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1091252

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	France: Military Decorations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many surviving British veterans who fought for the liberation of France during the second world war are waiting (a) to have their applications to receive the French Legion d'Honneur processed by his Department and (b) to receive the award of the Legion d'Honneur for which they have been certified as eligible by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	234103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence currently has seven applications for the Legion d'Honneur that will be sent to the French authorities shortly. There are 14 Legion d'Honneur cases for which we are seeking clarification from the applicants. There are currently 68 cases for the award being processed by the French authorities.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 22/03/2019 12:10:07 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1091390

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid out in compensation to service personnel and their families living in Service Family Accommodation due to poor housing conditions in each of the past five years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	234125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>No compensation has been paid to Service personnel due to poor housing conditions. The Ministry of Defence only allocates properties that meet the Decent Homes Standard as a minimum condition. In April 2017, a compensation scheme was introduced to provide recompense to Service families in two key areas – missed maintenance appointments and significant defects encountered at Move-In to a new property. Details of these payments are given below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Value</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No of Claims</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No of Claims</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Missed Maintenance appointments</p></td><td><p>£102,920</p></td><td><p>3,058</p></td><td><p>£99,570</p></td><td><p>2,926</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Significant Defects at Move-In</p></td><td><p>£18,480</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>£9,300</p></td><td><p>121</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 22/03/2019 12:08:14 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

1090920

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Interserve
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the financial sustainability of Ministry of Defence contracts held by Interserve.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	233503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>As Interserve has stated publicly, their business will continue to operate as normal for customers and suppliers. The operating part of Interserve did not enter administration. As a result the provision of public services (including defence contracts) is expected to continue without disruption.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 21/03/2019 15:26:09 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1088681

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Health Services: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations in relation to health from Lord Ashcroft's Veterans' Transition Review published in February 2014.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	232564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>All the significant recommendations from Lord Ashcroft’s Veterans’ Transition Review have been implemented and are now routine business for the Ministry of Defence (MOD). In May 2018, Lord Ashcroft stepped down as the Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Veterans’ Transition. In his letter to the Prime Minister, he said that while work remains to be done, “<em>I am pleased with the many practical changes that have been brought about as a result of the Transition Review, and that the whole issue of veterans’ transition now has a higher profile in government and beyond</em>.” The full text of Lord Ashcroft’s letter to the Prime Minister, along with a copy of the Review, follow-up reports and associated documents can be found at the following address:</p><p><strong>http://www.veteranstransition.co.uk/</strong></p><p> </p><p>This Government is not complacent, and we are working to further support our military veterans. In November 2018 the UK, Scottish and Welsh Governments published an evidence-based ‘<em>Strategy for our veterans</em>’ which will work to ensure veterans’ issues are considered, coordinated and delivered across the UK <strong>(https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/strategy-for-our-veterans).</strong> This builds on existing progress, including in health issues where specific care pathways for veterans have been developed around mental health and prosthetic aftercare.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Strategy we are also this year introducing a holistic transition policy. Transition support currently provided by the MOD largely focuses on employment support, delivered by the Career Transition Partnership (CTP), which supports Service leavers in their transition from military to civilian life through a range of career and employment support services including skills development workshops, seminars, resettlement training advice, vocational training courses, career consultancy, one-to-one guidance and job finding support.  However, transition is far wider than finding employment, and relates to the significant life changing processes which affect both the Service person and their immediate family through the entire time they are within or connected to the Armed Forces, through to discharge and beyond, which need to be appropriately addressed to ensure successful transition into civilian life.  This will include transition to civilian health care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/03/2019 14:15:55 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1088465

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's Void Reduction Plan; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	231882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>A copy of the Department's Service Family Accommodation Void Reduction Plan has been placed in the Library of the House.</p><p>The Department is delivering a Void Reduction Plan to reduce the number of vacant Service Family Accommodation properties from around 11,000 to the optimal 10% management margin of around 5,000 by 2022.</p><p>This will be achieved through a combination of anticipated increase in occupation by Service personnel and families, disposal, demolition of derelict properties, sub-letting to civilian tenants, and wider estate optimisation.</p><p>The announcement in this House on 28 February concerning the Department's revised plans for the future laydown of the Estate under the Defence Estate Optimisation Programme are currently being incorporated into the Void Reduction Plan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 18/03/2019 16:54:07 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name 20190314-SFA Void Forecast.pdf title UK SFA
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1087226

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Weeton Barracks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for developing Weeton Barracks into HQ North West as part of the 2016 Strategic Defence Estate Review.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	231436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 24 May 2018 to Question 146209.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/03/2019 14:12:54 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 21 May 2018 UIN 146209.docx title Weeton Barracks
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1086595

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of providing a plane on standby at RAF Northolt for use by the Prime Minister from 8 to 11 March 2019 inclusive.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	230681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The RAF did not hold an aircraft on standby at RAF Northolt for the Prime Minister over the period in question.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 14/03/2019 14:24:25 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1086742

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Fourteenth Report of the Defence Committee entitled Mental Health and the Armed Forces, Part Two: The Provision of Care, published on 19 February 2019, what plans his Department has to reform the medical and mental health services provided through the (a) RAF, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Army.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	230824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department is currently considering its formal response to the Report. This will be submitted to the House of Commons Defence Committee in April and will be made public by the Committee in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 14/03/2019 14:25:04 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1083583

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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 Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many consultations by his Department (a) are open, (b) are closed awaiting a Government response and (c) have been initiated since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	229752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Since 2012 a digital by default policy has applied to all Government publications, including consultations. All Ministry of Defence consultations are available on the GOV.UK website at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?publication_filter_option=consultations</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/03/2019 15:51:35 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1082638

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Collingwood
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training courses the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has provided to Royal Navy personnel on HMS Collingwood since 2008.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	229169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) does not deliver any training at HMS Collingwood. The majority of navigation training and other courses delivered by the Royal Navy at HMS Collingwood, and at other establishments are, however, MCA accredited.</p><p>To identify the number of personnel who may have qualifications that are recognised by the Merchant Navy would require individual records to be scrutinised and could be provided only at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 229170 229171 question first answered 13/03/2019 15:30:11 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner