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1135017

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Heart Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what her Department's policy is on screening new recruits to identify the risk of sudden cardiac death.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	269662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The full clinical history of recruits is considered. This includes smoking and family history, taking account of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Recruits also receive a full clinical examination.</p><p>In addition to this, Army recruits have an electrocardiogram and, when clinically indicated, a transthoracic cardiac echo is performed. This screening is designed to detect significant structural and electrophysiological abnormalities.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 01/07/2019 13:50:50 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1128598

registered interest
date	23/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria her Department uses for making decisions on awarding money to charities through the Forces Covenant Fund.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	257677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The Armed Forces Covenant Fund has £10 million per year to support Armed Forces communities and has four broad funding themes: removing barriers to family life; extra support after service for those that need help; measures to integrate military and civilian communities and allow the Armed Forces community to participate as citizens; non-core healthcare services for veterans.</p><p>The Fund is delivered by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust, and Trustees decide on programme recommendations which are submitted to the cross-government Covenant Reference Group (CRG). Following approval by the CRG, these are delivered as priorities. Open and transparent criteria is published in the programme guidance documents and interested organisations apply in line with the published criteria. Applications are assessed, and expert advice may be sought where appropriate. Decisions on grants are made by the Trustees, and when funding is limited, grants are awarded to those applications which are based on a national portfolio perspective.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/06/2019 15:03:28 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1046001

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Disciplinary Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) officers and (b) other ranks in the (i) Royal Navy, (ii) Army, (iii) RAF and (iv) Royal Marines in each of the last five years have been subject to (A) minor administrative action, (B) major administrative action, (C) a formal warning and (D) suspension and removal from appointment as a result of unsanctioned contact with the media.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	211161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The requested information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 211162 question first answered 29/01/2019 13:28:50 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1046002

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Disciplinary Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) officers and (b) other ranks in the (i) Royal Navy, (ii) Army, (iii) RAF and (iv) Royal Marines in each of the last five years have been subject to (A) minor administrative action, (B) major administrative action, (C) a formal warning and (D) suspension and removal from appointment as a result of inappropriate use of social media.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	211162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The requested information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 211161 question first answered 29/01/2019 13:28:50 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1015172

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Firing Ranges: Colchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his plans to reconfigure the layout of the Fingringhoe Ranges near Colchester will provide (a) the same, (b) less or (c) more training facilities than the combined total of those facilities currently available at both Fingringhoe Ranges and Middlewick Ranges at Colchester; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	195509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The work to reconfigure the layout of Fingringhoe Ranges near Colchester, once completed, will provide the same training facilities that are currently available at both Fingringhoe and Middlewick Ranges and will be completed prior to closure.</p><p> </p><p>I am withholding the information in relation to the cost to the public purse as its disclosure would prejudice commercial interests.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 195508 question first answered 04/12/2018 15:52:53 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

984387

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
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, how many (a) officers and (b) soldiers who have been discharged following the failure of a compulsory drugs test have subsequently rejoined the (i) Infantry, (ii) Royal Artillery, (iii) Royal Corps of Signals, (iv) Army Medical Services, (v) Adjutant General's Corps, (vi) Royal Armoured Corps, (vii) Army Air Corps, (viii) Royal Engineers, (ix) Royal Logistics Corps, (x) Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and (xi) Intelligence Corps.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	177201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of Regular and Reserve soldiers who have been discharged following the failure of a compulsory drugs test and have subsequently re-joined the Army since January 2015 in the specified capbadges is shown in the table below. No officers have re-joined in this time. Data for earlier years is not held.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Capbadge</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Soldiers re-enlisted </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Armoured Corps</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Regiment of Artillery</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corps of Royal Engineers</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Corps of Signals</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infantry</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army Air Corps</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Logistics Corps</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Medical Corps</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical <br> Engineers</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General’s Corps</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intelligence Corps</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Misuse of drugs in the Armed Forces is unacceptable and anyone who fails a drugs test can expect to be discharged.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Note:</strong></p><p>Those who have re-joined will have done so after leaving the Army a minimum of two years earlier.</p><p> </p><p>Figures have been rounded to 10 to limit disclosure and ensure confidentiality.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are single service estimates and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>‘-‘ denotes zero or rounded to zero.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/10/2018 15:04:35 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 78301 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

890513

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which critical national infrastructure sites the Ministry of Defence Police provides civil policing and armed security for.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	137500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence Police provide policing and armed security across a wide range of sites, including some that are classed as critical national infrastructure. I am withholding the locations and names of the critical national infrastructure sites for the purpose of safeguarding national security.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 138399 question first answered 01/05/2018 15:10:42 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

837947

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Chemring Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Chemring is eligible for new contracts with his Department while that company remains under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	126977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence gives careful consideration to a number of factors when considering supplier bids. This includes convictions as well as the supplier's capability and capacity to deliver the contract.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/02/2018 15:10:47 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

837957

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Victory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the battery of bronze cannon cast for the Royal Navy by the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich which were carried aboard HMS Victory 1744 were included in the gifting of the vessel to the Maritime Heritage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	126987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>In January 2012, the then Secretary of State for Defence transferred HMS VICTORY 1744 and all that is connected with the ship, situated in the immediate vicinity of where she is lying, to the Maritime Heritage Foundation upon trust. This would include the brass cannon dispersed around the wreck site.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/02/2018 15:15:25 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

837513

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	USA: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) officers and (b) other ranks from the (i) Royal Navy, (ii) Royal Marines, (iii) British Army and (iv) RAF are embedded with (A) United States military forces and (B) the US Department of Defense.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	126632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>Given the routine nature of embedding, some of the information requested is not coordinated centrally. We are now in the process of collecting data and I will write to the hon. Member in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 08/02/2018 17:08:00 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones