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1063922

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Members' Constituency Work
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the letter of 14 January 2019, case reference SG11604, on Iain Kinloch, was sent to the Department for Work and Pensions; and whether that letter was read by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence People and Veterans.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
	uin	223062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>As the contents of the letter related predominantly to the issue of Employment and Support Allowance, which is administered by the Department for Work and Pensions, the letter was transferred to that Department for answer. This is in line with normal Departmental practice. I have now written to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions about the points raised.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 27/02/2019 15:14:59 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

1063961

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Identity Cards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason there is an expiry date on the HM Armed Forces Veterans identification card.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	223133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>In line with other identification cards such as passports and the Photo ID driving licence, the Veterans ID card lasts for ten years. Appearances can change, and it is important that Veteran ID cards provide a true likeness of the individual.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 26/02/2019 15:48:04 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1063973

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the number of veterans who have served in the armed forces who reside in each local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	223145
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not record the number of veterans who reside in each local authority.</p><p> </p><p>An estimated distribution of the UK Armed Forces veteran population residing in Great Britain can be found in the 'Annual Population Survey: UK Armed Forces Veterans Residing in Great Britain', the latest edition of which (2017) is published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/annual-population-survey-uk-armed-forces-veterans-residing-in-great-britain" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/annual-population-survey-uk-armed-forces-veterans-residing-in-great-britain</a>. As at 2017, there were an estimated 2.4 million UK Armed Forces veterans residing in households across Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>The sample size of the Annual Population Survey is statistically too small to produce veteran estimates at geographical locations below county level.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Department does hold information on UK Armed Forces veterans in each local authority who are in receipt of an Armed Forces occupational pension, a disablement pension under the War Pensions Scheme or compensation under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme. This information can be found in table 3 of “Location of Armed Forces pension and compensation recipients: as at 31 March 2018 (annex A)” which is published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/location-of-armed-forces-pension-and-compensation-recipients-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/location-of-armed-forces-pension-and-compensation-recipients-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 223146 question first answered 26/02/2019 15:47:23 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1063974

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his policy to record the number of veterans who have served in the armed forces who reside in each local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	223146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not record the number of veterans who reside in each local authority.</p><p> </p><p>An estimated distribution of the UK Armed Forces veteran population residing in Great Britain can be found in the 'Annual Population Survey: UK Armed Forces Veterans Residing in Great Britain', the latest edition of which (2017) is published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/annual-population-survey-uk-armed-forces-veterans-residing-in-great-britain" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/annual-population-survey-uk-armed-forces-veterans-residing-in-great-britain</a>. As at 2017, there were an estimated 2.4 million UK Armed Forces veterans residing in households across Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>The sample size of the Annual Population Survey is statistically too small to produce veteran estimates at geographical locations below county level.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Department does hold information on UK Armed Forces veterans in each local authority who are in receipt of an Armed Forces occupational pension, a disablement pension under the War Pensions Scheme or compensation under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme. This information can be found in table 3 of “Location of Armed Forces pension and compensation recipients: as at 31 March 2018 (annex A)” which is published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/location-of-armed-forces-pension-and-compensation-recipients-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/location-of-armed-forces-pension-and-compensation-recipients-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 223145 question first answered 26/02/2019 15:47:23 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1064056

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	223254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>As at 31 January 2019, 1,280 Ministry of Defence civilian personnel were employed on an apprenticeship scheme, which represents some 2.3 per cent of the civilian workforce.</p><p>In addition, there are some 20,000 Armed Forces personnel undertaking apprenticeships at any one time.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 25/02/2019 15:22:12 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1064397

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding the Armed Forced Covenant fund has granted to (a) Barnsley and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	223922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The Armed Forces Covenant was officially launched in 2011 and was initially supported by the Community Covenant Grant Scheme which ran for four years between 2011 and 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The table below details the value of funds awarded to Yorkshire and Humberside in this period. It is not possible to break down the information requested between Financial Years 2011-12 and 2012-13 or to establish whether the organisation receiving funding was in Barnsley without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Community Covenant Grant Scheme - Yorkshire and Humberside</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Value of Grants Awarded</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12 and 2012-13</p></td><td><p>£1,616,867</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£624,441</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£ 64,026</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>From April 2015, the Covenant Grant Fund was launched, with an allocation of £10 million per year. Allocation of grants to Yorkshire and Humberside are detailed in the table below. It is not possible to establish whether the organisation receiving funding was in Barnsley without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Covenant Grant Fund - Yorkshire and Humberside</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Value of Grants Awarded</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£99,177</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£1,015,652</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£827,782</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£127,092</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In addition, the 2018 ‘Armistice and the Armed Forces Community’ programme made non-monetary awards to small community groups and charities to support their community Armistice commemorations. 135 of these grants were awarded in Yorkshire and Humberside, five of which were in Barnsley.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 27/02/2019 15:14:14 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1064674

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Health
	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 reduce the proportion of army personnel that cannot be sent overseas due to medical reasons.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	224332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 12 February 2019 to Question 216134 to the hon. Member for Romford (Mr Andrew Rosindell).</p><p>For the Army, the health and wellbeing of personnel is a priority. A range of initiatives and policies are continuously being developed and implemented to address the conditions which most frequently cause medical downgrades.</p><p>The introduction earlier this year of new Physical Employment Standards for Ground Close Combat (GCC) roles followed evidence from research as part of a five-year programme that aims to reduce musculo-skeletal injury and optimise operational effectiveness. Work is now under way to develop the most suitable standards for non-GCC roles.</p><p>Additionally, there are a number of initiatives that aim to provide long-term support to address poor lifestyle choices and weight management issues, which we recognise as an issue for modern society. For example, some units are trialling a Healthy Living programme, using wearable technology linked to an online application which aims to instil a personal responsibility culture for soldiers to maintain their fitness.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 28/02/2019 15:53:57 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name 216134_Armed_Forces_Health.docx title 216134 - Armed Forces; Health
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1064917

	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	World War I and World War II: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department holds information on war service gratuity payments that were made at the end of the First and Second World Wars to service personnel drawn from the British dominions and colonies.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	224796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is investigating what, if any, information is held by the Department. This process will take time to complete and I will write to the hon. Member in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 224798 224799 224800 question first answered 04/03/2019 16:36:51 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1064919

	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	World War II: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department holds information on the (a) number and (b) identities of veterans of the Caribbean regiment who served alongside the British armed forces in the Second World War and are still alive.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	224798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is investigating what, if any, information is held by the Department. This process will take time to complete and I will write to the hon. Member in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 224796 224799 224800 question first answered 04/03/2019 16:36:51 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1064920

	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	World War II: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department holds information on the (a) number and (b) identities of veterans of the British Indian Army who served alongside the British armed forces in the Second World War and are still alive.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	224799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is investigating what, if any, information is held by the Department. This process will take time to complete and I will write to the hon. Member in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 224796 224798 224800 question first answered 04/03/2019 16:36:52 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry