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1010769

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the mental health and wellbeing of serving personnel and veterans.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	193603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence works with a range of partners, including the Department of Health and Social Care, to ensure Service personnel and veterans receive the mental health and wellbeing support they need.</p><p>The Ministerial Covenant and Veterans Board, which includes the Department for Health and Social Care, last met on 5 November.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/11/2018 14:16:30 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1029340

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	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, how many staff were employed in his Department on (a) 20 December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	204538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of staff employed in the Department on the dates requested are shown below.</p><p> </p><p>20 December 2018</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Military Strength</p></td><td><p>196,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Civilian Employees</p></td><td><p>47,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>244,060</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>23 June 2016</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Military Strength</p></td><td><p>201,350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Civilian</p></td><td><p>46,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>247,760</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The military figures include both trained and untrained Service personnel, Ghurkhas</p><p>and the Royal Gibraltar Regiment.</p><p>All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.</p><p>Totals have been rounded separately and therefore may not equal the sum of their rounded parts.</p><p>- zero or rounded to zero</p><p>The civilian figures are MOD Main personnel, including DE&amp;S. Personnel from DSTL, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, other agencies and arm’s length bodies are not included.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 10/01/2019 15:10:36 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1029390

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Financial Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what financial advice serving military personnel receive.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	204509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) provides financial education and awareness to Service personnel though the MoneyForce programme which provides accessible online support for the entire Armed Forces community via the MoneyForce website, available at the following link: www.moneyforce.org.uk.</p><p>The MOD has not made any assessment of the potential merits of a voluntary system in which serving military personnel have a proportion of their pay directly transferred to a Lifetime ISA.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 204510 question first answered 07/01/2019 16:29:50 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1029391

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Individual Savings Accounts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of a voluntary system in which serving military personnel have a proportion of their pay directly transferred to a Lifetime ISA.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	204510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) provides financial education and awareness to Service personnel though the MoneyForce programme which provides accessible online support for the entire Armed Forces community via the MoneyForce website, available at the following link: www.moneyforce.org.uk.</p><p>The MOD has not made any assessment of the potential merits of a voluntary system in which serving military personnel have a proportion of their pay directly transferred to a Lifetime ISA.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 204509 question first answered 07/01/2019 16:29:50 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1035346

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the additional staff required by his Department in the event that the UK leaves the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	205314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence currently has a central team who deal exclusively with Defence issues relating to the UK's decision to leave the EU. The central team draws on a wide network of subject matter experts across all relevant business areas within Ministry of Defence. The Ministry of Defence currently estimates that it does not need to recruit any additional staff if the UK leaves the EU with or without a deal, and will continually review workforce plans and reprioritise as necessary.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 10/01/2019 15:09:14 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

143376

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for which periods officers in the armed forces have been trained on the operation and use of drone technology in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	213867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>In the last two years training on the unarmed HERMES 450 Unmanned Aircraft System has been conducted by Army personnel in Israel on a regular basis. The last training took place in July 2014. This training was a mixture of individual and pre-deployment training for HERMES operators, and technical training for support personnel. Over this period, more than 270 personnel received training by the civilian contractor in Israel. No training has been conducted within the Occupied Palestinian territories.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 19/11/2014 17:52:21 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

147475

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 20 March 2014 to Question 191671, and the recommendations of the Birmingham Policy Commission entitled The Security Impact of Drones, published on 22 October 2014, if his Department will request that ISAF publish, with any necessary redactions, the investigations report into the incident on 25 March 2011 in Afghanistan.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	214077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to make a request to ISAF to publish, redacted or otherwise, the report of the investigation into the incident of 25 March 2011. As we have previously stated, an ISAF investigation was conducted and concluded that the actions of the Reaper crew had been in accordance with extant procedures and Rules of Engagement. Any request to seek the publication of this document should be made directly to the NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 17/11/2014 16:49:30 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

167442

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Middle East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any personnel from Reaper Squadron 39 have been deployed to (a) Al Udeid air base, Qatar, (b) Al Minhad airbase, United Arab Emirates and (c) Al Musannah airbase, Oman.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	216796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>I am withholding this information as its disclosure would or would be likely to prejudice operational capability, effectiveness or security; also relations between the United Kingdom and other states.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 05/12/2014 13:38:39 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

167443

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 October 2014, Official Report, column 63WS, whether laser designators on UK Reapers carrying out surveillance missions in Syria are marking targets.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	216785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>Laser designators on UK Reapers have not been used to mark targets in Syria.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 05/12/2014 13:39:11 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

171931

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Iraq
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's policy on the disclosure of information concerning lethal strikes in Iraq.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	219723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>Our policy on the disclosure of information regarding air strikes by Royal Air Force aircraft engaged on Operation <em>Shader</em> in Iraq is that the detail of each individual strike is carefully considered against the necessary constraint of maintaining operational security, but our over-riding principle is to seek to place information on each strike in the public domain in a prompt and timely manner.</p><p> </p><p>This is consistent with, and a continuation of, Ministry of Defence practice for any operational information. It reflects the necessity for the Armed Forces of a democracy such as the UK not just to conduct military operations in a highly disciplined, careful and proportionate manner within the rule of law, but to demonstrate transparency and accountability for such activity. The need for this is all the more important when the military operations are being conducted against a terrorist organisation such as ISIL which wholly disregards the rule of law and relies on a perverted ideology and deceitful propaganda. This policy has been followed ever since the start of air strike operations in support of the Iraqi authorities, following the Parliamentary vote on 26 September. The primary channel for publishing this information is the Government website <a title="http://www.gov.uk/" href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>, and the information thus disclosed has been regularly reported in the British and international media.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 02/03/2015 16:32:00 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 38634 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest