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1674165

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
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 Answer of 28 November 2023 to Question 2491 on Armed Forces: Pay, what the (a) mean, (b) median and (c) mode average salary was for personnel in the (i) Royal Navy, (ii) Royal Air Force, and (iii) Army in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	4341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the hon. Member's Question. I will write to him when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 04/12/2023 15:35:07 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1673544

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on off-payroll engagements earning more than £245 per day in financial years (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department collects information centrally on the numbers of off payroll engagements in line with the mandatory disclosure requirements for reporting in Annual Report and Accounts. However, the Department does not centrally collect the range of information that would be required to address these questions, and it is considered that the time and resource required to do so retrospectively, including analysing thousands of contracts over a four year period, would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will however expand the data collected on off payroll engagements from 2023-24 to enable analysis of this type to be provided in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 4070 question first answered 04/12/2023 15:32:03 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1673545

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average per day payment rate for those employed on off-payroll engagements in his Department was in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department collects information centrally on the numbers of off payroll engagements in line with the mandatory disclosure requirements for reporting in Annual Report and Accounts. However, the Department does not centrally collect the range of information that would be required to address these questions, and it is considered that the time and resource required to do so retrospectively, including analysing thousands of contracts over a four year period, would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will however expand the data collected on off payroll engagements from 2023-24 to enable analysis of this type to be provided in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 4069 question first answered 04/12/2023 15:32:03 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1673546

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the longest duration an individual has been employed under an off-payroll engagement contract within his Department is.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The majority of off payroll engagements within the Department are short term in nature. In respect to engagements &gt;£245 day rate reported in 2022-23, 86% of these engagements were less than two years. Engagement of individuals under off-payroll terms for longer periods of time are therefore unusual but do arise where the Department is unable to recruit deep specialists on a permanent basis.</p><p>As at 31 March 2023, the longest duration an individual paid more than £245 per day, had been employed under an off-payroll engagement contract was 14 years and seven months. This relates to an engagement in the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE).</p><p>Such individuals are specialist contractors who hold niche skill sets such as in the AWE case. Having specialist contractors can also be a determining factor for long standing collaborative programmes with international partners.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 04/12/2023 15:33:36 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1673650

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Finance
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 27 November to Question 3092 on Veterans: Finance, before additional funding was announced in the Autumn Statement 2023, what the annual budget was for the Veterans’ Places, Pathways and People Programme for the period from 2024-25 to 2026-27.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	4040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>In Financial Year 2021-22, The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust, using funding from the Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund, awarded £9,153,456 to portfolios of projects and to national strategic projects under the Veterans Places, Pathways and People Programme. These projects are now reaching the end of their funding period. An additional £10 Million for the Veterans’ Places, Pathways and People programme was announced in the Autumn Statement to “<em>increase support to a significant community of vulnerable veterans throughout the UK and enable it to become self-sustaining</em>”.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 04/12/2023 15:30:30 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1673651

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Special Advisors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 12 of the Memorandum for the Ministry of Defence Main Estimate 2023-24, which Minister in the Cabinet Office had Special Advisers paid for through Other Government Departments (OGD) transfers of £350,000 in the 2023-24 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	4041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>All Special Advisers including those in the Ministry of Defence are administered centrally by the Cabinet Office. This cost is then recovered by the Cabinet Office as part of the Estimates process. Therefore no Minister in the Cabinet Office had Special Advsiers paid for through OGD transfers in 2023-2024 financial year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 04/12/2023 15:30:57 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1673676

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter deposited in the House of Commons, committed on 13 November 2023, paper reference DEP2023-0876, how many service personnel were living in below grade 4 single living accommodation as of 16 October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	4252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the hon. Member's questions. I will write to him when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 4253 4254 question first answered 04/12/2023 18:00:51 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1673677

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
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 8 November 2022 to Question 78640 on Armed Forces: Housing, what estimate his Department has made of the number of service personnel living in single living accommodation in each year since 2018.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	4253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the hon. Member's questions. I will write to him when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 4252 4254 question first answered 04/12/2023 18:00:51 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1673679

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
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 8 November to Question 75786 on Armed Forces: Housing, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of service personnel occupying each grade of single living accommodation, including below grade 4, across the last five calendar years.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	4254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the hon. Member's questions. I will write to him when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 4252 4253 question first answered 04/12/2023 18:00:51 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1673705

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Firearms: Lost Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a list of the types of small arms and light weapons that went missing from his Department's establishments and facilities in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	4108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>We take the security of our small arms and light weapons extremely seriously and have a range of measures in place to ensure the integrity of these arrangements. Whilst we do not publish data in full, we do publish some information on weapon losses on the Ministry of Defence (MOD) website under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. MOD officials will collate that information and I will write to the hon. Member when it is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 04/12/2023 15:34:38 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden