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964686

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, what (a) duties and (b) responsibilities have been allocated to (a) the Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command, (b) Captia, (c) the National Recruiting Centre and (d) Local Army Careers Centres in relation to Army Reserve recruitment under the Recruiting Partner Project contract with Captia.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	169140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command (ARITC), a 2-Star Command which sits under Home Command, is responsible for delivering recruitment to the Regular and Reserve Army (through the Recruiting Partnering Project contract with Capita), basic training, and some elements of initial and subsequent trade training.</p><p>Capita are responsible for the delivery of the recruiting operation and its associated marketing and administration. The administration of the process includes application processing, selection, candidate travel arrangements and the underpinning software solution (Defence Recruiting System). These services are supported and assured by the Army.</p><p>The National Recruitment Centre manages and facilitates the online application process for Regular and Reserve Army candidates from initial application until they are enlisted.</p><p>Army Reserves are recruited through Reserve Units; however, they may choose to visit their nearest Army Careers Centre. Army Careers Centres are offices throughout the country where individuals who are considering joining the Army may visit to talk to recruiters and ask questions.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/09/2018 10:14:27 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

964687

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, what criteria his Department has established to encourage an Army Reserve Candidate to consider a specialist or pinch point trade; and whether those criteria is based on (a) the candidates skills and qualifications or (b) the need and priority of the Army Reserve.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	169141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>As explained in the response my right hon. Friend the Minister for Defence People and Veterans (Mr Ellwood) gave her on 24 July 2018 to Question 164311, when candidates initiate an application to join the Army Reserves through the National Recruitment Centre, they are matched with a unit based on their location and declared role preference. The nature of Reserve service tends to mean that the location of the unit is a primary driver for our volunteers.</p><p>Candidates with the relevant qualifications and experience are encouraged to think about specialist trades. While there is no priority recruiting list for the Army Reserve, candidates who have relevant skills are advised of the number of nationally-recruited specialist units. This can be particularly attractive for those who can only offer a reduced commitment as these units have a lower minimum number of Reserve Service Days. This includes units such as the Joint Cyber Unit, the Royal Military Police Special Investigation Branch and 77 Brigade.</p><p>Many candidates prefer to join a generalist unit which offers them experiences outside their civilian life, but this would not preclude the use of their skills by the Army if required, for example on operations.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/09/2018 14:34:16 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
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

964689

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	Royal Military Police: Complaints
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 13 July 2018 to Question 163774 on Royal Military Police: Complaints, how many of the 89 complaints made to the RMP Professional Standards and Review Team since January 2016 have been upheld.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	169143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>When gathering information to respond to these questions, an error has been identified in the Written Answer I gave to you on 18 July 2018 (Official Report, column 163744). The answer given stated that there had been 89 complaints made to the Royal Military Police (RMP) Professional Standards and Review Team since 1 January 2016; this total included complaints made since 1 January 2015, 67 complaints were made between 1 January 2016 and July 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the status/outcome of the 67 complaints:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Complaint Status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Upheld in full</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not upheld</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Complaints with a combination of upheld, not upheld and unproven*</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No investigation (withdrawn, out of scope, or more appropriately dealt with as Service Complaints)</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ongoing</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*A complaint can be determined to be unproven if there is insufficient information to make an upheld or not upheld conclusion.</p><p> </p><p>Five of the complaints regarded as Special to Type Service Complaints relevant to the RMP, have been investigated by the Professional Standards and Review Team. Complaints which are more appropriately dealt with as a non Special to Type Service Complaints are not investigated by the Professional Standards and Review Team.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 169144 question first answered 11/09/2018 13:53:17 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

964690

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	Royal Military Police: Complaints
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 13 July 2018 to Question 163774 on Royal Military Police: Complaints, how many and what proportion of the 89 complaints made to the RMP Professional Standards and Review Team since January 2016 were service complaints.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	169144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>When gathering information to respond to these questions, an error has been identified in the Written Answer I gave to you on 18 July 2018 (Official Report, column 163744). The answer given stated that there had been 89 complaints made to the Royal Military Police (RMP) Professional Standards and Review Team since 1 January 2016; this total included complaints made since 1 January 2015, 67 complaints were made between 1 January 2016 and July 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the status/outcome of the 67 complaints:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Complaint Status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Upheld in full</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not upheld</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Complaints with a combination of upheld, not upheld and unproven*</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No investigation (withdrawn, out of scope, or more appropriately dealt with as Service Complaints)</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ongoing</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*A complaint can be determined to be unproven if there is insufficient information to make an upheld or not upheld conclusion.</p><p> </p><p>Five of the complaints regarded as Special to Type Service Complaints relevant to the RMP, have been investigated by the Professional Standards and Review Team. Complaints which are more appropriately dealt with as a non Special to Type Service Complaints are not investigated by the Professional Standards and Review Team.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 169143 question first answered 11/09/2018 13:53:17 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

964691

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	Royal Military Police: Complaints
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 13 July 2018 to Question 163774 on Royal Military Police: Complaints, which organisation is responsible for the (a) investigation and (b) inspection of the Royal Military Police.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	169145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Royal Military Police (RMP) Professional Standards and Review Team is staffed by RMP personnel and is primarily responsible for Ministry of Defence investigations of the RMP. Where any perceived conflict of interest exists, another Service Police force can conduct the investigation. Additionally, an existing Memorandum Of Understanding with Hampshire Police allows for the RMP to request independent oversight and review on a case by case basis.</p><p>The Armed Forces Act 2011 places a statutory duty on Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) to inspect and report to the Secretary of State on the independence and effectiveness of investigations carried out by each Service Police force. To date, they have undertaken two inspections of the RMP; the first in 2014 inspected leadership in the RMP in relation to its investigations (published on 15 July 2015) and the second in 2017 inspected the RMPs investigations into overseas deaths (published on 29 March 2018). Both reports were positive, and are published on the HMICFRS website at the following links:</p><p>https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmicfrs/news/news-feed/inspection-of-the-royal-military-police/</p><p>https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmicfrs/publications/inspection-royal-military-police-investigations-into-overseas-deaths/</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/09/2018 13:51:56 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

943892

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many allegations of (a) sexual assault and (b) rape were referred to the Royal Military Police by the (i) Army, (ii) Navy and (iii) RAF in each of the preceding three years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	165502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Rape and sexual assault are abhorrent crimes. We do not tolerate offences of this kind and every reported incident is thoroughly investigated.</p><p>Detailed statistics on sexual offences in the Service Justice System are published annually and can be found at the following address:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sexual-offences-in-the-service-justice-system</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 165503 165504 question first answered 23/07/2018 16:48:11 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

943893

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many allegations of (a) sexual assault and (b) rape referred to the Service Prosecution Authority related to service personnel in the (i) Army, (ii) Navy and (iii) RAF in each of the preceding three years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	165503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Rape and sexual assault are abhorrent crimes. We do not tolerate offences of this kind and every reported incident is thoroughly investigated.</p><p>Detailed statistics on sexual offences in the Service Justice System are published annually and can be found at the following address:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sexual-offences-in-the-service-justice-system</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 165502 165504 question first answered 23/07/2018 16:48:12 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

943894

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many convictions there were for (a) sexual assault and (b) rape by service personnel in the (i) Army, (ii) Navy and (iii) RAF in each of the preceding three years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	165504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Rape and sexual assault are abhorrent crimes. We do not tolerate offences of this kind and every reported incident is thoroughly investigated.</p><p>Detailed statistics on sexual offences in the Service Justice System are published annually and can be found at the following address:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sexual-offences-in-the-service-justice-system</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 165502 165503 question first answered 23/07/2018 16:48:12 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

942601

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, what the methodology is for allocating Army Reserve applicants to Reserve units.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	164311
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 164312 164313 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