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1490352

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF College Cranwell: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the purchase of toast and butter from RAF Cranwell is categorised as Pay As You Dine for servicemen and servicewomen.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	38533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>Yes.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 21/07/2022 14:45:39 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1487358

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Tesco: Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Army regiments have provided Tesco vouchers to their members.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>Tesco vouchers have only been provided by the Rifles Benevolent Trust, to help its members with the cost of living. The Trust is a non-Public Charity to support Riflemen (serving and veterans) and their dependants in need. Regimental Associations, and the Benevolent Trusts they run, are independent and decide how they use their funds to provide support.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 14/07/2022 12:39:08 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1486546

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ranger Regiment: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the training course for the Ranger Regiment has been written.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	31042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The training course for the Ranger Regiment has been written and training has commenced. The content will be refined and improved as the Ranger capability develops.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 12/07/2022 13:16:45 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1486195

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many aircrew are enrolled in Royal Air Force training.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	29917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>The question has been interpreted as the number of Royal Air Force (RAF) student aircrew in Phase 2 training in the Military Flying Training System.</p><p>As of the 4 July 2022 the RAF have 516 student aircrew in Phase 2 training.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 11/07/2022 15:13:16 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1485368

registered interest
date	01/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will respond to the correspondence of 15 March 2022 to the Minister for Armed Forces from the hon. Member for North Durham.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	28870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>I responded to the right hon. Member today. Please accept my apologies for the delay.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 11/07/2022 16:20:07 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1484726

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	Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
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 20 June 2022 to Question 18825 on Armed Forces Compensation Scheme: Appeals, how many staff work on the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme as of 29 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	27545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>The total Full Time Equivalent (FTE) number of staff that work only on Armed Forces Compensation Scheme claims and appeals as of 29 June 2022 is 45.88.</p><p>These staff are supported by 20.16 FTE Administrative Officer and Administrative Assistant grade staff undertaking administrative support roles across both AFCS and the War Pension Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 06/07/2022 15:25:35 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1484727

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	Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
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 20 June 2022 to Question 18825 on Armed Forces Compensation Scheme: Appeals, how much his Department has spent on the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	27546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The expenditure under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) by financial year between 2010-11 and 2021-22 is presented below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>AFCS Expenditure<sup>1</sup>, by financial year</strong></p><p>1 April 2010 to 31 March 2022</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total Compensation Payable (£'000,000)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>59.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>141.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>68.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>90.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>72.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>80.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>80.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>87.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>89.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>84.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Veterans UK Finance Team 1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest £100,000. Therefore totals and sub-totals may not equal the sum of their parts. 2. 2021-22 accounts pending audit and may change in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The information in this response is presented by financial year, up to 31 March 2022, in line with the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) National Statistics publication available on the following link: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Farmed-forces-compensation-scheme-statistics-financial-year-202122&amp;data=05%7C01%7CDBSRES-Secretariat%40mod.gov.uk%7Cc1f11bb479a4401d3f3108da5a7516ee%7Cbe7760ed5953484bae95d0a16dfa09e5%7C0%7C0%7C637921756174496293%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=6XmARSuQf4c4eAEmcBmoFf46cM92X29JfVJmURv8OYA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/armed-forces-compensation-scheme-statistics-financial-year-202122</a></p><p> </p><p>Please note, financial information is presented as accrued expenditure. Expected expenditure is recorded when a claim is submitted and then later revised if this claim is withdrawn or rejected. Expenditure figures may therefore differ to the amount of actual monies paid out in a given time period, as they may include pending cases that are due to be paid but have not yet been paid or pending claims that go on to be rejected at a later date.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 04/07/2022 14:45:46 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1470830

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Compensation Scheme: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of appeals for judgments made under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme have been successful since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	18825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>The number of appeals made under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) cleared by claim type, outcome and financial year are listed in Table 4 of the AFCS Statistics available on gov.uk at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/armed-forces-compensation-scheme-statistics-financial-year-202021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/armed-forces-compensation-scheme-statistics-financial-year-202021</a></p><p> </p><p>The following table is extracted from Table 4 and lists the total number of injury appeals cleared and their outcome from April 2010 to March 2021.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Claim Type</p></td><td><p>Outcome</p></td><td><p><strong>Apr 10 - Mar 21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Injury Appeals</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of People</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>6,875</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of Injury Appeals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,425</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>New</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>855</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Increased</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,235</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Maintained</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,475</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Reduced</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Favourable Reconsideration</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,715</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Disallowed - Late appeal</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Overturned by Upper Tier Tribunal</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Out of jurisdiction</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>55</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The total number of appeals that resulted in a new award, increased award or a favourable reconsideration is 3,805 equating to 51.25% of all injury appeals. During the same period 89,260 injury claims were cleared.<sup>2 </sup> Whilst some of the decisions made on those claims may yet be appealed in future years, the number of favourable appeals compared with the total number of injury claims equates to 4.26%.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Compensation and Pensions System (CAPS)</p><ol><li>Please see the Background Quality Report at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/armed-forces-compensation-scheme-statistics-financial-year-202021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/armed-forces-compensation-scheme-statistics-financial-year-202021</a> for more information on appeal outcomes.</li><li>Extracted from Table 2 of the official statistics at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/armed-forces-compensation-scheme-statistics-financial-year-202021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/armed-forces-compensation-scheme-statistics-financial-year-202021</a></li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 20/06/2022 16:41:04 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1464262

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
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 17 May 2022 to Question 82 on Army: Recruitment, for what reason the British Army website malfunctioned.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	4508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>The Army Jobs website did not malfunction. An investigation by a National Cyber Security Centre-Assured Provider of Cyber Incident Response services found no evidence of system compromise that would allow for exfiltration of candidate data from inside the Defence Recruitment System (DRS) itself.</p><p> </p><p>The Army places the highest importance on the security of its data and the data of those who may wish to apply to join. For this reason, DRS was actively disabled in order to review the system and apply appropriate updates where necessary. The Army (with its strategic partners) will not compromise on ensuring that all measures are assured to set and adhere to the highest standards of data protection.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 23/05/2022 12:18:34 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1461782

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the pay as you dine scheme in the British Army since the introduction of that scheme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>Defence utilises a number of mechanisms to assess the adequacy of catering services, including Pay As You Dine (PAYD), across the three Services.</p><p> </p><p>The independent Armed Forces Pay Review Body's (AFPRB) annual report for the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Defence assesses the quality of catering, among other management services. AFPRB reports can be accessed online: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/armed-forces-pay-review-body. All three Services utilise a two-star Honorary Catering Advisor (HCA) from the hospitality sector. The HCA's independent reports complement the AFPRB reports, but provide a more focussed scrutiny of catering and messing to respective Commands and the Chief of the Defence Staff.</p><p> </p><p>This activity was supplemented last year with the Delivering Defence Dining Quality (3DQ) Review, which was tasked by the 2* Military People Leadership Team, following repeated and consistent reports of poor-quality food provision across the Defence estate. The initial findings from the 3DQ Review have evidenced a number of inadequacies with PAYD, the Defence dining environment and food offer, and action planning is now underway to support the delivery of transformational changes to these factors governing Defence catering services.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding the British Army specifically, the Army Messing Working Group (AMWG) and Exploring Appetites of Today's Soldiers (EATS) pilot survey have been established to progress Army-specific issues to action. Together the AMWG and EATS initiatives have provided valuable evidence to inform the 3DQ Review, and close collaboration between the two areas of activity will allow Defence to accelerate improvements to messing services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 18/05/2022 14:00:38 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones