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1130679

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) nature and (b) purpose is of the Special Instructions Intelligence Networks workshops provided by his Department to the Saudi military.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	261540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>Special Instructions (SPINS) are mandatory instructions that all those operating in the air domain are required to comply with to undertake safe operations in designated areas.</p><p>The SPINS workshop, which took place in January 2017, was designed to share ideas and experience between the UK and Saudi Arabia, and for the UK to gain an insight into RSAF procedures. It consisted of a series of briefings and interactive sessions.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 12/06/2019 15:10:50 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1130737

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Finance
	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 total spending on veterans' support services in each region of the UK in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	261532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>Information for the regions is not held in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>Once Armed Forces personnel have left the service, the provisions for their health and welfare support needs are primarily provided by the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Work and Pensions alongside the NHS in England and the Devolved Regions. Additional welfare support is also provided by the third sector in the form of Service charities and benevolent organisations. Some welfare support is provided by the Department through its Veteran UK organisation.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 261533 question first answered 12/06/2019 15:36:28 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1130738

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Finance
	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 total spending on veterans' support services in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	261533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>Information for the regions is not held in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>Once Armed Forces personnel have left the service, the provisions for their health and welfare support needs are primarily provided by the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Work and Pensions alongside the NHS in England and the Devolved Regions. Additional welfare support is also provided by the third sector in the form of Service charities and benevolent organisations. Some welfare support is provided by the Department through its Veteran UK organisation.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 261532 question first answered 12/06/2019 15:36:28 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1130739

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Aged Veterans Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent by the Aged Veterans Fund in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	261534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The table below details the value of funds awarded in the two years the Aged Veterans Fund was open:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year (FY)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value of Grants Awarded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£6,608,090</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£22,792,661</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table below details the value of Aged Veterans Funds awarded to Yorkshire and Humberside since 2015. It is not possible to break down the information requested or establish whether the organisation receiving funding was in South Yorkshire or Barnsley without incurring disproportionate cost:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Awarded to</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Title of project</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY Awarded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age UK Support Services (Yorkshire and Humber)</p></td><td><p>Mission possible: Active Service in Later Life</p></td><td><p>£539,980</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rural Action Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>Veterans Advance North Yorkshire – We’ve got your back</p></td><td><p>£1,004,664</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 261535 question first answered 12/06/2019 15:37:43 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1130740

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Aged Veterans Fund: South Yorkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding from the Aged Veterans Fund has been allocated to projects and groups in (a) South Yorkshire and (b) Barnsley in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	261535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The table below details the value of funds awarded in the two years the Aged Veterans Fund was open:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year (FY)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value of Grants Awarded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£6,608,090</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£22,792,661</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table below details the value of Aged Veterans Funds awarded to Yorkshire and Humberside since 2015. It is not possible to break down the information requested or establish whether the organisation receiving funding was in South Yorkshire or Barnsley without incurring disproportionate cost:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Awarded to</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Title of project</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY Awarded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age UK Support Services (Yorkshire and Humber)</p></td><td><p>Mission possible: Active Service in Later Life</p></td><td><p>£539,980</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rural Action Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>Veterans Advance North Yorkshire – We’ve got your back</p></td><td><p>£1,004,664</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 261534 question first answered 12/06/2019 15:37:43 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1130341

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the open skeleton argument of the Secretary of State for hearing 7,8,10 February 2017, claim number CO/1306/2016, (a) how many and (b) on what dates the Government has provided (i) International Targeting Courses and (ii) senior airmen's workshops on SPINS since March 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	261272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Since March 2015, seven International Targeting Courses have been provided by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) for Saudi Arabia, which took place on the following dates:</p><ul><li>27 July - 14 August 2015</li><li>7 - 23 October 2015</li><li>11 - 29 January 2016</li><li>18 July - 5 August 2016</li><li>24 March - 7 April 2017</li><li>22 - 26 October 2017</li><li>13 - 24 January 2019</li></ul><p>Since March 2015, one Senior Airmen's Workshop on Special Instructions (SPINS) has been provided by the MOD for Saudi Arabia, which took place in January 2017.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/06/2019 15:09:09 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1130382

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate she has made of the number of recommendations in the (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018 Service Complaints Ombudsman's annual report have been complied with; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	261162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>In her annual reports for 2016 and 2017 the Service Complaints Ombudsman made a total of 22 recommendations. Of these recommendations, we consider that 15 have either been completed or were not accepted, and that seven remain in progress. In her annual report for 2018 which was published in April this year, the Ombudsman made nine new recommendations. We are currently in the process of considering these recommendations with the single Services and will respond formally to the Ombudsman once this work is complete.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/06/2019 15:47:33 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1130383

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Radicalism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) the RAF have been (i) investigated by and (ii) discharged from the services as a result of (A) membership of national action (B) membership of a far right organisation, (C) anti-Semitic organisations and (D) Islamophobic organisations; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	261163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>Since April 2007 (when offences started to be recorded on the Joint Personnel Administration system), no members of the Royal Navy or Royal Air Force have been investigated or discharged from Service as a result of membership of the named organisations.</p><p>During that time, less than five (this figure is rounded to avoid identification) members of the Army were investigated and discharged due to membership of National Action.</p><p>Extremist ideologies are completely at odds with the values and standards of the military. We have robust measures in place, including during the recruitment process, to ensure those exhibiting extremist views are neither tolerated nor permitted to serve.</p><p>We are working with the Home Office to implement the Prevent programme across the Armed Forces, including training personnel to ensure they are aware of what to do if they believe an individual is showing signs of radicalisation.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/06/2019 15:46:53 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1130456

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many deduction of earning requests made by the Child Maintenance Service have been declined by the (a) MoD Defence Council and (b) Authorised Officer; and if she will publish the reasons for those requests being declined.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	261264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Defence Business Services, within the Ministry of Defence (MOD), is responsible for administering requests and orders from the Child Maintenance Service.</p><p> </p><p>In financial year 2018-19 818 deduction of earning requests were received from the Child Maintenance Service for Service personnel; of these, 129 were rejected. The reasons for the rejection were:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>No. of Rejections</p></td><td><p>Reason for Rejection</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>Service person not in receipt of pay</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>Insufficient information on request to validate a Service person’s identity</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>Service person had been discharged</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>Service person was a reservist</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>A deduction of earning order was issued, rather than a deduction of earning request</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>Request addressed to a Service person directly and not to Defence Business Services</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In line with Departmental policy ~ represents five or fewer.</p><p> </p><p>For MOD civilian staff, the number of deduction orders declined is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost, however, a deduction of earning order would only be rejected if an individual was no longer employed by the MOD or if they were in receipt of insufficient earnings to meet the request.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/06/2019 15:13:34 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1130485

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Greece: Military Alliances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps her Department is taking to increase defence and security cooperation with Greece.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	261150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The UK has a close defence and security relationship with Greece, based on a programme of bilateral co-operation and interoperability through NATO, that includes the use of Souda Bay base on Crete. Opportunities for further bilateral co-operation are reviewed through regular consultations at both the political and military level, including the development of a joint vision statement.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/06/2019 15:22:22 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell