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1682656

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date	16/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Crew
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many fully trained fast jet pilots the RAF had in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member printed	Lord De Mauley
uin	HL1626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>I am withholding the information requested as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p><p> </p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 29/01/2024 15:18:01 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley

1682657

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Crew
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many fast jet pilots chose to apply for premature voluntary release in each of the past 10 years.
tabling member printed	Lord De Mauley
uin	HL1627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>The below table shows the number of Voluntary Outflow applications submitted by fast-jet Pilots in the Regular Royal Navy and Regular Royal Air Force in the last ten financial years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year (FY)</p></td><td><p>Royal Navy</p></td><td><p>Royal Air Force</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2013-14</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2014-15</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2015-16</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2016-17</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2017-18</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2018-19</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2019-20</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2020-21</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2021-22</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2022-23</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><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> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><ol><li>For the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy, Voluntary Outflow (VO) is defined as all exits from Trained personnel which are voluntarily generated by the individual before the end of their agreed engagement or commission period.</li><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, though numbers ending in a “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent the systematic bias caused by always rounding numbers upwards, 5 or fewer is represented by '~', 0 is represented by '-'.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 29/01/2024 15:22:44 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley

1682658

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recruitment and retention figures for the armed forces in year 2022–23; and what steps they are taking to reverse any negative trends.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL1628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>In 2022-23, Armed Forces recruitment was lower than we would have hoped given a difficult recruiting environment, and outflow was higher than planned. Nevertheless, the Armed Forces continue to meet all their operational commitments.</p><p> </p><p>To address recruitment, a range of tangible short-term deliverables are being actioned to increasing the inflow into Armed Forces recruitment pipelines, all intended to increase the breadth of potential candidates and to drive efficiencies into recruitment systems. These ongoing and new initiatives are focused upon engaging the broad range of skills, experience and diversity needed to deliver that which our nation demands of our Armed Forces; and in the range of roles that are critical to enable this.</p><p> </p><p>On retention, in June 2023 we committed to implementing the recommendations of the Haythornthwaite Review, a generational independent review of how we retain our current people and attract new ones. Its recommendations relate to policies and processes across a complex system of incentivisation and support. A formal Government Response, which will provide more detail on our approach to tackling each recommendation, will be published in early 2024. This will confirm which recommendations have been - or are in the process of being – delivered.</p><p> </p><p>Other initiatives aimed at improving the recruitment and retention of our people include; Flexible Service, which introduces the potential for people to alter their career commitment for set periods of time, allowing more people to remain in the Armed Forces who may otherwise have decided to leave in order to meet competing demands and responsibilities; Wraparound Childcare, which Defence established in recognition of the importance of a robust childcare support system to enable the mobility, recruitment and retention of a Armed Forces personnel; acceptance of the Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body’s and Senior Salaries Review Body’s recommendations in full, ensuring that the overall remuneration package for Service personnel (which includes a good pension, subsidised accommodation, and a range of allowances on top of basic salary) remains competitive.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 29/01/2024 15:24:12 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1681140

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Bullying and Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 3.21 on page 8 of his Department's guidance entitled JSP 763 Behaviours and Informal Complaint Resolution Part 2: Guidance - Informal Complaints Resolution Process, if he will publish the civilian mediation policy and procedures document.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	8914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) externally publishes some Service and whole force (covering both Service personnel and civilian employees) policy and procedure documents, but does not routinely publish those that are civilian-only.</p><p> </p><p>Attached is a copy of the Civilian Mediation policy and the bullying, harassment and discrimination complaints policy. MOD officials have also reviewed our response to a previous Question (UIN 7288) that you tabled on 18 December 2023, and we have subsequently attached a copy of the Civilian Formal Bullying, Harassment and Discrimination Complaint process too.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name Civilian Formal BHDV Complaints policy - Redacted.pdf title Civilian Formal BHDV Complaints Policy 2 file name MOD Mediation Policy - Redacted.pdf title MOD Mediation Policy grouped question UIN 8923 question first answered 06/02/2024 15:14:22 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1681149

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Bullying and Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph c on page 16 of his Department's guidance entitled JSP 763 Behaviours and Informal Complaint Resolution Part 2: Guidance - Informal Complaints Resolution Process, if he will publish the formal civilian bullying, harassment and discrimination complaints policy and procedures.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	8923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) externally publishes some Service and whole force (covering both Service personnel and civilian employees) policy and procedure documents, but does not routinely publish those that are civilian-only.</p><p> </p><p>Attached is a copy of the Civilian Mediation policy and the bullying, harassment and discrimination complaints policy. MOD officials have also reviewed our response to a previous Question (UIN 7288) that you tabled on 18 December 2023, and we have subsequently attached a copy of the Civilian Formal Bullying, Harassment and Discrimination Complaint process too.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name Civilian Formal BHDV Complaints policy - Redacted.pdf title Civilian Formal BHDV Complaints Policy 2 file name MOD Mediation Policy - Redacted.pdf title MOD Mediation Policy grouped question UIN 8914 question first answered 06/02/2024 15:14:22 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1681287

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with which three external recruitment agencies his Department spent the highest amount in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	9076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department's Annual Reports and Accounts gives overall spend on consultancy as £149.105 million for 2022-23. There is no further breakdown to show spend on external recruitment consultancy and none could be obtained without entailing excess cost although, in general, Defence does not make use of external recruitment agencies to fill full time roles. However, the Army has a contract with Capita to deliver recruitment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 01/02/2024 13:26:23 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1672625

registered interest
date	23/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Risk Management
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 strengthen the linkage between (a) Board risks, (b) disaggregated risks and (c) risks owned and managed in individual entities of his Department.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	3426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) follows the Code of Good Practice for corporate governance in central government departments and undertakes regular reviews of its governance structure to ensure it remains fit for purpose for managing delivery and performance.</p><p> </p><p>The Lead Non-Executive Director assesses Board performance each year and the department has challenge functions for its senior committees to help bring diversity of thought to decision making. The department also undertakes regular reviews of its Operating Model. The Defence Operating Model outlines the roles, responsibilities, authorities and accountabilities across Defence and the key delivery, decision-making, management and assurance processes.</p><p> </p><p>The Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 pages 72 to 76 details how risks are managed within the department. The Defence Command Paper Refresh (DCPR) published on 18 July 2023 sets out Defence’s priority to embed a sophisticated approach to managing risk through a significant improvement programme. This will align the Department’s risks with the commitments outlined in the DCPR, Defence Strategy and wider cross-government priorities, providing a clear line of sight from Board level risks through to all disaggregated levels of departmental risks. The Defence Board and the Defence Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee (DARAC) have approved the improvement programme and have oversight of delivery. These changes will be delivered across whole Defence enterprise, including functions and front-line commands. MOD continues to mature the operation of its functions, in support of the wider development of the Government’s Functional model.</p><p> </p><p>Improvement activities as set out in the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 on page 76 include maturing the annual assurance reporting process, refreshing the risk management framework for the Department, strengthening the three Lines of Defence model to clarify the accountabilities and governance requirements for each line, and developing a risk-based assurance map. These improvements will integrate assurance across the three Lines of Defence, ensuring assurance activities remain proportionate to the level of risk in the department and its risk appetite.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 3121 3122 3123 3125 question first answered 26/01/2024 14:35:32 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1672206

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 65 of the Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023, published on 20 July 2023, how much funding has been allocated to the programme to tackle health and safety risks on his Department's estate.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	3112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>Defence plans to invest circa £5.3 billion over the next 10 years in SLA (pending ABC24 outcomes). This includes a programme of Safe &amp; Legal works as part of the Infrastructure Delivery Plan and compliance actions are prioritised over other activities such as reactive maintenance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 26/01/2024 14:37:34 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1672216

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 75 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, what steps he is taking to increase the maturity of second line of defence activities in front line commands.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	3122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) follows the Code of Good Practice for corporate governance in central government departments and undertakes regular reviews of its governance structure to ensure it remains fit for purpose for managing delivery and performance.</p><p> </p><p>The Lead Non-Executive Director assesses Board performance each year and the department has challenge functions for its senior committees to help bring diversity of thought to decision making. The department also undertakes regular reviews of its Operating Model. The Defence Operating Model outlines the roles, responsibilities, authorities and accountabilities across Defence and the key delivery, decision-making, management and assurance processes.</p><p> </p><p>The Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 pages 72 to 76 details how risks are managed within the department. The Defence Command Paper Refresh (DCPR) published on 18 July 2023 sets out Defence’s priority to embed a sophisticated approach to managing risk through a significant improvement programme. This will align the Department’s risks with the commitments outlined in the DCPR, Defence Strategy and wider cross-government priorities, providing a clear line of sight from Board level risks through to all disaggregated levels of departmental risks. The Defence Board and the Defence Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee (DARAC) have approved the improvement programme and have oversight of delivery. These changes will be delivered across whole Defence enterprise, including functions and front-line commands. MOD continues to mature the operation of its functions, in support of the wider development of the Government’s Functional model.</p><p> </p><p>Improvement activities as set out in the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 on page 76 include maturing the annual assurance reporting process, refreshing the risk management framework for the Department, strengthening the three Lines of Defence model to clarify the accountabilities and governance requirements for each line, and developing a risk-based assurance map. These improvements will integrate assurance across the three Lines of Defence, ensuring assurance activities remain proportionate to the level of risk in the department and its risk appetite.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 3121 3123 3125 3426 question first answered 26/01/2024 14:35:32 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1672217

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 76 of the Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023, published on 20 July 2023, what steps he is taking to improve functional oversight of assurance.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	3123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) follows the Code of Good Practice for corporate governance in central government departments and undertakes regular reviews of its governance structure to ensure it remains fit for purpose for managing delivery and performance.</p><p> </p><p>The Lead Non-Executive Director assesses Board performance each year and the department has challenge functions for its senior committees to help bring diversity of thought to decision making. The department also undertakes regular reviews of its Operating Model. The Defence Operating Model outlines the roles, responsibilities, authorities and accountabilities across Defence and the key delivery, decision-making, management and assurance processes.</p><p> </p><p>The Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 pages 72 to 76 details how risks are managed within the department. The Defence Command Paper Refresh (DCPR) published on 18 July 2023 sets out Defence’s priority to embed a sophisticated approach to managing risk through a significant improvement programme. This will align the Department’s risks with the commitments outlined in the DCPR, Defence Strategy and wider cross-government priorities, providing a clear line of sight from Board level risks through to all disaggregated levels of departmental risks. The Defence Board and the Defence Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee (DARAC) have approved the improvement programme and have oversight of delivery. These changes will be delivered across whole Defence enterprise, including functions and front-line commands. MOD continues to mature the operation of its functions, in support of the wider development of the Government’s Functional model.</p><p> </p><p>Improvement activities as set out in the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 on page 76 include maturing the annual assurance reporting process, refreshing the risk management framework for the Department, strengthening the three Lines of Defence model to clarify the accountabilities and governance requirements for each line, and developing a risk-based assurance map. These improvements will integrate assurance across the three Lines of Defence, ensuring assurance activities remain proportionate to the level of risk in the department and its risk appetite.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 3121 3122 3125 3426 question first answered 26/01/2024 14:35:32 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle