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1464686

registered interest
date	20/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces have faced (a) consequential penalties, (b) minor administrative action and (c) other forms of warnings or counselling as a result of breaching covid-19 regulations.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	5674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 25/05/2022 14:31:07 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1464221

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme received a decision in each month since August 2020; and what proportion of those decisions were approvals.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	4668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him to Question 415 on 18 May 2022.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 24/05/2022 13:00:43 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey attachment 1 file name UIN 415.docx title Afghanistan: Refugees
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1461489

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme are awaiting decision.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>As of 13 May 2022, there are 15,177 applicants to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) Scheme awaiting an initial decision.</p><p> </p><p>Large volumes of applicants continue to be reviewed, many from applicants with no connection to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and thus any realistic chance of being eligible for ARAP. The MOD continues to resource the process for ARAP but the process is slowed by the volume of ineligible applicants.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 18/05/2022 16:50:15 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1461490

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme received a decision in each month since August 2020; and what proportion of those decisions were approvals.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme was launched on 1 April 2021 and has been one of the most generous relocation programmes in the world.</p><p> </p><p>Due to constraints on accessible data, the information requested is only available from October 2021 onwards and can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Decisions Made </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2021</p></td><td><p>706</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2021</p></td><td><p>1,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2021</p></td><td><p>803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2022</p></td><td><p>477</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2022</p></td><td><p>409</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2022</p></td><td><p>451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2022</p></td><td><p>799</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2022 (up to 12 May)</p></td><td><p>234</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Of all the decisions made over this period, 8.4% were approved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 18/05/2022 16:50:43 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1381329

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on fully exempting military compensation from financial assessments for social security benefits.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	80435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), and it would not be appropriate for the Ministry of Defence to seek to interfere or intervene in a non-Defence matter. Issues relating to eligibility for social security benefits and exemptions from financial assessments are the responsibility of the DWP. As such, there have been no discussions on this issue between the Secretary of State for Defence and his counterpart in the DWP.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 30/11/2021 10:25:36 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1379104

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	War Pensions: Applications
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 along with Department for Work and Pensions to improve the (a) application process for and (b) time taken to determine war pensions.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	75982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has not discussed these matters with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) as the DWP has no responsibility for the War Pension Scheme or the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.</p><p>Defence Business Service is embarking on a £40 million transformation programme to digitise the existing paper-based processes and to create a single customer portal. This will also include an ability to complete an on-line application in order to further enhance the customer experience whilst also reducing processing times.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 75983 75984 question first answered 24/11/2021 12:22:10 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1379105

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
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 improve the (a) application process and (b) time taken for pay-outs from the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	75983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has not discussed these matters with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) as the DWP has no responsibility for the War Pension Scheme or the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.</p><p>Defence Business Service is embarking on a £40 million transformation programme to digitise the existing paper-based processes and to create a single customer portal. This will also include an ability to complete an on-line application in order to further enhance the customer experience whilst also reducing processing times.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 75982 75984 question first answered 24/11/2021 12:22:10 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1379106

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
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 along with the Department for Work and Pensions to improve the (a) application process and (b) time taken to consider appeals to the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	75984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has not discussed these matters with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) as the DWP has no responsibility for the War Pension Scheme or the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.</p><p>Defence Business Service is embarking on a £40 million transformation programme to digitise the existing paper-based processes and to create a single customer portal. This will also include an ability to complete an on-line application in order to further enhance the customer experience whilst also reducing processing times.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 75982 75983 question first answered 24/11/2021 12:22:10 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1379107

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
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 ensure that all evidence from the former Department of Social Security is preserved when deciding upon Armed Forces Compensation Scheme cases.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	75985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2021 answer text <p>The Department of Social Security was replaced by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in 2001. Any evidence provided by the DWP, its predecessor organisations or any other third party as part of the decision-making process for Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) claims is retained on the case file and stored at the Ministry of Defence record keeping facility in accordance with standard record management policies. As all AFCS decisions carry the right of appeal, the complete case file would be retrieved to undertake a reconsideration or appeal.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 24/11/2021 12:23:10 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1379108

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to resolve the matter of frozen overseas pensions for veterans; and what progress he has made on reciprocal agreements with (a) Commonwealth (b) other nations on that matter.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	75986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>It is longstanding Government policy that the UK State Pension is not uprated annually for those not resident in the UK, unless the pensioner resides in a country where there is a legal requirement to uprate, such as when a reciprocal social security agreement is in place.</p><p>This is a matter for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), who are also responsible for social security agreements with other countries, and it would not be appropriate for the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to seek to interfere or intervene in a non-Defence matter. This is not a veteran-specific issue, with veterans living overseas in the same position as non-veterans, and, therefore, this does not represent a disadvantage under the Armed Forces Covenant to such veterans on account of their Service. As such, no discussions have taken place between the MOD and DWP concerning this matter.</p><p>When a member of the Armed Forces reaches their retirement age, they receive one of the most generous pensions available in the UK. This fairly reflects the unique sacrifice they have provided their country throughout their career. Armed Forces pensions are entirely separate from the State Pension and there is no comparable provision to freeze Armed Forces pensions. Armed Forces pensions are claimed and paid in the same way no matter where a veteran chooses to live and uprated in-line with the consumer price index.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 22/11/2021 12:48:05 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden