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date	12/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces have been made redundant in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	227467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows how many members of the Armed Forces have been made redundant in Preston, Lancashire and the North West in each calendar year between 2010 and 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>LOCAL AUTHORITY AREA</strong></p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>YEAR/NUMBER OF TRAINED UK REGULAR ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL WHO LEFT ON REDUNDANCY</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>“-“ zero<br>“~” fewer than five<br>Where rounding has been used, totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not equal the sums of their rounded parts. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in “five” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20.</p><p>The figures are based on the stationed location of Service personnel and not their location of residence. Personnel deployed on operations to an area away from their stationed location are shown against their most recent stationed location.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/03/2015 14:24:05 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 51675 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

225884

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Conflict: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether all armed forces personnel are made aware of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict during their training.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	226716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>This Convention and Protocol are amongst the body of International Law which underpins operational legal training and pre-deployment training. Such training is provided as necessary to Service personnel.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Additionally; Personnel are made aware of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict through a Joint Publication, namely (JDP) 1-05. This publication sets out the Ministry of Defence’s policy with regard to the deployment on operations of U18s in the Armed Forces.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/03/2015 12:02:31 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 50571 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

225453

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Installations: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the protected nuclear safety baseline staff complement numbers are for each of the nuclear authorities within his Department; and how many personnel were in post authorisees as of 31 December 2014.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	226484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The following table summarises the number of nuclear organisational baseline posts for Authorisees within the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the number of personnel (military, civilian or contractor) in these MOD posts as of 31 December 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>MOD Authorisee</p></td><td><p>Posts</p></td><td><p>Personnel in post</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chief Strategic Systems Executive</p></td><td><p>&lt;10</p></td><td><p>&lt;10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strategic Weapons Project Team</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Her Majesty’s Naval Base Devonport</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuclear Propulsion Project Team</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Naval Reactor Test Establishment Vulcan</p></td><td><p>&lt;10</p></td><td><p>&lt;10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in 5 are rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p> </p><p>A nuclear organisational baseline is a requirement of the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator. Some, but not all, baseline posts require Nuclear Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel (NSQEP), and not all NSQEP are employed in baseline posts.</p><p> </p><p>None of the vacancies are in posts categorised as safety critical. The vacancies have not impaired the MOD’s ability to deliver the Defence Nuclear Programme safely.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 26/03/2015 10:23:59 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 49494 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson