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1126175

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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, how many staff in her Department who were transferred or seconded to work (a) in other departments or (b) on other departmental briefs on preparations for the UK to leave the EU, have since returned to her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	253469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>Four Ministry of Defence (MOD) civil servants remain augumenting in Other Government Departments as preparation for the UK to leave the EU. A total of 257 MOD civil servants were augmented to Other Government Departments including those who were augmented in support of Operation Yellowhammer. As at 14 May 2019, 253 had returned to the MOD.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 22/05/2019 15:10:08 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 119453 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1127303

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Military Police: Lambeth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hours the Ministry of Defence Royal Military Police Centre on Upper Tulse Hill SW2 2RS is used per week.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	255674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>A Royal Military Police Company, Cadet detachment, and associated Cadet headquarters are based at the site. Currently, 77 cadets attend eight hours of training there each week. An additional 388 cadets have passed through the facility between 5 December 2006 and 24 January 2019.</p><p>When there is spare capacity, the site is used for training by other Government Departments and for wider defence purposes.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 255675 question first answered 23/05/2019 14:39:59 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1127304

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Military Police: Lambeth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cadets regularly use the Ministry of Defence Royal Military Police Centre on Upper Tulse Hill SW2 2RS; and how many cadets have passed through that facility.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	255675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>A Royal Military Police Company, Cadet detachment, and associated Cadet headquarters are based at the site. Currently, 77 cadets attend eight hours of training there each week. An additional 388 cadets have passed through the facility between 5 December 2006 and 24 January 2019.</p><p>When there is spare capacity, the site is used for training by other Government Departments and for wider defence purposes.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 255674 question first answered 23/05/2019 14:39:59 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1127635

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons: Testing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what tests her Department has carried out on (a) blood and (b) urine samples taken from people who served at UK nuclear tests between 1952 and 1991.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	256300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>Pursuant to the Answer I gave the hon. Member on 1 April 2019 to Question 237633, to ascertain what blood and urine tests may have been undertaken, the information sought would require the individual medical record of each of the personnel present at the UK nuclear tests to be located and reviewed. These records are not held centrally and to provide the information could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/05/2019 14:42:16 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1127636

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons: Testing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if she will release all F Med 12 and F Med 29 forms that were completed during the UK's nuclear weapons testing programme for analysis by the British Nuclear Test Veterans Association.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	256301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>For reasons of medical confidentiality and data protection, disclosing individuals' medical records to third parties requires the explicit consent of each data subject. The Ministry of Defence will consider all such requests on a case by case basis.</p><p>Where the data subject is deceased relatives can request their healthcare records, albeit there is no automatic right to access. Patient confidentiality can be over-ridden and records released if there is a legal claim as a result of the death. Again, each such request would be considered on a case by case basis.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/05/2019 14:43:25 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1127637

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons: Testing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what records her Department holds on the civilian (a) women and (b) children who travelled to Christmas Island on troop ship Dunera in 1958.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	256302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>A review of archived files held by the Ministry of Defence is being undertaken. This will take some time and I will write to the hon. Member once this has concluded.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/05/2019 14:44:38 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1127638

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons: Testing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what records her Department holds on military equipment contaminated by radiation during (a) UK and (b) US nuclear tests; and (i) where and (ii) how that equipment was disposed of.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	256303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>Information on UK military equipment that may have been contaminated by UK or US nuclear tests or how it was subsequently disposed is not held centrally. To search all the Department's historic records that may contain this information could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/05/2019 14:45:18 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1127686

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	France: Military Decorations
	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 May 2019 to Question 250007 on France: Military Decorations, how many surviving British veterans who fought for the liberation of France during the Second World War are waiting to receive the award of the Legion d'Honneur for which they have been certified as eligible by his Department; whether he expects those individuals to receive their honours on or before 6 June 2019; and if he will publish a breakdown of those individuals by their (a) age and (b) current place of residence.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	256308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>There are currently 71 cases for the award being processed by the French authorities, with a further 17 currently with the Ministry of Defence. It is not possible to estimate how many recipients will receive their award by 6 June 2019, as the French authorities are responsible for the distribution of their medal. However, priority is given to those particularly elderly or in poor health.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/06/2019 15:07:40 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1127777

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces' Pay Review Body: Publications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Armed Forces Pay Review Body's Forty-Eighth Report 2019 will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	256980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The Armed Forces' Pay Review Body have submitted their report. Her Majesty's Government is currently considering the recommendations before agreeing the final 2019 Armed Forces Pay Award, taking into account the need to recruit, retain, and motivate suitably able and qualified personnel, as well as the long term affordability of the Armed Forces. Once a decision has been reached, as with previous years, the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body report will be published.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/06/2019 15:02:12 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1127779

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Medical Services: Termination of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Defence Medical Service doctors have (a) taken early retirement and (b) left the armed forces as a result of pension taxation changes in the last two years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	256981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2019 answer text <p>Voluntary Outflow (VO) is defined as all exits from trained UK Regular Forces which are voluntarily generated by the individual before the end of their agreed engagement or commission period.</p><p> </p><p>Between 1 April 2017 and 31 December 2018, the latest period for which figures are available, 60 Defence Medical Services (DMS) Medical Officers and 20 DMS Dental Officers were VO exits. These figures have been rounded to the nearest five.</p><p> </p><p>Information about VO exits as a result of pension taxation changes is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 30/05/2019 16:06:05 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon