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931819

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people employed by his Department have a declared disability.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	158321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>As at April 2018, 2,560 civilians employed by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) had declared a disability.</p><p>Further information on diversity within the Department, including the number of civilians who have a declared disability, can be found in the MOD Diversity Dashboard 2018 publication, on the Gov.UK website at the link below:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mod-diversity-dashboard-index</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/07/2018 15:41:44 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

931823

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Recruitment
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 recruit to the (a) the armed forces and (b) his Department more (i) BAME people, (ii) LGBT people, (iii) people with disabilities and (iv) people from non-Christian religious groups.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	158323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>Over recent years, Defence has increasingly challenged itself to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation. This is not just the right thing do from a moral perspective, there is a business imperative for taking radical action - a diverse and inclusive organisation is a stronger, healthier and more resilient organisation.</p><p> </p><p>Defence is dedicated to achieving a more diverse workforce and is undertaking a wide range of activities to increase the diversity of our people. These include:</p><ul><li>Community Engagement - Increased and more targeted engagement with communities. Specialist and youth engagement teams have been set up in each of the Services.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Using staff networks and diversity champions to support our diverse range of personnel and outreach into the community - The appointment of an Islamic Religious Adviser to the Chief of the Defence Staff, to help improve mutual understanding between Muslim communities and the Armed Forces.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Recruitment Process - existing recruitment processes are being examined to remove any unconscious bias and to improve support and mentoring for candidates. For civilian staff, Ministry of Defence has been a Disability Confident leader since 2017.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Marketing - increase in targeted marketing activities.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Membership of - Business Disability Forum, Business in the Community (for both Gender and Race), Stonewall. This enables benchmarking of Defence’s performance against other public sector organisations and the private sector.</li></ul> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/07/2018 15:37:47 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

931824

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has issued guidance on support for (a) LGBT and (b) transgender armed forces personnel.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	158324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>All three Services provide guidance on LGBT matters through their web portals, directing personnel to the LGBT champions and active LGBT networks.</p><p>Since the lifting of the ban on LGBT personnel serving in the military in the year 2000, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has welcomed and supported all staff, irrespective of sexual orientation, actively celebrating and supporting the diversity of all our personnel. Service personnel who have indicated a wish to change their gender are given the necessary support during and after transition. Transgender policy/guidance is in place to enable this. Other support is also available including through LGBT champions, both military and civilian, senior LGBT role models, active LGBT networks and over 150 personnel trained by Stonewall as LGBT allies. The single Services and MOD civilians took part in the 2018 Stonewall Workplace Equality Index and all were ranked, with both the Royal Navy and Army being placed in the Top 100 Employers. In March 2018, for the second year running, MOD flew the transgender flag to mark Transgender Day of Visibility. MOD will once again be flying the rainbow flag from the top of our Main Building, as LGBT Service personnel march alongside their civilian colleagues at London Pride 2018.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/07/2018 15:40:20 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

931826

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Cadets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2018 to Question 146046, for what reasons no funds have been yet made available for Stonewall’s train-the-trainers courses and (b) other LGBT diversity training.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	158325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>The individual Cadet Forces are responsible for ensuring that all their adult volunteers are trained properly for their specific roles. To achieve this, they identify training needs and then decide on the most suitable delivery mechanisms, which could include using outside agencies if appropriate.</p><p>As explained in my answer to Question 146046, Gender Identity guidance has been produced for all Ministry of Defence Cadet Forces.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/07/2018 15:30:44 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

931829

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to make diversity training mandatory for all armed forces personnel; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	158326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>Diversity training is mandatory for every member of staff across Defence, including for Service personnel.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/07/2018 15:30:01 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

926673

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK EU citizens are employed by the Armed Forces; and how many of those non-UK EU citizens are employed in the (a) STEM (b) hospitality field.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	154798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>All candidates for the UK Armed Forces must be British from birth, hold a dual British/other nationality, or be a British National, citizen of the Republic of Ireland (RoI) or a Commonwealth citizen. This means that non-UK EU citizens from Cyprus, Malta and the RoI are eligible to serve in the UK Regular Armed Forces. For some specialisations (e.g. Submarine service), candidates must hold British nationality only. In addition, all applicants must meet Home Office residency requirements (normally five years).</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the requested information, noting that all non-UK EU Citizens in the UK Regular Armed Forces have a Foreign and Commonwealth nationality.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Untrained and Trained Regular Non-UK EU Citizens in the UK Regular Armed Forces as at 1 April 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All non-UK EU Citizens</p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STEM</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hospitality</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes</strong>: STEM consists of Engineering Officers and Other Ranks for the Royal Navy/Marines and the Royal Air Force. For the Army, STEM includes Officers and Other Ranks in the Intelligence Corps, Royal Signals, Royal Engineers, Royal Electrical &amp; Mechanical Engineers, and Soldiers in selected trades in the Royal Logistics Corps.</p><p> </p><p>For the Royal Navy, the definition of ‘Hospitality’ here includes Caterers, Chefs and Stewards. For Royal Air Force, the definition includes Chefs only. Figures do not include Army personnel as Army chefs are not recorded in the hospitality field for statistical purposes.</p><p> </p><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10, but when ending in a 5 rounded to the nearest 20 to avoid systemic bias.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 25/06/2018 15:28:32 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 65049 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

926675

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many chefs are employed by the Armed Forces; how many of those chefs are non-UK citizens; and how many of those non-UK citizen chefs are EU citizens.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	154799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>All candidates for the UK Armed Forces must be British from birth, hold a dual British/other nationality, or be a British National, citizen of the Republic of Ireland (RoI) or a Commonwealth citizen. This means that non-UK EU citizens from Cyprus, Malta and the RoI are eligible to serve in the UK Regular Armed Forces. For some specialisations (e.g. Submarine service), candidates must hold British nationality only. In addition, all applicants must meet Home Office residency requirements (normally five years).</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the requested information, noting that all non-UK EU Citizens in the UK Regular Armed Forces have a Foreign and Commonwealth nationality.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Untrained and Trained Chefs employed in the UK Regular Armed Forces as at 1 April 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chefs employed</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which, non-UK Citizens</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which, non-UK EU Citizens</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes</strong>: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10, but when ending in a 5 rounded to the nearest 20 to avoid systemic bias.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 25/06/2018 15:27:31 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 65039 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

926703

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Recruitment
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 any changes to it's STEM recruitment policies since the vote on the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	154800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>Armed Forces recruitment and retention policy has not changed since the UK's decision to leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 21/06/2018 16:20:54 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

919125

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Catering
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 effect on the number of chefs in the armed forces of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	151243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence recognises that, given the number of non-UK employees in the catering and hospitality industry, any BREXIT impact in this sector could potentially affect the recruitment and retention of chefs in the Armed Forces.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 12/06/2018 15:12:32 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

919126

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
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, pursuant to the oral evidence of the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence to the Public Accounts Committee on 4 June 2018, Q41 and Q135, for what reason his Department has not made any assessment of (a) the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the STEM ecosystem and (b) the potential consequential effect of changes in that ecosystem on recruitment to the armed forces; and what assessment his Department will now make of those issues.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	151244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>Following the EU Exit referendum, as part of the formulation of Ministry of Defence strategy, an assessment was undertaken of the potential impact of BREXIT on Armed Forces recruitment and retention. It concluded that BREXIT was unlikely to impact directly on Armed Forces recruitment, given our nationality requirements, but there could be a secondary impact should BREXIT increase demand for scarce skills in the UK. This could, indirectly, impact on Armed Forces recruitment and retention. The Ministry of Defence is preparing its comments on the Public Accounts Committee transcript of 4 June and will provide an appropriate clarification to the Committee.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 12/06/2018 15:11:52 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone