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registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Bullying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate she has made of the number of cases of bullying and harassment that have been recorded against managers in her Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	251303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The number of bullying and harassment cases recorded against managers is not recorded centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) takes bullying and harassment very seriously and will not tolerate inappropriate behaviour of any nature. The Department is continually assessing and identifying ways to improve the culture of the workplace, reduce tolerance of inappropriate behaviour further, including bullying and harassment, and making it easier for staff to report possible misconduct as well as providing more support to staff who have experienced it, and providing more effective and quicker routes to resolution.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD has introduced a ‘SpeakSafe Helpline’ offering MOD employees a safe space to discuss issues relating to bullying, harassment and discrimination in the workplace with experienced practitioners, outside of their immediate workplace, who will offer advice and support. The SpeakSafe service is impartial and confidential, allowing callers to remain anonymous, if they wish.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 14/05/2019 15:20:57 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

942427

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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 funding his Department has allocated for the provision of accommodation for armed forces families in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	164395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The amount allocated by the Ministry of Defence for accommodation over the last three financial years (FY) is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Work type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Core Services<strong>[1]</strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>£82,724,000</p></td><td><p>£74,199,000</p></td><td><p>£82,152,000</p></td><td><p><strong>£239,075,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Improvements<strong>[2]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p>£53,002,000</p></td><td><p>£64,789,000</p></td><td><p>£56,194,000</p></td><td><p><strong>£173,985,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Additional Works<strong>[3]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p>£13,711,000</p></td><td><p>£22,784,000</p></td><td><p>£26,185,000</p></td><td><p><strong>£62,680,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Capital Purchases<strong>[4]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p>£19,804,000</p></td><td><p>£11,031,000</p></td><td><p>£690,000</p></td><td><p><strong>£31,525,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Estimated Rent Costs</strong></p></td><td><p>£33,499,500</p></td><td><p>£34,931,000</p></td><td><p>£38,535,000</p></td><td><p><strong>£106,965,500</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£202,740,500</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£207,734,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£203,756,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£614,230.500</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Cores services covers routine repairs and maintenance, gas and electric safety checks.</p><p>[2] Improvements covers installation of new kitchens and bathrooms in multiple Service Family Accommodation.</p><p>[3] Includes adaptations, Combined Accommodation Assessment System surveys, professional services, asbestos removal, electrical testing, regional minor works, demolitions etc.</p><p>[4] Capital Purchases covers buying new houses from developers.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/07/2018 15:12:17 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

942430

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Identity Cards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to provide military veterans with an identity card to enable them to access discounts on services offered by the private sector.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	164398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is reviewing a range of options to ensure a form of voluntary identification is made available. We will make a further announcement later this year.</p><p>Veterans can already receive discounts on a range of services offered by the private sector through the Defence Discount Service. This scheme will continue and the Veterans ID card will not replace or replicate this service.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/07/2018 15:15:23 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

942431

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans
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 the next steps in his Department's veterans strategy; and what progress he has made in assisting those who (a) become homeless, (b) develop mental illness and (c) experience other personal crises.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	164399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government's Veterans Strategy champions the changing needs of the ex-Service community. Although the initiative is overseen by the Ministry of Defence (MOD), a task force consisting of Ministers from HM Treasury, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), the Department for Education and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) will help support and implement the strategy.</p><p>The strategy will build on the Armed Forces Covenant to show that our commitment to our Service personnel lasts long after they have left the Armed Forces.</p><p>The MOD continues to engage with a wide variety of agencies who assist in homelessness and rough sleeping for veterans. Under the Armed Forces Covenant veterans and disabled personnel already have high priority access to social housing, including a five-year exemption for veterans after they have left the Services from proving a local connection to qualify for social housing.</p><p>The MOD will be covered by the new MHCLG led statutory requirement scheduled to come into effect this autumn to refer those Service personnel at risk of homelessness when they leave the Armed Forces to the relevant local authority.</p><p>It is the National Health Service in England and the Devolved Administrations that has the lead for the provision of healthcare, including mental healthcare, for veterans and we work with DHSC and the NHS to ensure a smooth transition for those Service personnel being discharged with mental health problems.</p><p>Support and assistance is available for veterans, including those with personal crises, from MOD's Veterans UK free helpline (0808 1914 2 18), Veterans UK Veterans Welfare Service and the Veterans' Gateway.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/07/2018 15:20:19 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

942432

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Radiation Exposure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is taking steps to recognise the long-term effects on military personnel of exposure to radiation as a result of nuclear testing on Christmas Island in the 1950s; and if the Government will provide financial support and health care to personnel affected.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	164400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government continues to recognise and be grateful to all the Servicemen who participated in the British nuclear testing programme.</p><p>Any veteran who believes they have suffered ill health due to Service is eligible to claim no-fault compensation under the War Pensions Scheme. War Pensions are payable in respect of illness or injury due to Service in Her Majesty's Armed Forces before 6 April 2005, with the benefit of reasonable doubt always given to the claimant. Decisions are medically certified and follow consideration of Service and medical evidence and carry full rights of appeal to an independent tribunal. Where the evidence supports a causal link to Service, entitlement will be given.</p><p>In response to the health concerns of some nuclear test veterans in the 1980s, the Ministry of Defence commissioned three epidemiological studies into mortality and cancer incidence among nuclear test participants. These were conducted by the independent National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB), now part of Public Health England (PHE). Three analyses were carried out. The latest report published in 2003 concluded that overall levels of mortality and cancer incidence in Nuclear Test Veterans have continued to be like those in a matched Service control group and lower than in the general population. These findings form the basis of the War Pension Scheme policy on Nuclear Test Veteran claims.</p><p>Plans are now advanced for a fourth phase of the study. Should this study produce new evidence it will be carefully evaluated and appropriately reflected in War Pensions policy on claims.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/07/2018 15:19:01 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

679123

registered interest
date	26/01/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Israeli Settlements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2017 to Question 58877 and the Answer of 26 January 2017 to Question 60521, which Ministers were made aware of the text of the UN Security Council Resolution 2334 (2016) before the vote on that resolution took place.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	61906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>I refer my Hon. Friend to my answer of 26 January 2017 (written PQ 60521).</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 01/02/2017 15:39:34 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

674803

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	UN Resolutions: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2017 to Question 58877, which Ministers were made aware of the text of the UN Security Council Resolution 2334 (2016) before the vote on that resolution took place.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	60521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>As with all policy decisions, Ministers were consulted on the UK's position. We supported UN Security Council Resolution 2334 because it is in line with UK policy.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 26/01/2017 14:33:58 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

674807

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Yemen: Ceasefires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help bring about a ceasefire and peace talks in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	60616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>A political solution is the best way to bring long-term stability to Yemen and end the conflict. The UK continues to strongly support the work of UN Special Envoy, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, and his tireless efforts in working with all parties to bring about peace in Yemen.</p><p>Through the &quot;Quad&quot; initiative, the UK has brought together leading Coalition members, the US and UN to make meaningful progress towards a peaceful solution to the conflict. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson) hosted the first Quad meeting in London in July and the format has reconvened on an almost monthly basis since. I attended the last meeting in Riyadh on 18 December, during which it was agreed that the UN peace proposals represent an outline for a comprehensive agreement which the Yemeni parties need to negotiate the details of.</p><p>We continue to call on all parties to the conflict to renew their commitment to the Cessation of Hostilities for the sake of the people of Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 26/01/2017 14:57:19 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

670221

registered interest
date	09/01/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Israeli Settlements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of UN Security Council Resolution 2334 (2016) on progress towards a two-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	59064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>UN Security Council Resolution 2334 (2016) is a clear reinforcement of the international community’s conviction that a two state solution remains the only viable route to sustained Arab-Israeli peace. The resolution supports progress towards a two state solution by calling on all parties to exert collective efforts to launch credible negotiations on all final status issues and urging the intensification and acceleration of international and regional efforts to support a comprehensive peace.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/01/2017 15:31:36 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

670223

registered interest
date	09/01/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of progress made in achieving the objectives set out in the Paris Initiative in June 2016 on ending Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	59065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>Ultimately, an agreement can only be achieved by direct negotiation between the parties. Solutions cannot be imposed from the outside - they need to be mutually agreed between the parties. But international action can play a role in supporting those bilateral efforts. The French conference in June 2016 identified economic incentives, civil society, and Palestinian capacity-building as key objectives. Working groups were set up for these areas but progress is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/01/2017 15:34:13 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord