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795173

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps his Department has taken to develop the future accommodation model.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mike Hill
uin	902566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The Future Accommodation Model aims to modernise the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) approach to Service personnel accommodation increasing flexibility and choice to allow for modern lifestyles, living arrangements and families. The MOD is progressing plans to test this model due to start before the end of next year.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 27/11/2017 17:41:06 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4644 label Biography information for Mike Hill

792661

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Air Force Centre of Aviation Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the (a) location and (b) establishment by rank of the Royal Air Force Centre of Aviation Medicine.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	114588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Royal Air Force Centre of Aviation Medicine is based at RAF Henlow.</p><p> </p><p>The establishment by rank is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Rank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>Air Commodore</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>Group Captain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Wing Commander</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Squadron Leader</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Junior Officers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>Warrant Officer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Chief Technician/Flight Sergeant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>Sergeant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>Corporal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Senior &amp; Leading Aircraftsman</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Due to the small populations generated by this level of detail and the possibility of identifying individual personnel, data has been rounded to 10. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. “ ~ ” denotes a number less than or equal to 5.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 28/11/2017 17:26:53 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

792700

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Postal Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what security measures his Department has in place relating to the receipt by his Department of incoming post and parcels; and what discussions he has had with the British Forces Postal Office on providing such services.
tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
tabling member printed	James Gray
uin	114621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>All mail received by the British Forces Postal Office (BFPO) is screened for potential security threats. These security measures are reviewed annually.</p><p>The BFPO screens mail to international security standards assured by the Civil Aviation Authority.</p><p>No discussions between Ministers and BFPO about security measures have taken place.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 28/11/2017 17:14:43 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray

792706

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Exercises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Departmental guidance or regulations stipulate a requirement to take temperature readings using a (a) mobile phone or (b) car thermostat prior to (i) commencing (ii) continuing an exercise, training, or selection test; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	114633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>Current Departmental guidance or regulations do not stipulate the use of a mobile phone or car thermostat. This is because the risk of heat illness is not just from still air temperature (as measured by a thermometer). Humidity and wind effects also need to be factored in to give a more accurate predictor of risk.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 28/11/2017 17:34:17 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

792708

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Exercises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Departmental guidance allows exercise, training or selection events to take place in high temperatures where a wetbulb globe temperature reading is not available; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	114635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>Departmental guidance does not preclude events taking place in high temperatures where a Wet Bulb Globe Temperature index reading is not available. However, the Commander must assess the risks (in accordance with the guidance), reduce them to as low as reasonably practicable and then decide if the risk is acceptable.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 28/11/2017 16:32:27 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

792710

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Exercises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether an exercise, selection or training event would be cancelled in the event that some participants collapsed from heat exhaustion; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	114637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>Current Departmental guidance calls for an activity to be 'paused' when a participant is known to be suffering from heat exhaustion to allow time to assess the participant and the risk to all other participants. If others are deemed to be at risk, further control measures should be considered, including stopping the activity.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 28/11/2017 17:13:33 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

790916

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service family accommodation units have been used to house civilians in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	113574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2017 answer text <p>The total number of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties allocated under a civilian licence or as part of a sub-letting programme in the last three years is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of SFA utilised solely by civilians</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17/11/2014 - 16/11/2015</p></td><td><p>187</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17/11/2015 - 16/11/2016</p></td><td><p>161</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17/11/2016 - 16/11/2017</p></td><td><p>324</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>672</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Defence civilians (generally civil servants and/or reservists) occupying SFA outside of the Sub-Let Programme have an eligibility to reside in the properties. They will only be allocated a property should there be sufficient SFA in the area to meet the requirement for entitled personnel.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, as the target operating margin of 8-10% empty properties is unlikely to be reached in the short term, and to meet a wider Government initiative to increase the amount of affordable housing across the UK, the Department has introduced a larger scaled Sub-Let programme aimed at the civilian market. Over 2,300 properties have been identified for potential sub-let within a rolling programme. Over 300 properties have now been let and occupied by tenants paying market rates. It is expected the programme will generate around £50 million over five years. This income has already been assumed, and the control total adjusted accordingly. A guiding principle in this initiative is that Service personnel will not be disadvantaged.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/11/2017 13:51:40 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

790923

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Table 2.1ab of his Department's spreadsheet entitled Quarterly location statistics: 1 October 2017, what the workplace locations are of the 3,970 civilian workers in his Department who are based in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	113633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The stationed locations of Ministry of Defence civilian personnel based in Scotland, by local authority area, can be found in table 5.1a of the Quarterly Location Statistics. The latest figures can be found at the following address: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/location-of-uk-regular-service-and-civilian-personnel-quarterly-statistics-2017</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/11/2017 14:16:32 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

790011

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in his Department with responsibility for social media are employed on an (a) full and (b) part-time basis.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	113276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Various Defence communications staff have responsibilities to create and post content to social media channels. However this only forms one aspect of their role. Exact figures for staff with responsibility for social media could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/11/2017 14:17:04 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

790015

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Exercises: Kenya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that defence training can continue in Kenya in the event that troops are unable to use his Department's preferred sites in the Laikipia region of Northern Kenya.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	113356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>At the request of the Kenyan Defence Forces (KDF), British Army Training Unit Kenya's training has been relocated from Laikipia to the KDF's Archer's Post Training Area. The last two ASKARI STORM exercises have been conducted there, as is the current 3 PARA exercise.</p><p>When the Kenyan election process is complete, we will discuss with the Kenyan Government the location of future training.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/11/2017 16:55:27 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell