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1143859

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's document Legal protection for our Armed Forces Personnel and veteran serving in Operations outside of the United Kingdom, how many military personnel have benefitted from the discretion on enforcement of time limits to bring a claim as described in that document; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	285101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>All claims received are considered on their individual merits and in line with the Department's legal liability. Part of this process is to take a view as to whether a claim falls outside the limitation period. Records are not kept of the number of claims in which the Courts have heard limitation cases in which the Claimant is seeking discretion in the application of the time limit relevant to their claim against the Department.</p><p>The proposed civil litigation longstop will not preclude Service personnel or civilians deployed on overseas operations from bringing claims in relation to PTSD or other conditions that manifest or are diagnosed beyond that limit, as Section 11 of the Limitation Act calculates time limits from the later of (a) the date on which the cause of action accrued or (b) the date of knowledge.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 05/09/2019 15:57:37 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

942604

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army Reserve: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which body is responsible for managing communication between Capita and the Army Reserve on recruitment.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	164314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her to Question 163772.</p><p> </p><p>The Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command (ARITC), within Home Command, is responsible for delivering recruitment to the Regular and Reserve Army through the Recruiting Partnering Project contract with Capita. ARITC oversees the Army Recruiting Group, which includes the National Recruitment Centre (NRC) and local Army Careers Centres, and is staffed by a mixture of Capita staff and Army personnel.</p><p> </p><p>When candidates initiate an application to join the Army Reserves through the NRC, they are matched with a unit based on their location and declared role preference. On some occasions a candidate will be encouraged to consider a specialist or pinch-point trade unit if they present the relevant qualifications and experience.</p><p> </p><p>Recruiting Group are in daily liaison with Reserve Units at all levels to support the recruitment process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 164311 164312 164313 164315 question first answered 24/07/2018 15:13:35 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name 20180718_163772_Armed_Forces_Recruitment.docx title 163772 - Armed Forces Recruitment
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1047705

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	France: Military Alliances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Royal Navy ship will be escorting the French aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle, when it departs for its operational cruise of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	212337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>On current plans a Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyer will escort the French Aircraft Carrier (Charles de Gaulle) when it departs for its deployment, but the formal nomination of a ship, and indeed the scope of its escort duties, remains subject to wider departmental planning considerations.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/01/2019 15:52:21 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

942603

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army Reserve: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Army Reserve Units are awarded the highest priority for recruitment by Capita.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	164313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her to Question 163772.</p><p> </p><p>The Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command (ARITC), within Home Command, is responsible for delivering recruitment to the Regular and Reserve Army through the Recruiting Partnering Project contract with Capita. ARITC oversees the Army Recruiting Group, which includes the National Recruitment Centre (NRC) and local Army Careers Centres, and is staffed by a mixture of Capita staff and Army personnel.</p><p> </p><p>When candidates initiate an application to join the Army Reserves through the NRC, they are matched with a unit based on their location and declared role preference. On some occasions a candidate will be encouraged to consider a specialist or pinch-point trade unit if they present the relevant qualifications and experience.</p><p> </p><p>Recruiting Group are in daily liaison with Reserve Units at all levels to support the recruitment process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 164311 164312 164314 164315 question first answered 24/07/2018 15:13:35 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name 20180718_163772_Armed_Forces_Recruitment.docx title 163772 - Armed Forces Recruitment
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1143858

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the proposals outlined in his Department's consultation document Legal Protections for Armed Forces Personnel and Veterans serving in operations outside the United Kingdom will result in varying the legal protections offered to civilians (a) killed and (b) injured while serving outside the UK to take action through the courts for compensation; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	285226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The consultation on Legal Protections for Armed Forces Personnel and Veterans will close on 13 October 2019. The Ministry of Defence will study carefully the responses on its proposals (on a statutory presumption against prosecutions arising from overseas incidents occurring more than 10 years previously; on a partial defence that takes account of the operational context; and on limiting the courts’ discretion to extend the three-year time limit for bringing civil claims for personal injury or death) before deciding how to take these measures forward.</p><p> </p><p>The proposed civil litigation longstop will not preclude Service personnel or civilians deployed on overseas operations from bringing claims in relation to PTSD or other conditions that manifest or are diagnosed more than 10 years after the incident which caused the condition, as section 11 of the Limitation Act calculates time limits from the later of (a) the date on which the cause of action accrued or (b) the date of knowledge.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer grouped question UIN 284997 285097 question first answered 05/09/2019 15:59:09 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1016448

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Service Complaints Ombudsman
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Service Complaints Ombudsman is a member of the Service Justice Board; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	196766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Service Justice Board concerns itself with ensuring that the Service Justice System provides a fair system of justice for those who are alleged to have breached Service Law, and that the system is also able to support the Chain of Command in delivering operational effectiveness; the Service Complaints Ombudsman is not a member.</p><p> </p><p>The Service Complaints Ombudsman is provided with an annual budget from defence funds which, under the financial delegation given to her, is used to meet all the costs associated with her independent function; this includes the procurement of any legal advice. The amount spent by the Ombudsman’s office on legal advice varies year on year, and is detailed in the financial expenditure statements in her annual reports to Parliament on the fairness, effectiveness and efficiency of the Service Complaints system. These reports – and those submitted by the Service Complaints Commissioner, can be found at the following address:</p><p> </p><p>http://www.servicecomplaintsombudsman.org.uk/service-complaints-ombudsman/publications-and-reports/annual-reports/.</p><p> </p><p>The Annual Report for 2018 will be available in the first quarter of 2019.</p><p> </p><p>It will take time to collate the detailed information requested on investigation officers and I will write to the hon. Member in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 196768 196770 question first answered 04/12/2018 15:56:30 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

964688

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army Reserve: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command (a) compiles a list of Army Reserve Units and (b) prioritises units for recruitment based on (a) specialism and (b) unit requirements.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	169142
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 163772 on 18 July 2018 and to the answer my right hon. Friend the Minister for Defence People and Veterans (Mr Ellwood) gave to Question 164313 on 24 July 2018.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/09/2018 14:35:50 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name Hansard Extracts -.docx title Reserve Forces: Recruitment
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1135538

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether she plans to increase Royal Fleet Auxiliary pay at the same rate as that of the Royal Navy; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	270722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Royal Fleet Auxiliary are Civil Servants and are not members of the Armed Forces. Their terms and conditions, including their pay, are subject to civilian rules in the wider public sector. As such, pay is subject to HM Treasury Civil Servant Pay Guidance.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 08/07/2019 16:41:13 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

861147

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Early Warning Systems
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to put the prime contract for the Airborne Warning and Control System replacement programme out to tender.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	132296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>No decision has been made with regard to the future delivery of the UK's Airborne Warning and Control capabilities, although a range of options are being explored. I am withholding details of the level of funding allocated for the future delivery of the RAF's Airborne Warning and Control System as releasing them would prejudice commercial interests.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb grouped question UIN 132297 132489 question first answered 20/03/2018 16:07:04 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

882558

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Radar
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to upgrade or replace the radar system to ensure a long range air-defence radar; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	135620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence keeps its equipment requirements under continuous review to ensure it can react to the evolving Defence environment.</p><p>Industry has been invited to respond to a request for information for a transportable long-range air defence radar which could be operated in a range of environmental conditions.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb grouped question UIN 135619 question first answered 23/04/2018 16:26:18 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon