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1022939

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Institute for Statecraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department (a) leases (b) provides in kind any (i) office space and (ii) other resources to the Institute for Statecraft.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	200608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has no centrally-held record of any provision of office space to the Institute for Statecraft.</p><p>In Financial Years 2016-17 and 2017-18, the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust's Local Grants Programme awarded a total of £177,650 to 12 separate small projects run by the Shared Outcomes Programme, an initiative of the Institute for Statecraft which works with young people (aged 14 - 18) from minority communities in areas facing economic and social challenge and aims to increase participants' life opportunities and support them in fulfilling their potential. The Shared Outcomes projects enable young people to take part in challenging activities such as assault courses, night navigation exercises and camping while visiting an Army base, and other activities designed to improve community cohesion. In addition, in 2017 the Army made a single payment of £6,800 to the Institute for Statecraft for specialist training.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/12/2018 16:20:24 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

1022942

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence apprentices there have been in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Army in each constituency in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Will Quince
uin	200691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is currently the single largest deliverer of apprenticeships in the UK, with over 20,000 personnel engaged on a nationally recognised apprenticeship programme at any one time and over 90 per cent of our non-commissioned military recruits offered an apprenticeship on the back of their trade training.</p><p> </p><p>As at 31 October 2018, the number of apprenticeship enrolments since 2015 for the Armed Forces are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Royal Navy: 9,136</p><p> </p><p>Army: 30,321</p><p> </p><p>Royal Air Force: 5,852</p><p> </p><p>The MOD has made good progress in meeting its Government target of 50,000 enrolments by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD does not currently hold the information in the requested format.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 22/01/2019 13:47:26 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

1022943

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Cadets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which cadet units are in each constituency; and what the sponsoring Service is of each of those units.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Will Quince
uin	200692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is provided in the attached spreadsheet which was compiled in September 2018.</p><p>This information is not routinely collected by the Ministry of Defence, and was only compiled in preparation for Cadets Day in 2019. The data was drawn from a number of sources so the information is not definitive.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 14/12/2018 13:51:28 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name Attachment to Question 200692.xlsx title Cadet units in each UK constituency
tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

1022980

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Christmas Island: Radiation Exposure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessments were made using beta, gamma and X-ray detection of likely alpha radiation contamination as a result of Operation Grapple Y at Christmas Island in 1958.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	200584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>We are unable to locate any information related to your question.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/12/2018 16:54:57 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1022981

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	War Pensions: Radiation Exposure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of war pension applications claiming injury as a result of radiation exposure were (a) approved, (b) denied and (c) approved on appeal in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	200585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>This 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 question first answered 17/12/2018 16:54:04 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1022982

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Radiation Exposure
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 data that was gathered from blood samples taken from servicemen (a) before, (b) during and (c) after their service at the UK nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	200586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is unable to locate any information that suggests that Atomic Weapons Research Establishment staff took blood samples for radiological monitoring at the tests. Service personnel who were present may have had blood samples taken during their career, but these individual military medical records are not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/12/2018 16:18:35 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1022983

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Radiation Exposure
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 information on the possibility of genetic damage that was given to participants in the UK nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s (a) before, (b) during and (c) after their service.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	200587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is unable to locate any information regarding whether any advice was given to participants of the UK nuclear tests regarding the possibility of genetic damage.</p><p>The MOD does hold documents which confirm that regulations were in place to ensure that protection and safety information was given by the officer responsible to all personnel involved in each task. This included subjects such as basic training in nuclear weapon effects and health physics for all ranks, personal protection and issue and use of protective clothing and dosemeters and training in radiological safety.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/12/2018 16:19:25 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1022984

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Christmas Island: Radiation Exposure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) documents and (b) photographs his Department holds on the flight of a Canberra B6 aircraft with the number 980 at Christmas Island on 30 April 1958.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	200588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>Neither the Ministry of Defence (MOD) or the Atomic Weapons Establishment hold any information regarding a flight of Canberra WH 980 on 30 April 1958.</p><p>The MOD has reviewed the 76 Sqn RAF Operational Record Book which contains the detailed list of all flights undertaken by 76 Sqn at Operation Grapple Y. This document shows flights by Canberra WH 980 on 1, 3, 5, 16, 18, 22, 25 and 28 April 1958, but does not include any reference to a flight on 30 April 1958. The 76 Sqn RAF Operational Record Book is publicly available at the National Archives.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 200589 question first answered 13/12/2018 16:12:36 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1022985

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Christmas Island: Radiation Exposure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) documents and (b) photographs the Atomic Weapons Establishment holds on the flight of a Canberra B6 aircraft with the number 980 at Christmas Island on 30 April 1958.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	200589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>Neither the Ministry of Defence (MOD) or the Atomic Weapons Establishment hold any information regarding a flight of Canberra WH 980 on 30 April 1958.</p><p>The MOD has reviewed the 76 Sqn RAF Operational Record Book which contains the detailed list of all flights undertaken by 76 Sqn at Operation Grapple Y. This document shows flights by Canberra WH 980 on 1, 3, 5, 16, 18, 22, 25 and 28 April 1958, but does not include any reference to a flight on 30 April 1958. The 76 Sqn RAF Operational Record Book is publicly available at the National Archives.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 200588 question first answered 13/12/2018 16:12:36 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1020846

registered interest
date	07/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 28 November 2018 to Question 194225, whether Queen's Regulation J975 is compatible with the lack of a mandatory requirement to hold a fatal accident inquiry for a military death in Scotland prior to the Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	200134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>Yes.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/12/2018 16:21:00 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes