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1362569

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Stonewall
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funds have been paid by his Department to Stonewall in each of the last five years; and to what projects those funds were allocated.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	61052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>No donations are made to the charity; however, the Ministry of Defence (MOD), the MOD Police, the Royal Navy, Army, and Royal Air Force are all members of Stonewall's 'diversity champions programme' for which membership costs an annual fee. In addition, a number of courses and professional development sessions are purchased on an ad-hoc basis, primarily by the LGBT+ networks. <br> <br> Estimated total expenditure by the MOD can be found in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£23,181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£15,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£11,790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£18,691</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22 (to date)</p></td><td><p>£11,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 01/11/2021 16:50:14 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1379322

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Stonewall
	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 1 November 2021 to Question 61052 on Ministry of Defence: Stonewall, if he will publish a detailed breakdown of funding given by his Department to Stonewall over each of the last five years, including listings of every project to which those funds were allocated.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	76548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>It will take time to collate the information needed to produce the breakdown requested and I will write to the hon. Member with an answer in due course.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 22/11/2021 16:01:16 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1383559

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to Question 76548, on Ministry of Defence: Stonewall, tabled by the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	84298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2021 answer text <p>As the hon. Member was advised in my answer to Question 76548, it will take time to collate the information needed to produce the breakdown requested and I will write to you with an answer in due course. I hope to be able to do so later this month.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 03/12/2021 11:20:29 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1402854

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 22 November to Question 76548, he plans to respond to Question 76548 on Ministry of Defence: Stonewall, tabled by the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	103509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>You will recall that I responded to your Question 76548 of 17 November 2021 on 22 November 2021 to advise that it would take time to collate the information required for a detailed breakdown and, in response to your further Question 84298 of 30 November, I reiterated that position. I am now able to respond substantively to your Question.</p><p>As you will know from my answer of 1 November 2021 to Question 61052, no donations are made to Stonewall. However, the Ministry of Defence (MOD), the three Services, and the MOD Police, are all members of Stonewall's 'Diversity Champions programme' for which membership costs an annual fee. In addition, a number of courses and professional development sessions are purchased on an ad-hoc basis, primarily by the LGBT+ networks.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that all MOD Memberships are reviewed regularly, to ensure that they deliver value for money and continue to meet our Diversity and Inclusion ambitions and strategic direction, as set out in the Defence Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, A Force for Inclusion.</p><p> </p><p>Information held by the MOD is provided in the table below. You will wish to note that further investigation of expenditure means that in many cases the estimated figures provided in answer to Question 61052 have now been revised upwards.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Navy</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> British Army</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Royal Air Force</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> MOD Centre D&amp;I</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> MOD Police</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£1,050</p></td><td><p>£3,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£3,696</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£9,045</p></td><td><p>£17,181</p></td><td><p>£3,000</p></td><td><p>£3,000</p></td><td><p>£3,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£8,084</p></td><td><p>£9,150</p></td><td><p>£3,000</p></td><td><p>£11,226</p></td><td><p>£3,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£6,155</p></td><td><p>£5,104</p></td><td><p>£6,708</p></td><td><p>£4,854</p></td><td><p>£9,326</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£2,500</p></td><td><p>£6,000</p></td><td><p>£3,000</p></td><td><p>£3,000</p></td><td><p>£3,209</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The Royal Navy has no payments recorded to Stonewall prior to financial year 2017-18</li><li>MOD Centre Diversity and Inclusion has no payments recorded to Stonewall prior to financial year 2017-18</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 18/01/2022 11:33:57 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1403971

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 18 January 2022 and 1 November 2021 to Questions 103509 and 61052 on Ministry of Defence: Stonewall, what steps he is taking to help ensure that figures provided in response to Parliamentary questions are (a) up to date and (b) accurate.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	106612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>Ministry of Defence (MOD) staff do the best they can within the given time available to supply necessary information for Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and Parliamentary Questions (PQs). Staff strive to ensure the information supplied is as accurate as possible and, where inaccuracies or inconsistencies are later found, the Department will set the record straight at the earliest opportunity. It must be recognised that requests for large data sets, over many years, present a significant challenge to locate, retrieve, and extract information, especially where such data is not collated or held centrally and is dispersed among different branches of Defence. In cases where FOI/PQs are made for historic information before the advent of widespread electronic filing, this task is made yet harder where paper records need to be manually interrogated. This can be further complicated by the time constraints imposed by the nature of such requests. Where time is limited, in the case of Named Day PQs staff typically have around one working day or less, it is not always possible for staff to ensure all records are thoroughly reviewed and the total accuracy of the data supplied. In such cases, estimates may be given. In the case of Question 61052, a Named Day Question, MOD staff produced the best estimate possible within the time constraint the question imposed. Having had the time to conduct a more thorough search and analysis in the time since, MOD staff were able to supply revised and more detailed information in response to Question 103509.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 106615 question first answered 21/01/2022 11:22:42 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1403972

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Stonewall
	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 18 January 2022 to Question 103509 on Ministry of Defence: Stonewall, if he will publish a detailed breakdown of the £17,181 that the British Army spent on Stonewall in the 2017-18 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	106613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>The requested information is set out below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>British Army</strong>:</p><p>Prior to July 2019, records on expenditure on Stonewall were not centrally held. It has not, therefore, been possible to provide a detailed breakdown of the money spent.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Financial Year 2017-18</strong>:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Costs (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Purpose</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2,500.00</p></td><td><p>Organisation Membership</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14,681.00</p></td><td><p>Information not held</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>MOD Centre Diversity and Inclusion Directorate</strong>:</p><p><strong>Financial Year 2018-19:</strong></p><p>Stonewall Membership: £3,000.00</p><p>Stonewall speaker fee: £240.00</p><p>Stonewall Allies Training programme: £6,300.00</p><p>Stonewall Workplace Conference: £1,686.00</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 106614 question first answered 21/01/2022 12:03:23 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1403973

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Stonewall
	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 18 January 2022 to Question 103509 on Ministry of Defence: Stonewall, if he will publish a detailed breakdown of the £11,226 that the Ministry of Defence Centre D&I spent on Stonewall in the 2018-19 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	106614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>The requested information is set out below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>British Army</strong>:</p><p>Prior to July 2019, records on expenditure on Stonewall were not centrally held. It has not, therefore, been possible to provide a detailed breakdown of the money spent.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Financial Year 2017-18</strong>:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Costs (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Purpose</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2,500.00</p></td><td><p>Organisation Membership</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14,681.00</p></td><td><p>Information not held</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>MOD Centre Diversity and Inclusion Directorate</strong>:</p><p><strong>Financial Year 2018-19:</strong></p><p>Stonewall Membership: £3,000.00</p><p>Stonewall speaker fee: £240.00</p><p>Stonewall Allies Training programme: £6,300.00</p><p>Stonewall Workplace Conference: £1,686.00</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 106613 question first answered 21/01/2022 12:03:23 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1403974

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Information
	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 18 January 2022 to Question 103509 on Ministry of Defence: Stonewall, and with reference to his Department's responses to Freedom of Information requests reference FOI2021/02580 and FOI2021/02402 in April 2021, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure (a) accuracy of and (b) consistency between (i) answers to Parliamentary questions and (ii) responses to Freedom of Information requests.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	106615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>Ministry of Defence (MOD) staff do the best they can within the given time available to supply necessary information for Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and Parliamentary Questions (PQs). Staff strive to ensure the information supplied is as accurate as possible and, where inaccuracies or inconsistencies are later found, the Department will set the record straight at the earliest opportunity. It must be recognised that requests for large data sets, over many years, present a significant challenge to locate, retrieve, and extract information, especially where such data is not collated or held centrally and is dispersed among different branches of Defence. In cases where FOI/PQs are made for historic information before the advent of widespread electronic filing, this task is made yet harder where paper records need to be manually interrogated. This can be further complicated by the time constraints imposed by the nature of such requests. Where time is limited, in the case of Named Day PQs staff typically have around one working day or less, it is not always possible for staff to ensure all records are thoroughly reviewed and the total accuracy of the data supplied. In such cases, estimates may be given. In the case of Question 61052, a Named Day Question, MOD staff produced the best estimate possible within the time constraint the question imposed. Having had the time to conduct a more thorough search and analysis in the time since, MOD staff were able to supply revised and more detailed information in response to Question 103509.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 106612 question first answered 21/01/2022 11:22:42 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1415752

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Stonewall
	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 21 January 2022 to Question 106614 on Ministry of Defence: Stonewall, for what reason his Department did not maintain financial records of the £14,681 the Army spent on Stonewall in the 2017-18 financial year; and what his Department's requirements are for recording and retention of financial expenditure.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	110227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>In my response to Question 103509 on 18 January and to Question 106613 on 21 January, the Army spent £17,181 in FY2017-18. £2,500 of this was for Stonewall Membership. The remaining £14,681 was spent on Stonewall Conferences as well Stonewall training courses which are purchased on an ad-hoc basis by the Army LGBT+ network. As the full breakdown and specifics are held on archived IT systems it would take time to retrieve and collate the information in a more granular format.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Training</p></td><td><p>£13,641</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conference Fees</p></td><td><p>£1,040</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Government policy is that financial records should be kept for up to seven years. Government departments and agencies’ accounts have to be laid before Parliament and are therefore preserved as published Parliamentary papers. Therefore, supporting documentation may be destroyed after any limitation periods have expired.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 27/01/2022 12:05:11 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1564366

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Transcaucasus: Roads
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Azerbaijani counterpart on the blocking of the Lachin corridor between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	117410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government has made clear that the closure of the Lachin corridor risks severe humanitarian consequences. I [Minister Docherty] issued a statement highlighting the importance of re-opening the Lachin corridor on 13 December. Our Embassies in Baku and Yerevan continue to urge the Governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan to abide by all commitments in relation to the Lachin corridor in good faith and to settle the remaining conflict issues as soon as possible. The UK has spoken at the Organization for Security Co-operation in Europe and at the United Nations Security Council, as well as in Baku, to urge the immediate reopening of the corridor given the risk of severe humanitarian consequences.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 11/01/2023 11:12:37 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton