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222696

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects that a final decision will be made on the final pension age for the Ministry of Defence Police and Defence Fire and Rescue Services.
	tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
	tabling member printed	Mr Russell Brown
	uin	907684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Discussions on the future arrangements for Ministry of Defence Police and Defence Fire and Rescue Service personnel pensions are still ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>I recognise that this is an important issue for both communities and I am therefore seeking to resolve it as soon as possible. This is however a complex matter which raises a number of cross-Departmental issues.</p><p>Although no final decision has yet been taken, I hope to conclude this issue in the near future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/02/2015 17:36:04 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	588 label Biography information for Mr Russell Brown

172950

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on strengthening the Armed Forces Covenant.
	tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
	tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
	uin	906912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>In addition to what the Government has done, for example on making life long widows’ pensions, now we need to make sure there is delivery locally, which is why by this evening I will have written to all Local Authority Chief Executives and Leaders in Great Britain. Then I will write to every Clinical Commissioning Group and Hospital Trust to make sure the National Health Service delivers on the Covenant, no disadvantage and in certain circumstances priority treatment.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/01/2015 17:24:03 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley

164255

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Complaints
	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 improve the Service complaints system.
	tabling member constituency	Chippenham
	tabling member printed	Duncan Hames
	uin	906201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The outgoing Commissioner, Dr Susan Atkins, and I are confident that an effective and fair complaints system has been agreed and is contained in the Bill now going through Parliament. It is one that will give Service Personnel access to a redress system they deserve.</p><p> </p><p>Last Tuesday, I was delighted to announce that Nicola Williams is the Government’s preferred candidate for the post of Service Complaints Commissioner, and she will now go forward to a House of Commons Defence Committee pre-appointment hearing on Wednesday 26 November. She is an outstanding candidate and I am sure she will undertake the role with great vigour and insight.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 24/11/2014 17:38:50 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	3951 label Biography information for Duncan Hames

164254

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Health Services: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the quality of NHS care for veterans.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	906188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The vast majority of Service leavers are fit and well, and no individual injured in the course of their duty leaves the Armed Forces until it is the right thing for them, however long that takes.</p><p /> <p>Veterans with health concerns enjoy the same excellent standard of healthcare from the NHS as other UK citizens, and in line with the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, receive priority treatment for conditions resulting from service, subject to the clinical needs of others.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 24/11/2014 17:31:53 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

99756

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	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 increase home ownership among members of the armed forces.
	tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
	tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
	uin	905536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>We continue to listen to the accommodation needs and concerns of our Service personnel and their families, and recognise their need for increased personal choice and stability and the opportunity for home ownership.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2014, we launched the £200 million Forces Help to Buy Scheme to encourage and support those Service families that aspire to home ownership. Forces Help to Buy is available nationwide, and has already helped almost 1,500 Service personnel get on, or stay on, the property ladder. <br></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 20/10/2014 15:58:25 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

77504

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Malaria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on prescribing anti-malarial prophylaxis to members of the armed forces serving overseas.
	tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
	tabling member printed	Mr David Heath
	uin	904820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence follows the advice of Public Health England's Advisory Committee for Malaria Prevention in providing appropriately tested and effective methods of chemo-prophylaxis to Service personnel who are deploying to areas of the world where there is a risk of contracting malaria. The exact choice of drug depends on a number of factors, including the region the individual is deploying to, the health of the individual and any past history of side effects.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/07/2014 16:40:47 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	255 label Biography information for Mr David Heath

77063

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Complaints
	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 improve the service complaints system.
	tabling member constituency	Chippenham
	tabling member printed	Duncan Hames
	uin	904805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Service personnel deserve to have a fair and effective complaints system. I announced in March that we had been working for some time with Dr Atkins, the Service Complaints Commissioner, on proposals for a more efficient system.</p><p> </p><p>In her most recent report, Dr Atkins concluded that she was optimistic that a fairer, more effective system has been agreed, and that, once implemented, Service personnel will have access to a redress system that they deserve. The bill introduced in the House of Lords on 5<sup>th</sup> June 2014 will improve the system to make sure that is what they will get.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/07/2014 16:58:31 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	3951 label Biography information for Duncan Hames

229357

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Military Decorations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the awarding of the Légion d'honneur to veterans of the Second World War.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	228914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>We thank the French Government for making the offer to award the Legion d'Honneur to all those UK Servicemen who were involved in the liberation of France in 1944. So far the Ministry of Defence has passed in excess of 2,500 applications to the French Authorities.</p><p>We continue to receive and process applications on a daily basis and this week we anticipate a further 200 applications will be passed across to the French Authorities.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/03/2015 10:05:45 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

229356

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	RAF Croughton
	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 10 March 2015 to Question 226256, on RAF Croughton, what the dates were of the (a) Host Nation Notification and (b) Host Nation Response made in connection with the European Infrastructure Consolidated Review.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	228912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Following a period of consultation, Host Nation Notification in connection with the European Infrastructure Consolidated Review was received on 7 January 2015 and responded to on the same day.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/03/2015 12:01:30 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

229088

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Trade Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether armed forces personnel have the right to be represented by a trade union in relation to (a) changes to terms and conditions of employment and (b) collective complaints to their employer.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	228667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 16 March 2015 (Question 226717).</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/03/2015 12:00:34 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name HOC 228667.doc title Hansard Extract 16 March 2015
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham