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101813

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Decorations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review his Department's policy on the Accumulated Campaign Service Medal.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	212655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has no plans to review the qualifying criteria for the Accumulated Service Medal (ACSM).</p><p>The ACSM was instituted in January 1994 (for all three Services) with a qualifying period of 36 months to recognise aggregated operational Service in Northern Ireland since 14 August 1969. The qualifying criteria were last amended in 2010 when it was agreed that the method of recognising repeat tours through the accumulation of operational service remained valid, but that the qualifying period should be reduced to 24 months from 1 January 2008. From that date, operational service has been rewarded, when eligible, by the award of the ACSM (2011), rather than ACSM (1994).</p><p>Issues surrounding the ACSM were looked at during Sir John Holmes's review of Military Medals, as part of work to consider claims for further medallic recognition. The conclusion of that review was announced in the House of Lords on 29 July 2014 (Official Report, column WS147).</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 212656 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:32:29 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

101821

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Decorations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is with respect to the Accumulated Campaign Service Medal; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	212656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has no plans to review the qualifying criteria for the Accumulated Service Medal (ACSM).</p><p>The ACSM was instituted in January 1994 (for all three Services) with a qualifying period of 36 months to recognise aggregated operational Service in Northern Ireland since 14 August 1969. The qualifying criteria were last amended in 2010 when it was agreed that the method of recognising repeat tours through the accumulation of operational service remained valid, but that the qualifying period should be reduced to 24 months from 1 January 2008. From that date, operational service has been rewarded, when eligible, by the award of the ACSM (2011), rather than ACSM (1994).</p><p>Issues surrounding the ACSM were looked at during Sir John Holmes's review of Military Medals, as part of work to consider claims for further medallic recognition. The conclusion of that review was announced in the House of Lords on 29 July 2014 (Official Report, column WS147).</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 212655 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:32:30 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

143367

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Fire Services: Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received on the retirement age of his Department's firefighters; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	213852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>I receive regular written representations from right hon. and hon. Members, Trade Unions and others on this issue.</p><p>I have this year met the Prospect and Unite unions to discuss the normal pension age of the Defence Fire and Rescue Service. The issue was also raised at the Defence Whitley committee which I chaired in May and during my visit to the Defence Fire Training and Development Centre at Manston.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 18/11/2014 17:37:54 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

156950

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many housing adaptations his Department has carried out for wounded service personnel in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	215480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The majority of adaptations to Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties are carried out for the benefit of family members and dependants. It is not possible to identify separately those carried out for the benefit of injured Service personnel.</p><p> </p><p>In many cases, the MOD aims to move families into SFA properties which have already been adapted where this is appropriate, rather than understanding further adaptations.</p><p> </p><p>The number of adaptations to privately owned houses of personnel injured on operations is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>Number of Adaptations</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>69</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>95</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>73</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15 (to end October 2014)</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>58</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data prior to this date is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 27/11/2014 16:10:06 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 30059 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

165940

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers made redundant under the Army 2020 programme have been evicted from family quarters.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	215849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>As part of the Army 2020 programme, 7,280 Service personnel were made redundant in tranches 1 to 3 of the Armed Forces Redundancy Programme and around 1,000 personnel were selected in the fourth and final tranche, the majority of whom will have left the Army by June 2015. All personnel selected receive at least six months notice, twelve if they did not apply for redundancy. On leaving the Armed Forces, personnel cease to be entitled to occupy Service Family Accommodation (SFA). While the Ministry of Defence will always be as flexible as possible in order to allow families the maximum time to secure alternative accommodation, on occasions it becomes necessary to proceed to eviction action in order that properties can be made available to entitled Service families. To date, a total of three Army personnel made redundant under the Armed Forces Redundancy Programme have been evicted from SFA.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 02/12/2014 16:19:48 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

165942

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what targets his Department sets for the time taken to make housing adaptations for wounded service personnel.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	215851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence aims to complete all housing adaptations for wounded service personnel in the shortest timescale possible.</p><p>No targets are set for the completion of this work as every requirement is unique depending on the needs of the occupants.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 02/12/2014 16:09:41 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

165944

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Assets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) land and (b) premises owned by his Department are not in operational use; and what the estimated value of those assets is.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	215931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>The total area of land owned by the Ministry of Defence in the UK is 228,000 hectares, of which 3,500 hectares is currently surplus to Defence requirements.</p><p>Details of Ministry of Defence land holdings with asset valuation over £1 million can be found in Chapter Seven of the National Asset Register, last published by HM Treasury in 2007:</p><p>http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm70/7022/7022.pdf</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 28/11/2014 13:57:27 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

165945

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Assets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) land and (b) buildings outside the UK are owned by his Department; and what the estimated value of those assets is.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	215950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>A list showing the land and buildings outside the UK owned by the Department is attached. Details of Ministry of Defence land holdings with asset valuation over £1 million can be found in Chapter Seven of the National Asset Register, last published by HM Treasury in 2007: http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm70/7022/7022.pdf</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 28/11/2014 13:56:06 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name Copy of AP07 1415-NCAR Extract for Overseas Estate Owned(1).xls title 215950 - MOD Owned Land and Buildings Overseas
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

165947

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the running cost was of MOD Main Building in 2013-14; and what the estimated value of that building is.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	215981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>The total running costs, including gas, for Ministry of Defence (MOD) Main Building are not held as it is managed under a PFI contract which covers both the MOD Main Building and the Old War Office Building. The cost of the PFI contract cannot be released as to do so could prejudice commercial interests.</p><p> </p><p>Additional costs of MOD Main Building for 2013-14 are set out below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Item </strong></td><td><strong>Cost for 2013 - 14</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Rates</td><td>£8.3 million</td></tr><tr><td>Electricity</td><td>£2.7 million</td></tr><tr><td>Water</td><td>£0.127 million</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Details of MOD land holdings with asset valuation over £1 million can be found in Chapter seven of the National Asset Register, last published by HM Treasury in 2007: http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm70/7022/7022.pdf</p><p> </p><p>The National Asset Register is on a historic replacement cost basis, not market value. We do not routinely assess the current market value of all our estate because the estimated receipts will depend on market conditions and other factors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 28/11/2014 13:57:06 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

165948

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what airfields are owned by his Department; and how many flights took off from each such airfield in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15 to date.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	215979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>We have defined Ministry of Defence airfields as those capable of supporting fixed wing aircraft. The list of airfields is attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 02/12/2014 17:21:38 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 215979 - MOD Airfields.doc title 215979 Ministry of Defence Airfields
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker