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1127392

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Air Commodore Charles Clarke
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	If she will pay tribute to Air Commodore Charles Clarke OBE.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	910989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Air Commodore Clarke was a great friend and ambassador of the Royal Air Force and a truly remarkable man.</p><p> </p><p>Air Commodore Clarke was a member of a World War Two Lancaster aircrew, and one of the last surviving prisoners of the Stalag Luft III Prisoner of War camp in Poland at the time of the great escape.</p><p> </p><p>Following a distinguished career in the RAF, he worked tirelessly as Chairman of the Bomber Command Association, not to mention his support for the RAF Association, RAF Benevolent Fund and the Air Cadets. His courage in the face of adversity is an inspiration to us all, and I know he will be sadly missed by all those who knew him.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/05/2019 16:38:02 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1132280

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Career Breaks: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many women have returned to the labour market as a result of funding from the Women Returners programme.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
	uin	264740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Three rounds of funding for Returners Grants have been announced since March 2018, with £1.5 million now awarded to sixteen organisations supporting returners. Successful organisations funded under the first round began their programmes early this year.</p><p>These programmes provide extensive support to returners, supporting them to develop skills, build confidence, and complete accredited qualifications and training before they return to the labour market. Employment opportunities for returners taking part in the first round of projects will be sourced later this year.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/06/2019 16:58:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1132281

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Career Breaks: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) disabled and (b) black, Asian and minority ethnic group women who have returned to the labour market as a result of funding from the Women Returners programme.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
	uin	264741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Three rounds of funding for Returner Grants have been announced since March 2018, with £1.5 million now awarded to sixteen organisations supporting returners. These programmes provide extensive support to returners, supporting them to develop skills, build confidence, and complete accredited qualifications and training, before they return to the labour market.</p><p>Programmes funded under the Returners Grant Fund will capture data on the protected characteristics of participants as part of programme evaluation. This will include ethnicity, disability, age, education and length of unemployment. Evaluation reports will be published upon the completion of all returner programmes funded by GEO.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/06/2019 16:59:41 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1132279

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Women's Business Council
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment she has made of the merits of the work of the Women's Business Council; and what its forthcoming work programme will be.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
	uin	264739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The Women’s Business Council published its inaugural report five years ago. Since then we have seen a significant shift in women’s participation in, and experiences of, the workplace.</p><p>The Council has successfully influenced government policy on shared parental leave, flexible working and the provision of childcare. Members have raised the profile of issues with business leaders and developed specific programmes and toolkits for the business community.</p><p>I would like to pay tribute to the current Chair, Dame Cilla Snowball as she steps down from office next month, for overseeing the success of the Council’s programme.</p><p>We will be announcing the new Chair of the Women’s Business Council and its future business programme shortly.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/06/2019 16:58:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1131793

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many meetings she held with her Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 March 2019 and 31 May 2019.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	263756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Between 1 March 2019 and 31 May 2019 - there have been no meetings between the Secretary of State for Defence and the Chief Scientific Adviser.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/06/2019 15:22:33 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1137202

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Navy: Military Bases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many visits there have been to UK naval bases by foreign vessels carrying nuclear weapons in each of the last ten years; which bases those vessels visited; and what nations those vessels originated from.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	273805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>It is UK and NATO policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons onboard specific ships or submarines at any particular place or time, for the purposes of safeguarding national security and international relations.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/07/2019 13:46:58 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1138704

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Intelligence Services: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to her oral contribution of 8 July 2019, Official Report, column 19, if she will publish the review by the Investigatory Powers Commissioner on guidance on sharing and receiving intelligence.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
	tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
	uin	276562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Mr David Lidington) on 15 July 2019 (Official Report, column 595).</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/07/2019 15:11:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name Detainee Mistreatment - Judge Led Inquiry.docx title 276562 - Detainee Mistreatment
	tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

1138970

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Intelligence Services: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to her oral contribution of 8 July 2019, Official Report, column 19, when she plans to announce the change of policy in relation to guidance on sharing and receiving intelligence.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
	tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
	uin	277216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the statement I made today (HCWS1746).</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/07/2019 15:48:53 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name HCWS1746 - Cabinet Office Review of Consolidated Guidance.pdf title 20190718 - Written Ministerial Statement
	tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

1127972

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 21 May 2019, Official Report HCWS1575 on Legal Protections and Support for Armed Forces Personnel and Veterans, when the public consultation on legal protections will (a) open and (b) close.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	257032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence will launch a public consultation in summer 2019 on legislation to protect veterans who may be subject to repeated investigations in relation to overseas operations many years after the events in question.</p><p>This is a personal priority for me and I hope that we can bring forward legislation as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 04/06/2019 15:05:43 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1137604

	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	EU Common Foreign and Security Policy
	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 UK Permanent Representative EU on the EU Council meeting on security and defence on 17 June 2019.
	tabling member constituency	East Devon
	tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
	uin	274457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>Ministry of Defence officials regularly engage with the UK Permanent Representative to the European Union on a number of issues. I was not present at the EU Foreign Affairs Council Meeting on 17 June 2019 but met with the UK Permanent Representative to the European Union in the margins of the NATO Defence Ministerial in Brussels on 29 June 2019 to discuss a number of issues related to European security and defence.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/07/2019 15:08:58 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire