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682273

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which persons not employed by his Department and its agencies hold security passes entitling them to enter his Department's premises.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	62604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>Civil servants have the ability to work flexibly across Government sites where there is a business need to do so. The issuing of all passes is controlled by the local departmental security teams. Passes can also be issued to contractors or secondees based within Government premises on a case by case basis in regards to specific business needs. Numbers of passes issued directly to non-civil servants for access to departmental buildings will fluctuate over the course of a year.</p><p>Security passes are also issued to Service personnel.</p><p>Civil service passes are underpinned by a strong physical security focus, clear processes and assurance.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 03/02/2017 14:05:37 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

682274

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces
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 26 January 2017 to Question 61198, on armed forces, when his Department's policy was changed not to release that information.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	62605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>Ministry of Defence policy on the publication of detailed information about operational and manning pinch points changed in 2015. Officials identified that this information had the potential to reveal vulnerabilities in the capabilities of UK Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 03/02/2017 14:05:13 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

682275

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time, non-reservist (a) doctors and (b) nurses are employed by (i) the Army and (ii) his Department.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Will Quince
uin	62599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>As at 1 October 2016, there were the following numbers of personnel:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Profession </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total All Services</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trained full-time, non-reservist doctors</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>612</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trained full-time, non-reservist nurses (including healthcare assistants)</p></td><td><p>784</p></td><td><p>1,380</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Also, as at 1 October 2016, there were 243 civilian doctors (medical practitioners and consultants) and 396 civilian nurses (including healthcare assistants).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 03/02/2017 14:03:51 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

681174

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Hightown Barracks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) how many people and (b) in what roles work in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers at Hightown Barracks, Wrexham.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	62174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>Hightown Barracks Army Reserve Centre in Wrexham is home to the headquarters of 101 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Delivered by 16 regular and Full Time Reservists, 31 reservists and eight civil servants (predominantly officers, warrant officers and senior non-commissioned officers and civilian equivalents), the headquarters provides command and administrative functions for the battalion.</p><p>In addition to the battalion headquarters, also occupying the Hightown Barracks Army Reserve Centre are a Platoon from 3rd Battalion The Royal Welsh (31 Reservists including one officer), a detachment from Wales University Officer Training Corps (two senior non-commissioned officers and 25 officer cadets) and a detachment of Clwyd and Gwynedd Army Cadet Force (four adults and 50 cadets). There are currently no plans to close this centre and the Department has consequently had no contact with developers about its future.</p><p>The Army remains committed to North Wales and in addition to those elements above in Hightown Barracks Army Reserve Centre, there will also be Army Reserve units in Colwyn Bay, Llandudno, Caenarfon, and Queensferry. The Army Cadet Force also has a wide geographic spread across the area.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 62281 62282 question first answered 02/02/2017 16:25:36 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

681177

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Cleaning Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the hourly pay-rate is for his Department's cleaning staff.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	62264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 1 March 2016 to the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Catherine West) to Question 28601.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 02/02/2017 16:24:11 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name 20160301_28601_WQnA_extract_on_MOD_Cleaning_Services.docx title 28601 - WQnA extract on MOD Cleaning Services
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

681178

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Hightown Barracks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he or officials of his Department have had with developers on the future of the Hightown Barracks site in Wrexham.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	62281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>Hightown Barracks Army Reserve Centre in Wrexham is home to the headquarters of 101 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Delivered by 16 regular and Full Time Reservists, 31 reservists and eight civil servants (predominantly officers, warrant officers and senior non-commissioned officers and civilian equivalents), the headquarters provides command and administrative functions for the battalion.</p><p>In addition to the battalion headquarters, also occupying the Hightown Barracks Army Reserve Centre are a Platoon from 3rd Battalion The Royal Welsh (31 Reservists including one officer), a detachment from Wales University Officer Training Corps (two senior non-commissioned officers and 25 officer cadets) and a detachment of Clwyd and Gwynedd Army Cadet Force (four adults and 50 cadets). There are currently no plans to close this centre and the Department has consequently had no contact with developers about its future.</p><p>The Army remains committed to North Wales and in addition to those elements above in Hightown Barracks Army Reserve Centre, there will also be Army Reserve units in Colwyn Bay, Llandudno, Caenarfon, and Queensferry. The Army Cadet Force also has a wide geographic spread across the area.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 62174 62282 question first answered 02/02/2017 16:25:36 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

681179

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers: North Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of merging 101 Battalion REME with 105 Battalion REME in its relations with the communities in (a) Wrexham and (b) North Wales.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	62282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>Hightown Barracks Army Reserve Centre in Wrexham is home to the headquarters of 101 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Delivered by 16 regular and Full Time Reservists, 31 reservists and eight civil servants (predominantly officers, warrant officers and senior non-commissioned officers and civilian equivalents), the headquarters provides command and administrative functions for the battalion.</p><p>In addition to the battalion headquarters, also occupying the Hightown Barracks Army Reserve Centre are a Platoon from 3rd Battalion The Royal Welsh (31 Reservists including one officer), a detachment from Wales University Officer Training Corps (two senior non-commissioned officers and 25 officer cadets) and a detachment of Clwyd and Gwynedd Army Cadet Force (four adults and 50 cadets). There are currently no plans to close this centre and the Department has consequently had no contact with developers about its future.</p><p>The Army remains committed to North Wales and in addition to those elements above in Hightown Barracks Army Reserve Centre, there will also be Army Reserve units in Colwyn Bay, Llandudno, Caenarfon, and Queensferry. The Army Cadet Force also has a wide geographic spread across the area.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 62174 62281 question first answered 02/02/2017 16:25:35 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

681180

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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, how many and what proportion of in-service complaints were not dealt with in the recommended time for disposal within each of the three armed forces in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
uin	62239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>Information on the numbers and proportion of Service complaints which met the stipulated target of 24 weeks in calendar years 2014 and 2015 is available in the Annual Reports of, respectively, the Service Complaints Commissioner and the Service Complaints Ombudsman. These publications can be found at the following link:</p><p>http://www.servicecomplaintsombudsman.org.uk/service-complaints-ombudsman/publications-and-reports/annual-reports/</p><p>Information for 2016 is currently being compiled for inclusion in the Service Complaints Ombudsman's Annual Report 2016.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 02/02/2017 16:26:16 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

681295

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian staff by civil service grade were employed by his Department in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	62302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The number of civilian staff, by civil service grade, employed by the Ministry of Defence in each year since 2010, is published in Annex Table 1b - Civilian personnel numbers by Top Level Budgetary Area1 (Head Count) in the 1 October 2016 issue of the Ministry of Defence Civilian Personnel Quarterly Statistics.</p><p>This publication can be found on the Gov.UK website at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mod-civilian-personnel-quarterly-statistics-index</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 02/02/2017 16:26:53 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

681298

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the end-of-year budget was for the (a) Royal Military, (b) Royal Naval, (c) Royal Air Force Police and (d) Ministry of Defence Police in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	62319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>Information on the annual expenditure for the Service and Ministry of Defence Police forces in each financial year (FY) since 2010 is shown below.</p><p> </p><p>Royal Military Police</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY</p></td><td><p>Expenditure (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>176.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>183.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>186.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>189.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>216.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note:</p><p>Figures for Royal Military Police expenditure before FY 2011-12 are not held.</p><p> </p><p>Royal Air Force Police</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY</p></td><td><p>Expenditure (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note:</p><p>Figures for Royal Air Force Police expenditure before financial year 2014-15 are not held.</p><p> </p><p>Ministry of Defence Police</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY</p></td><td><p>Expenditure (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>182.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>172.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>163.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>144.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>140.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>141.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>136.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>I am unable to provide information for the Royal Navy Police (RNP). As the structure has evolved since FY 2009-10 analysis of the RNP organisation would be required for each year to establish exact costs for each FY. This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 02/02/2017 17:57:33 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones