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805160

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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, of the 106 service family accommodation properties, how many are currently allocated to people who are not civil servants or reservists and to whom those properties are allocated.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	118832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>None of the 106 Service Family Accommodation properties referred to are allocated to people who are not civil servants or reservists. The properties are let on a civilian 'license' and are therefore let exclusively to either civil servants or reservists.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 18/12/2017 15:42:41 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

805162

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many men (a) applied for, (b) were accepted on and (c) completed the Initial Naval Training (Officer) course at Britannia Royal Naval College for each course since the start of 2015.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	118834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The following table provides the number of male officer applicants for Financial Years (FY) from 1 Jan 2015 to 2016-17:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY</p></td><td><p>1 January - 31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of applicants</p></td><td><p>792</p></td><td><p>2,900</p></td><td><p>2,897</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Captain Naval Recruiting</em></p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. These figures do not include in-Service applicants to the Upper Yardsman and Senior Upper Yardsman schemes, who may have gone on to be successful at Admiralty Interview Board and completed elements of the Initial Naval Training (Officer) course at Britannia Royal Naval College.</p><p> </p><p>The following table provides the number of men who were accepted on (via the Admiralty Interview Board) and completed the Initial Naval Training (Officer) course at Britannia Royal Naval College for each course since the start of 2015:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Course commencement date</p></td><td><p>Successful at Admiralty Interview Board</p></td><td><p>Completed Initial Naval Training (Officer) Course</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2015</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2015</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2016</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2016</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2017</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>875</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>815</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Sources: Captain Naval Recruiting, Navy Training Headquarters</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. The volume of those successful at Admiralty Interview Board reflects the yearly branch and specialisation requirement that is managed throughout the year.</p><p>3. Data have been rounded in line with disclosure control policy.</p><p>4. The total may not equal the sum of its parts due to rounding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 18/12/2017 15:44:30 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

805407

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Christmas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which hon. Members attended his Christmas drinks reception at his Department; and what the cost was to the public purse of that event.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	119078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>No accurate record was made of who attended the Christmas drinks reception. There was no cost to the public purse.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 18/12/2017 15:44:52 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

804357

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Exercises
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 contribution of the Minister of State for Defence of 28 November 2017, House of Lords Official Report, Column 663, if he will list the training and exercise events scheduled to take place in the 2017-18 financial year that have been cancelled.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	118604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The following exercises will not take place in Financial Year 2017-18:</p><p> </p><p>Exercise Black Horse;</p><p>Exercise Curry Trail;</p><p>Exercise Orange Marauder;</p><p>Exercise Steel Sabre;</p><p>Exercise Southwest Sword;</p><p>Commando Strike;</p><p>Royal Marines Reserve Exercises Commando Phoenix and Hare Spring (Norway).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As planning has matured, there have been some changes to the number of Royal Marines personnel planned to deploy to Norway since question 110567 was answered on 7 November 2017. The current plans are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Unit</p></td><td><p>Personnel numbers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>45 Commando Royal Marines</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commando Logistics Regiment Royal Marines</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30 Commando IX Group Royal Marines</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen’s Dragoon Guards, 1 Royal Irish, Queen's Royal Hussars</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance Brigade, 19 Regiment Royal Artillery, 1 YORKS, Light Dragoons</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>265</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since question 110568 was answered on 7 November 2017, an additional Royal Marines Company, comprising approximately 100 personnel, is now planned to participate in Exercise Trident Juncture 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 118607 118613 question first answered 14/12/2017 17:16:24 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

804479

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who in the government holds the contracts for the provision of officers’ and sergeants’ messes; and what arrangements are in place for end-users to access those contracts.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Johnny Mercer
uin	118682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The contracts for the provision of Officers' and Sergeants' messes and related services are held by a number of individuals across the Department. Some of the contracts are held centrally within our broader soft facilities management contracts and others are held locally by the individual establishments. Local arrangements are in place for end-users to access contracts by request.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 14/12/2017 17:03:42 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer

804500

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) establishment and (b) current strength is of the (i) Grenadier Guards, (ii) Coldstream Guards, (iii) Scots Guards, (iv) Welsh Guards and (v) Irish Guards.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	118702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The figures provided below show the establishment and current strength of the infantry cap badge personnel at regimental duty, including the public duties incremental companies, of the listed regiments as at 1 October:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Regiment</p></td><td><p>Establishment</p></td><td><p>Strength</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grenadier Guards</p></td><td><p>594</p></td><td><p>540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coldstream Guards</p></td><td><p>594</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scots Guards</p></td><td><p>699</p></td><td><p>510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Welsh Guards</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Irish Guards</p></td><td><p>501</p></td><td><p>410</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The establishment data is a single service estimate and reflects the role of the units as under Army 2020.</li><li>Current strengths have been provided by Defence Statistics and have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes; numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</li><li>Regimental duty is defined as personnel serving in a regimental unit, for example, in the 1<sup>st</sup> Battalion.</li><li>Establishment and strength data do not include attached personnel from other arms and corps, nor do they include personnel at extra regimental employment in posts away from their parent unit.</li></ol> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/12/2017 17:22:08 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

804501

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he next plans to meet with representatives of Capita; and what assessment he has made of the performance of Capita under their contract for Army recruiting.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	118703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>I can assure my right hon. Friend that I am closely monitoring the Army and Capita Recruiting Partnering Project, and plan to meet with Capita in the New Year.</p><p>A buoyant labour market with record employment rates, combined with significant demographic changes in society, represent a challenge to Army recruitment and retention. The Army needs to continuously adapt to this and is taking action to do so. It has been working closely with Capita on a recruitment improvement plan which is now being implemented. Initial signs are promising and applications have increased this year.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence now expects Capita to deliver on improvements in converting these applicants to enlistees and will be monitoring progress closely in the coming months, including delivery of the new Defence Recruiting system.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/12/2017 17:19:00 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

804502

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Regiments of the British Army have been disbanded since 1960; and to which formations their successor Regiments belong.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	118704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Army’s Historical Branch holds the requested information for the Household Cavalry, The Royal Armoured Corps and the Infantry and this is set out in the attached. Information on the rest of the Army is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/12/2017 17:50:21 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name 118704 - Disbanded British Army Regiments.docx title 118704 - Disbanded British Army Regiments
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

804590

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2017 to Question 110567, on Armed Forces: Training, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Defence of 28 November 2017, House of Lords Official Report, column 663, whether his Department's plans for the units and personnel listed to conduct cold weather training in Norway have changed since 7 November 2017.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	118613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The following exercises will not take place in Financial Year 2017-18:</p><p> </p><p>Exercise Black Horse;</p><p>Exercise Curry Trail;</p><p>Exercise Orange Marauder;</p><p>Exercise Steel Sabre;</p><p>Exercise Southwest Sword;</p><p>Commando Strike;</p><p>Royal Marines Reserve Exercises Commando Phoenix and Hare Spring (Norway).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As planning has matured, there have been some changes to the number of Royal Marines personnel planned to deploy to Norway since question 110567 was answered on 7 November 2017. The current plans are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Unit</p></td><td><p>Personnel numbers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>45 Commando Royal Marines</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commando Logistics Regiment Royal Marines</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30 Commando IX Group Royal Marines</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen’s Dragoon Guards, 1 Royal Irish, Queen's Royal Hussars</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance Brigade, 19 Regiment Royal Artillery, 1 YORKS, Light Dragoons</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>265</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since question 110568 was answered on 7 November 2017, an additional Royal Marines Company, comprising approximately 100 personnel, is now planned to participate in Exercise Trident Juncture 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 118604 118607 question first answered 14/12/2017 17:16:24 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

804593

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Exercises
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 7 November 2017 to Question 110568, on Armed Forces: Training, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Defence of 28 November 2017, House of Lords Official Report, column 663, whether his Department's plans for the units and personnel listed to participate in Exercise Trident Juncture 2018 have changed since 7 November 2017.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	118607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The following exercises will not take place in Financial Year 2017-18:</p><p> </p><p>Exercise Black Horse;</p><p>Exercise Curry Trail;</p><p>Exercise Orange Marauder;</p><p>Exercise Steel Sabre;</p><p>Exercise Southwest Sword;</p><p>Commando Strike;</p><p>Royal Marines Reserve Exercises Commando Phoenix and Hare Spring (Norway).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As planning has matured, there have been some changes to the number of Royal Marines personnel planned to deploy to Norway since question 110567 was answered on 7 November 2017. The current plans are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Unit</p></td><td><p>Personnel numbers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>45 Commando Royal Marines</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commando Logistics Regiment Royal Marines</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30 Commando IX Group Royal Marines</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen’s Dragoon Guards, 1 Royal Irish, Queen's Royal Hussars</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance Brigade, 19 Regiment Royal Artillery, 1 YORKS, Light Dragoons</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>265</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since question 110568 was answered on 7 November 2017, an additional Royal Marines Company, comprising approximately 100 personnel, is now planned to participate in Exercise Trident Juncture 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 118604 118613 question first answered 14/12/2017 17:16:24 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis