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1682445

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Sexual Offences
	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 15 January 2024 to Question 9109 on Ministry of Defence: Sexual Offences, how much has been paid by the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force in (i) common law compensation claims that included an allegation of sexual abuse and (ii) out-of-court damages in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	9910
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>Pursuant to the answer of 15 January 2024 to Question 9109 common law compensation claims received since 2019 which have included an allegation of sexual assault or sexual abuse, have resulted in the damages payments below split by Service.</p><p> </p><p>The payments include damages paid on an interim basis for continuing claims and damages paid on full and final settlement basis.</p><p> </p><p>2019 (a) Army - £826,610.68; (b) Royal Navy - £406,250.00; (c) RAF - £1,211,900.00</p><p>2020 (a) Army - £1,132,960.25; (b) Royal Navy - £415,180.00; (c) RAF - £1,350,000.00</p><p>2021 (a) Army - £163,500.00; (b) Royal Navy - £1,015,900.00; (c) RAF - £508,250.00</p><p>2022 (a) Army - £425,335.00; (b) Royal Navy - £720,513.58; (c) RAF - £50,500.00</p><p>2023 (a) Army - £110,000.00; (b) Royal Navy - Nil; (c) RAF – Nil</p><p> </p><p>Since all settlements were reached out of Court it is not possible to separate between the two categories (i) and (ii).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 19/01/2024 13:09:33 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1682556

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Commonwealth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on the roles Commonwealth soldiers are eligible to apply for while serving in the British Army.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	9899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>Commonwealth citizens are eligible to apply to join the UK Armed Forces. Like their British and Irish counterparts, they must meet the required eligibility criteria including age, educational, fitness and medical, as well as UK residency for security vetting purposes which varies depending on rank and role. In addition, since November 2018 there has been an annual limit of up to 1,350 Commonwealth citizens who can be recruited each year by the Armed Forces. The Army also has a 15% limit on the number of Commonwealth citizens serving in each cap badge. These requirements can limit the number of roles available at a particular time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 26/01/2024 10:54:30 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1682432

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
	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 implications for his policies of trends in the level of (a) recruitment and (b) retention in the armed forces.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	9841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>The current level of Armed Forces recruitment and retention is lower than we would wish, a challenge we face in common with our allies. Nevertheless, the Armed Forces continue to meet all their operational commitments.</p><p> </p><p>To address recruitment, a range of tangible short-term deliverables are being actioned to increasing the inflow into Armed Forces recruitment pipelines, all intended to increase the breadth of potential candidates and to drive efficiencies into recruitment systems. These ongoing and new initiatives are focused upon engaging the broad range of skills, experience and diversity needed to deliver that which our nation demands of our Armed Forces; and in the range of roles that are critical to enable this.</p><p> </p><p>On retention, in June 2023 we committed to implementing the recommendations of the Haythornthwaite Review, a generational independent review of how we retain our current people and attract new ones. Its recommendations relate to policies and processes across a complex system of incentivisation and support. A formal Government Response, which will provide more detail on our approach to tackling each recommendation, will be published in early 2024. This will confirm which recommendations have been - or are in the process of being – delivered.</p><p> </p><p>Other initiatives aimed at improving the recruitment and retention of our people include; Flexible Service, which introduces the potential for people to alter their career commitment for set periods of time, allowing more people to remain in the Armed Forces who may otherwise have decided to leave in order to meet competing demands and responsibilities; Wraparound Childcare, which Defence established in recognition of the importance of a robust childcare support system to enable the mobility, recruitment and retention of a Armed Forces personnel; acceptance of the Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body’s and Senior Salaries Review Body’s recommendations in full, ensuring that the overall remuneration package for Service personnel (which includes a good pension, subsidised accommodation, and a range of allowances on top of basic salary) remains competitive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 19/01/2024 09:27:45 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1682514

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Allowances
	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 20 December 2023 to Question 6435 on Ministry of Defence: Allowances, how much his Department recovered from fraudulent claims in each financial year since 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	9768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The total value of recoveries received from substantiated closed investigations relating to fraudulent expense claims in each financial year (FY) since 2019-20 is set out below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY</p></td><td><p>Total value</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 2019-20</p></td><td><p>£32,674</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 2020-21</p></td><td><p>£19,130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 2021-22</p></td><td><p>£1,528</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 2022-23</p></td><td><p>£14,417</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 2023-24</p></td><td><p>£7,155*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Q1-Q3 for FY 2023-24 (31/12/2023)</p><p> </p><p>Recovered monies can relate to investigations that pre-date 2019-20 due to the timeframe an investigation and recovery action can take. The recovery totals provided in the table will have been received in the timeframes stipulated.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 24/01/2024 11:27:19 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1682513

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Allowances
	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 21 December 2023 to Question 7169 on Ministry of Defence: Allowances, what the value was of subsistence claims in each year since 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	9767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The below table shows the number and value of subsistence claims for all MOD core employees, including DE&amp;S and SDA, in the last five calendar years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of claims</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value of claims</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>221,057</p></td><td><p>£9,246,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>83,891</p></td><td><p>£3,244,459</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>76,805</p></td><td><p>£3,357,497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>133,875</p></td><td><p>£7,824,689</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>158,065</p></td><td><p>£6,144,513</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>673,783</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£29,917,337.97</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A single claim may have more than one ledger item (e.g one claim could be submitted for two meals and a gratuity), however the total cost of each individual subsistence item has been counted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 9766 question first answered 24/01/2024 11:25:52 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1682512

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Allowances
	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 21 December 2023 to Question 7169 on Ministry of Defence: Allowances, how many claims for subsistence were made in each year since 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	9766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The below table shows the number and value of subsistence claims for all MOD core employees, including DE&amp;S and SDA, in the last five calendar years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of claims</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value of claims</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>221,057</p></td><td><p>£9,246,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>83,891</p></td><td><p>£3,244,459</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>76,805</p></td><td><p>£3,357,497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>133,875</p></td><td><p>£7,824,689</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>158,065</p></td><td><p>£6,144,513</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>673,783</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£29,917,337.97</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A single claim may have more than one ledger item (e.g one claim could be submitted for two meals and a gratuity), however the total cost of each individual subsistence item has been counted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 9767 question first answered 24/01/2024 11:25:51 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1682511

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Public Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with which public affairs agencies his Department has had discussions in each financial year since 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	9765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 24/01/2024 15:48:39 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1682510

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Apprentices
	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 15 January 2024 to Question 5499 on Ministry of Defence: Apprentices, what steps his Department takes to monitor where apprenticeships are delivered.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	9764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>Armed Forces apprenticeships are delivered across most military locations, units and training establishments. Delivery is directly linked to where Armed Forces training takes place, with on-job and consolidation training being conducted across most units, and additional training locations predicated by Service needs. Apprentices are tracked and managed, with monthly data collated centrally for oversight of the entire Armed Forces programme.</p><p> </p><p>Defence records where Civil Service apprentices are based, not the locations at which their apprenticeships are delivered. Civil Service apprenticeships are delivered by different contract-winning providers, through a blend of face-to-face and remote learning methods.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 24/01/2024 11:25:21 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1682509

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
	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 12 January 2024 to Question 7289 on Ministry of Defence: Staff, what steps his Department takes to monitor the number of diversity and inclusion (a) advisers and (b) practitioners employed by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	9763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The Diversity and Inclusion Adviser and Practitioner roles are not full-time staffed positions, rather they are people who have completed a Defence training course and are available to provide advice to our staff on an ad-hoc basis. It is not possible to estimate how many hours our staff dedicate to these voluntary roles as some advisers and practitioners are utilised more often than others.</p><p> </p><p>We do not employ diversity and inclusion advisers on a full-time basis. Defence has dedicated diversity and inclusion policy staffs that provide advice and guidance to staff undertaking adviser and practitioner work in addition to their primary role. Training is available to anyone across the organisation who wishes to become an adviser or practitioner, regardless of their profession. We are therefore able to ensure that all parts of the MOD can utilise the valuable resource that these volunteers provide.</p><p> </p><p>We do not centrally record the number of diversity and inclusion advisers and practitioners in the Department. This is because they are not full-time roles, rather they are voluntary duties undertaken by colleagues who want to learn more about diversity and inclusion and bring that knowledge and advice back to their teams once they have completed a skills-based training course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 9760 9761 question first answered 24/01/2024 11:24:44 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1682508

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Internet
	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 8 January 2024 to Question 7285 on Ministry of Defence: Internet, what steps his Department takes to monitor the (a) number and (b) outcome of investigations into the online behaviour of people employed in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	9762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the right hon. Member’s Question. I will write to her when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 24/01/2024 15:48:21 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle