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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

795442

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how compensation payments made to armed forces personnel illegally dismissed following the receipt of a police caution are calculated on a year-by-year basis for people whose personal circumstances change from year to year; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	115863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Since 2015, the Services have been dealing with Service complaints from serving and former personnel who were subject to administrative action following receipt of a police caution. It will take time to gather the very detailed information requested by the hon. Member, and I will write to her when this is available.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 115865 115885 115886 question first answered 30/11/2017 16:49:23 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

795465

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how he assesses whether people seeking compensation after illegal dismissal from the armed forces for having had a receivable police caution were, at the time of their decision, (a) willing to remain in the forces and (b) accept redundancy; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	115886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Since 2015, the Services have been dealing with Service complaints from serving and former personnel who were subject to administrative action following receipt of a police caution. It will take time to gather the very detailed information requested by the hon. Member, and I will write to her when this is available.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 115863 115865 115885 question first answered 30/11/2017 16:49:23 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

756794

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Air Force: Cadets
	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 air cadets have completed courses in gliding in each of the last five years; how many air cadets have completed gliding courses in each of the volunteer gliding squadrons since 2014; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	7851
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The numbers of cadets that have completed gliding courses and been awarded wings in each of the last five years are as follows:</p><p>2013 - 11,748</p><p>2014 - 1,705</p><p>2015 - 53</p><p>2016 - 142</p><p>2017 - 741</p><p>In 2013 and 2014 these courses were across all Volunteer Gliding Squadrons (VGS). In 2015 and 2016 these were with Central Gliding School (CGS) Syerston. In 2017 in addition to CGS, these also include courses with the three VGS that have returned to flight, 637VGS at Little Rissington, 644VGS at Syerston and 635VGS at Topcliffe.</p><p>Prior to the gliding pause, which commenced in Apr 2014, there were circa 560 qualified gliding instructors spread over the VGS. Many of these gliding instructors are undertaking ground duties while awaiting completion of their 'return to flying' package. This includes instructing groundschool topics and on the Part Task Trainers which are our ground based simulators.</p><p>61 instructors have now completed their 'return to flying' package and regained their gliding instructional qualifications to deliver airborne training to cadets.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 7853 question first answered 12/09/2017 16:25:09 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

765751

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many awards have been made for claims of punitive damages in cases of death of military personnel in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	106017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>Claims data is not recorded in a way which identifies claims in which Courts awarded punitive or exemplary damages against the Department in cases involving the death of military personnel. It is, however, believed that there have been no cases at all in the last 10 years.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/10/2017 13:04:17 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

795444

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims for compensation for illegal dismissal of service personnel who received a police caution have included payments for (a) emotional distress and (b) mental heath impacts; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	115865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Since 2015, the Services have been dealing with Service complaints from serving and former personnel who were subject to administrative action following receipt of a police caution. It will take time to gather the very detailed information requested by the hon. Member, and I will write to her when this is available.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 115863 115885 115886 question first answered 30/11/2017 16:49:23 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

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

756796

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Gliding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many instructors qualified to conduct gliding lessons through the Volunteer Gliding Squadrons have been available to offer lessons in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	7853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The numbers of cadets that have completed gliding courses and been awarded wings in each of the last five years are as follows:</p><p>2013 - 11,748</p><p>2014 - 1,705</p><p>2015 - 53</p><p>2016 - 142</p><p>2017 - 741</p><p>In 2013 and 2014 these courses were across all Volunteer Gliding Squadrons (VGS). In 2015 and 2016 these were with Central Gliding School (CGS) Syerston. In 2017 in addition to CGS, these also include courses with the three VGS that have returned to flight, 637VGS at Little Rissington, 644VGS at Syerston and 635VGS at Topcliffe.</p><p>Prior to the gliding pause, which commenced in Apr 2014, there were circa 560 qualified gliding instructors spread over the VGS. Many of these gliding instructors are undertaking ground duties while awaiting completion of their 'return to flying' package. This includes instructing groundschool topics and on the Part Task Trainers which are our ground based simulators.</p><p>61 instructors have now completed their 'return to flying' package and regained their gliding instructional qualifications to deliver airborne training to cadets.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 7851 question first answered 12/09/2017 16:25:09 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

752595

	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	Ministry of Defence: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's personnel have taken flights to (a) Washington DC, (b) Las Vegas, (c) Seattle, (d) Los Angeles, (e) Orlando and (f) Dallas Fort Walworth in each month of the last two years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	5082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is continuously searching for ways to reduce costs and deliver value for money for the tax payer. As a result, we have achieved savings of around £60 million a year in non-operational travel since financial year 2009-10.</p><p>Information about flights taken between April 2015 and March 2017 by MOD personnel is provided in the attached table. The data includes flights from the UK to the listed airports, as well as flights from these sites to the UK.</p><p>Overseas travel by MOD staff makes a key contribution to achieving defence objectives. A number of MOD personnel and defence contractors are based in the United States and staff need to travel to these sites to conduct essential business.</p><p>Overall expenditure on MOD travel is reducing, and we plan to make further savings, including by making greater use of video and audio conferencing.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 5081 question first answered 20/07/2017 16:01:14 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name 20170719_PQ2017-07058-07060_Moon_Overseas_travel[1].docx title Overseas Travel
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

765752

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Gliding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many places on Volunteer Gliding Squadron courses will be available in 2018; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	106130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Volunteer Gliding Squadron courses are allocated on a rolling basis and vary according to requirements between longer Silver Wings Courses and shorter Blue/Bronze Wings courses. Consequently, the total number of course places available is not programmed in advance. However, it is envisaged to be greatly expanded in 2018, compared to 2017.</p><p>In addition, we are expanding other aspects of the Cadet Aviation Offer, including to provide additional civilian gliding experience at up to 14 civil gliding sites, powered flying opportunities at RAF Flying Club Association clubs, enhanced synthetic training at the Regional Aerospace Ground Schools and more musters of cadets to fly as passengers in military helicopters and larger military aircraft.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 16/10/2017 14:15:16 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon