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1140922

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	War Pensions: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many letters of delay the Veterans Agency is issuing to veterans awaiting an assessment appeal for their war pension on average.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	280407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 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 question first answered 24/07/2019 15:11:36 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

1140635

registered interest
date	19/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Autonomous Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of supporting a ban on lethal autonomous weapons systems.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	279386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom does not support a ban on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems .The UK considers its extant legal and regulatory framework for the development, assurance and deployment of military systems to be sufficient to ensure that the capabilities we field will always meet our obligations under international law.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 24/07/2019 09:52:38 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1140268

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Business Services: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of staff at the Defence Business Services office at Tomlinson House, Norcross are (a) part-time, (b) female, (c) over 50 years old and (d) disabled.
tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
uin	279109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The proportion of staff at Tomlinson House, Norcross who are part-time, female, over 50 years old and disabled as of 30 June 2019 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Part-Time</p></td><td><p>34.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>70.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50 or Over</p></td><td><p>48.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disabled *</p></td><td><p>11.0%*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*These figures are a minimum as the declaration of a disability is not mandatory.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/07/2019 14:19:51 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

1140478

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Equipment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the quality of kit issued to British Armed Forces personnel.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL17311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has a responsibility to procure and support the delivery of quality equipment for our Armed Forces. As an organisation we regularly assess kit, implementing improvements where necessary. We are confident that our personnel have the right equipment to do the tasks we ask them to undertake.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/07/2019 12:02:45 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1139759

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much time off in lieu has been taken by staff in her Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	278379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Time Off in Lieu is offered as an alternative to paid overtime where an individual works beyond conditioned hours or on days they would not normally be required to work.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) ensures compliance with the requirements of the Working Time Regulations 1998 in respect of civil servants' working hours and it is the responsibility of all line managers to ensure employees are not working excessive hours in line with the requirements of the Working Time Regulations 1998.</p><p>The MOD is also committed to ensuring the wellbeing of staff and take action to ensure staff are able to maintain a satisfactory work/life balance</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/07/2019 14:22:17 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1139836

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Gibraltar: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to increase the armed forces presence in Gibraltar.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	278425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>There is currently no plan to increase the Armed Forces presence in Gibraltar.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 24/07/2019 09:53:03 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1139838

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ascension Island: Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made in the resurfacing of the runway on Ascension Island.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	278427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The US Air Force Civil Engineering Centre are expecting tender returns in August 2019 from which the contract will be awarded in the final quarter of 2019.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 24/07/2019 09:54:18 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1139839

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Falkland Islands: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to increase the armed forces presence in the Falkland Islands.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	278428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>There is currently no plan to increase the Armed Forces presence in the Falkland Islands.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 24/07/2019 09:53:47 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1139957

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual budget was for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in each financial year since 2008-09.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	278613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>From the information available for scrutiny, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) annual budgets from financial year 2015-16 to date, rounded to the nearest million, are provided below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Budget (£million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£174</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures include RFA deployed costs; shoreside costs; wages, and through life and flotilla support.</p><p> </p><p>Due to a change in finance systems, costs prior to financial year 2015-16 have been archived and could be provided only at disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/07/2019 14:21:01 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard