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1005830

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mesothelioma
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) service personnel and (b) veterans have been awarded (i) a War Disablement Pension and (ii) lump sum compensation for mesothelioma in each year since December 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
	uin	190551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>On 16 December 2015, it was announced that a change would be made to the War Pension Scheme legislation to enable the payment, on or after 11 April 2016, of a lump sum to veterans diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma.</p><p> </p><p>The number of veterans who have been awarded a War Disablement Pension for mesothelioma is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>11 April 2016 to 31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2018 to 13 November 2018</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of veterans who have been awarded a lump sum payment for mesothelioma under the War Pension Scheme:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>11 April 2016 to 31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2018 to 13 November 2018</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>There have been no compensation claims made by Service personnel for mesothelioma.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/11/2018 16:46:59 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1005831

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Credit Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money was loaned to (a) service personnel and (b) veterans through the Armed Forces Credit Union between (i) October 2015 and October 2017 and (ii) October 2017 and October 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
	uin	190552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held. The Armed Forces Credit Union, &quot;Joining Forces&quot;, is operated by three Credit Unions independent of the Ministry of Defence.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 190554 question first answered 20/11/2018 15:05:57 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1005832

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Loans and Personal Savings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) service personnel and (b) veterans have received payroll and pension deductions for the purposes of savings and loans in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
	uin	190553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of Service personnel and veterans who have deductions from payroll or pensions for savings and loans through the Armed Forces Credit Union since November 2015, when it became possible to do so. The facility for veterans to have deductions taken from pension payments has only been available since 2016.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Service personnel</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>1,220</p></td><td><p>3,120</p></td><td><p>4,590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Veterans</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yearly Total</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>1,224</p></td><td><p>3,129</p></td><td><p>4,599</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note the 2018 data is provided up to 31 October 2018, and individuals may have deductions taken in more than one year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/11/2018 15:08:03 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1005833

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Credit Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average loan amount was to members of the Armed Forces Credit Union in the last period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
	uin	190554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held. The Armed Forces Credit Union, &quot;Joining Forces&quot;, is operated by three Credit Unions independent of the Ministry of Defence.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 190552 question first answered 20/11/2018 15:05:57 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1035205

	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, how much his Department is spending on a public information campaign to prepare people for the potential effects of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
	uin	205369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government has a duty to inform citizens and businesses about how leaving the EU might affect them, and to advise on the steps they may need to take to prepare for EU Exit.</p><p>We have developed a cross-Departmental public information campaign to help achieve this. Over the coming weeks, we will be using a range of channels to direct UK citizens, businesses, EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the EU to a dedicated area on GOV.UK at Gov.uk/euexit.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is working closely with the Department for Exiting the European Union and other Government Departments to take the necessary steps to ensure the country continues to operate as smoothly as possible from the day we leave. The MOD is publishing information for our personnel to ensure they remain suitably informed and are able to prepare accordingly. The MOD has incurred no direct costs in relation to this public information campaign.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 09/01/2019 16:02:56 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1060639

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Navy: Shipping
	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 cost to the public purse of (a) repairing and (b) retrofitting (i) ferries and (ii) container vessels retired from commercial service to make them operable for the Royal Navy.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
	uin	221001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>During the pre-concept and concept phase for any ship procurement programme the widest possible range of options is considered for satisfying the capability requirement, the costs for which would be specific to the particular requirement.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 18/02/2019 16:15:14 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1060642

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Navy: Shipping
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected lifespan of refurbished commercial vessels is compared to newly constructed warships.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
	uin	221002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The expected lifespan of refurbished commercial vessels would be dependent on the age of the vessel being converted and the role that it is expected to fill. In general, the lifespan would be less than for newly constructed warships.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 18/02/2019 16:18:24 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

668902

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Bases: Tain
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, at what rank and in which section of the armed forces is the officer who holds overall responsibility for management of RAF Tain Air Weapons Range.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
	uin	58792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>Air Weapons Range Tain, formerly RAF Tain, is part of and managed by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), its day to day operation is supported by Landmarc Support Services.</p><p>The Principal Training Safety Officer (PTSO), an Army Lieutenant Colonel, has overall responsibility for Air Weapons Range Tain. The Training Safety Officer (TSO), a Ministry of Defence (MOD) civilian C2 grade, has delegated responsibility for the day to day management of Air Weapons Range Tain.</p><p>All air activity at Tain is managed through 1 Group RAF and all ground activity at the range is managed through the PTSO/TSO, users are also responsible for their specific exercises.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 58793 question first answered 13/01/2017 14:06:48 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

668903

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Bases: Tain
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, at what rank and in which section of the armed forces is the officer responsible for day-to-day management of RAF Tain Air Weapons Range.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
	uin	58793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>Air Weapons Range Tain, formerly RAF Tain, is part of and managed by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), its day to day operation is supported by Landmarc Support Services.</p><p>The Principal Training Safety Officer (PTSO), an Army Lieutenant Colonel, has overall responsibility for Air Weapons Range Tain. The Training Safety Officer (TSO), a Ministry of Defence (MOD) civilian C2 grade, has delegated responsibility for the day to day management of Air Weapons Range Tain.</p><p>All air activity at Tain is managed through 1 Group RAF and all ground activity at the range is managed through the PTSO/TSO, users are also responsible for their specific exercises.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 58792 question first answered 13/01/2017 14:06:48 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

809673

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Queen Elizabeth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the total cost to repair the leak on HMS Queen Elizabeth.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
	uin	120293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2017 answer text <p>HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH is undergoing a programme of sea trials to find any teething problems and rectifying them. Sea trials will continue as scheduled in the New Year. There has been no damage caused to the ship by the leak. Any costs to repair it will be borne by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance and there will be no additional cost to the British taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 120294 question first answered 28/12/2017 12:22:42 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone