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824539

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Cadets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cadets there are in each of the services.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	123340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The Cadet Forces are not part of the Armed Forces and have no operational role.</p><p> </p><p>Numbers of Cadets and Adult Volunteers in the Cadet Forces sponsored by the Ministry of Defence are published annually as a national statistic. The latest statistics, providing figures as at 1 April 2017, can be found at the following address: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-sponsored-cadet-forces-statistics-2017.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 22/01/2018 17:46:58 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

823663

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what land his Department has declared to be surplus to its requirements in (a) West Sussex and (b) the Coast to Capital area.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	123118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>A list of Ministry of Defence (MOD) disposal sites that are surplus to requirements can be found in the MOD disposal database that is available in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/01/2018 16:15:05 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

808941

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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, what the (a) establishment and (b) strength is of the Public Duties Incremental Companies.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	120050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The establishment and current strength of the infantry cap badge personnel at regimental duty within the Public Duties Incremental Companies as at 1 October 2017 is given below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Regiment</p></td><td><p>Establishment</p></td><td><p>Strength</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nijmegen Company, Grenadier Guards</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 Company, Coldstream Guards</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F Company, Scots Guards</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Balaklava Company, Royal Regiment of Scotland</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The establishment data is a single service estimate and reflects the role of the units as under Army 2020.</li><li>Current strengths have been provided by Defence Statistics and have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes; numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</li><li>Regimental duty is defined as personnel serving in a regimental unit.</li><li>Establishment and strength data do not include attached personnel from other arms and corps. Nor do they include personnel at extra regimental employment in posts away from their parent unit.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 21/12/2017 15:05:32 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

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

789022

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many apprenticeships the Royal Navy provides; and in which sectors.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	112877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Royal Navy provides six apprenticeships in:</p><p>Business Administration and Law;</p><p>Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies;</p><p>Health, Public Service and Care;</p><p>Information and Communication Technology;</p><p>Leisure, Travel and Tourism;</p><p>Retail and Commercial Enterprise.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/11/2017 16:09:36 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

789023

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many apprenticeships the British Army provides and in which sectors.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	112886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Army is Britain's biggest provider of apprenticeships, offering not just a job, but a career with ongoing training. It currently runs 43 apprenticeship programmes, across seven sectors:</p><p>Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies;</p><p>Retail and Commercial Enterprise;</p><p>Health, Public Services and Care;</p><p>Information and Communication Technology;</p><p>Business, Administration and Law;</p><p>Construction, Planning and the Built Environment;</p><p>Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/11/2017 16:10:13 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

789024

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many apprenticeships the Royal Air Force provides and in which sectors.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	112887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Royal Air Force currently has approximately 2800 individuals undertaking apprenticeships on 16 different programmes in:</p><p>Engineering Manufacture (Operator and Semi-Skilled);</p><p>Catering And Professional Chefs;</p><p>Hospitality;</p><p>Warehousing and Storage;</p><p>HM Forces;</p><p>Providing Security Services;</p><p>Aviation Operations OnThe Ground;</p><p>Driving Goods Vehicles;</p><p>Engineering Manufacture (Craft and Technician);</p><p>Information Technology, Software, Web and Telecoms Professionals;</p><p>Aviation Operations On The Ground;</p><p>Information Technology Application Specialist;</p><p>Photo Imaging;</p><p>Business Administration;</p><p>Health (Clinical Healthcare Support);</p><p>Intelligence Operations.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/11/2017 17:03:17 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

782684

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total extent of MOD Landholdings is; and how much land the Department has sold in each year between 2010 and 2017.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	111155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>As at 1 April 2017 the Department owned or held rights to 433,800 hectares of land.</p><p> </p><p>The amount of land the Department has sold in each financial year since 2010 is shown below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Area in Hectares</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>854</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>513</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>527</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18 (To Date)</p></td><td><p>184</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/11/2017 17:43:22 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

757593

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what facilities are available to Army Training for Fighting In Built Up Areas.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	8698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The training facilities available to the Army for fighting in built-up areas are as follows:</p><ul><li>Garelochhead</li><li>Dalbeatie</li><li>Magilligan Training Centre</li><li>Ballykinler Training Centre</li><li>Catterick</li><li>Warcop</li><li>Altcar</li><li>Swynnerton</li><li>Beckingham</li><li>Nestcliffe</li><li>Sennybridge Training Area</li><li>Caerwent</li><li>Tregantle</li><li>Minley</li><li>Stanford Training Area</li><li>Bramley</li><li>Longmoor</li><li>Hythe</li><li>Lydd</li><li>Pirbright</li><li>Copehill Down Village</li><li>Imber Village</li><li>New Zealand Farm</li></ul> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/09/2017 15:39:44 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching