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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

90826

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Submarines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many suitably qualified and experienced personnel staff are currently required and how many such positions are vacant in (a) Astute, (b) Vanguard and (c) Trafalgar class submarine crews.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	208440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested, as at 8 September 2014, is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>REQUIRED POSITIONS</p><p>(LIABILITY)</p></td><td><p>VACANT POSITIONS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A Class (Astute, Ambush only)</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T Class (Torbay, Trenchant, Talent, Triumph only)</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>V Class (Vanguard, Victorious, Vigilant only)</p></td><td><p>1,080</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Note: All figures are rounded in accordance with the Defence Statistics rounding policy. All numbers over 100 are rounded to the nearest 10 with numbers ending in 5 rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid bias. Numbers under 100 are rounded to the nearest 5.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>None of the existing vacancies is in a post categorised as safety critical and no submarine would go to sea without the minimum required complement of suitably qualified and experienced personnel.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/09/2014 13:02:18 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 19384 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

61381

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate (a) the savings generated by each branch of the armed forces having separate recruiting programmes and (b) the annual cost of each such programme.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	200295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>Each branch of the Armed Forces has a distinctive brand that needs to be marketed separately in order to attract the best candidates. <br><br>Capturing the cost of recruiting across the Armed Forces is a complex and resource-intensive task. For financial year (FY) 2010-11, when both the recruitment budget and recruitment targets were below normal levels, these calculations were not carried out. The costs of recruiting programmes for FYs 2009-10, 2011-12 and 2012-13 are set out in the following table. The cost of recruiting in FY 2013-14 will be available in early 2015.<br><br></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Financial Year</strong></td><td><strong>Royal Navy (£)</strong></td><td><strong>Army (£)</strong></td><td><strong>RAF (£)</strong></td><td><strong>Total (£)</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2009-10</td><td>41,475,281</td><td>138,743,300</td><td>51,298,179</td><td>231,516,760</td></tr><tr><td>2011-12</td><td>32,017,364</td><td>134,595,989</td><td>38,702,993</td><td>205,316,346</td></tr><tr><td>2012-13</td><td>33,228,059</td><td>122,756,649</td><td>35,430,723</td><td>191,415,431</td></tr></tbody></table><p>As reductions have been made to force levels recruitment levels have been adjusted but not stopped as the Services are required to keep recruiting to maintain the right skills.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/06/2014 15:43:48 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 3509 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

60748

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many current suitably qualified and experienced personnel positions are (a) required and (b) vacant in (i) Type 23 and (ii) Type 45 ship crews.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	199752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested, as at 1 May 2014, is shown in the table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td>Required Positions</td><td>Vacant Positions</td></tr><tr><td>Type 23</td><td>2,060</td><td>180</td></tr><tr><td>Type 45</td><td>1.010</td><td>80</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: All figures are rounded in accordance with the Defence Statistics rounding policy. All numbers over 100 are rounded to the nearest 10 with numbers ending in 5 rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid bias. Numbers under 100 are rounded to the nearest 5.</p><p> </p><p>None of the existing vacancies is in a post categorised as safety critical and no ship would go to sea without the minimum required complement of suitably qualified and experienced personnel.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/06/2014 14:30:16 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 2136 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

48781

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) press officers, (b) internal communications officers, (c) external communications officers, (d) communications strategy officers and (e) other personnel with a communications remit were employed by (i) his Department, (ii) its agencies and (iii) each other non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department on the most recent date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	196954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Communicators are employed across Defence and the Armed Forces. They have an important task in explaining to the public, the media, our own people and other audiences – at the local regional, national and international levels - the role of Defence, Defence activities, capabilities and operations. Over the last several years substantial savings have been made across the communications area, and further efficiencies will continue to be made.<br><br>The latest figures for the numbers involved in communications roles as at 31 March 2013 are shown in the attached table, and include all posts for which over 50% of the post's core duties are communications. These figures include both military and civilian posts worldwide. In the 2013 exercise communications staff in Non-Departmental Public Bodies were not surveyed. As such, this data was requested separately.<br><br>Also shown are the figures for 31 March 2010, demonstrating a reduction of 12% (over 160 posts) in this time.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 2010 Data.doc Table part of answer.doc title Table forms part of the answer previous answer version 9118 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

47929

registered interest
date	09/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many suitably qualified and experienced RAF personnel his Department has required for aircraft maintenance in each location in each of the last three years; and how many such posts were vacant in each location in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	196037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>A table that provides the data requested is attached.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 20140416-PQ-02988B-Robertson-manpower-table-FINAL.XLS title Manpower previous answer version 8281 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