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	registered interest
	date	18/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Iran: Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps diplomatic staff based at the British Embassy in Tehran are taking to increase trade between Iran and the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	22886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.</p><br /><p>We want to help British businesses take advantage of the opportunities that economic re-engagement with Iran will bring. UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) are engaging with UK businesses to provide support and assistance to help ensure they benefit from opportunities as they arise. UKTI now have a presence in the British Embassy in Tehran.</p><br /><p>During his visit to Tehran in October, my noble Friend the Minister for Trade and Investment, Lord Maude, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with his Iranian counterpart that sets the direction for our future economic and business relationship.</p><br /><p>There is a desire on both sides to build a long-term bilateral relationship based on partnership, where trade and investment is a key pillar.</p><br /> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 21/01/2016 15:55:40 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

752590

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Civilians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) women and (b) men are employed in administrative roles in each service.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	5108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not hold this information in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/07/2017 15:35:54 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

751268

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Nepalese citizens were recruited by his Department in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	4687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Information on the numbers of Nepali nationals recruited into the Brigade of Gurkhas and UK Regular Forces, by Financial Year (FY), is provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY2010-11</p></td><td><p>FY2011-12</p></td><td><p>FY2012-13</p></td><td><p>FY2013-14</p></td><td><p>FY2014-15</p></td><td><p>FY2015-16</p></td><td><p>FY2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: The vast majority of Nepali national intake is to the Brigade of Gurkhas, with only a small number joining the UK Regulars. Numbers are rounded and do not include Locally Employed Civilians.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/07/2017 15:16:18 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

754050

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many additional (a) family houses and (b) single living accommodation will be required for (i) officers and (ii) non-commissioned staff at Gamecock Barracks, Nuneaton as a result of the proposals in his Department's Better Defence Estate report, published in November 2016.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	6094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The number of additional staff located at Gamecock Barracks has yet to be determined. Therefore, the amount of additional accommodation required is yet to be determined.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 05/09/2017 14:10:49 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

754048

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: York
	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 civil servants in the City of York are employed by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	6091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>As of 31 March 2017 there were 439 civil servants employed by the Ministry of Defence in the City of York. This represents 17.4 per cent of civil servants in the City of York.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 05/09/2017 14:08:03 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

754041

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces compensation scheme claims were turned down due to the claimant exceeding the seven year time limit before submitting a claim in (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	6258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The number of applications recorded on the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme computer system as being turned down due to the claim exceeding the seven year time limit are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 05/09/2017 14:08:36 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

754609

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces Independence Payment
	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 claimed the Armed Forces Independence Payment in each year (a) before 6 April 2005 and (b) from 6 April 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
	tabling member printed	Jo Churchill
	uin	6700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP) was not introduced until 8 April 2013. The number of currently serving Armed Forces personnel who claimed AFIP in each Financial Year since that date is set out below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>AFIP Claimants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>36*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>54</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*The higher number of claimants in Financial Year 2013/14 includes those who were eligible to claim retrospectively from the date of inception of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme on 6 April 2005.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>AFIP only becomes payable once an individual leaves the Armed Forces and is in receipt of a Guaranteed Income Payment of 50% or more, under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.</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 05/09/2017 14:10:26 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill

751276

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Royal Household
	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 have been attached to the Royal Household in each year since 2013-14; and what the cost of such attachments has been in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	4600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Members of the Armed Forces are attached to the Royal Household in order to provide support to the Head of State and manage the extensive involvement and interaction of the Royal Family with the UK military at home and abroad. They also support state ceremonial events and formal, state-sponsored visits by members of the Royal Family. Information on Armed Forces personnel permanently attached to the Royal Household is provided in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Financial year</em></p></td><td><p><em>Service personnel permanently attached to the Royal Household</em></p></td><td><p><em>Approximate cost (£)</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>800,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>800,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>890,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>930,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><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 17/07/2017 14:40:39 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

747742

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian jobs and functions within his Department have been outsourced to the private sector in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	2552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is critically reviewing all activities and functions undertaken by the civilian workforce. We will review and test, based on value for money assessments, how these activities and functions could best be done in the future. The achievement of the Department's objectives, including the delivery of front-line operational capabilities, remains our priority. Alternative delivery models will be evaluated.</p><p>The Department outsourced 4,090 staff between Financial Year (FY) 2012-13 and FY2016-17 (inclusive), broken down by year as follows: FY2012-13 (380 staff); FY2013-14 (zero staff); FY2014-15 (2,355 staff); FY2015-16 (1,130 staff) and FY2016-17 (225 staff).</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 2549 2556 question first answered 11/07/2017 16:15:39 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

732913

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many contracts put out to tender by his Department were awarded to (a) charities and (b) social enterprises in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	1249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 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 04/07/2017 14:15:10 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett