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454116

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date	23/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Email
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of email MA/DGMAA to Min(DPWV) private office 3 Dec 13 16:32.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	28104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>I have placed the requested documents in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 02/03/2016 16:16:41 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

454121

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	War Pensions: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in receipt of a war disablement pension are also in receipt of the (a) age-related tax allowance, (b) allowance for lowered standard of occupation and (c) unemployability supplement.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	28038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not hold information on how many people in receipt of a War Pension are also in receipt of the age-related tax allowance, as this is administered by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. However, as at 31 March 2015 (the latest date information is available) there were 41,470* disablement pensioners born before 6 April 1938 who may meet the eligibility criteria to receive age-related tax allowance.</p><p>As at 31 March 2015 (the latest date information is available) there were 116,050 disablement pensioners in receipt of an ongoing pension under the War Pension Scheme. Of these, 10,195 were in receipt of an allowance for lowered standard of occupation, and 6,250 were in receipt of unemployability supplement. All payments made under the War Pension Scheme are tax free.</p><p>These figures can be found on the Gov.uk website at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/war-pension-recipients-index</p><p>* In line with Defence Statistics' Rounding Policy for War Pension Scheme data, all figures of five or more have been rounded to the nearest five.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/02/2016 16:51:57 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

454128

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence Review 2015, when he expects to announce further details of the Government's proposed armed forces families strategy.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	28007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>The UK Armed Forces Families' Strategy 2016-2020 was published on 14 January 2016 and is available at the following website:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-armed-forces-families-strategy</p><p>The Strategy will be supported by an action plan which we plan to publish in spring 2016.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 01/03/2016 16:31:15 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

454133

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's wellness strategy is.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	27928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>A new Health and Wellbeing Strategy for all Ministry of Defence (MOD) employees was published in mid-2015 and is designed to provide guidance to the Chain of Command and civilian line managers on how to manage the health needs of their people.</p><p>The aim is to maximise the number of people fit to work, managing people back to work after a period of sickness, so that they are fit and able to meet the requirements of Defence outputs, including operational effectiveness.</p><p>The strategy applies to all Defence People and not just Service personnel for whom maintaining health, wellbeing and fitness is a major contributor to the moral and physical components of fighting power. Although there are differences in the Terms and Conditions of Service and requirements placed on civilian and military workforces, all people working in Defence have a role to play in contributing to Defence outputs.</p><p>The Health and Wellbeing Strategy has four pillars: Lifestyle, Injury prevention, Preventative health and, Mental health. It is a through-life process that sets the conditions to allow people to Join, Train, Work, Live and Leave well.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 01/03/2016 17:35:16 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

455283

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mesothelioma
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to reform compensation for armed forces veterans affected by mesothelioma.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Nicola Blackwood
uin	903767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave earlier today to the hon. Member for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris) to question number 903759.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/02/2016 17:03:53 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford

455854

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	War Widow(er)s: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received from war widows who remarried between 1973 and 2005 on reinstatement of their war widow's pension.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	903777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>I met the War Widows Association earlier this year and during our meeting they put forward their case for the reinstatement of War Widow’s Pensions for those widows who had remarried or cohabited before 1 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Our policy on retrospection remains the same. For those who have already surrendered their pension due to remarriage or cohabitation, if that relationship ends they can apply to have their pension restored for life.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/02/2016 17:17:04 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland