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1346344

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Bahrain: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK continues to provide military (a) training and (b) technical assistance to Bahrain despite reports of human rights abuses in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	32473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>All training and assistance for Bahrain fully complies with our domestic and international human rights obligations and is kept under regular review. Bahrain is a human rights priority country. As such, HMG regularly raises human rights issues and individual cases with the Government of Bahrain.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 19/07/2021 16:11:14 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1386310

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Theft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's (a) laptops, (b) mobile phones, (c) memory sticks and (d) external hard drives have been lost or stolen in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	89637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>The following table includes the number of lost/stolen devices in the Ministry of Defence in the last five years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Laptops</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mobile phones</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Memory Sticks</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>External hard drives</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>All departmental IT is fully security encrypted.</p><p> </p><p>The departmental security unit records and investigates each reported loss from the Department. If appropriate, the police are invited to undertake further inquiries.</p><p> </p><p>Any mobile device reported as lost is immediately and remotely deactivated and the contents deleted. The user account on any laptop reported as lost is immediately and remotely locked.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 16/12/2021 15:01:22 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1484783

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	27698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department maintains a central record of overall Consultancy expenditure.</p><p>The value for all Consultancy, by financial year, since 2016 are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>FY2020-21 £109.668 million</p><p>FY2019-20 £98.080 million</p><p>FY2018-19 £116.914 million</p><p>FY2017-18 £49.955 million</p><p>FY2016-17 £60.500 million</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 06/07/2022 10:02:51 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1548869

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Theft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's (a) laptops, (b) mobile phones, (c) memory sticks and (d) external hard drives have been lost or stolen in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	104232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>The following table includes the number of lost or stolen devices in the Ministry of Defence in the last five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Laptops</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mobile Phones</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>USBs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Hard Disk</strong> <strong>Drives</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021 </strong></p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022 (up to 6 Dec)</strong></p></td><td><p>275</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All departmental IT is fully security encrypted.</p><p>The departmental security unit records and investigates each reported loss from the Department. If appropriate, the police are invited to undertake further inquiries.</p><p>Any mobile device reported as lost is immediately and remotely deactivated, and the contents are deleted. The user account on any laptop reported as lost is immediately and remotely locked.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 14/12/2022 15:43:29 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1549413

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Bullying
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number of staff who have been subject to (a) sexual harassment and (b) bullying in his Department in each year since 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	105376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>The annual Civil Service People Survey looks at civil servants’ attitudes to, and experience of working in government departments. Staff are asked about their experiences of harassment or bullying at work over the previous 12-months. Due to how the data is captured, it is not possible to separate out bullying from harassment.</p><p> </p><p>Within the People Survey, staff reporting experiencing harassment or bullying at work over the previous 12-months:</p><p>2018: 11%</p><p>2019: 12%</p><p>2020: 8%</p><p>2021: 10%</p><p>2022: results are not yet available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 15/12/2022 18:01:30 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1581628

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Tanks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the EU on supplying tanks to Ukraine.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	903351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The UK has led the way providing NATO Main Battle Tanks to Ukraine. Earlier this month I announced our donation of a squadron of Challengers, before co-hosting supportive allies in Estonia and attending the Ramstein conference where I met with my new German counterpart. Since then Germany, Poland, Spain, Canada, Norway, Portugal, Finland and the Netherlands have confirmed they will send Leopard tanks to Ukraine.</p><p>We are also ensuring the Ukrainians receive logistical support and training to use them effectively, with the first crews already training in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 31/01/2023 09:22:44 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1588565

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Aviation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the (a) number and (b) destinations of all domestic flights taken by officials in his Department in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	151353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>The number of domestic flights taken by Ministry of Defence (MOD) officials for each of years between 2017-18 and 2020-21 are: 2017-18 - 25,018; 2018-19 - 24,003; 2019-20 - 25,334; 2020-21 - 1,432. These figures were reported under the Greening Government Commitments 2016 to 2020 on mitigating climate change. Operational travel of military personnel is excluded.</p><p>Equivalent figure for 2021-22 is not readily available due to a change in Greening Government Commitments 2021 to 2025 from flight numbers to a carbon emissions reduction target. MOD emissions from domestic flights has reduced from 6,530tCO2e in 2017-18 to 2,460tCO2e in 2021-22.</p><p>Central records are not kept of the individual departure and destination airports. MOD has a UK wide presence and travel time is a significant factor in determining the mode of transport for business travel for longer journeys.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 01/03/2023 15:04:33 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1608375

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Public Consultation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which consultations published by their Department are awaiting a response; and when each of those responses (a) were initially planned to and (b) will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	175638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2023 answer text <p>Policy teams across the Ministry of Defence (MOD) consult regularly during the policy development and implementation cycle.</p><p> </p><p>Information is available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/policy-papers-and-consultations" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> on all open and closed consultations published by the MOD including the closing date for open consultations and, where available, the Government’s response.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to responding to consultations as soon as practicable after the consultation period closes, with a target of this being within 12 weeks of the consultation closing where possible.</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><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 05/04/2023 13:51:47 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1669070

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Theft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what data their Department holds on the (a) number and (b) total cost of replacing (i) laptops, (ii) mobile phones, (iii) memory sticks and (iv) external hard drives that have been (A) lost and (B) stolen in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	1216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The following table includes the number of lost or stolen devices in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) in the last year. The recording system does not differentiate between losses and thefts and so the numbers are amalgamated.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Type of device</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number lost / stolen 9 Nov 2022 - 9 Nov 2023</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Laptops</p></td><td><p>185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mobile phones</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Memory Sticks</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>External hard drives</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The costs for replacing items is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 20/11/2023 11:30:58 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1675261

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Proof of Identity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many security passes for his Department have been reported as (a) missing and (b) stolen in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	5119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government takes the protection of information extremely seriously and is exploring a number of measures to reduce future losses.. Departments are required to have robust controls in place to manage risk to their assets including data and mobile devices.</p><p> </p><p>Security pass losses are reported to the Joint Security Coordination Centre and recorded on the central repository for Defence security incidents. All security incidents are fully investigated so that the impact can be assessed and mitigated, root cause determined and lessons identified. Any security pass reported as lost is immediately deactivated.</p><p> </p><p>Approximately 250,000 personnel are employed across the breadth of Defence and in the last 12 months the Department has lost 3,531 passes and had 285 stolen.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 07/12/2023 18:09:18 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney