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1135923

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what methods (a) HM Paymaster, (b) the Defence Council and (c) an authorised officer determine the amount payable by a member of the armed forces in child maintenance.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	271510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is responsible for setting the overall amount of child maintenance to be paid.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in place with the CMS to facilitate the direct deduction of child maintenance payments from the pay of non-resident parents who are Service personnel. Under the MOU, the Department calculates a 'Minimum Drawing Rate', which takes into account gross basic pay, specialist pay, some allowances as well as gross statutory deductions such as National Insurance and PAYE.</p><p>Child maintenance deductions are always made. The only exception is when the Service person is on military operations and their Commanding Officer may advise that engagement with the CMS be delayed until their return to the UK when they are in a position to consider properly any papers from the CMS and respond accordingly, at which point deductions would commence.</p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 11 June 2019 to Question 261264 which detailed the administrative reasons for the rejection of deduction of earnings requests.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 271511 271551 question first answered 04/07/2019 15:20:41 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1137469

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) women and (b) men are employed by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	274491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>As at 1 April 2019 the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) employed 1,880 personnel. There were 137 women and 1,743 men, equating to 7.3% of RFA employees being women. The average age of ratings was 43 years and the average age of officers was 39 years.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 274490 question first answered 16/07/2019 15:19:35 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1140416

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many BAME staff are employed at (a) grade 7, (b) grade 5 and (c) grade 3 in her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	279045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of civilian Full Time Equivalent BAME staff employed in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) as at 30 June 2019 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Paid Grade/MOD Equivalent BAME Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7/B2</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 5/SCS1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3/SCS3</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In line with Departmental policy figures are rounded to the nearest 5 and tilde ('~') represents a number lower than five and greater than zero. Includes MOD Main Top Level Budgetary Areas (TLBs) only. Excludes Trading funds, Defence Equipment and Support Bespoke Trading Entity, Executive Agency, Royal Fleet Auxiliary and Locally engaged civilians (LECs).</p><p>Full details relating to the numbers of BAME staff employed in the MOD can be found in the Civilian personnel diversity publication on Gov.uk at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-diversity-dashboard-2019</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/07/2019 13:08:43 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1139416

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	War Pensions: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of veterans with PTSD have been refused a war pension since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
	tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
	uin	277791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>Information on the total number of veterans medically diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is not held.</p><p>However, between 1 January 2010 and 31 March 2019 an estimated 6,730 veterans have claimed compensation for PTSD under the War Pension Scheme, of which 1,320 (19.5%) were unsuccessful.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/07/2019 13:09:12 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

1136298

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Incentives
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many bonuses have been paid by the Army/Capita to recruits who agree to enlist earlier than originally intended; what the average size is of those bonus payments; what the total sum spent is on those bonuses as of 2 July 2019; and what the qualifying criteria are for those bonus payments.
	tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
	uin	272152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Recruiting Partnering Project (RPP) has been resourced to prioritise recruiting using a range of tools, including financial incentives. Historically, these have incentivised candidates to join specific trades or to start training quickly.</p><p>The RPP has set aside some £885,000 to date, to incentivise candidates, who are able to do so, to start training quickly where there are anticipated spaces on training intakes. These bonuses were comprised of single payments of £2,500 to 354 candidates, split over two separate incentive periods.</p><p>Qualifying criteria require the candidate to commence the relevant training (e.g. Infantry at Infantry Training Centre Catterick) in target months, be over 18 years of age and to have passed their Discharge as of Right period.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 08/07/2019 16:40:37 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1137472

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary: LGBT+ People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian staff in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary identify as LGBT+.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	274494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not hold this information as Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel are not mandated to record it. The Biannual Civilian Personnel Report, produced by Defence Statistics, does, however, contain published information on MOD civilian staff which includes Defence wide LGBT+ and BAME statistics.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 274493 question first answered 16/07/2019 15:20:15 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1140922

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	War Pensions: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many letters of delay the Veterans Agency is issuing to veterans awaiting an assessment appeal for their war pension on average.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
	tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
	uin	280407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/07/2019 15:11:36 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

1140273

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many subject access requests have been made to her Department in each of the last four quarters.
	tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
	tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
	uin	279112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of subject access requests reported, by financial year (FY), are given below:</p><p> </p><p>FY 2018-19, Quarter 2 - 8,205</p><p> </p><p>FY 2018-19, Quarter 3 - 7,890</p><p> </p><p>FY 2018-19, Quarter 4 - 10,548</p><p> </p><p>FY 2019-20, Quarter 1 - Total number not yet collated and verified. I will write to the hon. Member with this data shortly.</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 23/07/2019 13:08:00 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

1140274

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many subject access requests made to her Department in each of the last four quarters were complied with within the 28-day time limit.
	tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
	tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
	uin	279113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of subject access requests answered within 28 days of receipt by Financial Year (FY), are given below.</p><p>FY 2018-19, Quarter 2 - 5,265</p><p>FY 2018-19, Quarter 3 - 5,061</p><p>FY 2018-19, Quarter 4 - 6,907</p><p>FY 2019-20, Quarter 1 - Total number not held as this reporting period has not closed yet. I will write to the hon. Member with this data shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/07/2019 13:07:03 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

1137459

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans UK
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Minister of State for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans has met with trade union representatives to discuss the future of Veterans UK in the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	274483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>None.</p><p>However, Ministry of Defence officials have met trade union representatives on numerous occasions to discuss the Future Service Delivery Contract and its impact and benefits to the Veterans UK organisation. This close engagement will continue.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/07/2019 15:00:58 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith