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1672177

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Operations: Anniversaries
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 take steps to commemorate those who served on (a) Operation Overload, (b) Operation Market Garden and (c) other operations that will mark their 80th anniversary in 2024.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	3235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Defence is currently leading on behalf of the Government in the planning of a series of significant commemorative events in the UK, France, the Netherlands, and Italy, to mark next year’s 80th Second World War anniversaries. Further details will be announced in due course, nearer the time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 27/11/2023 17:34:10 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1672182

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans UK
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral statement of 21 November 2023 by the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Official Report, column 214, how much the rebranding of Veterans UK will cost.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	3138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The Veterans UK branding being retired is generally only used on digital media and letter templates. The removal of the branding will be done through the course of routine updates and within existing budgets and therefore no significant additional costs will be involved.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 27/11/2023 17:17:29 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1672200

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Inappropriate Behaviours in the Armed Forces Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the recommendations from the 2019 Wigston Review, published in July 2019, have not been fully implemented.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	3106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>All Wigston Review recommendations have now been closed. Three either could not be implemented or were partially implemented: Recommendations 1.2, 3.7, and 3.9.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 27/11/2023 17:34:34 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1672201

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Leadership: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in his Department have taken part in the Leading with Empowerment initiative since it was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	3107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>1,531 people registered to take part in the Leading with Empowerment initiative, which ran across Defence from October 2021 to December 2022.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 27/11/2023 17:32:30 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1672202

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Contracts: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in his Department (a) had and (b) were awarded accreditations in contract management in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	3108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Two grades of accreditation exist within the Commercial Profession. These are Practitioner Level (Grades AO-SEO and equivalent) and Expert Level (Grades 7 and above and equivalent).</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows how many people held accreditations in contract management within Defence between 1 January 2019 and 31 October 2023.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Practitioner Licences held</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Expert Licences held</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023 (01/01-31/10/2023)</p></td><td><p>802 Commercial Practitioners</p></td><td><p>281 Commercial Experts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>845 Commercial Practitioners</p></td><td><p>189 Commercial Experts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>760 Commercial Practitioners</p></td><td><p>183 Commercial Experts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>669 Commercial Practitioners</p></td><td><p>152 Commercial Experts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>Data recording not centralised</p></td><td><p>Data recording not centralised</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below shows how many accreditations were awarded in contract management between 1 January 2019 - 31 Oct 2023</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Practitioner Licences issued</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Expert Licences issued </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023 (01/01-31/10/23)</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>Data recording not centralised</p></td><td><p>Data recording not centralised</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>Data recording not centralised</p></td><td><p>Data recording not centralised</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 27/11/2023 16:20:38 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1672203

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
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 for Service Family Accommodation over the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	3109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>On current planning, funding for Service Family Accommodation is expected to be in excess of £1.2 billion over the remaining Spending Review period.</p><p>Funding beyond this period has not yet been allocated and will be confirmed as part of the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 27/11/2023 16:21:05 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1672204

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 49 of the Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023, published on 20 July 2023, what assessment he has made of the number and proportion of single living accommodation facilities that do not meet the new minimum standard.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	3110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The provision of high quality, subsidised accommodation for Service personnel is a key priority for Defence. As at 13 November 2023, 16% (13,347 rooms) of the Single Living Accommodation estate had not met the new minimum standard. The Armed Forces' forecast that 30% (3,879) of those rooms will meet the minimum standard by 1 April 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 27/11/2023 17:56:36 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1672330

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government is still committed to spending 2.5% of GDP on defence when the fiscal and economic conditions allow.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	3090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>There has been no change to the Government's aspiration to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP when the fiscal and economic conditions allow.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 27/11/2023 16:19:20 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1672334

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Departmental Expenditure Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2023, CP 977, published on 22 November 2023, and to the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, published on 15 March 2023, what the reason is for the decrease in planned (a) RDEL and (b) CDEL in 2023/24.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	3094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Both reductions are due to budget cover transfers from the Ministry of Defence to other Government Departments to cover their costs. The detail of all of these transfers is provided within the relevant estimates memorandum.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 27/11/2023 16:19:51 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1671725

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Bullying and Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time was for an investigation to be completed into (a) bullying, (b) harassment and (c) discrimination since the introduction of new decision making processes within his Department.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	2779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave her to Question 2501 on 23 November 2023.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 27/11/2023 11:21:26 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name 2510 - Ministry of Defence - Bullying and Discrimination.docx title Ministry of Defence: Bullying and Discrimination
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle