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1077120

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many drug tests have been administered in the (a) Royal Air Force and (b) Royal Navy in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	225504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The numbers provided in the table below relate to the number of drug tests administered each calendar year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of drug tests administered each year in</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Royal Air Force</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Navy*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>12,618</p></td><td><p>13,082</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>12,450</p></td><td><p>13,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>14,061</p></td><td><p>12,846</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>20,662</p></td><td><p>15,689</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>27,199</p></td><td><p>24,032</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*These figures are for the Naval Service which consists of the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Although the selection of personnel for compulsory drug tests is primarily random, a small percentage of personnel are repeatedly selected for testing. Consequently, the number of personnel tested each year does not directly correlate to the number of drug tests completed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/03/2019 16:39:13 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1077162

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many compensation payments of £500 or less were made to armed forces service complainants in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) 2016-17; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	225435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 225436 question first answered 04/03/2019 16:35:35 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1077164

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide the reasons for all compensation payments of £500 or less made to armed forces service complainants in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) 2016-17; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	225436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 225435 question first answered 04/03/2019 16:35:35 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1064917

registered interest
date	22/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	World War I and World War II: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department holds information on war service gratuity payments that were made at the end of the First and Second World Wars to service personnel drawn from the British dominions and colonies.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	224796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is investigating what, if any, information is held by the Department. This process will take time to complete and I will write to the hon. Member in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 224798 224799 224800 question first answered 04/03/2019 16:36:51 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1064919

registered interest
date	22/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	World War II: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department holds information on the (a) number and (b) identities of veterans of the Caribbean regiment who served alongside the British armed forces in the Second World War and are still alive.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	224798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is investigating what, if any, information is held by the Department. This process will take time to complete and I will write to the hon. Member in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 224796 224799 224800 question first answered 04/03/2019 16:36:51 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1064920

registered interest
date	22/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	World War II: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department holds information on the (a) number and (b) identities of veterans of the British Indian Army who served alongside the British armed forces in the Second World War and are still alive.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	224799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is investigating what, if any, information is held by the Department. This process will take time to complete and I will write to the hon. Member in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 224796 224798 224800 question first answered 04/03/2019 16:36:52 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1064921

registered interest
date	22/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	World War II: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department holds information on the (a) number and (b) identities of veterans of the East Africa Force who served alongside the British armed forces in the Second World War and are still alive.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	224800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is investigating what, if any, information is held by the Department. This process will take time to complete and I will write to the hon. Member in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 224796 224798 224799 question first answered 04/03/2019 16:36:52 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1064674

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce the proportion of army personnel that cannot be sent overseas due to medical reasons.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	224332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 12 February 2019 to Question 216134 to the hon. Member for Romford (Mr Andrew Rosindell).</p><p>For the Army, the health and wellbeing of personnel is a priority. A range of initiatives and policies are continuously being developed and implemented to address the conditions which most frequently cause medical downgrades.</p><p>The introduction earlier this year of new Physical Employment Standards for Ground Close Combat (GCC) roles followed evidence from research as part of a five-year programme that aims to reduce musculo-skeletal injury and optimise operational effectiveness. Work is now under way to develop the most suitable standards for non-GCC roles.</p><p>Additionally, there are a number of initiatives that aim to provide long-term support to address poor lifestyle choices and weight management issues, which we recognise as an issue for modern society. For example, some units are trialling a Healthy Living programme, using wearable technology linked to an online application which aims to instil a personal responsibility culture for soldiers to maintain their fitness.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 28/02/2019 15:53:57 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name 216134_Armed_Forces_Health.docx title 216134 - Armed Forces; Health
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1064397

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding the Armed Forced Covenant fund has granted to (a) Barnsley and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	223922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The Armed Forces Covenant was officially launched in 2011 and was initially supported by the Community Covenant Grant Scheme which ran for four years between 2011 and 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The table below details the value of funds awarded to Yorkshire and Humberside in this period. It is not possible to break down the information requested between Financial Years 2011-12 and 2012-13 or to establish whether the organisation receiving funding was in Barnsley without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Community Covenant Grant Scheme - Yorkshire and Humberside</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Value of Grants Awarded</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12 and 2012-13</p></td><td><p>£1,616,867</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£624,441</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£ 64,026</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>From April 2015, the Covenant Grant Fund was launched, with an allocation of £10 million per year. Allocation of grants to Yorkshire and Humberside are detailed in the table below. It is not possible to establish whether the organisation receiving funding was in Barnsley without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Covenant Grant Fund - Yorkshire and Humberside</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Value of Grants Awarded</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£99,177</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£1,015,652</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£827,782</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£127,092</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In addition, the 2018 ‘Armistice and the Armed Forces Community’ programme made non-monetary awards to small community groups and charities to support their community Armistice commemorations. 135 of these grants were awarded in Yorkshire and Humberside, five of which were in Barnsley.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 27/02/2019 15:14:14 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1063922

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Members' Constituency Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the letter of 14 January 2019, case reference SG11604, on Iain Kinloch, was sent to the Department for Work and Pensions; and whether that letter was read by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence People and Veterans.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	223062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>As the contents of the letter related predominantly to the issue of Employment and Support Allowance, which is administered by the Department for Work and Pensions, the letter was transferred to that Department for answer. This is in line with normal Departmental practice. I have now written to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions about the points raised.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 27/02/2019 15:14:59 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins