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101543

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	War Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claimants of the War Pensions Scheme in each age group receive (a) the Allowance for a Lowered Standard of Occupation and (b) the Unemployability Supplement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	212425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The attached table shows the number of recipients of the Allowance for Lower Standard of Occupation (ALSO) and the Unemployability Supplement (UnSupp) under the War Pension Scheme, by age group, as at 31 March 2014 (the latest date for which data are available).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Recipients of ALSO and UnSupp, by age group, as at 31 March 2014, numbers<sup>1</sup></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: War Pensions Computer System (WPCS), Defence Business Services</p><p>In line with Defence Statistics' Rounding Policy, all figures of five or more have been rounded to the nearest 5 and figures fewer than five have been suppressed and marked ~.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 06/11/2014 17:32:49 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 20141106 - Table for answer 212425.doc title Allowance for Lower Standard of Occupation previous answer version 26469 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

101544

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what cost his Department (a) has and (b) will incur for the (i) design and (ii) editing of the British Armed Forces Learning Resource 2014.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	212451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>None. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has not incurred any cost in the design and editing of the British Armed Forces Learning Resource, which was produced and edited independently.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 06/11/2014 17:47:30 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 26470 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

101628

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Public Opinion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	212496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The amount spent on focus groups and surveys is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 24/11/2014 17:13:31 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 26466 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

101629

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	War Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much in total is paid to claimants of the War Pensions Scheme in each age group claiming (a) the Allowance for a Lowered Standard of Occupation and (b) the Unemployability Supplement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	212520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide details of how much is paid in each age range to recipients of the Allowance for a Lowered Standard of Occupation and the Unemployability Supplement because details of such expenditure are not held in age groupings, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, for financial year 2013-14, a total of £33 million was paid to recipients of the Allowance for a Lowered Standard of Occupation and £37 million was paid to recipients of the Unemployability Supplement.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/11/2014 17:27:29 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 26467 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

101630

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	War Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much on average is received each week by claimants of the War Pensions Scheme in each age group who claim (a) the Allowance for a Lowered Standard or Occupation and (b) the Unemployability Supplement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	212521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide details of how much on average is paid to recipients of the Allowance for a Lowered Standard of Occupation and the Unemployability Supplement because details of such expenditure are not held in age groupings, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>However, for financial year 2013-14, an average £60 per week was paid to recipients of the Allowance for a Lowered Standard of Occupation and an average £110 per week was paid to recipients of the Unemployability Supplement.</p><p><em>In line with Defence Statistics' Rounding Policy, all figures of five or more have been rounded to the nearest 5.</em></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 06/11/2014 17:45:50 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 26468 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

101342

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officers in the regular forces there have been at each rank between one star, NATO code OF-6, and five star, NATO code OF-10, in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	212165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The rank structure for Senior Officers in the UK Regular Forces at 1 April in each requested year is presented in the table. The NATO Rank of OF-10 (equivalent to an Army Field Marshal) is normally an honorary rank and is not included in official statistics.</p><p> </p><p>NATO Rank Code</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td><td>2014</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>OF-9</td><td>9</td><td>9</td><td>9</td><td>8</td><td>7</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>OF-8</td><td>31</td><td>24</td><td>25</td><td>28</td><td>27</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>OF-7</td><td>95</td><td>102</td><td>101</td><td>97</td><td>95</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>OF6</td><td>360</td><td>343</td><td>330</td><td>303</td><td>308</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>UK Regular Forces comprises trained and untrained personnel and excludes Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service personnel and mobilised reservists.</p><p> </p><p>NATO Rank Codes equivalence in UK Service Rank is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>OF-9 General/Admiral/Air Chief Marshal; OF-8 Lieutenant General/Vice Admiral/Air Marshal; OF-7 Major General/Rear Admiral/Air Vice Marshal; OF-6 Brigadier/Commodore/Air Commodore.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 06/11/2014 18:07:55 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

101345

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Clubs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who has access to his Department's sports and social club; what the annual cost of running the club was in each of the last two years; what benefits members receive; and what the cost per person is of such benefits.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	212238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has a sports and social club which all civilian staff are eligible to join. This is known as the Defence Sports and Recreation Association (DSRA).</p><p>The cost of running the DSRA is limited to the salaries of three staff. Expenditure in financial year (FY) 2012-13 was around £101,000 and expenditure for FY 2013-14 was around £102,000.</p><p>Members are able to benefit from a wide range of sporting and/or recreational activities, competitions and initiatives that are organised or supported by the DSRA or its partner organisation, the Civil Service Sports Council. Membership is £3.70 per month and there are currently around 20,000 members.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 06/11/2014 17:49:47 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

101349

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Catterick Garrison: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many single servicemen and servicewomen based at or near Catterick, North Yorkshire, are currently accommodated in (a) single living accommodation provided for his Department by a contractor and (b) other private rented accommodation; and what the average cost per month per person is to his Department for each such type of accommodation.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	212285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>No Single Living Accommodation at Catterick is provided by a contractor.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has nearly 6,000 bedspaces at Catterick which the MOD owns.</p><p>Where Single Living Accommodation is not available, the MOD may rent accommodation from the local private market, known as Substitute Service Single Accommodation. This is only ever used as a last resort where no other option is available.</p><p>There are currently 25 Service personnel posted to Catterick living in 19 Substitute Service Single Accommodation properties at an average monthly cost per person of £468.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 30/10/2014 17:34:46 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

101351

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
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 all items of cultural material from the HMS Victory 1744 wreck site will be acquired by the Maritime Heritage Foundation for deposition in one complete museum archive as required by the UNESCO Annex and Key Management Principles.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	212334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The project will follow applicable UK law, conditions of the Deed of Gift and the archaeological principles set out in Annex A of the UNESCO Convention for the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage. It is planned that all cultural items transferred under the Deed of Gift will be accessioned into the Victory 1744 Collection, as will the associated archive, including site plans, drawings and photographs. The Maritime Heritage Foundation has committed to manage and curate the Collection in line with the Museum Association's Code of Ethics for Museums. No items transferred under the Deed of Gift may be sold or disposed of without the consent of the Secretary of State for Defence.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/11/2014 17:32:42 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

101352

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
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, what discussions he had with Lord Lingfield, then Sir Robert Balchin, regarding the formation of a company or charity to take on management of the wreck of HMS Victory 1744.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	212335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>I have had no such discussions with Lord Lingfield. The Maritime Heritage Foundation, to which the wreck was gifted in January 2012, is a registered charity.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/11/2014 16:35:15 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish