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1521929

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Personal Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average processing time was for an application for military service records made by a person requesting (a) their own records, (b) the records of a deceased person and (c) other records in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	62977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes applications for military service records, including its obligations under the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK General Data Protection Regulation very seriously.</p><p>The Department does not hold the average processing time for each year from 2010 for military service records, split into requests for individuals' own military records, records of deceased personnel, other records and requests from next of kin.</p> answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton grouped question UIN 62978 62979 62980 question first answered 20/10/2022 16:43:10 answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1521931

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Personal Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average processing time was for an application for military service records made by a person requesting their own records in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	62978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes applications for military service records, including its obligations under the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK General Data Protection Regulation very seriously.</p><p>The Department does not hold the average processing time for each year from 2010 for military service records, split into requests for individuals' own military records, records of deceased personnel, other records and requests from next of kin.</p> answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton grouped question UIN 62977 62979 62980 question first answered 20/10/2022 16:43:10 answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1521932

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Personal Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average processing time was for an application for military service records made by a person requesting the records of a deceased person in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	62979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes applications for military service records, including its obligations under the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK General Data Protection Regulation very seriously.</p><p>The Department does not hold the average processing time for each year from 2010 for military service records, split into requests for individuals' own military records, records of deceased personnel, other records and requests from next of kin.</p> answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton grouped question UIN 62977 62978 62980 question first answered 20/10/2022 16:43:10 answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1521934

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Personal Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average processing time was for an application for military service records made by a person requesting the records of their next of kin in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	62980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes applications for military service records, including its obligations under the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK General Data Protection Regulation very seriously.</p><p>The Department does not hold the average processing time for each year from 2010 for military service records, split into requests for individuals' own military records, records of deceased personnel, other records and requests from next of kin.</p> answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton grouped question UIN 62977 62978 62979 question first answered 20/10/2022 16:43:10 answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1521389

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Languages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants in his Department speak (a) Russian, (b) Ukrainian, (c) Estonian, (d) Mandarin and (e) Cantonese.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	62098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not routinely maintain a record on which languages Civil Servants in the Department speak or what language training they have received.</p> answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton question first answered 17/10/2022 16:58:16 answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1521390

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Languages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants in his Department have received language training in (a) Russian, (b) Ukrainian, (c) Estonian, (d) Mandarin and (e) Cantonese in the past 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	62099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not routinely maintain a record on which languages Civil Servants in the Department speak or what language training they have received.</p> answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton question first answered 17/10/2022 16:59:37 answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1519777

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Overtime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total number of excessive hours worked by Army personnel in (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	60057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>The MOD measures and describes the working patterns of personnel through the annual UK Armed Forces Continuous Working Patterns Survey (CWPS). The CWPS is a sample exercise in the form of a seven-day diary completed by trained UK Regular personnel to record the number of hours spent at work, on call, on breaks, and off duty to calculate averages for the Armed Forces. The 2021/22 CWPS can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/armed-forces-continuous-working-patterns-survey-202122" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/armed-forces-continuous-working-patterns-survey-202122</a></p><p> </p><p>The MOD does not set Service personnel specific targets to work a certain number of hours. Routinely, where possible, the Armed Forces’ intent is for all personnel to work a normal working day (e.g. 08:30 to 17:00) five days a week, or equivalent for shift workers, although this is subject to change depending upon operational tempo and other commitments.</p><p> </p><p>The Working Time Regulations (WTR) do not apply to the Armed Forces, however Commanding Officers must nevertheless ensure that where any official orders set out timings and tasks, the orders should comply with the WTR unless an exception applies. The Chain of Command informally monitors hours worked at a local and unit level to ensure that personnel do not under or over work. Annual leave is subject to formal recording and is actively managed by the Chain of Command to ensure personnel take adequate leave; any accrued leave can be carried over in line with departmental policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton grouped question UIN 60058 60059 60060 60061 question first answered 13/10/2022 16:45:35 answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1519778

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Overtime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total number of excessive hours worked by Army personnel in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	60058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>The MOD measures and describes the working patterns of personnel through the annual UK Armed Forces Continuous Working Patterns Survey (CWPS). The CWPS is a sample exercise in the form of a seven-day diary completed by trained UK Regular personnel to record the number of hours spent at work, on call, on breaks, and off duty to calculate averages for the Armed Forces. The 2021/22 CWPS can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/armed-forces-continuous-working-patterns-survey-202122" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/armed-forces-continuous-working-patterns-survey-202122</a></p><p> </p><p>The MOD does not set Service personnel specific targets to work a certain number of hours. Routinely, where possible, the Armed Forces’ intent is for all personnel to work a normal working day (e.g. 08:30 to 17:00) five days a week, or equivalent for shift workers, although this is subject to change depending upon operational tempo and other commitments.</p><p> </p><p>The Working Time Regulations (WTR) do not apply to the Armed Forces, however Commanding Officers must nevertheless ensure that where any official orders set out timings and tasks, the orders should comply with the WTR unless an exception applies. The Chain of Command informally monitors hours worked at a local and unit level to ensure that personnel do not under or over work. Annual leave is subject to formal recording and is actively managed by the Chain of Command to ensure personnel take adequate leave; any accrued leave can be carried over in line with departmental policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton grouped question UIN 60057 60059 60060 60061 question first answered 13/10/2022 16:45:35 answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1519779

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Overtime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total number of excessive hours worked by Tri-Service personnel in (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	60059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>The MOD measures and describes the working patterns of personnel through the annual UK Armed Forces Continuous Working Patterns Survey (CWPS). The CWPS is a sample exercise in the form of a seven-day diary completed by trained UK Regular personnel to record the number of hours spent at work, on call, on breaks, and off duty to calculate averages for the Armed Forces. The 2021/22 CWPS can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/armed-forces-continuous-working-patterns-survey-202122" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/armed-forces-continuous-working-patterns-survey-202122</a></p><p> </p><p>The MOD does not set Service personnel specific targets to work a certain number of hours. Routinely, where possible, the Armed Forces’ intent is for all personnel to work a normal working day (e.g. 08:30 to 17:00) five days a week, or equivalent for shift workers, although this is subject to change depending upon operational tempo and other commitments.</p><p> </p><p>The Working Time Regulations (WTR) do not apply to the Armed Forces, however Commanding Officers must nevertheless ensure that where any official orders set out timings and tasks, the orders should comply with the WTR unless an exception applies. The Chain of Command informally monitors hours worked at a local and unit level to ensure that personnel do not under or over work. Annual leave is subject to formal recording and is actively managed by the Chain of Command to ensure personnel take adequate leave; any accrued leave can be carried over in line with departmental policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton grouped question UIN 60057 60058 60060 60061 question first answered 13/10/2022 16:45:35 answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1519780

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Overtime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total number of excessive hours worked by Tri-Service personnel in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	60060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>The MOD measures and describes the working patterns of personnel through the annual UK Armed Forces Continuous Working Patterns Survey (CWPS). The CWPS is a sample exercise in the form of a seven-day diary completed by trained UK Regular personnel to record the number of hours spent at work, on call, on breaks, and off duty to calculate averages for the Armed Forces. The 2021/22 CWPS can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/armed-forces-continuous-working-patterns-survey-202122" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/armed-forces-continuous-working-patterns-survey-202122</a></p><p> </p><p>The MOD does not set Service personnel specific targets to work a certain number of hours. Routinely, where possible, the Armed Forces’ intent is for all personnel to work a normal working day (e.g. 08:30 to 17:00) five days a week, or equivalent for shift workers, although this is subject to change depending upon operational tempo and other commitments.</p><p> </p><p>The Working Time Regulations (WTR) do not apply to the Armed Forces, however Commanding Officers must nevertheless ensure that where any official orders set out timings and tasks, the orders should comply with the WTR unless an exception applies. The Chain of Command informally monitors hours worked at a local and unit level to ensure that personnel do not under or over work. Annual leave is subject to formal recording and is actively managed by the Chain of Command to ensure personnel take adequate leave; any accrued leave can be carried over in line with departmental policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton grouped question UIN 60057 60058 60059 60061 question first answered 13/10/2022 16:45:35 answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard