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79658

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	War Graves
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions the Ministry of Defence has held with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission about erecting a named headstone to mark the grave of Private Walter George Buckley (PLY/18155) of the Royal Marines Light Infantry at Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer of Childs Hill
uin	HL1550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p>Subject to a positive identification being made, it is anticipated that a named headstone marking the grave of Private Buckley could be erected by the summer of next year.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 11/08/2014 10:29:51 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	4214 label Biography information for Lord Palmer of Childs Hill

79597

registered interest
date	24/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Parachuting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the British Army last inserted forces for combat operations by means of parachute drop at greater than platoon strength other than under the control of the Director of Special Forces.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL1493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p>The last time the British Army inserted troops not under the control of the Director of Special Forces for combat operations, by parachute, was on 5 November 1956 during the Suez crisis.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 11/08/2014 10:39:23 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

79321

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Service Personnel and Veterans Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency received in each year since 2010; and whether those complaints have been categorised.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	207037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>The Service Personnel and Veterans Agency, now Veterans UK, received the following number of complaints about the standard of customer service received, categorised into the Armed Forces Pension Scheme (AFPS), War Pensions Scheme (WPS) and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS). The number of complaints about standards of customer service from military personnel were only counted from January 2014. <br><br>2010<br>AFPS 30<br>WPS/AFCS 445<br>Total Complaints 475<br><br>2011<br>AFPS 15<br>WPS/AFCS 420<br>Total Complaints 435<br><br>2012<br>AFPS 10<br>WPS/AFCS 460<br>Total Complaints 470<br><br>2013<br>AFPS 30<br>WPS/AFCS 290<br>Total Complaints 320<br><br>2014 (to 31 July)<br>AFPS 25<br>WPS/AFCS 95<br>Military Personnel 10<br>Total Complaints 130</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/09/2014 12:18:06 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

79322

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the guideline period is in which an application for an armed forces pension should be (a) processed and (b) delivered; and how many applications have exceeded that guideline period to date.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	207035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>The guideline period in which an application for an armed forces pension should be processed and delivered is: <br><br>Awards are to be calculated, authorised and payment instructions established for entitled individuals within 10 working days of the termination date or receipt of all documentation, whichever is the later. Only one application exceeded that guideline period for the year 2013-14, with none this year to end July 2014</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 02/09/2014 14:27:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

79323

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Service Personnel and Veterans Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what checks and balances he put in place to ensure that the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency was accountable to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	207038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Veterans UK and the former Service Personnel and Veterans Agency are part of Defence Business Services (DBS) and form part of the Ministry of Defence (MOD). DBS is responsible and accountable to the MOD Permanent Under Secretary and Ministers who are answerable to Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 207033 question first answered 04/09/2014 11:58:51 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

79324

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when designing the application process for the armed forces pension, what weight his Department gave to the ease of use of the system.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	207036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The Armed Forces Pension Scheme is an occupational pension scheme whereby the recipient has entitlement based on their reckonable service in HM Forces. Every effort is made to make the Armed Forces Pension Scheme application form (Pen1) as simple as possible whilst ensuring that all salient points are included, particularly for legal reasons.</p><p> </p><p>There is an online version of the application form which pre-fills several boxes using data taken directly from the Service person’s record. Current statistics on its use against paper applications are below which demonstrates its success.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>January - June 2014</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Electronic</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Hard Copy</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>January</strong></p></td><td><p>1352</p></td><td><p>242</p></td><td><p>1594</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>February</strong></p></td><td><p>1174</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>1367</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>March</strong></p></td><td><p>1131</p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>1387</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>April</strong></p></td><td><p>1081</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>1229</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>May</strong></p></td><td><p>1166</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>1333</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>June</strong></p></td><td><p>1493</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>1693</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7397</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1206</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8603</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Average %</strong></p></td><td><p>86%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 01/09/2014 13:06:28 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

79325

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Waddington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of the RAF Air Show at RAF Waddington on (a) the public profile of the RAF, (b) public interest in the RAF and (c) money raised for RAF charities; and what plans he has for the future of the air show at RAF Waddington.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	207015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>The RAF Waddington International Air Show is the RAF’s largest official Air Show and aims to raise awareness of the RAF and its activities and to raise money for charity. It has attracted an average attendance of 130,000 for the two day event over the past five years. Since 1995, £3.3 million has been raised and donated to charities.<br><br>The 2015 Air Show has been cancelled due to essential work due to be carried out on the RAF Waddington runway. <br><br>The RAF is reviewing Air Show commitments from 2016 onwards. The results of this review will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 04/09/2014 11:57:37 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

79326

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
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, what checks and balances he has put in place to ensure that Veterans UK is accountable to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	207033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Veterans UK and the former Service Personnel and Veterans Agency are part of Defence Business Services (DBS) and form part of the Ministry of Defence (MOD). DBS is responsible and accountable to the MOD Permanent Under Secretary and Ministers who are answerable to Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 207038 question first answered 04/09/2014 11:58:51 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

79327

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
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, how many complaints Veterans UK has received since its creation; and whether those complaints have been categorised.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	207034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Veterans UK was formed on 1 April 2014 as part of the merger of the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency into Defence Business Services.<br><br>Veterans UK has received a total of 122 complaints since April 2014. These are broken down into 25 Armed Forces Pension Scheme, and 97 War Pension and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme complaints.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 01/09/2014 13:04:25 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

79328

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Guided Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of the integration of the Storm Shadow missile on the Typhoon aircraft.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	206989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Nato Eurofighter Tornado Management Agency has awarded a contract valued at approximately £120 million to Eurofighter GmbH for the integration of Storm Shadow onto Typhoon. <br><br>The full UK costs of the integration project are still being finalised but will be published in the National Audit Office Major Projects Report later in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 01/09/2014 12:54:23 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson