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927723

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	United Kingdom Security Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what requirement the UK Security Vetting Agency has to hand over vetting material to the police; how many such applications have been received by that agency; and how many such applications have been complied with by that agency in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	155681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) has an obligation to act in accordance with Data Protection legislation.</p><p>UKSV was created on 1 January 2017, since this date there have been five applications for data to be shared with police authorities, all requests have been responded to in accordance with Data Protection Legislation.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 25/06/2018 16:22:58 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

927757

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Fire and Rescue Service: Capita
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the award of the Defence Fire and Rescue Project contract to Capita and previous contracts with that company withdrawn or ended by the Government early, what assessment his Department has made of the ability of Capita to deliver (a) that service and (b) value for money in the delivery of that service.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	155898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The Defence Fire and Rescue Project will deliver improvements in the safety of firefighter personnel through greater investment in improved firefighting technology, training and equipment whilst ensuring the Ministry of Defence continues to receive the global fire and rescue capability it needs.</p><p>Bidder proposals for the project were evaluated by subject matter experts against criteria which included technical deliverability, commercial and financial aspects. The proposals have also been subject to a rigorous scrutiny, assurance and approvals process undertaken by Ministry of Defence, Cabinet Office and HM Treasury staff.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 27/06/2018 15:08:29 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

927758

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Fire and Rescue Service: Capita
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contingency plans his Department has in place in the event that Capita is unable to complete the Defence Fire and Rescue Project contract.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	155899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>Capita's proposal has been subjected to the fullest range of testing and scrutiny across Government to ensure that the services will be delivered in a sustainable and resilient manner.</p><p>Maintaining contingency plans is Defence's routine approach when outsourcing and this includes the Defence Fire and Rescue project in the event of a change in circumstances with Capita. The contingency plans ensure that if the contract was to fail there would be minimal disruption to the delivery of appropriate fire risk management services to Defence.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 27/06/2018 15:06:35 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

927907

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many calls the Military Mental Health Helpline has received since it was launched.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	155888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>Since its launch on 25 February 2018, the Combat Stress 24-hour Mental Health Helpline has received 571 calls (as of 18 Jun 2018).</p><p>Callers to the helpline are not asked at what age they joined the Armed Forces and therefore this data is not captured.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 155889 question first answered 27/06/2018 15:07:43 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

927908

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many calls the Military Mental Health Helpline has received from people who joined the army aged (a) 16, (b) 17, (c) 18, and (d) over 18 since that helpline was launched.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	155889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>Since its launch on 25 February 2018, the Combat Stress 24-hour Mental Health Helpline has received 571 calls (as of 18 Jun 2018).</p><p>Callers to the helpline are not asked at what age they joined the Armed Forces and therefore this data is not captured.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 155888 question first answered 27/06/2018 15:07:43 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

926931

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Mental Health
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 14 June 2018 to Question 151105 on Veterans: Social Security Benefits, what training is offered by his Department to staff of the Department for Work and Pensions to increase their understanding of veterans' mental health.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	155220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence's Veterans Welfare Service (VWS) works closely with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and provides regular briefings on the remit of the VWS to the designated Armed Forces Champions in DWP, many of whom are ex-Service personnel.</p><p>The VWS uses these opportunities to raise awareness of veterans' issues, including mental health. VWS staff also participate in Armed Forces Covenant meetings, which include members of DWP and many of the Service charities.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 27/06/2018 15:05:30 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

926932

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Skilled Workers
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 14 June 2018 to Question 151105 on Veterans: Social Security Benefits, what information his Department provides to the Department for Work and Pensions to increase the understanding of their staff of the transferable skills that veterans have acquired in the military.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	155221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) maintains a strategic partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) through the Armed Forces Covenant Reference Group and has regular formal discussions with DWP through the Armed Forces Covenant Team to support the transition of veterans into employment. DWP's network of Armed Forces Champions, many of whom are veterans themselves, work with MOD's Career Transition Partnership (CTP) developing understanding of military transferable skills.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD's resettlement provision is designed to help personnel leaving the Armed Forces to prepare for entering the civilian job market and to make a successful transition to employment or to achieve the wider vocational outcome they seek. The provision entitles Service leavers, depending on their discharge category, to access to CTP Services which teaches Service leavers how to articulate their transferable skills.</p><p>The provision of opportunities to gain nationally recognised civilian qualifications throughout the accreditation of education, training and experience is an important part of military personnel strategy. Service personnel have opportunities throughout their career to accredit their skills to equivalent civilian qualifications. The Defence Awarding Organisation exists to promote vocational accreditation.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707712/1803-7606__DAO_Qualification_Booklet_b.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707712/1803-7606__DAO_Qualification_Booklet_b.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>All three Services have accreditation opportunities in place. Additionally, apprenticeships, which provide recognised civilian qualifications, are firmly embedded across Armed Forces initial training, with 98% of all recruits enrolling in an apprenticeship each year. The MOD is the single largest deliverer of apprenticeships in the UK with around 20,000 apprentices at any one time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </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 grouped question UIN 155222 question first answered 27/06/2018 15:12:01 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

926933

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Qualifications
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 14 June 2018 to Question 151105 on Veterans: Social Security Benefits, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that qualifications acquired in the military are (a) transferable and (b) equivalent to civilian qualifications.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	155222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) maintains a strategic partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) through the Armed Forces Covenant Reference Group and has regular formal discussions with DWP through the Armed Forces Covenant Team to support the transition of veterans into employment. DWP's network of Armed Forces Champions, many of whom are veterans themselves, work with MOD's Career Transition Partnership (CTP) developing understanding of military transferable skills.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD's resettlement provision is designed to help personnel leaving the Armed Forces to prepare for entering the civilian job market and to make a successful transition to employment or to achieve the wider vocational outcome they seek. The provision entitles Service leavers, depending on their discharge category, to access to CTP Services which teaches Service leavers how to articulate their transferable skills.</p><p>The provision of opportunities to gain nationally recognised civilian qualifications throughout the accreditation of education, training and experience is an important part of military personnel strategy. Service personnel have opportunities throughout their career to accredit their skills to equivalent civilian qualifications. The Defence Awarding Organisation exists to promote vocational accreditation.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707712/1803-7606__DAO_Qualification_Booklet_b.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707712/1803-7606__DAO_Qualification_Booklet_b.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>All three Services have accreditation opportunities in place. Additionally, apprenticeships, which provide recognised civilian qualifications, are firmly embedded across Armed Forces initial training, with 98% of all recruits enrolling in an apprenticeship each year. The MOD is the single largest deliverer of apprenticeships in the UK with around 20,000 apprentices at any one time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </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 grouped question UIN 155221 question first answered 27/06/2018 15:12:02 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

927022

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging serving military personnel coming to the end of their military service to take up careers in the scaffolding industry.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	155358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence provides all Service leavers with resettlement provision to help prepare them for entering the civilian job market and to make a successful transition to employment, or achieve the wider vocational outcome they seek. The provision entitles Service leavers, depending on their discharge category, to duty time, financial assistance and access to Career Transition Partnership Services.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 27/06/2018 15:02:31 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

927072

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Fire and Rescue Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 18 June 2018, on contingent liability, HCWS770, for what reasons his Department decided that a contingent liability should be given to Capita Business Services for working capital for the contract for the Defence Fire and Rescue Project.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	155223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The Defence Fire and Rescue Project will deliver improvements in the safety of firefighter personnel through greater investment in improved firefighting technology, training and equipment whilst ensuring the Ministry of Defence (MOD) continues to receive the global fire and rescue capability it needs.</p><p>Whilst the MOD has indicated its intention to award the contract to Capita Business Services we remain in a legal standstill period; as such it has not yet formally awarded a contract. The Contingent Liability provision reflects the financing structure of the anticipated contractual arrangements with Capita, enabling the early injection of capital into the contract. The contingent liability would only be activated in the event that the contract were terminated early.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 25/06/2018 16:52:29 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon