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1718079

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Catterick Garrison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at Meggido Lines as of May 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	26255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>As at 1 January 2024, there were 280 UK Armed Forces Service personnel stationed at Meggido Lines.</p><p> </p><p>Please note the following caveats:</p><p> </p><ol><li>The number of UK Armed Forces Service Personnel stationed at Meggido Lines can only be provided as at 1 January 2024 in line with Published National Statistics.</li><li>This figure comprises UK Regular Forces, Gurkhas, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel (LEP), Volunteer Reserve, Serving Regular Reserve, Sponsored Reserve and Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) of unknown origin. University Officer Cadets are excluded. The figure includes both trained and untrained personnel.</li><li>The figure is based on Service personnel’s stationed location and not their location of residence – where personnel work is not necessarily where they live. Personnel deployed on operations to an area away from their stationed location are shown against their most recent stationed location.</li><li>Figures containing Reserve personnel are estimates because the station location data for Reserves has not been fully verified.</li><li>The figure has been rounded to the nearest 10 to prevent inadvertent disclosure of personal identities. However, numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/05/2024 08:36:43 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1718081

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Catterick Garrison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were based at Catterick Town as of May 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	26257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 13 May 2024, to Question 24549.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/05/2024 08:35:42 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1718082

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Catterick Garrison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at Peronne Lines as of 14 May 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	26258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>As at 1 January 2024, there were no UK Armed Forces Service personnel stationed at Peronne Lines.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/05/2024 08:34:45 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1718080

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Catterick Garrison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were based at Richmondshire Lines as of May 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	26256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>As at 1 January 2024, there were no UK Armed Forces Service personnel stationed at Richmondshire Lines.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/05/2024 08:33:54 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1712736

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	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, what the average amount of time is that an (a) officer and (b) rating serves in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	22854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>Making the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) an attractive and rewarding employer remains of paramount importance and promoting retention efforts to extend the length of service of our sailors enables the RFA to retain skilled personnel.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the average length of service on exit by trained RFA Personnel between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2023.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Rank</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mean</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Median</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Officer</p></td><td><p>15 years 3 months</p></td><td><p>8 years 6 months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rating</p></td><td><p>13 years 9 months</p></td><td><p>11 years 4 months</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Average Length of Service (LOS) has been calculated by the length of current service, against the difference between the sailor’s joining and exit dates.</p><p> </p><p>Data has been provided for all exits from the RFA, including Resignation Under Age 60, Resignation Aged 60 or Over, and Other Wastage including Dismissal, Forced Early Retirement, Medical Discharge, Contract of Employment not offered, Offer of Employment Rejected and Death Whilst in Service.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/05/2024 08:32:57 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1716964

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	D-Day Landings: Anniversaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take to commemorate the D-Day landings.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	25475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is the lead Department for the Government’s National UK D-Day 80<sup>th </sup>anniversary and is working across Whitehall and with external stakeholders to lead a programme of official commemorations in the UK and in France, ensuring our Normandy Veterans are the VIPs for this significant anniversary.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s National Commemorative Event in Portsmouth will once again highlight this nation’s major contribution as a leading partner in the Western Alliance. The programme will commemorate the service and sacrifice of all who fought under British command on D-Day, by honouring our veterans, securing their legacy within our youth and demonstrating the UK’s global role in defence and security alliances.</p><p> </p><p>The official programme includes:</p><p> </p><p>UK:</p><p>A National Commemoration on Southsea Common, Portsmouth on 5 June – an audience of 4,000 and live BBC One broadcast.</p><p> </p><p>In France on 5 June:</p><p>A Royal British Legion service of commemoration in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s (CWGC) Bayeux War Cemetery, with up to 50 Normandy veterans present and 1,500 guests.</p><p> </p><p>A CWGC led Bayeux Cathedral Service in partnership with the MOD for 1,000 guests.</p><p> </p><p>A CWGC and MOD partnered BBC One live broadcast from Bayeux War Cemetery when all 4,144 graves will be illuminated.</p><p> </p><p>In France on 6 June:</p><p>A National Commemoration at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver sur Mer with up to 50 Normandy veterans present and an audience of 2,500, live broadcast on BBC One. It is the first time, during a major commemorative year, that this event will take place at the Memorial following its official opening in 2021.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/05/2024 08:30:58 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1716805

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department issues to parents of potential army recruits under the age of 18 on their child’s discharge rights.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	25508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>Discharge as of Right (DAOR) is discussed during the candidate career discussion and the candidate Basic Training Readiness preparation briefs. Parents/guardians are welcome to attend these sessions and ask any questions.</p><p> </p><p>DAOR information is also provided in the candidate final offer, in the Terms and Conditions of Service section, which parents/guardians can view via the application portal. DAOR is touched upon in the Commanding Officer Welcome Brief at Army Foundation College Harrogate for the U18 recruits and their parents/guardians who attend that establishment.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/05/2024 08:29:47 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1716804

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2024
	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, with reference to paragraph 56 of the Concluding Observations on the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of the UK to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, published on 22 June 2023, whether he plans to accept the recommendation that an enlisted child should not be subject to a longer minimum service period than an enlisted adult.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	25507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>Under 18 recruits are able to leave up to the day before their 18<sup>th</sup> birthday via a variety of mechanisms such as Discharge As Of Right or Discharge Under 18. Prior to their 18<sup>th</sup> birthday, they make an informed choice as to whether to remain in service beyond this age. These rights are exclusive to those Under 18, providing additional safeguards appropriate to their age. Subsequent adult service is only committed to having completed this period of enhanced rights and having attained the age of 18. Individuals who decide to leave the Armed Forces are supported for up to two years post discharge to gain a route into further education, training or employment.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/05/2024 08:28:48 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1716803

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2024
	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, with reference to paragraph 56 of the Concluding Observations on the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of the UK to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, published on 22 June 2023, whether he plans to accept the recommendation that a child from a separated family should not be enlisted if only one parent gives consent.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	25506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>Applicants under the age of 18 are only accepted with the written consent by all appropriate persons – that is to say those with legal parental responsibility or a legal guardian. If an agreement cannot be reached, a parent can apply for a Specific Issue Order or Prohibited Steps Order. A judge will then make a decision based on the applicant’s best interests.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/05/2024 08:26:48 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1716903

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Business Services: Civil Servants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) full-time equivalent and (b) part time civil servants there were at Defence Business Services in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	25430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The below table shows the number of full time and part time core workforce individuals within Defence Business Services (DBS) as at 31 March for each year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong>Full Time</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Part Time</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,538</p></td><td><p>335</p></td><td><p>1,873</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,352</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>1,607</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,296</p></td><td><p>259</p></td><td><p>1,555</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,807</p></td><td><p>436</p></td><td><p>2,243</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,739</p></td><td><p>438</p></td><td><p>2,177</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td><td><p>464</p></td><td><p>2,244</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1,754</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>2,223</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>1,852</p></td><td><p>489</p></td><td><p>2,341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1,972</p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>2,492</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1,414</p></td><td><p>413</p></td><td><p>1,827</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>1,461</p></td><td><p>411</p></td><td><p>1,872</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>1,460</p></td><td><p>414</p></td><td><p>1,874</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024</p></td><td><p>1,556</p></td><td><p>379</p></td><td><p>1,935</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>DBS was established in July 2011, therefore the earliest data provided is from 31 March 2012. The major changes in staff levels on 31 March 2015 and 31 March 2021 are the result of the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency (SPVA) merging with DBS on 1 April 2014, and UK Security Vetting (UKSV) leaving DBS on 1 April 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/05/2024 08:25:48 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey