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1043058

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Legal Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the highest hourly rate paid for legal advice was by (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's arms length bodies in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	209814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The highest hourly rate paid for legal advice by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) was £<del class="ministerial">580.</del><ins class="ministerial">597.</ins></p><p> </p><p>The highest hourly rate paid for legal advice by the MOD’s arms length bodies is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Name of Arms Length Body</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Highest Rate</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence Electronics and Components Agency</p></td><td><p>£295</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence Science and Technology Laboratory</p></td><td><p>£148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Army Museum</p></td><td><p>£550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Museum of the Royal Navy</p></td><td><p>£580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oil and Pipelines</p></td><td><p>£250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Air Force Museum</p></td><td><p>£280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Hospital Chelsea</p></td><td><p>£530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Single Source Regulations Office</p></td><td><p>£450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom Hydrographic Office</p></td><td><p>£675</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/01/2019 16:35:44 question first ministerially corrected 28/03/2019 17:00:18 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 97151 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1048037

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money spent by his Department has been counted as UK aid spending; and what programmes that money has been allocated to within his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
	tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
	uin	212640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has an annual Official Developmental Assistance target of £5 million, of which approximately £6.12 million was spent in the calendar year of 2017 – a breakdown by programme is below. 2018 figures are currently undergoing a regular assurance process and will be published in April 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Programme</p></td><td><p>£ million*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence Education Programmes</p></td><td><p>£3.74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Britjish Forces Cyprus: Refugee Camp</p></td><td><p>£0.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Hydrographic Office Charting Support</p></td><td><p>£0.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Locally Employed Civilian Training: Afghanistan</p></td><td><p>£0.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Navy: Disaster Relief Training</p></td><td><p>Less than £0.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>'Askari Serpent': Local Vaccination Programmes</p></td><td><p>£0.10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Figures rounded to 2 decimal places.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 07/02/2019 16:12:39 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson previous answer version 99528 answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
	tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

1081771

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any MOD contractor has loaded weapons on to aircraft since March 2015 in Saudi Arabia.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	228080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2019 answer text <p>Contracted personnel have loaded weapons on to aircraft for training missions and test and evaluation activity, i.e. exclusively for use on weapons ranges, but they have not loaded weapons on to aircraft for operational sorties.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/03/2019 10:06:41 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew previous answer version 106413 answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1081898

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Military Aid
	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 22 January 2019 to Question 207274 on Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia, whether the terms of the (a) 1985 and (b) 1986 Al Yamamah MOUs have been replicated in the Saudi British Defence Cooperation Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	228154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2019 answer text <p>The 1986 Memorandum of Understanding continues to govern the government-to-government arrangements for the supply of military equipment and services to the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces, including the programmes of work agreed under the Saudi British Defence Cooperation Programme.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/03/2019 10:03:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew previous answer version 106414 answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1126175

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in her Department who were transferred or seconded to work (a) in other departments or (b) on other departmental briefs on preparations for the UK to leave the EU, have since returned to her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	253469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>Four Ministry of Defence (MOD) civil servants remain augumenting in Other Government Departments as preparation for the UK to leave the EU. A total of 257 MOD civil servants were augmented to Other Government Departments including those who were augmented in support of Operation Yellowhammer. As at 14 May 2019, 253 had returned to the MOD.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 22/05/2019 15:10:08 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 119453 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1063600

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Weddings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to allow (a) civil marriage, (b) civil partnership and (c) same-sex marriage ceremonies on Ministry of Defence sites.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Will Quince
	uin	222595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>I want to make sure that all those who want a civil marriage, civil partnerships and same-sex marriage in the Armed Forces receive the same treatment as their counterparts who wish to marry in religious ceremonies. That is why I have asked the Department to look into all options on making this a reality and have written to the Ministry of Justice and the Minister for Women and Equalities pushing this issue. The relevant legislation should be changed so that all members of the Armed Forces whether they want religious ceremonies, civil partnerships or marriage, or same-sex marriage are treated equally.</p><p>The Department conducted a pilot project in 2016, under the Minister of the Armed Forces, to consider the feasibility of using the MOD estate to host the registration of civil marriages or partnerships. This pilot identified a change was required to the relevant legislation to deliver this ambition. The current legislation does not allow for the MOD sites to limit who is married, and who attends civil marriages, civil partnerships and same-sex marriages; this presents difficulties in protecting security of MOD sites. The Department is working on how we fix this anomaly and have written asking for legislative change.</p><p>Meanwhile, more widely in the Armed Forces I am determined that the MOD should continue to be a leader in supporting the LGBT community, and to build on the strong progress to date. We continue to strive to be an employer of choice and are working hard to improve the culture within defence to ensure that we attract and retain diverse talent, including those from the LGBT community. Indeed, I was delighted the MOD was recently recognised in the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index 2019, in which all three services have been placed in the Top 100 LGBT inclusive employers listing.</p><p>In 2014, we made provision to allow the marriages of same sex couples in military chapels, for those with demonstrable link to the Armed Forces and provided that the chaplain and the chaplain's Sending Church agreed. At present only the United Reformed Church (URC) permits its chaplains to conduct such marriages, and the first religious marriage of a same sex couple on Defence site took place at St Barbara's Church, HMS Excellent, Whale Island, Portsmouth in 2017.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 26/02/2019 15:42:12 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
	tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

1064922

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that Afghan Interpreters are eligible for help from UK service charities.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Will Quince
	uin	224813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>When former Locally Employed Staff (LES) are relocated to the UK, we provide funding for four months of support by the Local Authority through a contracted support provider. These support providers offer assistance to the former LES in areas such as familiarisation with their new location and setting up their new home; finding school or nursery places for children; access to English language lessons, including women only classes, and courses to assist the former LES in finding employment. After the four month point, care and support properly become the responsibility of the local government and healthcare providers.</p><p>We receive reports from Local Authorities on how successfully former LES have settled at the four month point. We cannot legitimately track former LES beyond this point. But, in the cases of severely disabled former LES, we have worked with Local Authorities, the care providers and a Service Charity (Help 4 Heroes) to facilitate additional charitable support.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 28/02/2019 15:24:42 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

1055917

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Chinook Helicopters: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will be depositing all records relating to the 1994 Chinok helicopter crash in the National Archives at Kew.
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	uin	217489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>All important records relating to the 1994 Chinook helicopter crash at the Mull of Kintyre will be selected for permanent preservation. Records selected for permanent preservation are ultimately transferred to The National Archives.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/02/2019 15:57:53 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1079376

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Patrol Craft: Unmanned Air Vehicles
	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 ability of the new off-shore patrol vessels ships to have a UAV capability; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	227042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Batch 2 Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) are versatile ships that will be able to deliver across a broad range of defence tasks, in our home waters and overseas, exploiting flexible manning solutions and innovative technologies. This could also include an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle capability that is already being exploited within the Batch 1 OPV.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/03/2019 15:35:01 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1079377

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Age
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on members of the armed forces personnel that have reached retirement age but want to extend their service and are fit and capable enough to do so; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	227043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Services' engagement structures are designed to balance the demands of military service (including the physical element), with the retention of skills and need to offer the potential for progression throughout a career.</p><p>In all cases the Services have the ability to retain those whose skills they particularly wish to retain, including extension on a case-by-case basis beyond the age at which the individual would normally retire.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 05/03/2019 15:36:40 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker