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971293

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of housing options for armed forces families.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	172417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is committed to giving Service personnel flexibility and choice in where, how and with whom they live. That is why the Future Accommodation Model will use a combination of existing Service accommodation and the private rental sector. We are currently planning the implementation of a pilot at a small number of bases.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/09/2018 14:24:18 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

971512

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the socio-economic background of people appointed to senior positions in his Department in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	172621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Civil Service is currently looking at the best way to start implementing the measures published in June across Government Departments, to better understand the background of people appointed in senior positions.</p><p>The Government is committed to social mobility, and we are committed to creating an organisation in which everybody can thrive.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/09/2018 14:30:11 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

969434

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
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, if he will carry out a review of whether there is sufficient and quality accommodation available to service personnel on the defence estates.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
uin	171738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>The quality and quantity of all service accommodation is under continual review by the Department. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is committed to providing high quality accommodation within an appropriate locality to where Service personnel live, work and train.</p><p>For Service Family Accommodation, the MOD meets the Government Decent Homes Standard, set by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government for 95% of its properties, with the overall condition of the accommodation considered as good.</p><p>The MOD has delivered more than 50,000 new or upgraded Single Living Accommodation bed-spaces, across the estate over the last 15 years and is committed to invest significant additional funding in Defence infrastructure over the next 10-15 years.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 18/09/2018 14:48:08 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 76214 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

969475

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Chemical Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the US envoy for Syria and (b) his American counterpart on whether there is evidence that Syrian Government forces are preparing a chemical weapons attack.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	171722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Defence Secretary has regular conversations with the US Defense Secretary on a range of subjects including the Syrian Regime's use of chemical weapons. Since 2012, the Regime has resorted to the use of chemical weapons during military offensives on many occasions, including in Khan Sheikhun in 2017 and Douma in 2018, killing and injuring thousands of people<strong>. </strong>Along with the US and French Permanent Representatives to the UN, on 21 August 2018 the UK issued a joint statement expressing grave concern over reports of a military offensive by the Syrian Regime against civilians and civilian infrastructure in Idlib, and the resulting humanitarian consequences, underlining our concern at the potential for further - and illegal - use of chemical weapons, and confirming that we will respond appropriately if the Assad regime repeats its appalling use of chemical weapons.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/09/2018 14:25:04 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

969476

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants there are at each grade in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	171666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The number of civil servants by grade is published by the Department on the Gov.UK website in the Biannual Civilian Personnel Report (BCPR) (Table 2), a link to this is below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-biannual-civilian-personnel-report-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-biannual-civilian-personnel-report-2018</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below gives the numbers of civil servants at each grade in the ministry of Defence as at 1 April 2018:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Civilian personnel by grade equivalence<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(Full Time Equivalent)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1 April</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Civilian Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 56,865 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Non-Industrial Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 30,143 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Civil Service &amp; Equivalent<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band B1 &amp; Equivalent</p></td><td><p>464</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band B2 &amp; Equivalent</p></td><td><p>1,408</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band C1 &amp; Equivalent</p></td><td><p>3,411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band C2 &amp; Equivalent</p></td><td><p>6,399</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band D &amp; Equivalent</p></td><td><p>6,192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band E1 &amp; Equivalent</p></td><td><p>8,871</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band E2 &amp; Equivalent</p></td><td><p>3,149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Industrial Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 4,305 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Firefighter</p></td><td><p>748</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skill Zone 4</p></td><td><p>276</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skill Zone 3</p></td><td><p>1,244</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skill Zone 2</p></td><td><p>1,428</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skill Zone 1</p></td><td><p>604</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apprentice</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Royal Fleet Auxiliary <sup>4</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,918 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DE&amp;S Trading Entity </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 10,243 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Trading Fund &amp; Executive Agencies Total <sup>4</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 6,032 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Locally engaged civilians <sup>4</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 4,224 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1. Grade equivalence is shown in terms of the broader banding structure and is based on paid grade.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2. Includes personnel outside the Senior Civil Service but of equivalent grade, primarily Senior Medical Specialists.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>3. 'Other' represents core civilian personnel for whom no grade information is available.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>4. Data by grade are not available for Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Trading Funds, Executive Agency and Locally engaged civilians.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/09/2018 14:32:27 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

969073

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what records his Department makes of mental health conditions experienced by (a) serving armed forces personnel and (b) veterans.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	171391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) maintains an electronic patient record for serving UK Armed Forces personnel, which has a centralised data warehouse of coded information. From this and data from the MOD's in-patient care contractor, the Government publishes annual statistics on mental health in the Armed Forces. This summarises all initial assessments for a new episode of care of personnel at MOD Specialist Mental Health Services (Departments of Community Mental Health for outpatient care and all admissions to the MOD's in-patient care contractor) by financial year (FY).</p><p> </p><p>The latest bulletin was published in June 2018 and provides Armed Forces mental health statistics for the period 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2018. This can be viewed at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/717033/20180621_Mental_Health_Annual_Report_17-18_O.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/717033/20180621_Mental_Health_Annual_Report_17-18_O.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>This shows that in FY 2017-18, the latest period for which figures are available, 3.1% of personnel had a mental health disorder assessed at MOD Specialist Mental Health Services. The bulletin does not include data on patients treated for mental health problems wholly within the primary care setting by their GP or medical officer. Defence Statistics is planning to carry out work in the future to estimate the number of personnel treated in this setting.</p><p> </p><p>Information on all veterans who are currently experiencing mental health problems is not held by the MOD. The provision of veterans' mental healthcare is the responsibility of the NHS in England and the Devolved Administrations. Priority access for veterans with service attributable conditions is provided in England, Scotland and Wales subject to the clinical need of others.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD does hold some information on specific veteran cohorts experiencing mental health problems. As at 31 March 2018 there were 638 veterans in receipt of an ongoing Guaranteed Income Payment under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme for Mental Disorders. Also, as at 31 March 2018 there were a minimum of 13,452 Disablement pensioners in receipt of an ongoing War Pension to compensate for Service attributable Mental Disorders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 171392 question first answered 13/09/2018 14:22:01 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

969074

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) serving armed forces personnel and (b) veterans who are currently experiencing mental health problems.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	171392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) maintains an electronic patient record for serving UK Armed Forces personnel, which has a centralised data warehouse of coded information. From this and data from the MOD's in-patient care contractor, the Government publishes annual statistics on mental health in the Armed Forces. This summarises all initial assessments for a new episode of care of personnel at MOD Specialist Mental Health Services (Departments of Community Mental Health for outpatient care and all admissions to the MOD's in-patient care contractor) by financial year (FY).</p><p> </p><p>The latest bulletin was published in June 2018 and provides Armed Forces mental health statistics for the period 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2018. This can be viewed at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/717033/20180621_Mental_Health_Annual_Report_17-18_O.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/717033/20180621_Mental_Health_Annual_Report_17-18_O.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>This shows that in FY 2017-18, the latest period for which figures are available, 3.1% of personnel had a mental health disorder assessed at MOD Specialist Mental Health Services. The bulletin does not include data on patients treated for mental health problems wholly within the primary care setting by their GP or medical officer. Defence Statistics is planning to carry out work in the future to estimate the number of personnel treated in this setting.</p><p> </p><p>Information on all veterans who are currently experiencing mental health problems is not held by the MOD. The provision of veterans' mental healthcare is the responsibility of the NHS in England and the Devolved Administrations. Priority access for veterans with service attributable conditions is provided in England, Scotland and Wales subject to the clinical need of others.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD does hold some information on specific veteran cohorts experiencing mental health problems. As at 31 March 2018 there were 638 veterans in receipt of an ongoing Guaranteed Income Payment under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme for Mental Disorders. Also, as at 31 March 2018 there were a minimum of 13,452 Disablement pensioners in receipt of an ongoing War Pension to compensate for Service attributable Mental Disorders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 171391 question first answered 13/09/2018 14:22:01 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

969077

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Cosford: Air Displays
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his plans are for the future of the RAF Cosford Airshow; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	171329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>A self-funded event, the successful 2018 Cosford Air Show attracted a capacity crowd of approximately 60,000 visitors. It raised around £100,000 for the RAF100 Appeal and local charities. Arrangements for the 2019 Air Show have commenced, which will again be self-funding, with the aim of benefiting charitable causes. The planned date for the show will be 9 June 2019.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/09/2018 14:55:19 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

969078

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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, what (a) number and (b) proportion of service personnel who leave the armed forces secure new employment (i) within one month, (ii) between one month and two months, (iii) between two months and three months, (iv) between three months and six months, (v) between six months and one year and (vi) one year after leaving the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	171393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence publishes regular statistics on employment outcomes, six months after leaving Service, for UK Regular and Gurkha Service personnel who have left the UK Armed Forces and accessed employment support provided by the Career Transition Partnership (CTP). The latest publication can be found at the following address:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/career-transition-partnership-ex-service-personnel-employment-outcomes-financial-year-201617.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 171394 question first answered 13/09/2018 14:54:41 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

969079

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Cosford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his plans are for the future of RAF Cosford.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	171330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>RAF Cosford, which is home to the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering, remains a key site in the delivery of technical training.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/09/2018 14:25:49 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard