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348395

	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	Ministry of Defence: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian grievance cases against his Department were initiated by contractors or manpower substitutes in each year since 2010; and how many such cases were successful.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The information on the number of formal grievance cases initiated by contractors or manpower substitutes is not available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. This is because although the name of the complainant is initially recorded when the grievance is raised, the complainant's details would have to be manually accessed to identify their employment status.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 10/06/2015 15:56:39 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

349802

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Languages
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military and (b) civilian staff in his Department are proficient in (i) Arabic, (ii) Persian, (iii) Turkish, (iv) Berber, (v) Kurdish, (vi) Polish and (vii) Russian.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	1844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The numbers of personnel in the military and civil service in the Ministry of Defence who are proficient in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Berber, Kurdish, Polish and Russian is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Language</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total military</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total MOD Civil Servants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arabic</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Persian/Farsi</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>Not captured</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkish</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berber</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>Not captured</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kurdish</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Polish</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russian</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/06/2015 16:17:00 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

349803

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Legal Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies spent on legal fees in each year since 2010; and under what budget sub-headings that expenditure was made.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	1845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The information regarding the legal costs for the Department and Executive Agencies is not held centrally. Therefore, the information necessary to properly answer the hon. Member's question is not readily accessible.</p><p>I will write to the hon. Member once we have gathered the necessary information provided it does not exceed the disproportionate cost limit.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 18/06/2015 15:43:15 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

383813

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which buildings occupied by his Department are owned or part-owned privately; what the total value is of the rent paid to private landlords for the use of such buildings for official duties; and to whom such rent is paid.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	3099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>This information is not available as requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 24/06/2015 16:09:08 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

383819

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft
	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 17 June 2015 to Question 1740, whether infrastructure work in advance of the arrival of the F-35 squadron has begun at RAF Marham.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	3212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>The infrastructure work at RAF Marham is due to commence at the end of 2015.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 24/06/2015 16:08:38 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

384524

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence Police
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to what ongoing tasks in which countries the Ministry of Defence Police Special Escort Group have been assigned.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	3388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>This information is being withheld for the purpose of safeguarding national security.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/06/2015 15:25:57 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

384525

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	3470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the then Minister for International Security Strategy (Dr Andrew Murrison) on 12 February 2014 (Official Report, column 698W).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/06/2015 15:25:21 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name HOC 3470 Hansard Extract 12 February 2014.doc title Buildings
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

384659

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Pitcairn Islands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when an officer of the Ministry of Defence Police last visited the Pitcairn Islands.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	3440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>The most recent Ministry of Defence Police deployment to Pitcairn Island, which was at the request of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, concluded on 14 February 2007.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 24/06/2015 16:10:10 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

423547

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Army (a) officers and (b) regular soldiers are recruited from (i) Scotland, (ii) England and Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	13240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>The proportion of regular Army officers and soldiers recruited from each country of the United Kingdom for 2014-15 is shown below:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Regular</p></td><td><p>Officer</p></td><td><p>Soldier</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>88.4%</p></td><td><p>80.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>4.7%</p></td><td><p>8.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>4.7%</p></td><td><p>6.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>N Ireland</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The locations shown reflect the contact addresses recorded and may not be the home address. ‘Other’ refers to non-UK contact addresses, or those not identifiable, but does not include Gurkhas.</p><br /> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 28/10/2015 17:31:34 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

423769

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Forces Help to Buy Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications have been made to the forces help to buy scheme in (a) each region in England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in each month since that scheme's inception; and how many such applications have been successful in each of those areas.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	13476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <br /><br /><p>The Forces Help to Buy scheme was introduced in April 2014 and has been popular and successful amongst Service personnel and their families. To date, the scheme has helped over 5,000 military personnel purchase their own property, and a further 1,900 approved applications are awaiting the completion of the property purchase.</p><br /><p>The information requested is not readily available, but the following table shows the number of recipients, by English regions, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, where applications have been successful.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Forces Help To Buy Recipients</strong> <strong>(Numbers)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England - </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,300</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>250</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>400</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><p>Note: Figures have been rounded</p><br /><p>The Forces Help to Buy demonstrates the Department’s commitment to strengthen the Armed Forces covenant, ensuring that personnel and their families are not disadvantaged by their service. By giving our Service personnel this extra help, those who aspire to be homeowners will be able to set down roots and get onto the property ladder, giving their families the domestic stability that many of us take for granted.</p><br /><br /><p><br></p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/10/2015 16:43:22 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne