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923328

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions his Department has had with the RAF Benevolent Fund; and what subjects were discussed at those meetings.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	153392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The RAF has extensive meetings with the RAF Benevolent Fund at all different levels across Defence from local/regional level through to Defence Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 18/06/2018 15:17:22 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

923353

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Tankers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to sell any RFA Wave-class tankers to Brazil; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	153440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to sell the Wave Class ships to Brazil. No further Wave Class ships will enter service as the Royal Fleet Auxiliary is receiving four Tide Class tankers: Tidespring, Tiderace, Tidesurge and Tideforce. These ships will support the Royal Navy over the next 10 years.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb grouped question UIN 153441 153443 question first answered 18/06/2018 16:01:03 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

923355

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Tankers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Wave-class RFA tankers are planned to enter service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	153441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to sell the Wave Class ships to Brazil. No further Wave Class ships will enter service as the Royal Fleet Auxiliary is receiving four Tide Class tankers: Tidespring, Tiderace, Tidesurge and Tideforce. These ships will support the Royal Navy over the next 10 years.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb grouped question UIN 153440 153443 question first answered 18/06/2018 16:01:03 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

923522

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
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 11 June 2018 to Question 150610, on Members: Correspondence, when his Department plans to respond to the letter dated 15 May 2018 from the hon. Member for Bridgend on access to Service Inquiries; and what the reasons are for the time taken for the response to be sent.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	153222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>I responded to the hon. Member on 13 June 2018.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 18/06/2018 15:14:28 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

922319

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department offers to help cover additional childcare costs incurred due to a parent being in the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	152768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>Within the United Kingdom childcare is a devolved responsibility, and the statutory entitlement to free childcare for UK residents (including Service personnel and their dependants) may vary depending on where they are stationed within the UK.</p><p> </p><p>All Service personnel and their dependants are currently able to access the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Childcare Voucher Scheme which enables its recipients to make a dual couple saving of up to £1,866 per year. When this scheme closes to new members in October 2018, those Service personnel wishing to benefit from Income Tax and NI savings (who were not claiming before October 2018) will be eligible to join the new Government Tax Free Childcare Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the universal entitlement to 15 hours of free early education and childcare for children from the term after their third birthday, some English local authorities offer free hours of Ofsted registered childcare targeted to Service personnel with children aged two.</p><p> </p><p>A significant number of nurseries are accommodated on the Defence estate at military bases aimed principally at ensuring nursery provision for Service personnel based at the location concerned. Such nurseries are not operated by Defence but are provided so that personnel have provision close to their place of work and close to their homes when accommodated in Service Families Accommodation. The provision may offer an array of benefits to Service personnel ranging from priority placement to preferential rates.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In those overseas locations where Service personnel, entitled civilians and their dependants have no statutory entitlement to access host nation provision, the MOD has committed to mirror as far as is reasonably practicable the statutory provision that would have been available in England. Where MOD-provided overseas childcare facilities have sufficient capacity, the 15 hours (universal) and 30 hours entitlement (for eligible working parents) for three and four-year old children will be provided free of charge. In overseas locations where there are no MOD-provided childcare facilities, or such facilities lack sufficient capacity, the additional entitlement will be provided through the MOD Overseas Nursery Allowance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 15/06/2018 13:28:54 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

922451

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	United Nations: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civil servants of his Department and (b) armed forces personnel have been seconded to the UN in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	152696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to specify how many civil servants from the Department have taken up secondments at the UN as this information is not held centrally.</p><p>The number of Armed Forces personnel seconded are as follows: three in 2018; five in 2017; five in 2016; three in 2015 and three in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 15/06/2018 13:17:48 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

921348

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the National Security Adviser on the current and future intensity of the threat environment.
tabling member constituency	Hornchurch and Upminster
tabling member printed	Julia Lopez
uin	905756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>As the House is aware, the Ministry of Defence is currently conducting the Modernising Defence Programme.</p><p>I meet the National Security Adviser on a regular basis to discuss key issues including Russia’s increasingly destabilising behaviour, conflict and tension in Syria and the wider Middle East, the spread of violent extremism and organised crime in ungoverned spaces, and the situation on the Korean peninsula.</p><p>The Modernising Defence Programme will take all of this into account as we determine what capabilities and policies we need to meet the threats we face.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 11/06/2018 15:48:41 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez

921349

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	EU Battlegroups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the Government's decision to withdraw from leading the EU battlegroup in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	905759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>In March this year, given ongoing negotiations about post-Brexit arrangements between the UK and EU, we decided to withdraw our provisional offer to lead an EU Battlegroup in the second half of 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Our decision gave good time for another Member State to take on the role.</p><p> </p><p>The UK/EU Withdrawal Agreement has confirmed that the UK may not lead an EU Battlegroup during the Implementation Period.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/06/2018 15:47:19 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

921350

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	North Korea: South Korea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the military situation on the Korean peninsula.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	905761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Tensions on the Korean peninsula are lower than for some time.</p><p>We look forward to the summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-Un and hope that it results in an agreement that brings about complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.</p><p>I urge Kim Jong-Un to heed the clear message that it is only through a change of course that he can realise the security and prosperity that North Korea claims to seek.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 11/06/2018 15:46:27 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

921351

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the strategic importance of sea power for UK security and prosperity.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	905766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>As is befitting an island nation, the UK has one of the most capable, skilled and experienced navies in the world. It is of vital strategic importance to UK security and prosperity.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/06/2018 15:45:46 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron