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926675

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Catering
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many chefs are employed by the Armed Forces; how many of those chefs are non-UK citizens; and how many of those non-UK citizen chefs are EU citizens.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
	uin	154799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>All candidates for the UK Armed Forces must be British from birth, hold a dual British/other nationality, or be a British National, citizen of the Republic of Ireland (RoI) or a Commonwealth citizen. This means that non-UK EU citizens from Cyprus, Malta and the RoI are eligible to serve in the UK Regular Armed Forces. For some specialisations (e.g. Submarine service), candidates must hold British nationality only. In addition, all applicants must meet Home Office residency requirements (normally five years).</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the requested information, noting that all non-UK EU Citizens in the UK Regular Armed Forces have a Foreign and Commonwealth nationality.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Untrained and Trained Chefs employed in the UK Regular Armed Forces as at 1 April 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chefs employed</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which, non-UK Citizens</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which, non-UK EU Citizens</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes</strong>: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10, but when ending in a 5 rounded to the nearest 20 to avoid systemic bias.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 25/06/2018 15:27:31 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 65039 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

926673

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK EU citizens are employed by the Armed Forces; and how many of those non-UK EU citizens are employed in the (a) STEM (b) hospitality field.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
	uin	154798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>All candidates for the UK Armed Forces must be British from birth, hold a dual British/other nationality, or be a British National, citizen of the Republic of Ireland (RoI) or a Commonwealth citizen. This means that non-UK EU citizens from Cyprus, Malta and the RoI are eligible to serve in the UK Regular Armed Forces. For some specialisations (e.g. Submarine service), candidates must hold British nationality only. In addition, all applicants must meet Home Office residency requirements (normally five years).</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the requested information, noting that all non-UK EU Citizens in the UK Regular Armed Forces have a Foreign and Commonwealth nationality.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Untrained and Trained Regular Non-UK EU Citizens in the UK Regular Armed Forces as at 1 April 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All non-UK EU Citizens</p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STEM</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hospitality</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes</strong>: STEM consists of Engineering Officers and Other Ranks for the Royal Navy/Marines and the Royal Air Force. For the Army, STEM includes Officers and Other Ranks in the Intelligence Corps, Royal Signals, Royal Engineers, Royal Electrical &amp; Mechanical Engineers, and Soldiers in selected trades in the Royal Logistics Corps.</p><p> </p><p>For the Royal Navy, the definition of ‘Hospitality’ here includes Caterers, Chefs and Stewards. For Royal Air Force, the definition includes Chefs only. Figures do not include Army personnel as Army chefs are not recorded in the hospitality field for statistical purposes.</p><p> </p><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10, but when ending in a 5 rounded to the nearest 20 to avoid systemic bias.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 25/06/2018 15:28:32 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 65049 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

926703

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made any changes to it's STEM recruitment policies since the vote on the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
	uin	154800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>Armed Forces recruitment and retention policy has not changed since the UK's decision to leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 21/06/2018 16:20:54 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone