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registered interest
date	12/09/2018
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, with reference to the Written Statement of 24 July 2018, Ministry of Defence - Update, HCWS 909, when his Department was first aware that military personnel would be unable to receive their 0.9 per cent non-consolidated one-off payment as a result of issues with the online payroll system.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	173998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The non-consolidated aspect of the pay award has never previously been a part of the remunerative offer for Service personnel and, as a result, the Department has always been aware that additional time would be required to build this feature into the system. The delay was not a result of issues with the online payroll system.</p><p>We are currently working to deliver the one-off payment, which is planned to be made to Service personnel by the end of the financial year, backdated to 1 April 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson grouped question UIN 173999 question first answered 09/10/2018 15:09:13 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

972450

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
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, with reference to the Written Statement of 24 July 2018 on Ministry of Defence -Update, HCWS909, when (a) his Department's online payroll system will process and (b) service personnel will receive the 0.9 per cent non-consolidated one-off payment.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	173999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The non-consolidated aspect of the pay award has never previously been a part of the remunerative offer for Service personnel and, as a result, the Department has always been aware that additional time would be required to build this feature into the system. The delay was not a result of issues with the online payroll system.</p><p>We are currently working to deliver the one-off payment, which is planned to be made to Service personnel by the end of the financial year, backdated to 1 April 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson grouped question UIN 173998 question first answered 09/10/2018 15:09:13 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

947412

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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, pursuant to the Written Statement of 24 July 2018 on Ministry of Defence -Update, HCWS909, when the 0.9 per cent non-consolidated one-off payment will be implemented.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	167982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is working with its pay administration providers to agree when the non-consolidated payment will be implemented and will update Service personnel as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 05/09/2018 14:59:15 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

947413

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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, when his Department first received a copy of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body’s 2018 report.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	167983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence responded to the Armed Forces Pay Review Body's 2018 report on 24 July 2018.</p><p>This pay award affects approximately 190,000 UK Regular and Reserve Forces personnel, who will receive an above inflation increase of 2.9%. Supported by strong evidence on recruitment and retention issues, the award takes into account the need to recruit, retain and motivate suitably able and qualified personnel.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 05/09/2018 15:00:28 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

947464

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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, with reference to page 29, paragraph 3.23, of the Armed Forces Pay Body Review Report 2018, for what reason the Review Body’s recommendation of an across-the-board increase of 2.9 per cent in base pay for 2018-19 was not accepted.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	168004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>For the 2018-19 award, the Government gave the Armed Forces a 2% consolidated uplift, and 0.9% as a bonus. The payment of a bonus element will ensure that total annual income will be increased by 2.9%, therefore meeting the spirit of the AFPRB recommendation.</p><p>This is the largest pay increase for the Armed Forces since 2010.</p><p>The Government values the advice of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB) and works closely with them to ensure that they have all the evidence necessary to complete their work.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 05/09/2018 15:01:28 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith