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1698945

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date	26/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of personnel in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have been women in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	20514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is provided below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Female Strength</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>% of Total Strength</em></p></td><td><p>5.2%</p></td><td><p>5.5%</p></td><td><p>5.6%</p></td><td><p>6.3%</p></td><td><p>6.6%</p></td><td><p>6.3%</p></td><td><p>6.6%</p></td><td><p>6.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>2024</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Female Strength</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>% of Total Strength</em></p></td><td><p>7.0%</p></td><td><p>7.2%</p></td><td><p>8.0%</p></td><td><p>8.7%</p></td><td><p>9.9%</p></td><td><p>10.0%</p></td><td><p>10.5%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 15/04/2024 11:29:01 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1698946

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what dual serving parent provisions the Royal Fleet Auxiliary offers to personnel.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	20515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) are employees of the Civil Service so have different dual serving parent provisions from the Royal Navy. The RFA are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse workforce and have a number of options to help support modern family life. For dual serving parents specifically, measures include a process to deconflict sea assignments, enhanced shared parental pay and a policy that enables those that have undertaken a qualifying period delivering a worldwide sea assignment to apply for an shore-based role for up to three years. In addition, RFA employees who have partners in the Armed Forces and who are being assigned to another geographical location outside of the travel to work area have additional protections and may apply for Priority Mover Status.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 15/04/2024 11:32:49 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1698947

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what dual serving parent provisions the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force offers to serving personnel.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	20516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has a range of policies designed to support relationships where both partners are serving members of the Armed Forces.</p><p>These include a number of Joint Service Publications (JSP), which, for example, set out eligibility for the occupation of Service Family Accommodation at a mid-way point between two different duty stations (JSP 464), provide Flexible Working and Flexible Service options to allow for changes in type of engagement and variation in working patterns to assist with family responsibilities (JSP 760), and gives options for the transfer of annual leave between partners and shared parental leave (JSP 760). These are supplemented by other single Service specific policies, as well as a Tri-Service Service Couples Network which acts as a forum to exchange information and advice.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 15/04/2024 11:33:09 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1698948

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) men and (b) women took Extended Special Unpaid Leave from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	20517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Members of the RFA are given the opportunity to apply for Extended Special Unpaid Leave in the form of a career break. Such breaks enable employees to take an unpaid absence from the workplace for more than three months up to a maximum of five years to fulfil caring responsibilities, study, cover a period of Reservist Mobilisation or to take a break from paid employment.</p><p> </p><p>The following table contains numbers of RFA personnel who have taken Extended Special Unpaid Leave for each year since 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: Any figure less than 5 have been replaced by ~. This is in accordance with the Data Protection Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 20519 question first answered 15/04/2024 11:33:52 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1698382

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's data entitled MOD's ministerial travel, October to December 2023, published on 22 March 2024, whether the published costs of the RAF flights taken by Ministers in his Department during that period represented the total cost of each flight.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The figures provided outline the net cost for the Ministry of Defence of the RAF flight and are a breakdown for each passenger relating to personnel costs and allowances.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 15/04/2024 11:28:11 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698166

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
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, how many full-time applications to the armed forces have been submitted per (a) constituency and (b) region each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	20003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 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 15/04/2024 11:26:56 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1698191

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Royal Air Force has spent on diversity and inclusion personnel since 2019.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	20001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2024 answer text <p>The Royal Air Force has spent £3,072,249.93 on salaries for people employed in dedicated Diversity and Inclusion roles from 2019 to 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Air Force has a number of individuals whose roles encompass Diversity and Inclusion. However, all Regular RAF personnel are first and foremost aviators and are paid as such. There are a small number of Civil Servants and Full Time Reserve Service personnel within the team who applied specifically for D&amp;I roles. In February 2024, the Secretary of State for Defence ordered a root and branch review of ethnicity, diversity and inclusivity policies in Defence which is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 04/04/2024 13:47:04 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1698194

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Royal Navy has spent on diversity and inclusion personnel since 2019.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	20128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2024 answer text <p>The Royal Navy has spent £2,445,980.00 on salaries for people employed in dedicated Diversity and Inclusion policy roles from 2019 to 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Navy has a number of individuals whose roles encompass Diversity and Inclusion. Service Personnel rotate through postings which can include Diversity and Inclusion roles. Their work is supported by a small number of Civil Servants. Each of these individuals are paid commensurate to their rank and training. In February 2024, the Secretary of State for Defence ordered a root and branch review of ethnicity, diversity and inclusivity policies in Defence which is ongoing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 04/04/2024 13:47:39 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1697773

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual budget for the (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) Royal Air Force apprenticeship scheme was in each financial year since 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	19790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The Armed Forces Apprenticeship Programme is intrinsically linked to and overlaps with professional trade training. There is no separate apprenticeship budget and therefore it is not possible to disaggregate the costs. Expenditure will reflect Armed Forces recruitment figures rather than a fixed number of apprenticeship places.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 26/03/2024 11:17:56 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1697837

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
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, how many people were recruited into the full time (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force by (i) parliamentary constituency and (ii) region in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	19777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>Official Statistics on intake to the Regular Forces by Parliamentary Constituency and region are included in the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Annual Location Statistics (ALS). The same information on Reserves is not collected or published by the MOD, and producing these figures would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The latest edition (1 April 2023) of the ALS can be found at the following website, noting that the relevant Tables are 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/location-statistics-for-uk-regular-armed-forces-and-civilians-2023/annual-location-statistics-1-april-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/location-statistics-for-uk-regular-armed-forces-and-civilians-2023</a>. Figures included in the ALS extend from the 12 months ending 31 March 2015 to the 12 months ending 31 March 2022, and are split by Service. Earlier figures are not available, except for 2013-14 for the Army, which were provided on 19 April 2021 in the answer to Question 180391.</p><p> </p><p>The next edition of the ALS (1 April 2024) will cover the 12 months ending 31 March 2023 and 2024 and is expected to be published in June.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 19778 question first answered 26/03/2024 11:17:30 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey