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91402

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department expects to reply to the letter dated 1 April 2014 from the hon. Member for York Outer to the Minister of State for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans concerning the Justice for Forces Widows Campaign.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	209028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>I responded to the hon. Member on 12 November 2014.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/11/2014 16:07:05 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 22166 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

228523

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have found (a) full-time, (b) part-time and (c) casual employment within six months of leaving service with the help of the Career Transition Partnership in each region and constituent part of the UK since that partnership was established.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	228363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested. However, the table below shows the number of ex-Service personnel judged to have used the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) services and found employment within six months of leaving service in Financial Years 2011-12 and 2012-13.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Resettlement Centre</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Employed</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Employed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,719</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>85%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,048</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>83%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aldershot</strong></p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Catterick</strong></p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td><td><p>263</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cottesmore</strong></p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td><td><p>297</p></td><td><p>82%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Germany</strong></p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Plymouth</strong></p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Portsmouth</strong></p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>84%</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Rosyth</strong></p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Tidworth</strong></p></td><td><p>327</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>369</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Uxbridge</strong></p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London</strong><strong> (Senior Officers)</strong></p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>82%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p> </p><p>1. Ex-Service personnel are classified as employed if they are in paid employment within six months of leaving the Armed Forces (full-time permanent role; part-time out of choice; contract job for at least six months).</p><p> </p><p>2. Information on employment outcome is based on a 20% sample of ex-Service personnel who have used the Career Transition Partnership service.</p><p>The information on the number of Service personnel who have used the Career Transition Partnership service is not held by each region and constituent part of the UK. However, the attached tables provide the number of Service personnel who have received the Employment Support Programme and the Full Support Programme by resettlement centre from calendar year 2005 to 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 228364 question first answered 24/03/2015 17:28:13 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 228363 - Employment Support Programme.doc title MOD - Employment/Full Support Programme
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

228524

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have received assistance from the Career Transition Partnership's (a) employment support and (b) full support programme in each region and constituent part of the UK since that partnership was established.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	228364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested. However, the table below shows the number of ex-Service personnel judged to have used the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) services and found employment within six months of leaving service in Financial Years 2011-12 and 2012-13.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Resettlement Centre</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Employed</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Employed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,719</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>85%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,048</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>83%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aldershot</strong></p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Catterick</strong></p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td><td><p>263</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cottesmore</strong></p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td><td><p>297</p></td><td><p>82%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Germany</strong></p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Plymouth</strong></p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Portsmouth</strong></p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>84%</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Rosyth</strong></p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Tidworth</strong></p></td><td><p>327</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>369</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Uxbridge</strong></p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London</strong><strong> (Senior Officers)</strong></p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>82%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p> </p><p>1. Ex-Service personnel are classified as employed if they are in paid employment within six months of leaving the Armed Forces (full-time permanent role; part-time out of choice; contract job for at least six months).</p><p> </p><p>2. Information on employment outcome is based on a 20% sample of ex-Service personnel who have used the Career Transition Partnership service.</p><p>The information on the number of Service personnel who have used the Career Transition Partnership service is not held by each region and constituent part of the UK. However, the attached tables provide the number of Service personnel who have received the Employment Support Programme and the Full Support Programme by resettlement centre from calendar year 2005 to 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 228363 question first answered 24/03/2015 17:28:13 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 228363 - Employment Support Programme.doc title MOD - Employment/Full Support Programme
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

228525

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Languages
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military and (b) civilian staff in his Department are proficient in (i) Arabic, (ii) Persian, (iii) Turkish, (iv) Berber, (v) Kurdish, (vi) Polish and (vii) Russian.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	228367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/03/2015 14:18:26 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 52561 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

226644

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to help military personnel whose employment ceased as a result of the reduction in regular troop numbers to find alternative work.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
	uin	227323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Assisting our former Service personnel to make the transition to civilian employment is of major importance to the Department. All personnel leaving the Armed Forces are entitled to resettlement provision, consisting of time, funding and training, depending on length of service.</p><p>The single Services offer advice, information and guidance to Service leavers on the exact nature of their entitlement. The Career Transition Partnership (CTP), a partnering arrangement between the Department and Right Management Ltd, delivers a suite of transition services - training, job-finding and career transition workshops through regional resettlement centres - to those who are eligible. Of those who use the CTP services, 83% gain employment within six months of leaving the Services.</p><p>Advice given to Service leavers also includes &quot;financial aspects of resettlement&quot; briefings, to which spouses/partners are also invited, covering budget and debt management, managing pension schemes and guidance on the charity-led 'Benefits and Money Advice' service.</p><p>Service leavers also have access to life-long employment support through the Regular Forces Employment Association and Officers Association.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 18/03/2015 16:47:09 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

222912

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nurseries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve childcare infrastructure; and how much LIBOR funding has been used for that purpose.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	224990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government recognises that many military units, both in the UK and overseas, have evolved without the same standard of purpose-built childcare facilities that civilian families can expect. That is why the Chancellor announced in 2013 that up to £20 million of LIBOR money would be provided to update existing childcare facilities and provide new purpose-built buildings on the Defence Estate.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2014 the Prime Minister announced that around £3 million of this money will be spent on a childcare project at the RAF base in Akrotiri, Cyprus. In addition, initial scoping undertaken by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has identified a further 38 locations where this money could increase the accessibility or availability of childcare provision for the Service community. MOD officials are now working to establish the levels of funding required for each project and announcements will be made in due course. It is anticipated the full £20 million will be used.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 02/03/2015 16:32:32 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

156216

	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	West Africa: Ebola
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will introduce a medal for service personnel and medical staff deployed to West Africa as part of the fight against Ebola.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	215004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>Our Armed Forces are playing a significant role, in the fight against the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. The risk and rigor being faced by our Service personnel in the region is unique, and the situation is kept under review by the Operational Review Board. Officials are currently examining the issue of medallic recognition for those who have deployed.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 21/11/2014 14:03:31 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

175229

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence Police: Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the suitability of the new Civil Service Pensions Scheme for Ministry of Defence Police officers.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Gemma Doyle
	uin	221775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The review conducted by the Department on the likely effect of section 10 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 on the Defence Fire and Rescue Service and the Ministry of Defence Police which was laid before Parliament in December 2013 included an assessment of the impact of a higher normal pension age (a key change brought about by the Public Service Pension Act 2013) on Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) personnel.</p><p>Defence Ministers are consulting colleagues about the issues raised by the review. The proposals put forward by the Defence Police Federation in respect of MDP pensions have been fully assessed and reflected in these consultations.</p><p>We hope to be able to confirm the future arrangements for MDP pensions shortly.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 221773 221803 question first answered 27/01/2015 17:04:24 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4063 label Biography information for Gemma Doyle

175230

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence Police
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the proposals of the Defence Police Federation on Ministry of Defence Police pensions.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Gemma Doyle
	uin	221773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The review conducted by the Department on the likely effect of section 10 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 on the Defence Fire and Rescue Service and the Ministry of Defence Police which was laid before Parliament in December 2013 included an assessment of the impact of a higher normal pension age (a key change brought about by the Public Service Pension Act 2013) on Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) personnel.</p><p>Defence Ministers are consulting colleagues about the issues raised by the review. The proposals put forward by the Defence Police Federation in respect of MDP pensions have been fully assessed and reflected in these consultations.</p><p>We hope to be able to confirm the future arrangements for MDP pensions shortly.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 221775 221803 question first answered 27/01/2015 17:04:24 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4063 label Biography information for Gemma Doyle

175232

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence Police
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to confirm future arrangements for Ministry of Defence Police pensions.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Gemma Doyle
	uin	221803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The review conducted by the Department on the likely effect of section 10 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 on the Defence Fire and Rescue Service and the Ministry of Defence Police which was laid before Parliament in December 2013 included an assessment of the impact of a higher normal pension age (a key change brought about by the Public Service Pension Act 2013) on Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) personnel.</p><p>Defence Ministers are consulting colleagues about the issues raised by the review. The proposals put forward by the Defence Police Federation in respect of MDP pensions have been fully assessed and reflected in these consultations.</p><p>We hope to be able to confirm the future arrangements for MDP pensions shortly.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 221773 221775 question first answered 27/01/2015 17:04:24 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4063 label Biography information for Gemma Doyle