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1603335

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date	13/03/2023
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	What assessment he has made of the adequacy of housing for armed forces personnel.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	904032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) fully recognises that the provision of safe, good quality and well-maintained accommodation is essential to operational output, and providing such accommodation is one of the MOD’s top priorities.</p><p> </p><p>In the last seven years, the MOD has invested more than £936 million in Service Family Accommodation (SFA) improvements and currently just under 97% of MOD SFA meet or exceed the Government’s Decent Homes Standard. Only these properties are allocated to Service families. In addition, they meet statutory and mandatory housing safety requirements.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 13/03/2023 16:12:30 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1603337

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Radiation Exposure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will bring forward proposals to allow veterans to apply for access to their biological monitoring tests conducted during their service.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	904037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>Veterans or members of their family are already entitled to request information that may be held by the Ministry of Defence, including medical test results, through Subject Access Requests. Information is provided on request to individuals, or representatives acting on their behalf, under General Data Protection Regulation, Chapter 3, Article 15 – Right of access.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 13/03/2023 16:14:01 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1603569

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pastoral Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help ensure non-religious armed forces recruits have access to suitable pastoral support.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	163947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>Military Chaplains are professionally qualified to provide pastoral care to everyone, regardless of faith or belief background. However, should a Service person feel uncomfortable with talking to a Chaplain, they are able to seek appropriate professional support from a variety of alternative sources, which can be facilitated by the Chaplain. This includes their Chain of Command, through the Services' professional social workers, medical staff, and dedicated welfare staff. Mutual support is also available via the various staff networks, including the Humanist and Non-Religious in Defence (HAND) Network.</p><p> </p><p>Having carefully considered whether this provision is adequate and suitably reflects the needs of all our people, we have recently conducted a review of this matter and consider the provision of pastoral care merits enhancement so that we can deliver even better support. Accordingly, we are intending to recruit a non-religious pastoral officer for each of the Armed Services, and are currently undertaking work to determine the appropriate competency framework and subsequently consider options to deliver an assured capability.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 16/03/2023 15:17:56 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1603603

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pastoral Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to implement the recommendations of the review of the provision of non-religious pastoral support to the Armed Forces; and whether he plans to work with Humanists UK and the Non-Religious Pastoral Support Network to accredit humanist and non-religious chaplains to the Armed Forces.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	163840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>Military Chaplains are professionally qualified to provide pastoral care to everyone, regardless of faith or belief background. However, should a Service person feel uncomfortable with talking to a Chaplain, they are able to seek appropriate professional support from a variety of alternative sources, which can be facilitated by the Chaplain. This includes their Chain of Command, through the Services' professional social workers, medical staff, and dedicated welfare staff. Mutual support is also available via the various staff networks, including the Humanist and Non-Religious in Defence (HAND) Network.</p><p> </p><p>Having carefully considered whether this provision is adequate and suitably reflects the needs of all our people, we have recently conducted a review of this matter and consider the provision of pastoral care merits enhancement so that we can deliver even better support. Accordingly, we are intending to recruit a non-religious pastoral officer for each of the Armed Services, and are currently working with a range of stakeholders from the within the breadth of the AF community to determine how best to take this forward including how we engage with appropriate professional endorsing bodies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 16/03/2023 15:19:04 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

1603726

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the review of welfare provision for veterans will include a detailed examination of the medical discharge process.
tabling member constituency	Filton and Bradley Stoke
tabling member printed	Jack Lopresti
uin	163872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>The independent review of His Majesty’s Governments’ veterans' welfare support services, announced by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the Office for Veterans’ Affairs on the 2 March 2023, will encompass the MOD’s Veterans’ Welfare Services, as well as the Northern Ireland Veterans Support Office, and the Government's role in the Veterans’ Gateway, and how they fit into wider Government support to veterans. It will also align with the Reviews of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees that are currently underway.</p><p> </p><p>The medical discharge process is delegated to the single Services to afford each branch of the Armed Forces the necessary flexibility to respond effectively to the unique and varying environments in which their people are employed. While each of the single Services' medical discharge process is subject to regular review, there are no current plans to include these in the independent review.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 16/03/2023 11:45:44 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	3989 label Biography information for Jack Lopresti