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347433

	registered interest
	date	29/05/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Job Satisfaction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve morale in the armed forces; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>This Government is determined to protect and improve the morale of the Service personnel who contribute and sacrifice so much for our country. That is why we enshrined the Armed Forces Covenant in law and put our people at the centre of policy making and delivery. We have introduced a raft of measures to improve Service life, including improved welfare support, the £200 million Forces Help to Buy scheme and a permanent commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant through a £10 million per annum fund which starts this year.</p><p> </p><p>These efforts are yielding clear dividends, and I am pleased that the recently published 2015 Armed Forces continuous attitude survey demonstrates an increase in officers who rate their morale as high - up from 41% in 2014 to 45% in 2015 - while the same figure for other ranks remains level at 39%. It is also noteworthy that the number of Service personnel who would recommend others to join the Armed Forces has increased from 41% to 47%. These figures are encouraging, especially when viewed against the context of the tough decisions around headcount reductions and pay restraint.</p><p> </p><p>I recognise that more remains to be done, and we will continue to strive to ensure that our Armed Forces feel valued and that their contribution and sacrifice is recognised, including through the development of the New Employment Model which aims to produce a modernised offer that reduces the impact of Service life on individuals and their families. We remain on course to meet Future Force 2020 targets as we move towards the agile and flexible force needed to keep us safe at home and abroad.</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><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 03/06/2015 16:10:06 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

347315

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Katrice Lee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects Operation Bute to be concluded; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
	uin	331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Royal Military Police made contact with the German authorities on three occasions in 2014 and five in 2015. In addition they met with the German authorities in 2012 and 2013 to discuss the case. The table below provides dates of the contacts with the German authorities in 2014 and 2015:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>2014</td><td>2015</td></tr><tr><td>16 July</td><td>5 January</td></tr><tr><td>21 October</td><td>8 January</td></tr><tr><td>20 November</td><td>21 April</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>30 April</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>6 May</td></tr></tbody></table><p>As the investigation is still under way it would not be helpful to speculate on when it might conclude. However Katrice’s family is being kept informed of any developments.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 330 question first answered 04/06/2015 16:19:18 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

347349

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Katrice Lee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates the Royal Military Police (a) made contact and (b) met with the German authorities in (i) 2014 and (ii) 2015 on the case of Katrice Lee.
	tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
	uin	330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Royal Military Police made contact with the German authorities on three occasions in 2014 and five in 2015. In addition they met with the German authorities in 2012 and 2013 to discuss the case. The table below provides dates of the contacts with the German authorities in 2014 and 2015:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>2014</td><td>2015</td></tr><tr><td>16 July</td><td>5 January</td></tr><tr><td>21 October</td><td>8 January</td></tr><tr><td>20 November</td><td>21 April</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>30 April</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>6 May</td></tr></tbody></table><p>As the investigation is still under way it would not be helpful to speculate on when it might conclude. However Katrice’s family is being kept informed of any developments.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 331 question first answered 04/06/2015 16:19:18 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

347120

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	United Nations: Peacekeeping Operations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will instigate a (a) medal, (b) day of national recognition and (c) site of remembrance to recognise the contribution of UK personnel deployed in Bosnia, Cyprus, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mali on UN peacekeeping missions; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>UK Armed Forces personnel deployed on a United Nations (UN) operation are eligible to receive the appropriate UN medal, if they meet the criteria. The UK does not usually institute a medal where the UN already has one available to UK personnel.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of national recognition, Armed Forces Day provides a chance for the public to show their support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces community. This includes currently serving personnel, their families, veterans and cadets. To honour those who have sadly lost their lives whilst in service, we have Remembrance Day.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not fund memorials, but all those who have lost their lives whilst in the service of our country since the end of the Second World War, are commemorated on the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 05/06/2015 12:27:29 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

347307

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Air Force: Military Bases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF bases in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland are (i) operational and (ii) in caretaker status.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>For the purposes of answering this question I have taken operational base to be any RAF base that supports frontline operations, such as main operating bases and training establishments. There are 27 operational RAF bases in England: included in this are two RAF-named units operated by other Front Line Commands, and the tri-service technical training bases. There is one RAF base in Scotland and none in Northern Ireland. There are two RAF bases in Wales, which includes a technical training base. These figures do not include minor RAF units; RAF-operated diversionary airfields at Army units; sites operated by the United States Visiting Forces; sites only used by University Air Squadrons, Air Experience Flights, and Volunteer Glider Squadrons; Force Development Training Centres; Air Weapon Ranges; or remote radar and radio sites. There is one former RAF base in the UK that is in caretaker status, which is in England.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 05/06/2015 12:26:46 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

347437

	registered interest
	date	29/05/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Queen Mary: Salvage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to investigate allegations that the wreck of the battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary has been looted by salvors operating illegally.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>In March 2011 the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) received an allegation of theft of artefacts from the sunken battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary. After due consideration it was concluded by the MDP that no further action could be taken. Any new information will be considered by the MDP in the normal manner.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 05/06/2015 12:25:42 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

348112

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mefloquine
	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 1 June 2015 to Question 126, when he expects to be able to place in the Library the correspondence between his Department and Public Health England in relation to use of Lariam or Mefloquine and reports of (a) hallucinations, (b) psychosis and (c) suicidal thoughts in personnel prescribed those medications for the period 2010 to 2015; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>I will write to the hon. Member when the information is available and place a copy in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 05/06/2015 12:28:17 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

348764

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army Cadet Force
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of support provided by his Department to the Army Cadet Force.
	tabling member constituency	Amber Valley
	tabling member printed	Nigel Mills
	uin	900130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Cadet organisations, including the Army Cadet Force, play an important part in the opportunities available to young people to develop skills and experiences alongside their education. The Ministry of Defence is pleased to support them and does so with over £150 million of funding each year. 100 new cadet units were established under the Cadet Expansion Programme in english schools during the last Parliament; along with a target to reach 500 cadet units in schools by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 08/06/2015 16:23:15 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4136 label Biography information for Nigel Mills

348133

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Disciplinary Proceedings
	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 1 June 2015 to Question 157, on the right of armed forces personnel to make a complaint following their illegal punishment following the receipt of a police caution in the last year and with reference to the contribution of the hon. Member for Broxtowe on 2 February 2015, Official Report, column 64, in which she gave a commitment to place notices in the usual places such as websites and magazines, if he will make a similar commitment; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>With reference to my answer of 1 June 2015 to Question 157 consideration is being given to how best to contact the small proportion of affected individuals remaining. I am happy to meet the hon. Member to discuss this issue.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 09/06/2015 15:29:13 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

348406

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant: Wirral South
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what organisations in Wirral South constituency have received funding from the Libor fund; and how much each such organisation has received.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 2 June 2015 to Question 428 to the hon. Member for St Helens North (Conor McGinn).</p><p>In addition, it is likely that other organisations have benefited from LIBOR funds distributed by other Government Departments. However this information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster attachment 1 file name HOC 979.doc title Hansard Extract 2 June 2015 2 file name 20150601-40M Veterans Accommodation Fund[1].doc HOC979.doc title Veterans Accomoation Fund 3 file name 20150601-35M LIBOR Fund(2).xls HL 115.xls HOC 979.xls title Libor Fund question first answered 09/06/2015 15:27:14 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern