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911073

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	War Widow(er)s: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government plans to review its policy on compensation for war widows who have already surrendered a pension on remarriage or cohabitation; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	147986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the unique commitment that Service families make to our country and remain sympathetic to the circumstances of this group of widows. The case for the reinstatement of War Widows' Pensions for those widows who had remarried or cohabited before 1 April 2015 is being considered.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 06/06/2018 15:11:36 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

911108

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence Police: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a service complaint can be made in respect of the adequacy of an investigation undertaken by the service police.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	147938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>A Service complaint can be made in respect of any matter relating to a Service person's service in the Armed Forces, where the complaint is made within three months of the event and the subject is not an Excluded Matter as set out in regulations made under section 340A of the Armed Forces Act 2006.</p><p>The role of the Service Complaints Ombudsman is to review the process under which complaints have been handled and decisions reached. In many cases, complaints are resolved to the satisfaction of the complainant without recourse to the Ombudsman's office.</p><p>The investigations are overseen by the Service Complaints Ombudsman but usually are carried out by one of her trained investigators. All the Ombudsman's investigators receive professional, accredited training in investigating complaints and complaints handling.</p><p>The Independent Office of Police Complaints does not currently have the international jurisdiction required to provide oversight of the Service Police. Ministers and officials in the Ministry of Defence have regular discussions with the Service Complaints Ombudsman on all aspects of her current role. These discussions are ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 147939 147940 147941 question first answered 04/06/2018 16:05:01 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

911109

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence Police: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what specialist resources and training the Service Complaints Ombudsman receives to assist her in considering service complaints relating to the conduct of the service police.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	147939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>A Service complaint can be made in respect of any matter relating to a Service person's service in the Armed Forces, where the complaint is made within three months of the event and the subject is not an Excluded Matter as set out in regulations made under section 340A of the Armed Forces Act 2006.</p><p>The role of the Service Complaints Ombudsman is to review the process under which complaints have been handled and decisions reached. In many cases, complaints are resolved to the satisfaction of the complainant without recourse to the Ombudsman's office.</p><p>The investigations are overseen by the Service Complaints Ombudsman but usually are carried out by one of her trained investigators. All the Ombudsman's investigators receive professional, accredited training in investigating complaints and complaints handling.</p><p>The Independent Office of Police Complaints does not currently have the international jurisdiction required to provide oversight of the Service Police. Ministers and officials in the Ministry of Defence have regular discussions with the Service Complaints Ombudsman on all aspects of her current role. These discussions are ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 147938 147940 147941 question first answered 04/06/2018 16:05:01 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

911110

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence Police: Complaints
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 potential merits of providing oversight of the service police by the Independent Office of Police Complaints.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	147940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>A Service complaint can be made in respect of any matter relating to a Service person's service in the Armed Forces, where the complaint is made within three months of the event and the subject is not an Excluded Matter as set out in regulations made under section 340A of the Armed Forces Act 2006.</p><p>The role of the Service Complaints Ombudsman is to review the process under which complaints have been handled and decisions reached. In many cases, complaints are resolved to the satisfaction of the complainant without recourse to the Ombudsman's office.</p><p>The investigations are overseen by the Service Complaints Ombudsman but usually are carried out by one of her trained investigators. All the Ombudsman's investigators receive professional, accredited training in investigating complaints and complaints handling.</p><p>The Independent Office of Police Complaints does not currently have the international jurisdiction required to provide oversight of the Service Police. Ministers and officials in the Ministry of Defence have regular discussions with the Service Complaints Ombudsman on all aspects of her current role. These discussions are ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 147938 147939 147941 question first answered 04/06/2018 16:05:01 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

911111

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence Police: Complaints
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 the Service Complaints Ombudsman on her capacity to discharge an effective and independent oversight role of the service police; and what the outcome of such discussions was.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	147941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>A Service complaint can be made in respect of any matter relating to a Service person's service in the Armed Forces, where the complaint is made within three months of the event and the subject is not an Excluded Matter as set out in regulations made under section 340A of the Armed Forces Act 2006.</p><p>The role of the Service Complaints Ombudsman is to review the process under which complaints have been handled and decisions reached. In many cases, complaints are resolved to the satisfaction of the complainant without recourse to the Ombudsman's office.</p><p>The investigations are overseen by the Service Complaints Ombudsman but usually are carried out by one of her trained investigators. All the Ombudsman's investigators receive professional, accredited training in investigating complaints and complaints handling.</p><p>The Independent Office of Police Complaints does not currently have the international jurisdiction required to provide oversight of the Service Police. Ministers and officials in the Ministry of Defence have regular discussions with the Service Complaints Ombudsman on all aspects of her current role. These discussions are ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 147938 147939 147940 question first answered 04/06/2018 16:05:01 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

911119

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) regular and (b) reserve armed forces personnel have made an expenses claim on the Joint Personnel Administration system in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	147909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>During Financial Year 2017-18, 95,964 regular and 10,731 volunteer reserve personnel (a total of 106, 695 personnel which represents approximately 58 per cent of the combined total strength) submitted an expenses claim via the Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) system. Together they, along with other cadres of personnel with access to the JPA system (including Cadet Force Adult Volunteers and the Military Provost Guard Service), submitted 404,600 expenses claims.</p><p>All regular and reserve units have access to the JPA system and provisions are in place for deployed or detached personnel to submit claims if access in theatre is not readily available.</p><p>The JPA system is programmed to randomly select five per cent of different types of expense claims for audit to be carried out at Unit level. In addition, each of the single-Services conducts a similar manual percentage audit of claims submitted by their Service personnel.</p><p>During Financial Year 2017-18, some 17,800 regular and reserve Service personnel who submitted an expenses claim were required to refund payment either in part, or in full. It is not possible to provide a breakdown of refunded payments by regular and reservist claimants.</p><p>Information on the value of unclaimed expenses, and the number of instances where an expenses claim was rejected is not held.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 147910 147911 147912 147913 147914 question first answered 06/06/2018 15:10:17 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

911120

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the value of expenses unclaimed by armed forces personnel in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	147910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>During Financial Year 2017-18, 95,964 regular and 10,731 volunteer reserve personnel (a total of 106, 695 personnel which represents approximately 58 per cent of the combined total strength) submitted an expenses claim via the Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) system. Together they, along with other cadres of personnel with access to the JPA system (including Cadet Force Adult Volunteers and the Military Provost Guard Service), submitted 404,600 expenses claims.</p><p>All regular and reserve units have access to the JPA system and provisions are in place for deployed or detached personnel to submit claims if access in theatre is not readily available.</p><p>The JPA system is programmed to randomly select five per cent of different types of expense claims for audit to be carried out at Unit level. In addition, each of the single-Services conducts a similar manual percentage audit of claims submitted by their Service personnel.</p><p>During Financial Year 2017-18, some 17,800 regular and reserve Service personnel who submitted an expenses claim were required to refund payment either in part, or in full. It is not possible to provide a breakdown of refunded payments by regular and reservist claimants.</p><p>Information on the value of unclaimed expenses, and the number of instances where an expenses claim was rejected is not held.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 147909 147911 147912 147913 147914 question first answered 06/06/2018 15:10:17 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

911121

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reserve armed forces detachments do not have access to the Joint Personnel Administration system on site.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	147911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>During Financial Year 2017-18, 95,964 regular and 10,731 volunteer reserve personnel (a total of 106, 695 personnel which represents approximately 58 per cent of the combined total strength) submitted an expenses claim via the Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) system. Together they, along with other cadres of personnel with access to the JPA system (including Cadet Force Adult Volunteers and the Military Provost Guard Service), submitted 404,600 expenses claims.</p><p>All regular and reserve units have access to the JPA system and provisions are in place for deployed or detached personnel to submit claims if access in theatre is not readily available.</p><p>The JPA system is programmed to randomly select five per cent of different types of expense claims for audit to be carried out at Unit level. In addition, each of the single-Services conducts a similar manual percentage audit of claims submitted by their Service personnel.</p><p>During Financial Year 2017-18, some 17,800 regular and reserve Service personnel who submitted an expenses claim were required to refund payment either in part, or in full. It is not possible to provide a breakdown of refunded payments by regular and reservist claimants.</p><p>Information on the value of unclaimed expenses, and the number of instances where an expenses claim was rejected is not held.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 147909 147910 147912 147913 147914 question first answered 06/06/2018 15:10:17 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

911122

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) regular and (b) reserve armed forces personnel had an expenses claim audited in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	147912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>During Financial Year 2017-18, 95,964 regular and 10,731 volunteer reserve personnel (a total of 106, 695 personnel which represents approximately 58 per cent of the combined total strength) submitted an expenses claim via the Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) system. Together they, along with other cadres of personnel with access to the JPA system (including Cadet Force Adult Volunteers and the Military Provost Guard Service), submitted 404,600 expenses claims.</p><p>All regular and reserve units have access to the JPA system and provisions are in place for deployed or detached personnel to submit claims if access in theatre is not readily available.</p><p>The JPA system is programmed to randomly select five per cent of different types of expense claims for audit to be carried out at Unit level. In addition, each of the single-Services conducts a similar manual percentage audit of claims submitted by their Service personnel.</p><p>During Financial Year 2017-18, some 17,800 regular and reserve Service personnel who submitted an expenses claim were required to refund payment either in part, or in full. It is not possible to provide a breakdown of refunded payments by regular and reservist claimants.</p><p>Information on the value of unclaimed expenses, and the number of instances where an expenses claim was rejected is not held.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 147909 147910 147911 147913 147914 question first answered 06/06/2018 15:10:17 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

911123

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) regular and (b) reserve armed forces personnel had an expenses claim turned down in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	147913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>During Financial Year 2017-18, 95,964 regular and 10,731 volunteer reserve personnel (a total of 106, 695 personnel which represents approximately 58 per cent of the combined total strength) submitted an expenses claim via the Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) system. Together they, along with other cadres of personnel with access to the JPA system (including Cadet Force Adult Volunteers and the Military Provost Guard Service), submitted 404,600 expenses claims.</p><p>All regular and reserve units have access to the JPA system and provisions are in place for deployed or detached personnel to submit claims if access in theatre is not readily available.</p><p>The JPA system is programmed to randomly select five per cent of different types of expense claims for audit to be carried out at Unit level. In addition, each of the single-Services conducts a similar manual percentage audit of claims submitted by their Service personnel.</p><p>During Financial Year 2017-18, some 17,800 regular and reserve Service personnel who submitted an expenses claim were required to refund payment either in part, or in full. It is not possible to provide a breakdown of refunded payments by regular and reservist claimants.</p><p>Information on the value of unclaimed expenses, and the number of instances where an expenses claim was rejected is not held.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 147909 147910 147911 147912 147914 question first answered 06/06/2018 15:10:17 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman