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1140328

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions she has had with the Chairman of the Reserve Forces and Cadets Association on the contribution that associations make to the defence of the realm; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
tabling member printed	James Gray
uin	278904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>As part of the review into the Reserve Forces and Cadets Associations (RFCAs) is currently under way, Ministry of Defence officials are in regular conversation with the Chairman of the Council of RFCAs and key staff at all thirteen RFCAs across the country. The review is looking into the functions carried out by the RFCAs and their contribution to Defence outputs, their efficiency and efficacy of delivery and corporate governance, and potential new tasks the RFCAs may be best placed to deliver on behalf of Defence.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/07/2019 13:12:42 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray

1136606

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether isolated incidents of sleepwalking between the ages of 13 to 18 years old constitutes grounds for a permanent bar to entry to the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	272816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The medical entry standards for the Armed Forces are uniquely stringent to ensure operational efficiency and the safety of personnel in the operational environment. Accordingly, a history of a number of medical conditions are a bar to Service.</p><p>Sleepwalking poses a risk of injury to personnel within the operational environment (such as a hostile land environment or the confines of a ship at sea), as the individual has no awareness of their situation or actions. Consequently, unless an applicant can prove their diagnosis was incorrect, Armed Forces candidates with a history of sleepwalking experienced after the age of 13 are graded Permanently Unfit for Service.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 08/07/2019 16:40:02 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

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

1127635

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what tests her Department has carried out on (a) blood and (b) urine samples taken from people who served at UK nuclear tests between 1952 and 1991.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	256300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>Pursuant to the Answer I gave the hon. Member on 1 April 2019 to Question 237633, to ascertain what blood and urine tests may have been undertaken, the information sought would require the individual medical record of each of the personnel present at the UK nuclear tests to be located and reviewed. These records are not held centrally and to provide the information could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/05/2019 14:42:16 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1127637

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what records her Department holds on the civilian (a) women and (b) children who travelled to Christmas Island on troop ship Dunera in 1958.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	256302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>A review of archived files held by the Ministry of Defence is being undertaken. This will take some time and I will write to the hon. Member once this has concluded.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/05/2019 14:44:38 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1086595

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of providing a plane on standby at RAF Northolt for use by the Prime Minister from 8 to 11 March 2019 inclusive.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	230681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The RAF did not hold an aircraft on standby at RAF Northolt for the Prime Minister over the period in question.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 14/03/2019 14:24:25 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1055305

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Hyde Park Barracks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the assessment study on the future of Hyde Park Barracks, as part of the Defence Estate Optimisation programme.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	216981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is investigating how best to deliver State Ceremonial and Public Duties in London. The Assessment study is currently under review to determine the best way forward. No decisions have yet been taken.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 08/02/2019 11:49:18 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

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

1015023

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	Armed Forces: Proscribed Organisations and Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the British armed forces have been (a) subject to service discipline at any level, (b) dismissed and (c) prosecuted for having links to far-right extremist groups or proscribed organisations.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	195602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Extremist ideology is completely at odds with the values and ethos of the Armed Forces. The Armed Forces have robust measures in place to ensure those exhibiting extremist views are neither tolerated nor permitted to serve. Service discipline/administrative action taken at any level against these actions is not held in the format requested.</p><p>Following a trial in Birmingham Crown Court a serving soldier was convicted of committing terrorism offences related to membership of a proscribed organisation and sentenced to eight years imprisonment. A second soldier was found not guilty.</p><p>Any Service person receiving a sentence of imprisonment can expect to be discharged. Those who have fallen short of the Armed Forces' high standards are dealt with administratively, which may include their discharge.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 29/11/2018 15:57:49 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

999734

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what employee benefits there are for new recruits to the armed forces who are not eligible to join the armed forces childcare vouchers scheme.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	187122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Service personnel wishing to benefit from Income Tax and National Insurance savings (who were not claiming before October 2018) are eligible to join the new Government Tax Free Childcare Scheme. This was introduced in September 2017 to replace all salary sacrifice schemes introduced since 1989.</p><p>The previous Childcare Voucher scheme closed to new joiners on 4 October 2018. Existing members can continue to use the scheme.</p><p>In addition to the universal entitlement to 15 hours (or 30 hours for eligible working parents) of free early education and childcare for children from the term after their third birthday, some English local authorities offer free hours of Ofsted registered childcare targeted to Service personnel with children aged two.</p><p>A significant number of nurseries are accommodated on the Defence estate at military bases aimed principally at ensuring nursery provision for Service personnel based at the location concerned. Such nurseries are not operated by Defence but are provided so that personnel have provision close to their place of work and close to their homes when accommodated in Service Families Accommodation. The provision may offer an array of benefits to Service personnel ranging from priority placement to preferential rates.</p><p>In those overseas locations where Service personnel and their dependants have no statutory entitlement to access host nation provision, the MOD has committed to mirror as far as is reasonably practicable the statutory provision that would have been available in England. Where MOD-provided overseas childcare facilities have sufficient capacity, three and four-year old children will be provided for free of charge within the UK guidelines. In overseas locations where there are no MOD-provided childcare facilities, or such facilities lack sufficient capacity, the additional entitlement will be provided through the MOD Overseas Nursery Allowance.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 06/11/2018 15:56:27 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin