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1547042

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Health and Social Care Levy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Answer of 30 November to Question 96564 on Ministry of Defence: Health and Social Care Levy, what the total value of funding is provided to cover the Health and Social Care Levy in financial year 2022-23 that will be retained by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	99726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The total value of funding provided to cover the Health and Social Care Levy in financial year 2022-23 is £113 million.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 99727 question first answered 08/12/2022 14:48:58 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1547044

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Health and Social Care Levy
	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 30 November 2022 to Question 96564 on Ministry of Defence: Health and Social Care Levy, what the total value is of funding provided to cover the Health and Social Care Levy in the 2023-24 financial year that will be returned to the Treasury.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	99727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The total value of funding provided to cover the Health and Social Care Levy in financial year 2022-23 is £113 million.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 99726 question first answered 08/12/2022 14:48:58 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1682512

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Allowances
	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 21 December 2023 to Question 7169 on Ministry of Defence: Allowances, how many claims for subsistence were made in each year since 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	9766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The below table shows the number and value of subsistence claims for all MOD core employees, including DE&amp;S and SDA, in the last five calendar years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of claims</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value of claims</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>221,057</p></td><td><p>£9,246,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>83,891</p></td><td><p>£3,244,459</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>76,805</p></td><td><p>£3,357,497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>133,875</p></td><td><p>£7,824,689</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>158,065</p></td><td><p>£6,144,513</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>673,783</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£29,917,337.97</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A single claim may have more than one ledger item (e.g one claim could be submitted for two meals and a gratuity), however the total cost of each individual subsistence item has been counted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 9767 question first answered 24/01/2024 11:25:51 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1682513

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Allowances
	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 21 December 2023 to Question 7169 on Ministry of Defence: Allowances, what the value was of subsistence claims in each year since 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	9767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The below table shows the number and value of subsistence claims for all MOD core employees, including DE&amp;S and SDA, in the last five calendar years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of claims</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value of claims</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>221,057</p></td><td><p>£9,246,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>83,891</p></td><td><p>£3,244,459</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>76,805</p></td><td><p>£3,357,497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>133,875</p></td><td><p>£7,824,689</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>158,065</p></td><td><p>£6,144,513</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>673,783</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£29,917,337.97</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A single claim may have more than one ledger item (e.g one claim could be submitted for two meals and a gratuity), however the total cost of each individual subsistence item has been counted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 9766 question first answered 24/01/2024 11:25:52 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1682506

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Equality
	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 12 January 2024 to Question 7482 on Ministry of Defence: Equality, for how many hours a week his Department expects diversity and inclusion (a) advisers and (b) practitioners to undertake their role.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	9760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The Diversity and Inclusion Adviser and Practitioner roles are not full-time staffed positions, rather they are people who have completed a Defence training course and are available to provide advice to our staff on an ad-hoc basis. It is not possible to estimate how many hours our staff dedicate to these voluntary roles as some advisers and practitioners are utilised more often than others.</p><p> </p><p>We do not employ diversity and inclusion advisers on a full-time basis. Defence has dedicated diversity and inclusion policy staffs that provide advice and guidance to staff undertaking adviser and practitioner work in addition to their primary role. Training is available to anyone across the organisation who wishes to become an adviser or practitioner, regardless of their profession. We are therefore able to ensure that all parts of the MOD can utilise the valuable resource that these volunteers provide.</p><p> </p><p>We do not centrally record the number of diversity and inclusion advisers and practitioners in the Department. This is because they are not full-time roles, rather they are voluntary duties undertaken by colleagues who want to learn more about diversity and inclusion and bring that knowledge and advice back to their teams once they have completed a skills-based training course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 9761 9763 question first answered 24/01/2024 11:24:44 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1682509

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
	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 12 January 2024 to Question 7289 on Ministry of Defence: Staff, what steps his Department takes to monitor the number of diversity and inclusion (a) advisers and (b) practitioners employed by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	9763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The Diversity and Inclusion Adviser and Practitioner roles are not full-time staffed positions, rather they are people who have completed a Defence training course and are available to provide advice to our staff on an ad-hoc basis. It is not possible to estimate how many hours our staff dedicate to these voluntary roles as some advisers and practitioners are utilised more often than others.</p><p> </p><p>We do not employ diversity and inclusion advisers on a full-time basis. Defence has dedicated diversity and inclusion policy staffs that provide advice and guidance to staff undertaking adviser and practitioner work in addition to their primary role. Training is available to anyone across the organisation who wishes to become an adviser or practitioner, regardless of their profession. We are therefore able to ensure that all parts of the MOD can utilise the valuable resource that these volunteers provide.</p><p> </p><p>We do not centrally record the number of diversity and inclusion advisers and practitioners in the Department. This is because they are not full-time roles, rather they are voluntary duties undertaken by colleagues who want to learn more about diversity and inclusion and bring that knowledge and advice back to their teams once they have completed a skills-based training course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 9760 9761 question first answered 24/01/2024 11:24:44 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1682507

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Equality
	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 12 January 2024 to Question 7482 on Ministry of Defence: Equality, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of employing diversity and inclusion (a) advisers and (b) practitioners on a full time basis.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	9761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The Diversity and Inclusion Adviser and Practitioner roles are not full-time staffed positions, rather they are people who have completed a Defence training course and are available to provide advice to our staff on an ad-hoc basis. It is not possible to estimate how many hours our staff dedicate to these voluntary roles as some advisers and practitioners are utilised more often than others.</p><p> </p><p>We do not employ diversity and inclusion advisers on a full-time basis. Defence has dedicated diversity and inclusion policy staffs that provide advice and guidance to staff undertaking adviser and practitioner work in addition to their primary role. Training is available to anyone across the organisation who wishes to become an adviser or practitioner, regardless of their profession. We are therefore able to ensure that all parts of the MOD can utilise the valuable resource that these volunteers provide.</p><p> </p><p>We do not centrally record the number of diversity and inclusion advisers and practitioners in the Department. This is because they are not full-time roles, rather they are voluntary duties undertaken by colleagues who want to learn more about diversity and inclusion and bring that knowledge and advice back to their teams once they have completed a skills-based training course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 9760 9763 question first answered 24/01/2024 11:24:44 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1682457

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
	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 15 January 2024 to Question 7776 on Armed Forces: Recruitment, when the Royal Navy began operating a cash bounty scheme to incentivise serving personnel to refer non-serving personnel to join the Armed Forces.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	9738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>The Royal Navy Recruitment Bounty Scheme began operating in October 2023 and will run until March 2025 with allocated funding of approximately £830,000. No payments have yet been made under the scheme but approximately 200 claims are under consideration.</p><p> </p><p>The Army Recruitment Bounty Scheme began operating in July 2023 and will run across two financial years with allocated funding of approximately £400,000.</p><p>One payment has been made so far with approximately 200 under consideration.</p><p> </p><p>Each Bounty Scheme is restricted to its parent Service. Payments can be made once the candidate reaches attestation on an Initial or Basic Training Course.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 9736 9737 9739 question first answered 19/01/2024 09:27:00 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1682455

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
	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 15 January to Question 7776 on Armed Forces: Recruitment, how many serving personnel have been awarded a cash bounty for referring someone to join the (a) British Army and (b) Royal Navy.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	9736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>The Royal Navy Recruitment Bounty Scheme began operating in October 2023 and will run until March 2025 with allocated funding of approximately £830,000. No payments have yet been made under the scheme but approximately 200 claims are under consideration.</p><p> </p><p>The Army Recruitment Bounty Scheme began operating in July 2023 and will run across two financial years with allocated funding of approximately £400,000.</p><p>One payment has been made so far with approximately 200 under consideration.</p><p> </p><p>Each Bounty Scheme is restricted to its parent Service. Payments can be made once the candidate reaches attestation on an Initial or Basic Training Course.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 9737 9738 9739 question first answered 19/01/2024 09:27:00 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1682456

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
	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 15 January 2024 to Question 7776 on Armed Forces: Recruitment, how much funding have the (a) British Army and (b) Royal Navy allocated for bounty schemes for referring someone to join the Armed Forces.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	9737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>The Royal Navy Recruitment Bounty Scheme began operating in October 2023 and will run until March 2025 with allocated funding of approximately £830,000. No payments have yet been made under the scheme but approximately 200 claims are under consideration.</p><p> </p><p>The Army Recruitment Bounty Scheme began operating in July 2023 and will run across two financial years with allocated funding of approximately £400,000.</p><p>One payment has been made so far with approximately 200 under consideration.</p><p> </p><p>Each Bounty Scheme is restricted to its parent Service. Payments can be made once the candidate reaches attestation on an Initial or Basic Training Course.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 9736 9738 9739 question first answered 19/01/2024 09:27:00 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey