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1045487

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of whether military training activities constitute hazardous work as defined in Article 3(d) of ILO Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour and its accompanying Recommendation 1902.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	210553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence's Management of Health and Safety Regulations requires special attention to identifying and controlling health and safety risks to young persons in the workplace. Many of these are covered by existing risk assessment and control measures, but the employing branch will identify any additional control measures/changes required in accordance with the normal risk assessment process.</p><p>All Armed Forces personnel are trained for a wide range of operational tasks and environments, including combat. Established procedures are in place to ensure that Service personnel under the age of 18 are not deployed on operations. Our policies on under 18s in Service are robust and comply with national and international law.</p><p>Commanding Officers take their responsibilities towards their personnel extremely seriously. Commanding Officers pay close attention to the needs of under 18s as they pass from recruitment through Phase 1 and Phase 2 training, to operational units.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 209860 question first answered 24/01/2019 16:25:25 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1045546

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Injuries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service inquiries have been conducted when a serious injury has occurred on training exercise or selection event between 2013-2019; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	210504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>In the period from 1 January 2013 to 31 August 2018 a total of 29 deaths among UK Armed Forces personnel occurred whilst on training or exercise. The Ministry of Defence publishes Official Statistics on this matter at the following address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/training-and-exercise-deaths-in-the-uk-armed-forces-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/training-and-exercise-deaths-in-the-uk-armed-forces-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In the period from 1 January 2013 to 30 September 2018, 7,828 UK Armed Forces personnel were involved in 8,732 incidents resulting in serious injuries whilst on training or exercise. This figure includes both specified injuries and serious injuries (as defined by the Health &amp; Safety Executive) and, both very serious injuries and serious injuries (as reported through the Notification of Casualties system).</p><p> </p><p>In the period from 1 January 2013 to 24 January 2019, one Service Inquiry (SI) was convened solely for the purpose of investigating a serious injury occurring during a training exercise or selection event, where there were no fatalities. The circumstances resulting in a serious injury, without fatality, are unlikely to justify an SI. Where necessary, lessons may be learned without the need for an SI. JSP 832 (Guide to Service Inquiries) sets out the policy on when an SI should be convened. The current version of JSP 832 can be found at the following address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/service-inquiry-si" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/service-inquiry-si</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Director General of the Defence Safety Authority (DG DSA) is the primary Convening Authority for all safety related SIs. All recommendations are allocated to a recommendation owner and are closed by DG DSA only when he is presented with sufficient evidence that all reasonable measures to implement the changes required have been taken.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 210505 210506 question first answered 29/01/2019 13:12:43 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1045547

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Inquiries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what processes exits within his Department has put in place to ensure that the recommendations of service inquires are implemented; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	210505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>In the period from 1 January 2013 to 31 August 2018 a total of 29 deaths among UK Armed Forces personnel occurred whilst on training or exercise. The Ministry of Defence publishes Official Statistics on this matter at the following address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/training-and-exercise-deaths-in-the-uk-armed-forces-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/training-and-exercise-deaths-in-the-uk-armed-forces-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In the period from 1 January 2013 to 30 September 2018, 7,828 UK Armed Forces personnel were involved in 8,732 incidents resulting in serious injuries whilst on training or exercise. This figure includes both specified injuries and serious injuries (as defined by the Health &amp; Safety Executive) and, both very serious injuries and serious injuries (as reported through the Notification of Casualties system).</p><p> </p><p>In the period from 1 January 2013 to 24 January 2019, one Service Inquiry (SI) was convened solely for the purpose of investigating a serious injury occurring during a training exercise or selection event, where there were no fatalities. The circumstances resulting in a serious injury, without fatality, are unlikely to justify an SI. Where necessary, lessons may be learned without the need for an SI. JSP 832 (Guide to Service Inquiries) sets out the policy on when an SI should be convened. The current version of JSP 832 can be found at the following address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/service-inquiry-si" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/service-inquiry-si</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Director General of the Defence Safety Authority (DG DSA) is the primary Convening Authority for all safety related SIs. All recommendations are allocated to a recommendation owner and are closed by DG DSA only when he is presented with sufficient evidence that all reasonable measures to implement the changes required have been taken.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 210504 210506 question first answered 29/01/2019 13:12:43 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1045548

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Death and Injuries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) serious injuries and (b) deaths have occurred in training or selection events across all three armed services since 2013; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	210506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>In the period from 1 January 2013 to 31 August 2018 a total of 29 deaths among UK Armed Forces personnel occurred whilst on training or exercise. The Ministry of Defence publishes Official Statistics on this matter at the following address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/training-and-exercise-deaths-in-the-uk-armed-forces-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/training-and-exercise-deaths-in-the-uk-armed-forces-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In the period from 1 January 2013 to 30 September 2018, 7,828 UK Armed Forces personnel were involved in 8,732 incidents resulting in serious injuries whilst on training or exercise. This figure includes both specified injuries and serious injuries (as defined by the Health &amp; Safety Executive) and, both very serious injuries and serious injuries (as reported through the Notification of Casualties system).</p><p> </p><p>In the period from 1 January 2013 to 24 January 2019, one Service Inquiry (SI) was convened solely for the purpose of investigating a serious injury occurring during a training exercise or selection event, where there were no fatalities. The circumstances resulting in a serious injury, without fatality, are unlikely to justify an SI. Where necessary, lessons may be learned without the need for an SI. JSP 832 (Guide to Service Inquiries) sets out the policy on when an SI should be convened. The current version of JSP 832 can be found at the following address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/service-inquiry-si" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/service-inquiry-si</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Director General of the Defence Safety Authority (DG DSA) is the primary Convening Authority for all safety related SIs. All recommendations are allocated to a recommendation owner and are closed by DG DSA only when he is presented with sufficient evidence that all reasonable measures to implement the changes required have been taken.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 210504 210505 question first answered 29/01/2019 13:12:43 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1045549

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what diseases were involved in the 27 disease-related deaths within the armed forces between 2000-2018 during exercises and training events; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	210507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Of the 27 disease-related deaths which occurred in the UK Armed Forces whilst on training or exercise from 1 January 2000 to 31 August 2018, 23 deaths were due to conditions of the circulatory system, two deaths were due to conditions of the respiratory system, one death was due to a condition of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue, and one death was due to a condition of the digestive system.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 29/01/2019 13:19:02 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1045569

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department has allocated to support armed forces veterans living in (a) the Local Authority of St Helens and (b) the North West in each financial year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	210591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The information for Local Authorities is not held in the format requested. However, details of all grants made by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund, by region, since 2015 are available on the Covenant Fund website at the following links:</p><p>http://www.covenantfund.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Local-grants-2015-16.pdf</p><p>http://www.covenantfund.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Local-grants-2016-17.pdf</p><p>http://www.covenantfund.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Local-grants-2017-18.pdf</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/01/2019 16:28:30 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1045595

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Queen Elizabeth: Belfast Lough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which locations in Belfast lough are suitable for berthing HMS Queen Elizabeth.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	210702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Within Belfast Lough the docks and wharves within the commercial port area are suitable for berthing HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH.</p><p>While there are no current plans for HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH to visit Belfast, the Royal Navy continues to examine opportunities for such engagements around the UK.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 210703 question first answered 29/01/2019 13:07:34 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

1045600

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Air Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) RAF and (b) Government-funded subcontracted personnel work in Saudi Arabia to provide technical and maintenance support to the Saudi Arabian air force.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	210521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>There are currently nine RAF personnel seconded to BAE Systems who provide engineering support for UK-supplied aircraft and systems operated by the Royal Saudi Air Force.</p><p>There are no Government-funded subcontracted personnel.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 29/01/2019 13:09:43 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

1045601

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Queen Elizabeth: Belfast Lough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of HMS Queen Elizabeth visiting Belfast lough.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	210703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Within Belfast Lough the docks and wharves within the commercial port area are suitable for berthing HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH.</p><p>While there are no current plans for HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH to visit Belfast, the Royal Navy continues to examine opportunities for such engagements around the UK.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 210702 question first answered 29/01/2019 13:07:34 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

1045602

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which UK-supplied military equipment has been used by Saudi Arabia in Yemen since March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	210522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>As my right hon. Friend the then Secretary of State for Defence (Sir Michael Fallon) said on the 19 December 2016 (Official Report 618, column 1216), the Royal Saudi Air Force has operated UK-supplied Typhoon and Tornado aircraft in Yemen and used Paveway, Dual Mode Brimstone, Storm Shadow and ALARM munitions.</p><p>The Saudi-led Coalition confirmed that a limited number of UK-manufactured BL-755 munitions were dropped in Yemen but that these UK manufactured munitions would be no longer used.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 29/01/2019 17:23:12 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson