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1628443

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 9 December to Question 103014 on Armed Forces: Huntington's Disease, if he will make an estimate of the average length of time recruits serve in the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	185484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>The table below details the average (mean) Length of Service of Trained (Royal Navy/Royal Marines and Royal Air Force) and Trade Trained (Army) UK Regulars on Exit (in years) by Service and Officer/Rank:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1 Jan 2018-31 Dec 2018</p></td><td><p>1 Jan 2019-31 Dec 2019</p></td><td><p>1 Jan 2020-31 Dec 2020</p></td><td><p>1 Jan 2021-31 Dec 2021</p></td><td><p>1 Jan 2022-31 Dec 2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tri Service/Officer/Other Rank</p></td><td><p>12/19/11</p></td><td><p>13/19/12</p></td><td><p>13/20/12</p></td><td><p>14/21/12</p></td><td><p>13/21/12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RN/RM/Officer/Other Rank</p></td><td><p>12/20/11</p></td><td><p>13/20/12</p></td><td><p>13/21/12</p></td><td><p>14/21/13</p></td><td><p>13/21/12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army/Officer/Other Rank</p></td><td><p>11/18/10</p></td><td><p>11/18/10</p></td><td><p>12/19/11</p></td><td><p>12/20/11</p></td><td><p>12/21/11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF/Officer/Other Rank</p></td><td><p>16/20/15</p></td><td><p>17/21/16</p></td><td><p>17/22/16</p></td><td><p>18/23/17</p></td><td><p>16/21/16</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 25/05/2023 10:18:53 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1628444

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
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 9 December to Question 103014 on Armed Forces: Huntington's Disease, what medical conditions are currently considered a bar to service.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	185485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>Joint Service Publication 950 Leaflet 6-7-7 (JSP 950 Lft 6-7-7) provides a framework for the medical assessment of potential recruits and Serving personnel. I attach a copy.</p><p>Fitness to serve may be dependent on several medical conditions. An individual's final grading is determined by using the extensive content in JSP 950 Lft 6-7-7 combined with the judgement of occupational medicine specialists.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 25/05/2023 12:22:11 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name JSP 950 Lft 6-7- 7 JSMMF (v2.4 Oct 22).pdf title JSP 950 MEDICAL POLICY LEAFLET 6-7-7
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1628445

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Huntington's Disease
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 13 December to Question 103013 on Armed Forces: Huntington's Disease, when he plans to next review the ban on those at risk of developing Huntington's disease from serving in the Armed Forces.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	185486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>As stated in the answer to Question 103013, all of the medical employment standards for the Armed Forces, including those relating to Huntington's Disease, are kept under periodic review, taking into account academic reviews of the field, subject matter expert consultation and consensus.</p><p>The evidence in policy correlates with national guidelines and there are currently no plans to change existing policy on Huntington's Disease.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 25/05/2023 09:40:17 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1628446

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Huntington's Disease
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 13 December to Question 103010 on Armed Forces: Huntington's Disease, what evidence would be accepted from an appropriately qualified and experienced specialist to show that a candidate would be unlikely to develop Huntington's disease during a Service career.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	185487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>A neurologist review would consider a candidate's genetic coding and prognosis, to indicate if the individual would be likely to develop Huntington's disease during a Service career.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 25/05/2023 09:40:36 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1628528

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Deduction of Earnings Requests from the Child Maintenance Service were declined by Defence Business Services in each financial year from 2013-14 to 2022-23; and for what reasons were they declined.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	185647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>The supporting table details the number of Deduction of Earnings Requests from the Child Maintenance Service that were received and could not be processed in each financial year from 2013-14 to 2022-23, and the reasons they could not be processed.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 24/05/2023 10:09:34 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name 20230519- PQW_22-23_2023_06211 (185647)-Chamberlain- Supporting table.xlsx title Child Maintenance Service Deductions
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1628580

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if their Department will publish an Ethnicity Pay Gap Report for financial year 2023-24 in line with the Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting guidance for employers published on 17 April 2023.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	185686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>As part of the Ministry of Defence Race Action Plan, Defence has committed to produce ethnicity pay gap reports, for both Defence Civil Servants and members of the Armed Forces. A report for the 2023-24 period will be produced in due course, following the end of that financial year.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 22/05/2023 13:17:03 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1626509

registered interest
date	10/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Complaints
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 trends in the proportion of formal Service Complaints made by women in the Armed Forces.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	184272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence commissioned a report following the Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces’ request for an independent investigation into the overrepresentation of women and ethnic minorities in the Service complaints system. The 2020 study sought to better understand the reasons behind this overrepresentation and identified the need for targeted improvements for women in career progression, flexible working and issues around facilities/infrastructure. The report included several recommendations, many of which were taken into the Women in the Armed Forces programme of work, such as Service complaints no longer being submitted through the Chain of Command, but instead through single Service Central Admissibility teams. This will mean greater independence and confidence in the system, consistency in approach and swifter decision making.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 15/05/2023 14:32:54 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1626658

registered interest
date	10/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Holiday Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications of the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling in the 2017 case of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Willetts & Ors for the calculation of holiday pay entitlement for staff in her Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	184428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence includes all overtime in the calculation of holiday pay entitlements, and therefore assesses there are no implications from this Employment Tribunal (UKEAT/0334/16/JOJ) for its staff.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 18/05/2023 10:34:12 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1626272

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Ministerial Boxes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ministerial red boxes belonging to his Department have (a) been reported missing or lost or (b) had their security features removed in order that they can be purchased for personal use by former ministers from 1 May 2018 to 30 April 2023.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	184027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>I can confirm that no ministerial red boxes have been reported missing or lost between 1 May 2018 to 30 April 2023 or had their security features removed.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 15/05/2023 15:24:42 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1625610

registered interest
date	03/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Employment Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual cost to the taxpayer is of the partnering agreement between his department and Right Management Ltd for delivery of Career Transition Partnership services for armed forces veterans; and when the current contract expires.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	183698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The Career Transition Partnership (CTP) is a contracted partnering agreement between the Ministry of Defence and Right Management Ltd. It is the official provider of Armed Forces' resettlement support to all Regular Service leavers, regardless of time served. Over the past 20 years, the CTP has provided transition support to over 250,000 Service leavers across all ranks and single Services, with around 15,000 Service leavers accessing the programme each year.</p><p>The budget for the CTP contract is around £11 million per annum, but the actual annual cost varies between £9 million and £11 million, depending on the volume of Service leavers. A commercial relet is currently underway to ensure continuity of services from October 2023 when the current contract expires.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 15/05/2023 09:55:20 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris