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1723444

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Suicide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will fund further research relating to suicide amongst (a) serving personnel and (b) veterans.
	tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
	uin	1772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">As the responsible Minister for leading the work on the mental health of all our serving and former Serving personnel, I take this matter extremely seriously.</ins></p><p>The Ministry of Defence continues to monitor the long-term impact of operational deployments. A study mapping the mortality rates and causes of death, including suicide, of military personnel who served since 2001, including those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, is underway. The focus of this study is to understand the long-term impact of military service. It will compare findings with the general population.</p><p> </p><p>The Defence Suicide Register has also been launched. This is an ongoing Defence-led project to provide an evidence-base specific to Serving personnel by better understanding circumstances surrounding individual deaths. It draws together information from multiple data sources across Defence, enabling internal analysis across organisational boundaries to inform evidence-based prevention, intervention, and postvention activity.</p><p> </p><p>Research suggests that the risk of suicide in our veteran population as a whole is no higher than that in the general population. However, it suggests that certain younger cohorts of veterans may be at a higher risk. The Office for Veterans’ Affairs is working across Government and with civil society to ensure veterans have access to the health support they need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns question first answered 02/08/2024 14:09:11 question first ministerially corrected 08/08/2024 09:57:54 answering member 5235 previous answer version 2494 answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns answering member 5235
	tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1726785

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to reduce the training budget for (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Air Force and (c) the Royal Navy in the current financial year.
	tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
	tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
	uin	3746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>The Chancellor has confirmed a challenging in year deficit across all Departments. A spending review process is underway. Departmental spending plans will be set out in the usual way.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns question first answered 16/09/2024 15:41:06 answering member 5235
	tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1721394

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's timetable is for ending visa fees for non-UK dependents who have served four or more years in the armed forces.
	tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
	tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
	uin	121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to scrapping visa fees for non-UK veterans who have served our country for four or more years, and their dependants.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence has started work with the Home Office to deliver this manifesto commitment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns question first answered 25/07/2024 12:59:46 answering member 5235
	tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1726305

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to resume calculations of Cash Equivalent Transfer Valuations frozen as a result of the McCloud judgement for members of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	North West Cambridgeshire
	tabling member printed	Sam Carling
	uin	3621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>In order to comply with 2015 Pension Remedy legislation (The Armed Force Remediable Service Regulations 2023), updated guidance is required from the Government Actuary's Department (GAD) to enable the Armed Forces Pension Scheme (AFPS) to respond to requests for Cash Equivalent Transfer Valuations (CETVs) and to implement Pension Sharing Orders that relate to a member's remediable service.</p><p>Given the complexity of the 2015 Pension Remedy, the necessary guidance has been compiled in two stages.</p><p>The revised methodology has been finalised for individuals who are active or deferred members, or are pensioners who have made their remedy choice and whose relevant under/over payments have been settled. Work on requests received on or after 1 October commenced at the end of May 2024. These cases continue to be dealt with as swiftly as possible in order of the date they were received.</p><p>The calculation method is not yet confirmed for pensioner members who are yet to make their remedy choice within their election period, or where a remedy choice has been made, but any relevant under/overpayments have not been settled. The MOD is therefore currently unable to issue CETVs to these members.</p><p>Once the Ministry of Defence (MOD) receives these calculation instructions, the process and quality assurance checks will be put in place to process the outstanding cases. To mitigate the impact on those individuals affected, the MOD will, on receipt of a valid request for a CETV, prioritise the issue of the Remediable Service Statement.</p><p>Information has been published on the AFPS pages on Gov.UK at the following link:</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/668cf40cd9d35187868f46a9/2015_Pension_Remedy_-_Divorce_Information_Note.pdf</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns question first answered 09/09/2024 10:03:26 answering member 5235
	tabling member	5308

1728256

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army Reserve: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the employment tribunal decision entitled Major C Milroy v Advocate-General for Scotland of 5 August 2024, reference 4103202/2020, whether he plans to provide pensions to army reservists (a) from and (b) who served in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Robin Swann
	uin	4824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is currently in discussion with legal counsel on the implications of the judgment and the possibility of appealing.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns question first answered 12/09/2024 14:08:49 answering member 5235
	tabling member	5319

1723461

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Chiefs of Staff: Performance Appraisal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how he plans to assess the performance of service chiefs two years after their appointment.
	tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
	tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
	uin	1729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Defence, supported by the Permanent Secretary and the Chief of the Defence Staff, regularly takes stock of the performance of the Service Chiefs.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns question first answered 06/08/2024 09:14:44 answering member 5235
	tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1726152

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Commonwealth War Graves Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has held discussions with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission since his appointment.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Adam Jogee
	uin	3464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Defence recognises the important work conducted by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) in maintaining the graves and memorials of fallen sailors, soldiers and aviators from the two world wars, in 23,000 locations across more than 150 countries and territories, and in telling their stories to new generations. Having engaged previously with the CWGC, the Secretary of State now looks forward to meeting the Commissioners, and working with them, in his capacity as Chair of the Commission.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns question first answered 09/09/2024 10:00:01 answering member 5235
	tabling member	5168

1721648

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	DMRC Headley Court: Medical Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the extent to which medical equipment that was used at Headley Court Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre has been repurposed since that centre's closure.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central and Headingley
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>The table below provides a breakdown of the medical equipment from Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) Headley Court that was either transferred to another Defence location, or relocated to DMRC Stanford Hall, as it was still serviceable.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Equipment transferred from DMRC Headley Court </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ice machine</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wet bulb globe test (WGBT)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Continuous passive motion system</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sling suspension</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Standing frame</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neuro stimulator</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doppler</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dynamic compression system</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Functional electrical stimulation device (FES)</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FES bike</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES)</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Handheld NMES</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infusion pump</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pressure testing system</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Socket tester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Soft tissue mobiliser</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tilt table</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Water bath</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parallel bars</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sitting scales</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Targeted negative pressure device</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Image intensifier</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns question first answered 25/07/2024 12:43:05 answering member 5235
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1721393

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the time taken to publish a timescale within which the UK will spend 2.5 per cent of its GDP on defence on the morale of armed forces personnel.
	tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
	tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
	uin	120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>This Government is totally committed to spending 2.5% of GDP on Defence as soon as possible. The Government will set out a clear path to 2.5% at a future fiscal event.</p><p> </p><p>Renewing the nation’s contract with those who serve is a priority for this Government. Morale of our Armed Forces is at a record low – the Armed Forces Continuous Attitude Survey published in May 2024 reported that satisfaction with Service life remained at the lowest reported level.</p><p> </p><p>In the King's speech the Government announced that we will establish an Armed Forces Commissioner as an independent champion for Service personnel and their families, as a first step to improving Service life.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns question first answered 25/07/2024 12:57:43 answering member 5235
	tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1721424

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Forces Help to Buy Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his policy to continue the Armed Forces Help to Buy Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
	tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
	uin	151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>Yes.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns question first answered 26/07/2024 13:04:28 answering member 5235
	tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge