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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

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

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

1352578

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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, what the average length of time taken by his Department is to answer written Parliamentary questions over the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	41723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>Over the last 12 Months (1 September 2020 to 31 August 2021) 2,274 written Parliamentary questions were tabled to the Ministry of Defence, of which 2,226 were answered within the given Parliamentary deadlines (97.8%).</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 13/09/2021 09:42:08 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1352579

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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, whether his Department has a target time in which to answer (a) named day and (b) ordinary written Parliamentary questions.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	41724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The target time for the Ministry of Defence to answer (a) named day and (b) ordinary written Parliamentary questions is (a) three sitting days after the the date of tabling and (b) within one working week of the of the given date for answer.</p><p>This is in line with the House of Commons guidance on answering written Parliamentary questions.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 13/09/2021 09:37:32 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois