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994180

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many re-homed military working dogs have been subsequently returned to his Department's jurisdiction in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	183287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>In the last five years, the British Army has recorded that two military working dogs have been returned to the Ministry of Defence after having been initially rehomed. Both of these cases were in 2015.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 29/10/2018 16:40:21 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

984847

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Sexual Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to investigate the nature, prevalence, prevention and management of sexual harassment within the (a) Royal Navy (b) Army (c) RAF.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	177624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is committed to preventing sexual harassment and is very clear that unacceptable behaviour of any kind will not be tolerated and action will be taken against anyone found to be engaging in such behaviour. Sexual harassment affects both men and women, and all personnel have the right to work in an environment which is free from discrimination and unacceptable behaviour of any form. Personnel should be confident that any allegations will be taken very seriously and action will be taken to deal with it.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Naval Service</strong></p><p>The Naval Service has a range of policies which espouse the law as contained in the Equality Act 2010, which is that personnel must not engage in discrimination, victimisation or harassment. Harassment involving unwanted conduct of a sexual nature is addressed within those policies. In particular, the Tri-Service Armed Forces Code of Social Conduct (as contained in Joint Service Publication 887: ‘Diversity, Inclusion and Social Conduct’) is widely briefed during Naval initial training and well as on Divisional and leadership courses. It forms a fundamental element of Naval Ethos, Values and Standards and as such is briefed regularly as part of routine Divisional Briefings.</p><p> </p><p>The Naval Service also ensures that all those in Service understand that poor behaviour, including sexual harassment, will not be tolerated. This is primarily achieved through leadership and education including a widely published Diversity and Inclusion Direction from the First Sea Lord; published Diversity and Inclusion statements from Commanding Officers which take a very firm line on poor behaviours, and recently updated Diversity and Inclusion mandatory training which specifically addresses the issue of the effect poor behaviour can have on team building, operational capability and mission success and the individuals involved.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Army</strong></p><p>The 2018 Army Sexual Harassment Survey follows the previous 2015 survey and the Army has already committed to repeating it again in 2021, underlining its commitment to improving behaviours and openly holding itself to account against the highest standards.</p><p> </p><p>The Army’s Action Plan for addressing the issues raised by the survey can be found at the link below. This sets out some of the steps being taken including increased education and training, reviewing and simplifying reporting processes and further enhancing the support available to those who have experienced sexual harassment.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/army-sexual-harassment-report-and-action-plan-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/army-sexual-harassment-report-and-action-plan-2018</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Royal Air Force (RAF)</strong></p><p>The RAF, in line with the other Services, has a range of policies and processes which help meet the legal obligations contained within the Equality Act 2010 and the RAF’s specific legal duty as part of the Public Sector to show due regard to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other prohibited conduct. Harassment involving unwanted conduct of a sexual nature is addressed within those policies, including the Tri-Service Armed Forces Code of Social Conduct which is widely briefed during initial training and as part of command, management and leadership courses at all levels. Air Publication 1, ‘Ethos, Core Values and Standards’, reiterates the standards expected of all personnel and identifies unwelcome sexual attention in the form of physical or verbal conduct as an example of unacceptable personal behaviour. Further, Air Publication 1 makes clear that all personnel, regardless of rank, have a responsibility to set the right environment and to challenge inappropriate behaviour.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 15/10/2018 17:00:19 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

984873

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Reserve: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether reserve infantry soldiers will have to pass the Army's new In-Service Physical Employment Standards when it comes into effect as part of mandatory training obligations in order to be eligible for award of the Certificate of Efficiency and therefore training bounty.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	177628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>Reserve infantry soldiers will need to meet the new In-Service Physical Employment Standards to be eligible for the Certificate of Efficiency from April 2019. Due to the nature of the Reserve commitment (e.g. time limitations) they will take a practical alternative version of the new Army Role Fitness Test (RFT). This has been developed to predict success at the RFT and is not a lower standard. Army Reserve personnel deploying on operations or attending specific training courses (which are yet to be defined), will take the full RFT.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 15/10/2018 16:55:07 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

984387

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) officers and (b) soldiers who have been discharged following the failure of a compulsory drugs test have subsequently rejoined the (i) Infantry, (ii) Royal Artillery, (iii) Royal Corps of Signals, (iv) Army Medical Services, (v) Adjutant General's Corps, (vi) Royal Armoured Corps, (vii) Army Air Corps, (viii) Royal Engineers, (ix) Royal Logistics Corps, (x) Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and (xi) Intelligence Corps.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	177201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of Regular and Reserve soldiers who have been discharged following the failure of a compulsory drugs test and have subsequently re-joined the Army since January 2015 in the specified capbadges is shown in the table below. No officers have re-joined in this time. Data for earlier years is not held.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Capbadge</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Soldiers re-enlisted </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Armoured Corps</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Regiment of Artillery</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corps of Royal Engineers</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Corps of Signals</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infantry</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army Air Corps</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Logistics Corps</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Medical Corps</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical <br> Engineers</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General’s Corps</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intelligence Corps</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Misuse of drugs in the Armed Forces is unacceptable and anyone who fails a drugs test can expect to be discharged.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Note:</strong></p><p>Those who have re-joined will have done so after leaving the Army a minimum of two years earlier.</p><p> </p><p>Figures have been rounded to 10 to limit disclosure and ensure confidentiality.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are single service estimates and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>‘-‘ denotes zero or rounded to zero.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/10/2018 15:04:35 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 78301 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

984391

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Dogs
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 14 March 2018 to Question 131555 on Armed Forces: Dogs, whether both of the military working dogs he instructed his Department in December 2017 to save have now been re-homed.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	177202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The two dogs referred to have been successfully rehomed.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 15/10/2018 14:56:14 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

944729

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO: Baltic States
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 (a) Estonia, (b) Latvia and (c) Lithuania on re-tasking of the NATO Baltic air-policing mission to an air defence posture mission.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	166086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK is committed to the security of the Baltic region, and has a close working relationship with Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.</p><p>NATO's deterrence and defence posture are constant themes during discussions between all Allies. Options for effective deployment of NATO forces are subject to review and development in response to the prevailing circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 25/07/2018 15:18:06 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

944749

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Deployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 79 of the July 2018 White Paper, The future relationship between the UK and the EU, Cm 9593, whether he has estimated the number of UK armed forces personnel that will be required to host an Operational Headquarters.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	166087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The White Paper published in July includes a UK offer to host an EU Operational Headquarters (OHQ) after Brexit but the text of the Withdrawal Agreement, agreed at the 2018 March European Council, states that the UK cannot host an EU OHQ during the Implementation Period. Longer term arrangements with the EU are subject to negotiations, and no estimate has been made of any potential UK contribution to an EU OHQ whether in the UK or elsewhere.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 25/07/2018 15:23:35 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

944755

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Intelligence Services: International Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 80 of the July 2018 White Paper, The future relationship between the UK and the EU, Cm 9593, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the operations of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance of UK involvement in EU operational planning.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	166089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The White Paper makes clear that the UK will continue to collaborate with European allies and partners on military and civilian operations around the world. Our Armed Forces are engaged in operations across the globe including with the EU. The UK has conducted this activity for many years alongside its long-standing commitments to the Five Eyes Intelligence enterprise. There are no indications that our proposed future relationship with the EU will have any effect on the Five Eyes relationship.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/07/2018 15:51:48 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

944786

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to tackle the backlog in maintenance work on the defence estate.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	166097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Since April 2018, Ministry of Defence Top Level Budget Holders are responsible for allocating and prioritising funding, in line with the wider delegation of responsibilities over recent years. This enables them to tackle the backlog in a way that is prioritised according to need.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 25/07/2018 15:23:01 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

944788

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on realising £1 billion of savings between 2016-17 and 2020-21 as a result of sales of the MoD estate.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	166098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>To date disposals to the value of £373 million have been achieved, and we are on track to realise £1 billion of receipts from the sales of Ministry of Defence estate.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 25/07/2018 15:18:43 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones