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806536

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel lived in private rented accommodation in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014, (f) 2015, (g) 2016 and (h) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	119612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not hold information on the numbers of Service personnel who privately rent their accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/12/2017 16:15:36 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

806273

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many data incidents his Department (a) recorded and (b) reported to the Information Commissioner's Office in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>2,519 data incidents were recorded by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) for the period 01 April 2015 - 31 March 2016. One was reported to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).</p><p>4,034 data incidents were recorded by the MOD for the period 01 April 2016 - 31 March 2017. Three were reported to the ICO.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/12/2017 15:20:27 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

806293

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times his Department's Senior Information Risk Officer role has been vacant for a week or longer since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence Senior Information Risk Officer role has not been vacant during this period.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/12/2017 15:19:54 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

805160

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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, of the 106 service family accommodation properties, how many are currently allocated to people who are not civil servants or reservists and to whom those properties are allocated.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	118832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>None of the 106 Service Family Accommodation properties referred to are allocated to people who are not civil servants or reservists. The properties are let on a civilian 'license' and are therefore let exclusively to either civil servants or reservists.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 18/12/2017 15:42:41 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

805161

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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 properties as part of a sub-letting programme to civilians have been allocated to (a) civil servants (b) reservists and (c) any other civilian group by group in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	118833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>As part of a sub-letting programme, the number of Service Family Accommodation properties allocated to the following groups of people in each of the last three years is:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Civil Servants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reservists</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Other Civilians</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18 - Present</strong></p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>521</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>Not Held</p></td><td><p>Not Held</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>Not Held</p></td><td><p>Not Held</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/12/2017 14:57:20 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

805162

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many men (a) applied for, (b) were accepted on and (c) completed the Initial Naval Training (Officer) course at Britannia Royal Naval College for each course since the start of 2015.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	118834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The following table provides the number of male officer applicants for Financial Years (FY) from 1 Jan 2015 to 2016-17:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY</p></td><td><p>1 January - 31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of applicants</p></td><td><p>792</p></td><td><p>2,900</p></td><td><p>2,897</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Captain Naval Recruiting</em></p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. These figures do not include in-Service applicants to the Upper Yardsman and Senior Upper Yardsman schemes, who may have gone on to be successful at Admiralty Interview Board and completed elements of the Initial Naval Training (Officer) course at Britannia Royal Naval College.</p><p> </p><p>The following table provides the number of men who were accepted on (via the Admiralty Interview Board) and completed the Initial Naval Training (Officer) course at Britannia Royal Naval College for each course since the start of 2015:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Course commencement date</p></td><td><p>Successful at Admiralty Interview Board</p></td><td><p>Completed Initial Naval Training (Officer) Course</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2015</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2015</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2016</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2016</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2017</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>875</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>815</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Sources: Captain Naval Recruiting, Navy Training Headquarters</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. The volume of those successful at Admiralty Interview Board reflects the yearly branch and specialisation requirement that is managed throughout the year.</p><p>3. Data have been rounded in line with disclosure control policy.</p><p>4. The total may not equal the sum of its parts due to rounding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 18/12/2017 15:44:30 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

805163

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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, how many men (a) applied for, (b) were accepted on and (c) completed the UK Officer Commissioning Course at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst for each course since the start of 2015.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	118835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The number of men who made Regular Officer applications relevant to the period requested is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Application year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Officer applications made by men</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>5,770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>5,990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>10,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 to 30 September</p></td><td><p>8,450</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of men who attended and completed the UK Officer Commissioning Course at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst for each course from January 2015 is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Regular Course Start Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male Course Attendees</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male Course Passes</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2015</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2015</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2016</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2016</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2017</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p> </p><p>The figures above are for Regular Officers only. Figures for Professionally Qualified Officers and Reserves could not be obtained in the time available.</p><p>These figures are single service estimates only and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Individual applications within table one cannot be directly linked with individual course attendees in table two.</p><p> </p><p>The first table shows the number of applications made by men. Some may have made multiple applications.</p><p> </p><p>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, except where specified; numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. Rounding is necessary, as a means of disclosure control and the preservation of anonymity; it also improves the clarity of output and conveys an appropriate level of precision to users.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/12/2017 16:18:09 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

805164

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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 men (a) applied for, (b) were accepted on and (c) completed the Initial Officer Training Course at RAF College Cranwell for each course since the start of 2015.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	118836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>There were 18,331 applications from men, and 1,232 men were accepted onto Initial Officer Training (IOT) at RAF College Cranwell between 1 January 2015 and 31 October 2017. Successful applicants are then allocated to a course.</p><p> </p><p>The number of men who completed IOT, broken down by year and course, is provided in the attached.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/12/2017 16:17:19 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name 118836 - Nia Griffith.docx title 118836-Men who completed Initial Officer Training
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

805412

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the starting salary for (a) cooks and (b) stewards is in (i) the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, (ii) the Army and (iii) the Royal Air Force; and what the starting salary is for stokers in the Royal Navy.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	119083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Details are available at this link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forces-pay-review-body-forty-sixth-report-2017</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/12/2017 15:01:50 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

805428

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Families
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 30 November 2017 to Question HL3576, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen families.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	119099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Our Armed Forces are among the most extraordinarily talented and hard-working people in our society. We recognise the vital role that their families play, and that operational capability relies on recognising the Service person as part of a wider family unit. This is why we launched the first ever UK Armed Forces Families’ Strategy in 2016, which focuses and coordinates activity to support Service families. Priorities for this work include childcare, partner employment and accommodation, which have consistently remained areas of interest for both the Service Families’ Federations and the Department. In delivering the strategy we work closely with a number of external stakeholders to provide support to spouses and partners, for instance to those who are looking to gain employment, as we recognise that the demands of Service life can impact on the careers of family members.</p><p><br> Welfare support is provided to families via the single Service welfare organisations; additionally there are a significant number of other organisations that can be accessed via welfare referrals. The Covenant Fund has assigned £4 million to projects that support ‘Families in Stress’, enabling specialist organisations such as Relate to provide immediate or local support to families experiencing episodes of significant strain. To date the Fund has awarded eleven grants, totalling almost £2 million, to specialist and expert charities.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to keeping the range of welfare support under continual review and launching the Families’ Strategy, we have expanded the Defence People Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2017-2022 to incorporate all Defence People, including the families of Service personnel. We have also embarked on a partnership with the Royal Foundation to deal with issues of stigma and the treatment of mental health problems across the defence community. We are developing options for the Future Accommodation Model which recognise the 21<sup>st</sup> century family and we are developing flexible engagements for those who wish to vary their deployability to better fit their Service career around family life, all of which aims to contribute to increased family stability.</p><p> </p><p>A key component of the Families’ Strategy is to ensure that Service families are considered in people policy development, supporting the principles outlined in the Family Test. This is achieved through consideration of the Service family as part of each relevant submission or policy discussion, and through regular engagement with the single Services and the three Families’ Federations who represent the needs and views of Service families. The Department also monitors the development and implementation of policy to assess the impact on families. In the period since August 2014 none of the legislation implemented by the Ministry of Defence has required the application of the Family Test.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 119131 question first answered 20/12/2017 15:19:18 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce