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1255314

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the armed forces will receive a pay rise in 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	120806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>As announced on 25 November 2020 by my right. hon Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, this Government will be taking three steps regarding public sector pay awards in 2021-22. First, taking account of the pay review bodies' advice, we will provide a pay rise to over a million nurses, doctors and others working in the NHS. Secondly, to protect jobs, pay rises in the rest of the public sector will be paused next year, including the Armed Forces. But, thirdly, we will protect those on lower incomes; the 2.1 million public sector workers who earn below the median wage of £24,000 will continue to receive a pay increase. It is important to note that over 35,000 of our most junior sailors, solders and aviators fall below the £24,000 threshold, meaning they will be unaffected by the pay freeze and still receive a guaranteed pay rise of £250 in the 2021-22 pay year.</p><p>Furthermore, military personnel also benefit from a progressive pay model where, subject to satisfactory performance, they can receive yearly incremental pay progression for every additional year spent in their rank after an initial two-year period, up to a certain cap. In the year 2019/20 45.3% of service personnel moved up a pay increment. This incremental progress is not affected by the pay pause and all personnel expecting to move up an increment next year will continue to do so provided they meet the normal criteria.</p><p>A further announcement will be made next year once we have received the recommendations from the independent Armed Forces' Pay Review Body.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 07/12/2020 12:07:50 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer previous answer version 66766 answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1255317

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to bring forward legislative measures for service personnel and veterans who served in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	120809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that veterans who served in Northern Ireland are treated as fairly as those who served overseas.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland will bring forward legislation to address the legacy of the Troubles which focuses on reconciliation, delivers for victims, and ends the cycle of reinvestigations into the Troubles in Northern Ireland that has failed victims and veterans alike - delivering on our commitments to Northern Ireland veterans.</p><p>We remain committed to making progress and engaging with all partners on this important issue.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 30/11/2020 14:19:03 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1255321

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many flights (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have taken to the US in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	120813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Information regarding Ministerial travel is publicly available as part of the Government's commitment to publishing transparency information.</p><p>The information is published every quarter and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-with-external-organisations-in-the-ministry-of-defence and https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministers-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings</p><p> </p><p>Data for officials has been provided from 2018, records before this time are held in digital archives, it will take time to obtain and collate this information. I will write to the hon. Member when it is available.</p><p> </p><p>See below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Net Transactions</p></td><td><p>Net Sectors</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>16,692</p></td><td><p>41,596</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>20,426</p></td><td><p>49871</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020 ( Jan to Oct)</p></td><td><p>6,753</p></td><td><p>14,901</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Transactions are ‘bookings’, and sectors are the number of flights within the bookings, i.e. trips that required multiple flights.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that one of the executive agencies of MOD used a contracted provider from April 2016 until August 2019 before joining MOD-wide travel provider. For completeness, we have included figures for 2018 and 2019 in the table above. The table below shows flights taken between April 2016 to December 2017. No data is available for flights prior to April 2016.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Apr-Dec 2016</p></td><td><p>1,142 flights</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-Dec 2017</p></td><td><p>1,512 flights</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 30/11/2020 14:20:52 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1247912

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant
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 2 November 2020 to Question 106907 on the Armed Forces Covenant, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter and consultation proposals his Department sent to local authority Chief Executives.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	110073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The Director of Armed Forces People Policy wrote to the Chief Executives and Council Leaders of a number of Local Authorities to inform them of the Government’s draft legislative proposal. This was at the request of some regional focus group members, as part of the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) policy development to further incorporate the Armed Forces Covenant into law. I have placed a copy of this letter in the Library of the House. To date, the MOD has not sent any consultation proposals to Local Authority Chief Executives.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 05/11/2020 11:33:06 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer attachment 1 file name Letter to LA CE - Covenant Legislation.pdf title Armed Forces Covenant Legislation
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1245596

registered interest
date	21/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with local authorities on the Government’s policy to further incorporate the Armed Forces Covenant into law.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	106907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>Ministry of Defence (MOD) Ministers regularly discuss the Armed Forces Covenant with local authorities and representative bodies. MOD officials have written to Chief Executives and included local authorities from across the UK in group discussions on the Secretary of State's legislative proposals, to gather views and explain the impact of legislation, particularly with regard to new burdens. Individual meetings are also held with local authorities who request them. Collaboration will intensify further, as local authorities work with Government on guidance which will accompany legislation.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 02/11/2020 11:05:48 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1238232

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iraq: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the number of cases brought against the armed forces by Iraqi nationals which were settled out of court.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	96000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>Details of 326 cases brought against the Armed Forces by Iraqi nationals, which for the purposes of this response are deemed to be common law claims for damages brought against the Ministry of Defence by Iraqi nationals, where an agreement in terms of damages to be paid to the claimant are already in the public domain following responses provided to FOI requests received. Discussions between the claimants' solicitors and departmental officials with regard to the resolution of the outstanding remaining claims in the Iraq Civilian Litigation (ICL) have continued since early 2018, but the terms of these discussions and any outcomes remain the subject of a confidentiality agreement endorsed by Orders of the Court and we are therefore unable to provide a detailed and complete response to this question at this time. However, although the confidentiality agreement remains extant, it is hoped that we will be in a position to provide further information in relation to the remaining outstanding claims in the ICL in the near future.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 01/10/2020 07:22:13 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1236559

registered interest
date	22/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Civil Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims have been made against UK (a) servicemen and (b) servicewomen in the past twenty-five years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	93536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>It is not possible to answer the right hon. Member's question put which asks how many claims, which for the purposes of this response are deemed to be common law claims for damages, have been made against UK servicemen and servicewomen in the last 25 years without exceeding the disproportionate cost limit. It is usual practice for claimants, or solicitors acting on their behalf, in pursuance of common law claims for damages that allege negligence on the part of UK service personnel to bring the claim against the Ministry of Defence or the Secretary of State for Defence rather than an individual UK serviceman or service woman. The Ministry of Defence would not necessarily be made aware of any common law claim for damages brought against an individual UK serviceman or UK servicewoman. Whilst some information is held relating to the question posed, that information is not sufficient to enable the provision of a response to this question. The Department does not record separately information that would serve to confirm the causative nature of the incident that gives rise to individual claims or gender specific information that would enable a determination as to whether it was the alleged negligent action of a UK serviceman or UK servicewoman that caused the incident and therefore it is not possible to determine which of those claims received during the past 25 years arose out of the alleged negligent actions of a UK serviceman or UK servicewoman without reviewing all of the common law claims for damages received in that period.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 29/09/2020 16:27:12 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1234532

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Conduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims have been made by solicitors on the conduct of UK servicemen and servicewomen, in the last 25 years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	90062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Whilst some information is held relating to the question posed, that information is not sufficient to enable the provision of a full response to this question. The Department does not record separately information that would serve to confirm the causative nature of the incident that gives rise to individual claims and therefore it is not possible to determine which of those claims received during the past 25 years arose out of the conduct of UK servicemen and servicewomen without reviewing all of the common law claims for damages received in that period. However, it is possible to confirm that some 2,300 common law claims for compensation including allegations relating to death, injury and varying degrees of mistreatment arising from the actions of UK Forces personnel operating in Northern Ireland, Iraq and the Gulf and Afghanistan have been received within the specified time period.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 21/09/2020 16:52:19 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1231278

registered interest
date	03/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Journalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the compatibility of his Department's policy on engagement with journalists from selective publications and the Civil Service Code.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	84654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence engages with media outlets who report responsibly.</p><p>We take care to consider the reputation and track-record of all domestic and international publications as part of that commitment to openness and accuracy.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 08/09/2020 11:35:48 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1180934

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Lockheed Martin
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the level of consolidated damages payments made by Lockheed Martin to his Department was in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	21166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not routinely use the term 'consolidated damages', so your question has been interpreted to mean 'liquidated damages'.</p><p>In 2017-18, the MOD recovered liquidated damages from Lockheed Martin worth £350,000. No other payments were recovered in the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 02/03/2020 17:54:23 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones