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1690800

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Health and Safety
	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 comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	15115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department complies with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 through Joint Service Publications (JSPs) 375 and 912. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jsp-375-health-and-safety-handbook" target="_blank">JSP 375</a> sets out policy for managing the health and safety of personnel in defence including assessing and managing workplace and equipment safety. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/human-factors-integration-in-defence-systems-jsp-912" target="_blank">JSP 912</a> explains the requirement for human factors integration in defence systems and how to go about it.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Department provides a comprehensive framework of guidance and a dedicated Workplace Adjustment Service to ensure individuals who may have any additional requirements are not disadvantaged and have appropriate workplace adjustments in place.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 29/02/2024 17:20:46 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1688573

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Health and Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	13757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>All activities across Defence are conducted within the elements of a Safe System of Work. Defence health and safety policy sets clear responsibilities for Commanding Officers, Heads of Establishment and managers with regards to the identification and management of hazards and the control of potential risks including a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/02/2024 13:33:56 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1626658

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Holiday Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications of the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling in the 2017 case of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Willetts & Ors for the calculation of holiday pay entitlement for staff in her Department; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	184428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence includes all overtime in the calculation of holiday pay entitlements, and therefore assesses there are no implications from this Employment Tribunal (UKEAT/0334/16/JOJ) for its staff.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 18/05/2023 10:34:12 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1603603

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pastoral Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to implement the recommendations of the review of the provision of non-religious pastoral support to the Armed Forces; and whether he plans to work with Humanists UK and the Non-Religious Pastoral Support Network to accredit humanist and non-religious chaplains to the Armed Forces.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	163840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>Military Chaplains are professionally qualified to provide pastoral care to everyone, regardless of faith or belief background. However, should a Service person feel uncomfortable with talking to a Chaplain, they are able to seek appropriate professional support from a variety of alternative sources, which can be facilitated by the Chaplain. This includes their Chain of Command, through the Services' professional social workers, medical staff, and dedicated welfare staff. Mutual support is also available via the various staff networks, including the Humanist and Non-Religious in Defence (HAND) Network.</p><p> </p><p>Having carefully considered whether this provision is adequate and suitably reflects the needs of all our people, we have recently conducted a review of this matter and consider the provision of pastoral care merits enhancement so that we can deliver even better support. Accordingly, we are intending to recruit a non-religious pastoral officer for each of the Armed Services, and are currently working with a range of stakeholders from the within the breadth of the AF community to determine how best to take this forward including how we engage with appropriate professional endorsing bodies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 16/03/2023 15:19:04 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

1588200

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps they have taken to operate a disability confident scheme for those seeking promotion in their Department; and how many and what proportion of those candidates who declared themselves as having a disability and who applied under the scheme were (a) interviewed and (b) promoted in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	150538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>The Disability Confident scheme was formally launched by the Department for Work and Pensions in November 2016. It is designed to give employers the skills, techniques and confidence they need to recruit, retain and develop disabled staff.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme has three levels. To reach Level Three, Disability Confident Leader, an employer must run through a self-assessment of their disabled employment policies and practices, put this self-assessment up for external validation, produce a plan for encouraging and supporting other employers to become Disability Confident, and undertake to use the Voluntary Reporting framework to publicly report on how they support their disabled staff. All of the main Government Departments are now signed up as Disability Confident Leaders including the Ministry of Defence (MOD).</p><p> </p><p>The data regarding the proportion of candidates who declared themselves as having a disability and who applied to MOD under the scheme who were promoted or laterally transferred could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The table below details the number of staff invited to interview who declared themselves as having a disability and also applied under the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Only internal applicants have been included as they are the only staff who can be promoted or laterally transferred.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Area interviewed</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>Percentage of total (%)</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>Percentage of total (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MOD (including SDA and DE&amp;S)</p></td><td><p>433</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>439</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes / Caveats -</strong></p><ul><li>All data is taken from the feed from the recruitment systems used between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2022. The data will only include MOD applications that took place on recruitment systems between these dates.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 151325 question first answered 28/02/2023 11:48:41 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1588611

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps they have taken in their Department to operate the Disability Confident employer scheme for those seeking a lateral transfer; and how many and what proportion of candidates who declared themselves as having a disability and who applied under that scheme where (a) interviewed and (b) laterally transferred in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	151325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>The Disability Confident scheme was formally launched by the Department for Work and Pensions in November 2016. It is designed to give employers the skills, techniques and confidence they need to recruit, retain and develop disabled staff.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme has three levels. To reach Level Three, Disability Confident Leader, an employer must run through a self-assessment of their disabled employment policies and practices, put this self-assessment up for external validation, produce a plan for encouraging and supporting other employers to become Disability Confident, and undertake to use the Voluntary Reporting framework to publicly report on how they support their disabled staff. All of the main Government Departments are now signed up as Disability Confident Leaders including the Ministry of Defence (MOD).</p><p> </p><p>The data regarding the proportion of candidates who declared themselves as having a disability and who applied to MOD under the scheme who were promoted or laterally transferred could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The table below details the number of staff invited to interview who declared themselves as having a disability and also applied under the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Only internal applicants have been included as they are the only staff who can be promoted or laterally transferred.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Area interviewed</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>Percentage of total (%)</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>Percentage of total (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MOD (including SDA and DE&amp;S)</p></td><td><p>433</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>439</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes / Caveats -</strong></p><ul><li>All data is taken from the feed from the recruitment systems used between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2022. The data will only include MOD applications that took place on recruitment systems between these dates.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 150538 question first answered 28/02/2023 11:48:41 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1582288

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Conditions of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if they will take steps to (a) publish an equality impact assessment and (b) consult with trade unions when proposing new HR policies for their Department; and if they will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	136662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 26 January 2023 to Question 127799 and the answer I gave on 30 January 2023 to Question 128663.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name 127799 - Ministry of Defence Trade Unions.docx title Ministry of Defence: Trade Unions 2 file name 128663 - Ministry of Defence Equality.docx title Ministry of Defence: Equality question first answered 07/02/2023 11:00:48 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1581919

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps their Department takes to comply with section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992; and if they will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	135317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 26 January 2023 to Question 127799.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 06/02/2023 11:40:57 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name UIN 127799.docx title Ministry of Defence: Trade Unions
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1581304

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Equality
	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 ensure his Department complies with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code; and whether that monitoring data gathered is shared with union representatives.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	133750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 30 January 2023 to question 128663:</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 02/02/2023 13:52:50 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name UIN 128663.docx title Ministry of Defence: Equality
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1569017

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Equality
	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 ensure his Department complies with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code; and whether that monitoring data gathered is shared with union representatives.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	128663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to making the step changes required to create a more inclusive environment, enabling everyone, irrespective of background, to deliver our Defence outputs, enhance our operational effectiveness and better defend and represent the nation we serve.</p><p> </p><p>Policy and people decisions are only implemented following the satisfactory completion of an Equality Analysis which analyses any impact on staff, depending on their protected characteristics. The Ministry of Defence publishes a biannual diversity dashboard report on its civilian personnel. This information is published as Official Statistics, the latest of which provides data as at 1 October 2022: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fmod-diversity-dashboard-october-2022%2Fcivilian-personnel-biannual-diversity-dashboard-report-october-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CMatthew.Aves243%40mod.gov.uk%7Cb17eb6fbc79f471114a108dafe281f6a%7Cbe7760ed5953484bae95d0a16dfa09e5%7C0%7C0%7C638101745515768402%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=fxiCz0i7FGjeL4pQQTJ7kvCo4qExSRPQUQMG480pN7A%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-diversity-dashboard-october-2022/civilian-personnel-biannual-diversity-dashboard-report-october-2022</a></p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 30/01/2023 12:03:11 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens