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1104477

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Job Satisfaction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of morale in the armed forces.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	910007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence places great importance on the morale of our Armed Forces and we are taking steps to enhance the positive aspects and experiences of Service life. Issues previously identified in the survey have already informed the development of a range of programmes under way across Defence and the single Services including Flexible Service and the Future Accommodation Model.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 25/03/2019 16:49:23 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1104478

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Honours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to ensure that veterans are honoured for their service; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Dover
	tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
	uin	910008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Our veterans are honoured and recognised in a number of ways. The publication of the Strategy for our Veterans, the Veterans ID card, the Veterans Badge, Armed Forces Day and events throughout the year, including the D Day 75 commemorations in June, recognise the huge debt we owe to those who have served in HM Armed Forces.</p><p> </p><p>The Armed Forces Covenant is a cross-Government pledge to support the Armed Forces community, including veterans, across all sectors of society.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 25/03/2019 16:48:46 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

1093496

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Travellers: Caravan Sites
	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 deployment of the army to assist the police in clearing an unauthorised traveller encampment on Ministry of Defence land.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	235785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>Under Section 61 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 only the police have the power to remove trespassers. Military personnel have no role in this removal. Ministry of Defence (MOD) policy remains that the Department will take appropriate action, complicit with the law, to recover possession of MOD land occupied by unauthorised traveller encampments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/03/2019 16:19:01 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1092628

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Business Interests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments has considered applications from former senior Army officers to take up appointments at Capita in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	235256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>No applications have been considered from senior Army Officers at 1* level or above to take up an appointment with Capita in the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 26/03/2019 16:07:31 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1092635

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Adjutant General's Corps: Capita
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions did the Adjutant General meet with representatives from Capita Plc between December 2009 and July 2012.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	235257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally by the Department and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>It has previously been satisfactorily concluded that Lt Gen Sir Mark Mans, who would have been Adjutant General during these dates, had no dealings with Capita which would prevent him taking up an appointment with them. This appointment was approved by the office of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, with the approval letter published on Gov.uk.</p><p>It is also important to note that the award of a contract such as the Recruiting Partnering Project to Capita follows robust commercial competition, conducted over multiple years and in-line with a well-defined and assured evaluation process that would have been transparent to all those involved in the competition.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 235258 question first answered 26/03/2019 16:06:12 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1092636

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Adjutant General's Corps: Capita
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions the Adjutant General met with staff from (a) Director General Army Recruitment and Training and (b) Recruiting Group to discuss contracts related to Capita Plc between December 2009 and July 2012.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	235258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally by the Department and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>It has previously been satisfactorily concluded that Lt Gen Sir Mark Mans, who would have been Adjutant General during these dates, had no dealings with Capita which would prevent him taking up an appointment with them. This appointment was approved by the office of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, with the approval letter published on Gov.uk.</p><p>It is also important to note that the award of a contract such as the Recruiting Partnering Project to Capita follows robust commercial competition, conducted over multiple years and in-line with a well-defined and assured evaluation process that would have been transparent to all those involved in the competition.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 235257 question first answered 26/03/2019 16:06:12 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1092744

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Roll-on Roll-off Ships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Point Class Ro-Ro ferries the Ministry of Defence has available and at what readiness.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	235400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has four Point Class Ro-Ro ferries available through a Private Finance Initiative (PFI), operated by Foreland Shipping Ltd. They are being held at their standard readiness profiles; one at five days' readiness; and three at ten days' readiness.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 26/03/2019 16:11:55 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1092745

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Roll-on Roll-off Ships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on using Point Class ferries to manage pressures at UK ports after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	235401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>I have discussed this issue with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport (Chris Grayling). Any potential use of Defence's Point Class ferries would complement the £88.8 million worth of additional roll-on, roll-off ferry capacity that Government has secured to provide additional freight capacity in the event of the UK leaving the European Union without an agreement.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 26/03/2019 16:11:04 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1092066

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Military Aid
	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 that (a) the armed forces and (b) BAE systems employees in Saudi Arabia are not in violation of international humanitarian law as a result of in-country services to the Royal Saudi Air Force.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	234764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>There are restrictions on the provision of direct support to Royal Saudi Air Force operations.</p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 18 March 2019 to question 232090.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 25/03/2019 16:47:27 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name 232090 - Saudi Arabia - Military Aid.docx title 232090 - Saudi Arabia; Military Aid
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1092069

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	USA: Military Bases
	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 February 2019 to Question 221023, who pays for the remaining cost of those services of the Ministry of Defence Police; and what the process is for determining who pays those costs.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	234767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The remaining costs of the services provided by the Ministry of Defence Police at RAF bases in the UK that are made available to the United States Visiting Forces are met from the Defence budget. It is the responsibility of the Host Nation to provide and fund the appropriate level of external security at these locations. The financial principles and arrangements for cost recovery that relate to the deployment of the Ministry of Defence Police are set out in a Memorandum of Arrangement between the Ministry of Defence and the United States Air Force.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 26/03/2019 16:06:55 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel