Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label attachment file name title
tabling member	label

Search

1687602

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Discharges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been dishonourably discharged from service for (a) treason, (b) subterfuge, (c) espionage and (d) spying for a foreign power since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	13110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2024 answer text <p>Court Martial results from the Military Court Service are available back to 2010 in a searchable format at the following website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-martial-results-from-the-military-court-centres" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-martial-results-from-the-military-court-centres</a>. Information includes rank, service, final legal charges, finding and overall sentence. However, the particulars of the offence are not included. The detailed information necessary to answer every question would require the recall of physical files from archives to examine each charge sheet, and this could only be achieved at disproportionate cost. In addition, the term ‘<em>dishonourably discharged’</em>, is not used by the UK Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 13108 13111 question first answered 15/02/2024 16:47:33 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1685546

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Discharges
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 reduce the number of Armed Forces personnel who are medically discharged due to hearing related (a) damage and (b) impairments.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	11689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>Defence’s policy for managing noise and preventing noise induced hearing damage or impairment is set out in Joint Service Publication (JSP) 375 – Management of health and safety in Defence, chapter 25 – Noise at work.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F632986a48fa8f53cb8a85dac%2F20220909_JSP_375_Chapter_25_Noise_at_Work.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMinDPF-PrivateOffice%40mod.gov.uk%7C75bc129679934882f50c08dc231289c0%7Cbe7760ed5953484bae95d0a16dfa09e5%7C0%7C0%7C638423809753810254%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=P%2BCGDJz1QDujNGhfU5QGcDNm6uDvsb%2BchQcL9ovO0uc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">20220909_JSP_375_Chapter_25_Noise_at_Work.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>To ensure it remains compliant with legislation and aligned to best practice, JSP 375 is subject to an on-going rolling review programme. As part of this, chapter 25 was last updated in September 2022 with input from both Defence and external subject matter experts.</p><p> </p><p>Chapter 25 provides clear and succinct policy statements, mapped to relevant legislation, setting out the measures to be taken to eliminate noise exposure risks or reduce them to as low as is reasonably practicable (ALARP) and tolerable. If a noise risk assessment indicates a health risk to personnel, they must be placed under suitable audiometric health surveillance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 01/02/2024 17:16:12 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1683641

registered interest
date	19/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Discharges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people left the (a) Intelligence Corps, (b) Parachute Regiment and (c) Royal Marine Commando Forces in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	10656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the hon. Member's questions. I will write to her 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 10655 10657 10658 10872 10873 question first answered 24/01/2024 15:36:56 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1683443

registered interest
date	18/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Discharges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time was between notification of discharge and actual discharge for the (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) Royal Air Force in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	10381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/01/2024 17:27:01 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1653431

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Discharges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the consistency between policies relating to final year of service medical discharges in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	194325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given by the right hon. Member for Plymouth Moor View to Question 166548 on 16 March 2021 to the hon. Member for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport (Mr Pollard).</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 19/07/2023 14:36:04 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name UIN 166548.docx title Armed Forces: Discharges
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1600057

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Discharges
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 21 October 2022 to Question 61739, what recent estimate he has made of the number of applications that have been (a) received and (b) granted under the scheme allowing former armed forces personnel discharged over sexuality to apply to have service medals restored.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	155249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>Since the policy announcement on the restoration of medals in February 2021, the Ministry of Defence has received eight applications for the restoration of medals. <br> <br> A disregard for any previous conviction is a pre-condition for the restoration of an honour or medal. Of the eight applications, one veteran has obtained a disregard for a previous conviction and has had medals returned. <br></p><p>A number of the other seven applications remain under review in light of the introduction of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and potential implications for convictions for which disregards are available.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 08/03/2023 17:44:43 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1588667

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Discharges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 12 March 2021 to Question 165547 on Armed Forces: Discharges, what those figures were in the period between 2019 and 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	151241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>The number of non-UK<sup>1</sup> nationality<sup>2 </sup>personnel, who outflowed<sup>3</sup> from 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2022, who served from 4 to 12 years<sup>4,5,6,7 </sup>is shown in the table below. Information for the period 1 April 2019 – 31 March 2020 was provided in the previous PQ response but is included for ease of reference.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4 Years</p></td><td><p>5 Years</p></td><td><p>6 Years</p></td><td><p>7 Years</p></td><td><p>8 Years</p></td><td><p>9 Years</p></td><td><p>10 Years</p></td><td><p>11 Years</p></td><td><p>12 Years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2019 – 31 March 2020</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2020 - 31 March 2021</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>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2021 – 31 March 2022</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes/Caveats:</p><p> </p><ol><li>The question has been interpreted as relating to removal of visa fees for non-UK Service Personnel to settle in the UK on discharge. Therefore, Non-UK Personnel are defined as Commonwealth UK Regular Personnel, Gurkhas and those Nepalese who have transferred out of the Brigade of Gurkhas to serve in the wider Armed Forces. This will differ from the Biannual Diversity Statistics, as it includes Gurkha personnel, and not the full list of Other Foreign Regulars.</li><li>Nationality on outflow as recorded on the Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) system. This is not where they were recruited from, nor does it filter for non-UK born personnel.</li><li>Outflow is derived by month-on-month comparisons of strength. These figures include outflow to specific populations. Personnel flowing from the Trained to the Untrained Strengths are not captured in this table.</li><li>Length of service (LoS) has been calculated using entry date. There are known problems with the entry date information extracted from Joint Personnel Administration (JPA). If personnel have transferred from Service to another service, have served under an alternative assignment type (e.g. Reserve Forces), are re-entrants or have transferred from Other Ranks to Officers, their entry date may correspond to any of these events. The resulting LoS may reflect their current period of service, include previous service, or it may be the time that has elapsed since they first joined the Armed Forces, irrespective of any break in service. It will invariably include time spent on untrained strength. Length of Service (Years) is calculated as full years of service completed on outflow.</li><li>LoS on outflow can be affected by the relative size of intake in previous years, particularly in small populations.</li><li>Figures in this table have been rounded to the nearest 10, though numbers ending in a “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent the systematic bias caused by always rounding numbers upwards. Figures between 1 and 5 inclusive are represented by '~' to prevent possible disclosure, and zero represented by &quot;-&quot;.</li><li>This data is for the most recent financial years of 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020, 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2021 and 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022.</li></ol> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 28/02/2023 17:03:34 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1564375

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Discharges
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 30 November 2022 to Question 96647 on Armed Forces: Discharges, for what reason there is only one category for being medically discharged.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	117866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>All physical and mental health conditions, including a combination of both, are taken into account in the medical discharge process. A medical grading is awarded on the basis of these after full assessment. If the grading falls below the retention standard for service, the process of medical discharge is initiated by the executive branch of the respective Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 117867 question first answered 12/01/2023 17:36:23 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1564376

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Discharges
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 30 November 2022 to Question 96647 on Armed Forces: Discharges, for what reason his Department does not distinguish between physical and mental medical conditions in the medical discharge process.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	117867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>All physical and mental health conditions, including a combination of both, are taken into account in the medical discharge process. A medical grading is awarded on the basis of these after full assessment. If the grading falls below the retention standard for service, the process of medical discharge is initiated by the executive branch of the respective Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 117866 question first answered 12/01/2023 17:36:23 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1545686

registered interest
date	25/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Discharges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he has made an assessment of the potential merits of piloting a new medical discharge process within the armed forces to allow personnel to be diagnosed with more than one condition, both physical and mental, as the reason for discharge.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	96647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>When a medical condition or fitness issue affects a member of the UK armed forces, their ability to perform their duties is assessed. If they are unable to perform their duties and alternative employment within the armed forces is not available, personnel may then be medically discharged. The medical reason for the discharge is recorded and categorised following detailed individual assessment in each case. As part of that assessment all relevant medical conditions, both physical and psychological, are taken into consideration when awarding the final medical grading.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 30/11/2022 15:01:01 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard