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100680

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service leavers resident in Northern Ireland have received further and higher educational support under the Service Leavers Scheme funded by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
uin	211681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>No service leavers who reside in Northern Ireland have benefitted from the Scheme as Northern Ireland was classified as an overseas location.</p><p> </p><p>However, I am pleased to say that action is in hand to amend the legislation governing the Scheme to extend provision to Northern Ireland service leavers. We anticipate this coming into effect from September 2015.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 211683 question first answered 28/10/2014 17:54:21 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

100681

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Omagh
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to address the issues raised with him by the First Minsiter of Northern Ireland concerning the transfer of the former St Lucia barracks in Omagh to the Northern Ireland Executive.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
uin	211682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The majority of St Lucia Barracks has been transferred to the Office of First Minister/Deputy First Minister as part of the Hillsborough agreement. The remainder is in the process of being transferred.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 28/10/2014 17:54:59 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

100682

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason Northern Ireland is defined as an overseas location for the purposes of offering further and higher educational support under the Service Leavers Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
uin	211683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>No service leavers who reside in Northern Ireland have benefitted from the Scheme as Northern Ireland was classified as an overseas location.</p><p> </p><p>However, I am pleased to say that action is in hand to amend the legislation governing the Scheme to extend provision to Northern Ireland service leavers. We anticipate this coming into effect from September 2015.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 211681 question first answered 28/10/2014 17:54:21 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

100690

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nursery places his Department offers; how many applications there have been for those places in each year since 2010; and how many of the nursery places are occupied.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	211775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 3 March 2014, (Official Report, column 720W) to the hon. Member for Washington and Sunderland West (Mrs Hodgson).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 211788 question first answered 28/10/2014 17:55:33 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 20140303 - Hansard extract Maternity Leave.doc title 20140303 - Hansard extract on Maternity Leave
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

100787

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Day
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget is for the Armed Forces Day national event in Guildford on 27 June 2015; how much of that cost is being met by (a) his Department and (b) Guildford Borough Council; whether any public funding so provided is dependent on match funding from industry or other sources; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	211802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <blockquote><p> </p><p>The Ministry Of Defence provides a grant of £25,000 to the hosts of an Armed Forces Day National event. The grant is a fixed amount given each year. The total cost to Guildford Borough Council will be dependent on their specific plans for this prestigious event.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></blockquote> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 28/10/2014 16:40:19 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

100790

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nursery places his Department offers; how many applications have there been for such places in each year since 2010; and how many such places currently on offer are occupied.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	211788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 3 March 2014, (Official Report, column 720W) to the hon. Member for Washington and Sunderland West (Mrs Hodgson).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 211775 question first answered 28/10/2014 17:55:33 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 20140303 - Hansard extract Maternity Leave.doc title 20140303 - Hansard extract on Maternity Leave
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

100349

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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, how often his Department makes contact with former service personnel who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and left the armed forces with life-changing injuries to inquire about their welfare.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	211428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government believes that the country owes a particular debt of gratitude to those Service personnel who suffer life-changing injuries.<br><br>The Ministry of Defence therefore continues to improve the support that it offers to such personnel. In particular we now operate a Seriously Injured Leavers Protocol (SIL) which aims to ensure the identification of and ongoing support for, those Service leavers deemed likely to be medically discharged due to a severe physical or mental disablement.<br><br>This identification is based upon defined major disabling medical criteria, whilst the support is organised through the closer working of MOD in-Service and post Service welfare groups. The MOD’s Veterans Welfare Service proactively intervenes for 24 months and then maintains contact as required but at least yearly on the anniversary of discharge. Full details of the SIL protocol are available at the following website: http://www.veterans-uk.info/welfare/protocol_new.html</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 27/10/2014 18:00:38 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

100127

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where his Department has found delays in the processing of injured veteran's claims in the War Pension and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme claim process.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
uin	211383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>Each claim is different. Many are complex. It is inevitable that processing these can take a considerable time, for example while evidence is gathered from third party organisations and individuals.<br><br>In the case of the War Pension Scheme, there are no time limits for claiming, and claims for injuries dating back to World War Two are still being received. Assessing these claims involves locating 70 year old paper records, both Service and medical, and often requires a person to be medically examined so that a decision can be made based on up-to-date evidence. We attach much importance to dealing with all such claims as quickly as possible. Improvements have already been implemented and work is ongoing to further speed up the claims processing times.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 28/10/2014 16:41:52 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

99801

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Kirton in Lindsey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on consultants engaged on the disposal of the Kirton-in-Lindsey airbase.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	211149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department did not engage consultants to dispose of Kirton in Lindsey. <br><br>The airbase was disposed of by the Ministry of Defence, working with a marketing agent, in accordance with standard disposal procedures. Details of the marketing agent's costs cannot be released as to do so could prejudice commercial interests.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 27/10/2014 17:06:09 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 24027 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

93775

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's civilian manpower (a) establishment and (b) current strength is, broken down by top-level budget holder.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	210879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>The table details the number of civilian posts and civilian strength as at 1 July 2014:</p><p /> <p> </p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong> <p>Ministry of Defence (MOD) Main Top Level Budgets</p><strong><strong></strong></strong></td><td><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong><p>Number of Posts (Full Time Equivalent)</p><strong><strong></strong></strong></td><td><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong><p>Civilian Strength (Full Time Equivalent)</p><strong><strong></strong></strong></td></tr><tr><td><p>Navy</p></td><td><p>3,000</p></td><td><p>2,510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>13,640</p></td><td><p>10,890</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p>6,340</p></td><td><p>5,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Head Office &amp; Corporate Services</p></td><td><p>9,820</p></td><td><p>7,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Joint Forces Command</p></td><td><p>7,820</p></td><td><p>5,680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence Equipment &amp; Support</p></td><td><p>13,780</p></td><td><p>10,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence Infrastructure Organisation</p></td><td><p>6,930</p></td><td><p>4,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong><p>Total</p><strong><strong></strong></strong></td><td><p>61,330</p></td><td><p>46,680</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note</p><p>: Figures include all industrial and non-industrial personnel, but exclude all Trading Funds, Royal Fleet Auxiliary and locally engaged civilians</p><p>A full breakdown of the numbers, intake and outflow of all civilian personnel employed by the MOD is published in the MOD’s Quarterly Civilian Personnel Report. The latest edition includes data as at 1 July 2014 and is available at the following website:</p><p /> <p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/341413/20140807-MOD-quarterly-civilian-personnel-July-2014.pdf</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/10/2014 15:36:28 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching