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1128890

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	VJ Day: Anniversaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans her Department has to commemorate far east prisoners of war on the anniversary of VJ day.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	259289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government and the nation continue to recognise and be thankful for all those who served in the Far East during the Second World War. We recognise the sacrifices made and the horrors to which our personnel were subjected.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is committed to ensuring that ex prisoners of war from the Far East Campaign remain in the public consciousness as much as those who served in other campaigns. The MOD, in conjunction with The Royal British Legion, will look to mark the 75th anniversary of 'Victory over Japan Day' on 15 August 2020 in an appropriate way.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 10/06/2019 16:16:03 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1129349

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Medical Services: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the tapered annual allowance on the number of Defence Medical Service doctors leaving the armed forces.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
	tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
	uin	259299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Defence and Chancellor of the Exchequer have not yet discussed this particular issue. However, given concerns expressed by Defence Medical Services personnel and the well-publicised discussions in the NHS and the Department of Health and Social Care, the Ministry of Defence has consulted internally on pension taxation, including the issue of tapering.</p><p>We recognise the current situation with pension taxation (including tapered annual allowance) is a risk to retention and are monitoring any associated increase in the outflow of personnel. To date, monitoring suggests no apparent increase in the voluntary outflow of Medical Officers, but we accept this might change in the future.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 259301 question first answered 07/06/2019 11:22:49 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

1129350

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Medical Services: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment she has made of the effect of shortages in Defence Medical Service doctors on the ability to deploy forces.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
	tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
	uin	259300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>Against a backdrop of medical workforce shortfalls nationally and across the global health care sector, we also have a number of specialty areas where we are experiencing consultant shortfalls. These are being monitored and addressed through normal workforce control mechanisms. To date this has not affected our ability to deploy forces on any directed tasks or operations.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/06/2019 11:22:03 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

1129351

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Medical Services: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effect of the tapered annual allowance on the retention of armed forces doctors.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
	tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
	uin	259301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Defence and Chancellor of the Exchequer have not yet discussed this particular issue. However, given concerns expressed by Defence Medical Services personnel and the well-publicised discussions in the NHS and the Department of Health and Social Care, the Ministry of Defence has consulted internally on pension taxation, including the issue of tapering.</p><p>We recognise the current situation with pension taxation (including tapered annual allowance) is a risk to retention and are monitoring any associated increase in the outflow of personnel. To date, monitoring suggests no apparent increase in the voluntary outflow of Medical Officers, but we accept this might change in the future.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 259299 question first answered 07/06/2019 11:22:49 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

1130737

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Finance
	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 total spending on veterans' support services in each region of the UK in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	261532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>Information for the regions is not held in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>Once Armed Forces personnel have left the service, the provisions for their health and welfare support needs are primarily provided by the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Work and Pensions alongside the NHS in England and the Devolved Regions. Additional welfare support is also provided by the third sector in the form of Service charities and benevolent organisations. Some welfare support is provided by the Department through its Veteran UK organisation.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 261533 question first answered 12/06/2019 15:36:28 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1130738

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Finance
	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 total spending on veterans' support services in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	261533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>Information for the regions is not held in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>Once Armed Forces personnel have left the service, the provisions for their health and welfare support needs are primarily provided by the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Work and Pensions alongside the NHS in England and the Devolved Regions. Additional welfare support is also provided by the third sector in the form of Service charities and benevolent organisations. Some welfare support is provided by the Department through its Veteran UK organisation.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 261532 question first answered 12/06/2019 15:36:28 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1130739

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Aged Veterans Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent by the Aged Veterans Fund in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	261534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The table below details the value of funds awarded in the two years the Aged Veterans Fund was open:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year (FY)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value of Grants Awarded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£6,608,090</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£22,792,661</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table below details the value of Aged Veterans Funds awarded to Yorkshire and Humberside since 2015. It is not possible to break down the information requested or establish whether the organisation receiving funding was in South Yorkshire or Barnsley without incurring disproportionate cost:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Awarded to</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Title of project</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY Awarded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age UK Support Services (Yorkshire and Humber)</p></td><td><p>Mission possible: Active Service in Later Life</p></td><td><p>£539,980</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rural Action Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>Veterans Advance North Yorkshire – We’ve got your back</p></td><td><p>£1,004,664</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 261535 question first answered 12/06/2019 15:37:43 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1130740

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Aged Veterans Fund: South Yorkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding from the Aged Veterans Fund has been allocated to projects and groups in (a) South Yorkshire and (b) Barnsley in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	261535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The table below details the value of funds awarded in the two years the Aged Veterans Fund was open:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year (FY)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value of Grants Awarded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£6,608,090</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£22,792,661</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table below details the value of Aged Veterans Funds awarded to Yorkshire and Humberside since 2015. It is not possible to break down the information requested or establish whether the organisation receiving funding was in South Yorkshire or Barnsley without incurring disproportionate cost:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Awarded to</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Title of project</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY Awarded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age UK Support Services (Yorkshire and Humber)</p></td><td><p>Mission possible: Active Service in Later Life</p></td><td><p>£539,980</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rural Action Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>Veterans Advance North Yorkshire – We’ve got your back</p></td><td><p>£1,004,664</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 261534 question first answered 12/06/2019 15:37:43 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

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

1133750

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Sexual Offences
	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 tackle alleged sexual harassment in the Armed Forces.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Ross Thomson
	uin	267359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>No one should have to work in an environment where they are sexually harassed or experience other forms of inappropriate behaviour which are clearly incompatible with the high values and standards we expect of our people. The Armed Forces are committed to addressing this issue through a range of activities, including surveys and climate assessments, awareness campaigns, and training around equality, diversity, inclusion and values. Addressing this type of behaviour is also a leadership issue and covered in leadership training modules. In addition, each unit in the Armed Forces has at least one trained Equality and Diversity Inclusion Adviser, who has a key role in advising the Commanding Officer on Equality Legislation and, where incidents occur, providing advice to those involved on the option of informal resolution of the matter or submission of a Service complaint.</p><p>We recognise the great courage it takes to come forward and report sexual harassment. Personnel who come forward can have full confidence that all allegations are thoroughly investigated.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 27/06/2019 13:26:41 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4599 label Biography information for Ross Thomson