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1134805

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if her Department will review the right to preserved pensions for members of the armed forces who retired before the introduction of the armed forces pension scheme 1975.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	269737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>Before April 1975, there was no legal requirement for a pension scheme to preserve pension rights for those who left service before reaching the normal retirement age.</p><p>The issue of pre-1975 pensions does not just affect the Armed Forces but is common to all other public service schemes in existence prior to the Social Security Act 1973.</p><p>It has been the policy of successive Governments not to make retrospective changes to pension schemes.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 03/07/2019 14:36:08 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1134817

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ships and submarines of each type are in service in each branch of the armed forces; and where each ship and submarine is based.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	269749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>The following table lists how many ships and submarines of each type are in service in the Royal Navy and where each ship and submarine is based as at 1 June 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Naval Vessels in Service as at 1 June 2019</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Type of Vessel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Based</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aircraft Carrier</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type 45 Destroyer</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type 23 Frigate</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hunt Class Mine Counter Measure Vessel</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offshore Patrol Vessel – River Class</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inshore Patrol Boat</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offshore Patrol Vessel - Helicopters</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Landing Platform Dock</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type 23 Frigate</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ocean Survey Vessel</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Survey Vessel Hydrographic/Oceanographic</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inshore Survey Vessel</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ice Patrol Ship</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ship Submersible Nuclear Trafalgar Class</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>HMNB Clyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandown Class Mine Counter Measure Vessel</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>HMNB Clyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane Patrol Boat Squadron</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>HMNB Clyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ship Submersible Nuclear Astute</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>HMNB Clyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>HMNB Clyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Gibraltar</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fleet Tanker</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Not base ported</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fleet Replenishment Ship</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Not base ported</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Landing Ship Dock</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Not base ported</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Primary Casualty Receiving Ship/Aviation Training Ship</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Not base ported</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>85</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 03/07/2019 14:35:36 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1134825

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the training available to Army personnel.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	269704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>Army training meets the requirements of the Army through the provision of a skilled and capable force progressing from basic training to trade training, followed by collective and, where relevant, mission specific training. For the personnel it provides a challenging and rewarding experience.</p><p>Courses are regularly reviewed and refreshed, against current military doctrine and knowledge, to ensure currency and relevance. Where appropriate external validation, for example by Ofsted, takes place.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 03/07/2019 15:52:29 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1134826

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of cyber security training in the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	269705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>Cyber security is vital to defence and training our personnel is of paramount importance to us. The Defence Cyber School, which celebrated its first year anniversary in March this year, is a centre of excellence for cyber training established to meet the needs of defence and its partners, addressing all aspects of cyber training and education.</p><p>Since it's opening, the Defence Cyber School has delivered over 4,000 days of training to personnel across its range of courses. Training has been wide ranging from practical networking taught to Junior and Senior Non Commissioned Officers (NCOs), cyber awareness to Senior NCOs, officers and strategic level cyber awareness to one-star masterclasses.</p><p>It is essential that we continue to operate effectively in the fast-moving and evolving digital world. The Defence Cyber School team, in an exciting step for the cyber community, are currently redesigning all their courses. The new courses being developed will form the Cyber Foundation Pathway, envisioned to give a baseline grounding for our Armed Forces in cyber roles in the Ministry of Defence and in time, for staff in cyber roles in wider Government.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 03/07/2019 14:34:22 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1134828

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many staff in his Department are working primarily on (a) fossil fuels, (b) renewables, (c) energy efficiency and (d) nuclear energy.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	269698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department currently employs the following numbers of staff working primarily in these areas:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Upstream oil and gas policy</p></td><td><p>23.3 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Downstream oil resilience</p></td><td><p>18.5 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas policy, including security of gas supply and the future of the gas market</p></td><td><p>14.1 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coal policy, including closure of unabated coal-fired generation by 2025, emissions limits for fossil-fuelled generation technologies, and the emissions performance standard</p></td><td><p>4.5 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liabilities from the former nationalised coal industry</p></td><td><p>8.4 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning, based in Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>92.6 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renewable energy</p></td><td><p>107 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Energy efficiency</p></td><td><p>115 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuclear energy</p></td><td><p>205.4 FTE</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 03/07/2019 15:41:21 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1134833

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) pedestrians, (b) cyclists, and (c) motorcyclists have been fatally injured on English roads in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	269619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of reported road pedestrian, pedal cyclist and motorcyclist fatalities in England for the years 2013 to 2017 is shown in the below table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Pedestrians</p></td><td><p>Pedal cyclists</p></td><td><p>Motorcyclists</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>334</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>291</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>377</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>346</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>313</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>402</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>297</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: DfT STATS19</p><p>These figures are published in table RAS30053: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/743642/ras30053.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/743642/ras30053.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/07/2019 09:12:29 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1134842

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2019 to Question 267306 on Immigration: EU Nationals, what estimate he has made of the number of applicants for whom tax credit records would be relevant.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	269726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>The purpose of the automated checks is to help the applicant establish their continuous residence in the UK. Eligibility to receive benefits is not dependent upon being continuously resident in the UK. Benefits except Job Seekers Allowance and Maternity Allowance on their own are not strong indicators of continuous residence unless receipt of them persists over a period of 12 months. There are also overlaps with other data that is available from the checks. For instance, PAYE data covers most applicants who claim working tax credits and receipt of other benefits included in the checks will overlap with receipt of child tax credits. Child Benefit is not included in the automated checks because it is not a sufficient indicator of continuous UK residence. A full explanation of how the automated checks work has been published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-settlement-scheme-uk-tax-and-benefits-records-automated-check." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-settlement-scheme-uk-tax-and-benefits-records-automated-check.</a></p><p>Following analysis conducted on an anonymised sample of 10,000 applications submitted under the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006, the Home Office estimated that the potential pool of resident EEA citizens who might benefit from tax credits data being included in the automated checks was around two per cent and this was before any consideration of the applicability of that data to proving continuous residence. Individuals who need to rely on tax credits to demonstrate their continuous residence are still able to provide documentary evidence of this as part of their application.</p><p>In accordance with section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, we have had due regard to the Public Sector Equality Duty.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 03/07/2019 15:35:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1134858

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the adequacy of central government funding for schools.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	269735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>Treasury ministers regularly discuss public spending issues with Cabinet Colleagues.</p><p> </p><p>This year the Government is investing £43 billion of core funding into schools, ensuring that core schools funding grows in real terms per pupil. The National Funding Formula is providing every local authority with more money for every pupil in every school.</p><p> </p><p>This means thousands of underfunded schools will attract significantly larger gains of up to 6% per pupil and every school attracting at least 1% more per pupil over the last two years.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 03/07/2019 13:30:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1134860

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pension Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that everyone who is entitled to pension credit receives it.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	269767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that older people receive the support they are entitled to and the DWP targets activity on engaging with people who may be eligible to benefits at pivotal stages, such as when they claim State Pension or report a change in their circumstances. The DWP uses a wide range of channels to communicate information about benefits to potential customers; including information on <a href="https://gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://gov.uk/</a>, in leaflets and by telephone. DWP staff in Pension Centres and Jobcentres including visiting officers are able to provide help and advice about entitlement to benefits, as are staff in Local Authorities who administer Housing Benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Potential customers can use the Pension Credit <a href="https://www.gov.uk/pension-credit-calculator" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/pension-credit-calculator</a> to check if they are likely to be eligible and get an estimate of what they may receive. People wishing to claim Pension Credit can do so by calling 0800 99 1234.</p><p>.</p><p>One of the best ways to reach eligible customers is through trusted stakeholder working in the community and we have developed the Pension Credit toolkit, as an on-line tool for agencies and welfare rights organisations to use in order to encourage Pension Credit take-up. It can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pension-credit-toolkit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pension-credit-toolkit</a></p><p> </p><p>The toolkit contains resources for anyone working with pensioners and includes guides to Pension Credit. It also contains publicity material and guidance designed to help older people understand how they could get Pension Credit and help organisations support someone applying for Pension Credit as well as ideas for encouraging take-up. The toolkit also provides links to information about disability and carers benefits.</p><p> </p><p>Most recently we have provided to relevant stakeholders a fact sheet about Pension Credit and the changes introduced on 15 May for mixed age couples to ensure that accurate information is available in the places where people are most likely to seek information.</p><p /> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 03/07/2019 15:14:49 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1134864

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: Criminal Investigation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services report entitled Fraud: Time to Choose: An inspection of the police response to fraud, published in April 2019, what steps he has taken in response to the recommendations in that report on improving the police response to fraud.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	269769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>The former Home Secretary commissioned this report because we wanted a much clearer view of how fraud was being investigated and what improvements were needed.</p><p>We welcome the report and we are now working to ensure the report’s recommendations are implemented effectively, including supporting the City of London Police to develop a national fraud policing strategy which sets out the roles and responsibilities of each organisation involved in tackling fraud and how the police response to fraud at the national, regional and local level will be improved.</p><p>We are also working closely with Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to understand how they plan to respond to the report’s recommendations that fall to them to implement.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 03/07/2019 15:42:27 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore