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868385

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Foundation College: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has a policy on the frequency of Ofsted inspections at Army Foundation Colleges.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	133605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Army Foundation College (AFC) Harrogate was inspected using the &quot;<em>Common Inspection Framework</em>&quot; (full title: &quot;<em>The revised Common Inspection Framework for further education and skills 2012: contextualised for use in the inspection of welfare and duty of care in Armed Services' training</em>&quot;). This framework is used for all Ofsted inspections of Welfare and Duty of Care in Defence initial training establishments. A copy of the framework is attached.</p><p>The policy on selecting establishments for inspection is set out in Part 1 (Section 3) of the attached Ofsted framework. The Inspection Programme is determined by Ofsted and is not pre-communicated to the Department.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 133471 question first answered 27/03/2018 15:03:20 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name MOD inspection framework 2012 v6 doc revison april 2015 (1).doc title 133471 - MOD Inspection Framework
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

868427

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve mental health support for (a) veterans and (b) serving military personnel in (i) Coventry and (ii) the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	133647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is absolutely committed to the mental health of our Service personnel, providing robust training, welfare support and development opportunities. When necessary, we ensure that both serving personnel and veterans are given the mental healthcare and treatment they need. We do this by working in close partnership with a variety of different organisations, including the NHS (which is responsible for the provision of healthcare, including mental healthcare, for veterans) and Service charities such as Combat Stress.</p><p>Recent initiatives include the new partnership, announced last October, with the Royal Foundation, aimed at helping maintain and develop good mental fitness. And in February 2018, the Secretary of State announced that we have built on our existing partnership with Combat Stress to provide a new MOD-funded Military Mental Health Helpline for serving personnel and their families, providing out-of-hours advice and assistance and running in conjunction with the charity's existing helpline for the veterans' community. We will also be providing an additional £2 million of annual funding for military mental health services, on top of the £20 million a year we already spend.</p><p>For serving personnel, mental health services are already provided through a network of 20 permanent locations, comprising 11 Departments of Community Mental Health (DCMHs); six Mental Health Teams (MHTs); and three locations with a permanent Community Mental Health Nurse. DCMH Donnington is located in Telford, Shropshire, and covers the regions of the West Midlands (including Coventry) and Wales. It also provides a visiting clinic four times a week to Defence Medical Services (DMS) Whittington in South Staffordshire, to improve access for patients based in or around the West Midlands.</p><p>Personnel leaving the Armed Forces who have had mental health issues during their Service are able to access services at a local DCMH (including Donnington) for up to six months after discharge, to help them during the transition period. A Veterans' Transition Protocol ensures any Service person discharged with a diagnosed mental health disorder is handed over appropriately to the NHS in England. Where a Service person is leaving the Armed Forces but has enduring need for mental healthcare, we work in partnership with NHS England through the Veterans Mental Health Transition, Intervention and Liaison Service (VMH-TILS), to ensure continuity of care.</p><p>The VMH-TILS service provider for the Midlands and East of England region (which includes Coventry) is Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. The service provides a range of treatment and support for veterans, as well as Armed Forces personnel approaching discharge. The VMH-TILS will arrange for veterans to be referred if necessary to the NHS England Veterans' Mental Health Complex Treatment Service (VMH-CTS) which will be launched on 1 April 2018; the service provider for the West Midlands is Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.</p><p>Other services available from MOD to veterans in the West Midlands and elsewhere include the Veterans and Reserves Mental Health Programme (VRMHP), for veterans that have served since 1982 and Reservists with operational service overseas since 2003 (also provided through DCMH Donnington), and the Veterans UK and Veterans Welfare Service.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 26/03/2018 15:16:05 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

868432

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British military personnel are operating in Syria; from which regiments did they come from; and where in that country those personnel are based.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	133652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Approximately 600 RAF personnel are deployed across the Middle East, supporting and conducting counter-Daesh operations over Syria, in support of partner forces on the ground.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 28/03/2018 15:28:43 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

868434

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which armed opposition groups in Syria are being trained by UK armed forces; and where that training is taking place.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	133654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>UK Armed Forces are not training armed opposition groups in or from Syria.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 28/03/2018 15:26:44 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

868448

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Saudi Royal Airforce pilots have been trained under UK military programmes or under programmes supported by the UK military; and how many such pilots so trained the Government knows have flown combat missions in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	133668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Information is not held centrally on the number of Saudi pilots trained under UK military programmes or under programmes supported by the UK military. Saudi pilots have been trained under the umbrella of the long-standing government-to-government arrangements for over 30 years and further, detailed information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Government does not hold the information requested on how many of those so trained might have flown combat missions in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 28/03/2018 15:22:00 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

868449

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) UK armed forces and (b) BAE Systems has a role in helping to maintain or repair Saudi aircraft being used in the war in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	133669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK continues to provide routine engineering support for UK-supplied aircraft under long-standing government-to-government arrangements.</p><p>The UK Government's obligation under these arrangements to provide such support is fulfilled by BAE Systems. UK military personnel on secondment to BAE Systems also provide routine engineering support. Neither UK military nor BAE Systems personnel are involved in the loading of weapons for operational sorties, nor are they involved in the planning of operational sorties.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 28/03/2018 15:25:42 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

868460

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Yemen: Peacekeeping Operations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether British military personnel been involved in operations in Yemen since March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	133680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>No. British military personnel have not been involved in operations in Yemen since March 2015.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/03/2018 14:08:25 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

868497

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has (a) had any contact and (b) held any contracts with Cambridge Analytica or its parent company SCL Group Limited or as formerly named Strategic Communication Laboratories Limited since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	133717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has never entered into a contract with Cambridge Analytica.</p><p>Since 2010, SCL Group has held two contracts with the MOD: one ended in February 2010 and the other in July 2014.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 28/03/2018 15:25:02 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

868499

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Cambridge Analytica
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with (a) Cambridge Analytica, (b) SCL Group and (c) Strategic Communication Laboratories on the statement on the Cambridge Analytica website that its methodology has been approved by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	133719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 27 March 2018 to Question 133873 to the hon. Member for Glasgow South (Mr McDonald).</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 03/04/2018 15:31:50 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 27 March 2018, UIN 133873.docx title 133873 - MOD: Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

868516

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Egypt: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of Egyptian military officers who have been trained in the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	133736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>In the past five years, 56 Egyptian military officers have been trained in the UK; seven in 2013-14; nine in 2014-15; eight in 2015-16; 16 in 2016-17; and 16 in 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 28/03/2018 15:27:29 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle