in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	252491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>Allegations of this type are recorded under the category of bullying and harassment. On average, 10 allegations of bullying and harassment have been made within each of the three previous financial years by members of the Army Cadet Force units in Northern Ireland, although this should not be taken to assume there were 10 in each year; the numbers vary. This will include cadets and all Cadet Force Adult Volunteers (officers, adult instructors and non-uniformed volunteers). To provide the number of allegations made by those holding the rank of Lieutenant and above would be disclosive given the very small number involved.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 14/05/2019 15:19:33 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1126175

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in her Department who were transferred or seconded to work (a) in other departments or (b) on other departmental briefs on preparations for the UK to leave the EU, have since returned to her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	253469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>Four Ministry of Defence (MOD) civil servants remain augumenting in Other Government Departments as preparation for the UK to leave the EU. A total of 257 MOD civil servants were augmented to Other Government Departments including those who were augmented in support of Operation Yellowhammer. As at 14 May 2019, 253 had returned to the MOD.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 22/05/2019 15:10:08 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 119453 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1126044

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Former Ministers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much her Department has paid to hon. Members under section 4 of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 since 13 July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	253613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Any such payments are published in the Department's audited annual accounts, which can be found on the gov.uk website at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-defence-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/05/2019 13:16:06 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1125697

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if she will publish a list of (a) land and (b) buildings that her Department is in the process of selling and/or disposing of; how many of those buildings are empty; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	252480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>A copy of a list showing land and buildings that are in the process of being disposed of has been placed in the Library of the House.</p><p>Some 47 sites on the report are empty, each site may contain multiple buildings.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 15/05/2019 14:33:52 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name 252480 - List of MOD land and buildings being disposed.xlsx title List of MOD land and buildings being disposed
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1127636

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons: Testing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if she will release all F Med 12 and F Med 29 forms that were completed during the UK's nuclear weapons testing programme for analysis by the British Nuclear Test Veterans Association.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	256301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>For reasons of medical confidentiality and data protection, disclosing individuals' medical records to third parties requires the explicit consent of each data subject. The Ministry of Defence will consider all such requests on a case by case basis.</p><p>Where the data subject is deceased relatives can request their healthcare records, albeit there is no automatic right to access. Patient confidentiality can be over-ridden and records released if there is a legal claim as a result of the death. Again, each such request would be considered on a case by case basis.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/05/2019 14:43:25 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1126612

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	RAF Northolt: Repairs and Maintenance
	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 12 March 2019 to Question 228557 on RAF Northolt: Repairs and Maintenance, what progress he has made on (a) the runway and (b) associated infrastructure construction works; what estimate his Department has made of the cost of those works; and if he make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	254092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The runway was closed as planned on 15 April 2019 to fixed wing aircraft. Rotary wing operations have continued, while fixed wing aircraft are now operating from RAF Benson.</p><p>Construction works have commenced to remove the existing runway surface and arrestor beds. This will be followed by preparatory works for resurfacing the runway, installation of new arrestor beds and new approach lighting. Works will continue through summer to be completed in late October 2019.</p><p>The estimated capital cost of the project is £23 million inclusive of VAT. The works will assure military flying operations in support of UK Defence and the wider Government at RAF Northolt for the next 10 - 15 years.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/05/2019 16:48:48 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas