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437126

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date	10/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2015 to Question 18406, whether his Department assesses the cost of any training courses undertaken by (a) RAF, (b) navy and (c) army personnel at (i) Granton-on-Spey, (ii) Llanrwst, (iii) Crickhowell and (iv) Fairbourne; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	19569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 7 December to Question 18571 where the operating costs for each centre from the past four financial years was provided. It is not possible to provide costs per training event as, due to the variation in course length, delivery is measured on the total number of training weeks delivered, which was also provided in that response.</p><br /> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 15/12/2015 16:19:08 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 7 December 2015 HOC 18571.docx title Armed Forces Training
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

436708

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
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 guidance his Department provides to service personnel on choosing state and private schools for their children's education.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	19347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) Children's Education Advisory Service (CEAS) provides information, advice and support to Service parents on all aspects of the education of their children. CEAS advice is free and impartial, and covers a range of issues including mainstream state schools and special state maintained schools, state boarding schools, the MOD's Queen Victoria School Dunblane, and independent schools both day and boarding. CEAS also advise on MOD educational allowances, and the strict eligibility criteria that must be met.</p><p>CEAS offer tailored support for Service parents who experience difficulty in obtaining the state school of their choice and where necessary support them through the appeal process. As well as help-lines and an email enquiry service, CEAS provide four dedicated peripatetic Parent Support Officers who are educational professionals and cover all locations within the United Kingdom.</p><p>The guidance provided by the MOD was covered in some detail during a House of Commons Defence Committee Inquiry in 2013, and more detail is available in the Fourth Report of Session 2013-14: The Armed Forces Covenant in Action? Part 3: Educating the Children of Service Personnel, which is available in the Library of the House and at the following link:</p><p>http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmdfence/586/58602.htm</p><br /> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/12/2015 16:21:21 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

436711

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessments he has made of the future security needs of Ministry of Defence (MoD) establishments in the UK; whether responsibility for guarding any MoD sites, assets and infrastructure will be transferred from the MoD Police to the Armed Forces in the next five years; how and when such changes might be decided upon and implemented; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	19461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Ministry of Defence has several organisations that provide policing and guarding across the defence estate. Our policy is to deploy the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) at those sites where constabulary powers are needed. We also use Regular Service Personnel or the specialist Military Provost Guard Service who have the ability to be armed where required.</p><p>As part of the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, we are reviewing how we provide our policing and guarding at some sites.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/12/2015 16:38:58 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

436713

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2015 to Question 17678, how many (a) military and (b) civil servant personnel of each rank and grade are employed at (i) MoD Grantown-on-Spey, (b) MoD Llanwrst, (c) MoD Fairbourne and (d) MoD Crickhowell; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	19463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>Information on the rank and grade of personnel Stationed at the listed locations as at 1 October for each year is provided in the tables below. The data has been rounded in accordance with data protection principles, where ~ denotes less than 5.</p><br /><br /><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td><p><strong>NATO Rank</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Llanrwst</p></td><td><p>OR-6</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OR-4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="5"><p><br>Fairbourne</p></td><td><p>OF-3</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OF-2</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OR-7</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OR-6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OR-4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="10"><p><br><br>Crickhowell</p></td><td><p>OF-4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OF-3</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OF-2</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OF-1</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OR-8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OR-7</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OR-6</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OR-4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OR-3</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OR-2</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="6"><p><br>Grantown-on-Spey</p></td><td><p>OF-3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OF-2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OR-9</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OR-7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OR-6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OR-4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade Levels</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Llanrwst</p></td><td><p>Band D</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band E</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Industrial</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Fairbourne</p></td><td><p>Band E</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Industrial</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>Crickhowell</p></td><td><p>Band C</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band D</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band E</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Industrial</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Grantown-on-Spey</p></td><td><p>Band E</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Industrial</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/12/2015 16:11:00 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

436720

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department is providing to fund mental health services for military personnel on active military duty; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	19454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Ministry of Defence is absolutely committed to looking after the mental health of our Armed Forces personnel, and through the Defence budget we fund a range of military medical staff and facilities to provide community-based healthcare in line with national best practice. This includes the ability to deploy medical staff on major operations such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the UK, we have 16 permanent military Departments of Community Mental Health, which are located to be convenient for major centres of military population, and which support the provision of healthcare that is available through GPs in Service primary care facilities. In-patient care, when necessary, is provided in dedicated psychiatric units through a central contract with an external provider.</p><br /> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/12/2015 16:39:47 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

436201

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 4.62 in the Strategic Defence and Security Review, published on 23 November 2015, what areas his Department plans to sell to reduce the size of the built estate by 30 per cent; and by what process those areas were chosen.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
uin	19188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The Defence Footprint Strategy examines the Defence Estate across the UK, with the aim of providing a smaller more sustainable estate in support of military capabilities. Work to identify the sites which may be released to enable the reduction of the estate through the Footprint Strategy will conclude in 2016, contributing to the Government's commitment to release public sector land for house building during this Parliament.</p><br /> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/12/2015 16:20:16 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

436202

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 4.62 in the Strategic Defence and Security Review, published on 23 November 2015, what projection he has made of the savings to the public purse from the sale of 30 per cent of the built estate.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
uin	19189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Ministry of Defence is developing a Footprint Strategy to enable the reduction of its built estate by 30% by 2040. This Strategy is currently being developed and is due to be published in 2016. It is therefore too soon to state what scale of efficiencies might be achieved from our intended estate rationalisation.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 15/12/2015 16:22:45 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

436203

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 4.62 in the Strategic Defence and Security Review, published on 23 November 2015, what estimate he has made of the revenue that will be received from the sale of 30 per cent of the built estate.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
uin	19187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>As stated in the Spending Review 2015 the Ministry of Defence (MOD) expects to generate £1 billion through the disposal of sites in the financial years 2016-17 to 2020-21.</p><p>The MOD does not disclose annual breakdowns due to the potential for prejudice to its commercial interests.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 15/12/2015 16:23:37 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

436206

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Military Decorations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual cost is of the veterans badge.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	19126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The annual cost of Armed Forces Veterans' Badges from November 2014 to October 2015 was £44,655.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/12/2015 16:21:51 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

436209

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Military Decorations
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 introduce a National Defence Medal for all veterans.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	19127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals (HD Committee) examined the proposals to institute a National Defence Medal (NDM) as part of the independent Military Medals Review in July 2014. The Committee was not persuaded that a strong enough case could be made at the time. Therefore the Department has no current plans to introduce a NDM for veterans.</p><br /><p>At the conclusion of Sir John Holmes review, a series of papers were placed in the Library of the House (<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2014-07-28&amp;td=2014-07-29#toggle-1168" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2014-07-28&amp;td=2014-07-29#toggle-1168</a>). One of these, ‘Revised National Defence Medal – Updated’, contains an estimate of the potential cost of awarding a NDM to all veterans who have completed four years of regular or Reserve Service or completed national service (back to 9 September 1945). Based on an approximate figure of seven million recipients the cost was estimated to be £475 million.</p><br /> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 19128 question first answered 14/12/2015 16:26:23 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn