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1205108

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Racial Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of reported complaints of racist incidents in the Armed Forces between (a) 2015 - 2016, (b) 2016 - 2017, (c) 2017 - 2018, (d) 2018 - 2019, and (e) 2019 - to 17 June 2020.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	61568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) recognises that unacceptable behaviour, including racism, still occurs. MOD and the UK Armed Forces are committed to taking action to eradicate it and have a zero-tolerance approach. Defence, like many other organisations, does not yet represent society and it is essential that it does. We recognise that the pace of change needs to quicken; that is why we are renewing our levels of ambition at the highest levels in Defence as we work to fulfil the key objective in our 2018-2030 Diversity and Inclusion Strategy to eliminate discrimination and improve diversity throughout Defence. We continue to implement all the recommendations made by Air Chief Marshal Wigston in his 2019 review into inappropriate behaviour.</p><p>All allegations of illegal or unacceptable behaviour are taken extremely seriously and investigated thoroughly; Service personnel have a number of routes to raise the issue, either with the police, within the Chain of Command or with Diversity and Inclusion Advisers. MOD is working to prevent unacceptable behaviour from occurring in the first place and has also designed an Active Bystander training so that personnel have the skills to challenge unacceptable behaviour effectively when it does occur.</p><p>The requested information is not available in the format requested and an answer could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Allegations of racism are captured through various mechanisms, including internal and external disciplinary proceedings, the Service Complaints system, informal complaints and the Armed Forces Continuous Attitude Survey. Defence is working to improve its data capture of all unacceptable behaviour across the department.</p><p>The Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces (SCOAF)'s annual report does not provide a full picture for ascertaining levels of racism in the Armed Forces. The Ombudsman's report deals with issues of overrepresentation by BAME complainants, but these complaints do not only concern racial discrimination. However, information from the single Services' annual statistical returns on Service Complaints to the SCOAF indicates that in 2019, five per cent of all bullying, harassment or discrimination Service Complaints concerned racial discrimination.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 23/06/2020 09:03:23 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1205297

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Voyager Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what direction he gave the Ministry of Defence to paint the RAF Voyager used for ministerial travel in the colours of the Union Jack; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	61403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 22 June to Question 60814.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 23/06/2020 09:01:36 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name 60814 - RAF Voyager - Repairs and Maintenance.docx title 60814 - RAF Voyager - Repairs & Maintenance
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1205335

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans UK: Telephone Services
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 4 June 2020 to Question 51724 on the Veterans UK Helpline, how many cases have been logged by the Veterans UK Helpline service in each month since January 2019.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	61443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence's Veterans UK helpline is a telephony and email service providing veterans with help and assistance on a wide range of veterans' issues. The helpline does not log claims or cases but where necessary, queries are referred onto the most appropriate part of Veterans UK for resolution and reply. I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to her Question 59390 on 18 June 2020 which details the number of emails and calls per month from January 2019.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 23/06/2020 09:02:12 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer attachment 1 file name 59390 - Veterans UK Helpline Services.docx title 59390 - Veterans UK Helpline Services
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1204707

registered interest
date	17/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether outbreaks of covid-19 infection have occurred on (a) Royal Naval and (b) Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels; whether those vessels' deployments have been affected as a result of covid-19 infection; whether naval personnel are kept in barracks for a sufficient period to check for infection with covid-19 before deployment at sea; and what his policy is to minimise the effect of naval personnel embarking on a deployment soon after taking leave in numerous different locations within the UK.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	60642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>For reasons of operational security, we cannot comment on the number of COVID-19 cases that have occurred on Royal Navy (RN) or Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) vessels. As of 31 May, there have been 45 confirmed cases of Royal Navy Service personnel with COVID-19. No deployments of RN or RFA vessels have been affected as a result of these infections.</p><p> </p><p>The RN has a policy on COVID-19 risk mitigation measures, which includes direction on the use of quarantining and COVID-19 testing to minimise the risk of COVID infection onboard deploying RN vessels to as low as reasonably practicable. The nature of these measures depends on the vessel and activity that is being undertaken, and may require personnel to be quarantined ashore in a cabin or onboard the vessel if they display symptoms or have been in contact with others who have displayed symptoms.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 22/06/2020 16:36:02 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1204729

registered interest
date	17/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Voyager Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse is of the repainting of the RAF Voyager plane used by senior members of the Government.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	60776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The total forecast cost for completing the repaint of the RAF Voyager VIP aircraft (including related costs) is approximately £900,000. The project will be carried out by Marshall Aerospace Defence Group (MADG) in Cambridge.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to repaint the VIP Voyager - and approval of a design that best projected Global Britain - was taken on a cross-Government basis, to be funded by the Ministry of Defence.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 60814 60842 60852 60853 60864 question first answered 22/06/2020 16:23:21 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1204740

registered interest
date	17/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Voyager Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish (a) the cost of, (b) who requested and (c) which Department approved the planned works to RAF Voyager.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	60814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The total forecast cost for completing the repaint of the RAF Voyager VIP aircraft (including related costs) is approximately £900,000. The project will be carried out by Marshall Aerospace Defence Group (MADG) in Cambridge.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to repaint the VIP Voyager - and approval of a design that best projected Global Britain - was taken on a cross-Government basis, to be funded by the Ministry of Defence.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 60776 60842 60852 60853 60864 question first answered 22/06/2020 16:23:21 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

1204742

registered interest
date	17/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Voyager Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of repainting RAF Voyager.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	60842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The total forecast cost for completing the repaint of the RAF Voyager VIP aircraft (including related costs) is approximately £900,000. The project will be carried out by Marshall Aerospace Defence Group (MADG) in Cambridge.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to repaint the VIP Voyager - and approval of a design that best projected Global Britain - was taken on a cross-Government basis, to be funded by the Ministry of Defence.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 60776 60814 60852 60853 60864 question first answered 22/06/2020 16:23:21 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1204768

registered interest
date	17/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Voyager Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of repainting RAF Voyager; and which Department will fund it.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	60852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The total forecast cost for completing the repaint of the RAF Voyager VIP aircraft (including related costs) is approximately £900,000. The project will be carried out by Marshall Aerospace Defence Group (MADG) in Cambridge.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to repaint the VIP Voyager - and approval of a design that best projected Global Britain - was taken on a cross-Government basis, to be funded by the Ministry of Defence.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 60776 60814 60842 60853 60864 question first answered 22/06/2020 16:23:21 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1204769

registered interest
date	17/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Voyager Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which company he plans to contract to re-paint RAF Voyager.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	60853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The total forecast cost for completing the repaint of the RAF Voyager VIP aircraft (including related costs) is approximately £900,000. The project will be carried out by Marshall Aerospace Defence Group (MADG) in Cambridge.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to repaint the VIP Voyager - and approval of a design that best projected Global Britain - was taken on a cross-Government basis, to be funded by the Ministry of Defence.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 60776 60814 60842 60852 60864 question first answered 22/06/2020 16:23:21 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1204796

registered interest
date	17/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Annington Homes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of military homes provided for service people and their families by Annington Homes meet the decent homes standard.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	60854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>As of 18 June 2020, the Ministry of Defence leased 38,136 Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties from Annington Homes. Of this figure 36,785, (96.46%), meet the UK Government Decent Homes Standard as a minimum. All SFA properties allocated to Service personnel and their families meet Decent Homes Standard as a minimum.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 22/06/2020 15:20:54 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan