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102029

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Artful
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) predicted and (b) actual cost to the public purse was of the construction of HMS Artful; and what the (i) predicted and (ii) actual date of handover of HMS Artful to the Royal Navy was.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	212799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>The first three Astute class submarines were ordered as a single batch. It is therefore not possible to identify separately the construction costs for Artful. The planned date of handover of Artful to the Royal Navy is August 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 07/11/2014 14:13:13 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

102030

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Royal Navy were dismissed for drug-related offences in the last three years; and how many such dismissals were for possession or use of cannabis.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	212800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested in respect of the Naval Service is provided in the table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of personnel dismissed for drug-related offences</p></td><td><p>Number of personnel dismissed for the possession or use of cannabis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 (to 3 November)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The information has been compiled using the date of conviction, not the date of offence. It does not include administrative discharges and therefore compulsory drug test failures are not included.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/11/2014 17:26:37 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

102031

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the British Army were dismissed for drug-related offences in the last three years; and how many such dismissals were for possession or use of cannabis.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	212801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The table sets out the information requested in respect of the British Army.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of British Army personnel dismissed for drug-related offences?</p></td><td><p>Number of British Army personnel dismissed for possession or use of cannabis?</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p><p>(as at 31 Oct)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The information has been compiled using the date of conviction, not the date of offence. It does not include administrative discharges and therefore compulsory drugs test failures are not included.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/11/2014 17:35:26 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

102032

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Royal Air Force were dismissed for drug-related offences in the last three years; and how many such dismissals were for possession or use of cannabis.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	212802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Number of personnel dismissed for drug-related offences</td><td>Number of personnel dismissed for the possession or use of Canabis</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2014 (to 5 November)</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This information has been compiled using the date of conviction, not the date of the offence.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/11/2014 17:26:14 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

101811

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	War Widow(er)s: 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 enable war widows who remarried between 1973 and 2005 to keep their pensions.
tabling member constituency	Gosport
tabling member printed	Caroline Dinenage
uin	212562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>We have decided to change both the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 75 (AFPS75) and the War Pension Scheme (WPS). The changes we have made will ensure that from 1 April 2015, widows, widowers and surviving civil partners of all members of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme will now retain their pensions for life, fulfilling the Government's ongoing commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant.</p><p>From 1 April 2015 the spouse or civil partner of all members of AFPS75 and any WPS widows will retain their pension for life if they have not already surrendered it due to remarriage or cohabitation.</p><p>For those who have already surrendered their pension due to remarriage or cohabitation, should that relationship end they can apply to have their pension restored for life.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 210696 question first answered 18/11/2014 17:35:22 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage

101812

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Lighting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout his Department's buildings and sites; if he will estimate the proportion of lighting in his Department which is LED; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
uin	212621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is firmly committed to reducing its energy consumption across the Estate. Data about the proportion of lighting on the MOD estate which is LED is not held centrally. However, under the Energy Spend-to-Save programme, which was developed following the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review, £32.5 million was spent on lighting projects at approximately 160 sites. The majority of these projects were the replacement of existing lighting with LEDs. Altogther the projects are expected to generate an enduring saving of around £15 million each year.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 06/11/2014 17:44:39 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

101813

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Decorations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review his Department's policy on the Accumulated Campaign Service Medal.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	212655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has no plans to review the qualifying criteria for the Accumulated Service Medal (ACSM).</p><p>The ACSM was instituted in January 1994 (for all three Services) with a qualifying period of 36 months to recognise aggregated operational Service in Northern Ireland since 14 August 1969. The qualifying criteria were last amended in 2010 when it was agreed that the method of recognising repeat tours through the accumulation of operational service remained valid, but that the qualifying period should be reduced to 24 months from 1 January 2008. From that date, operational service has been rewarded, when eligible, by the award of the ACSM (2011), rather than ACSM (1994).</p><p>Issues surrounding the ACSM were looked at during Sir John Holmes's review of Military Medals, as part of work to consider claims for further medallic recognition. The conclusion of that review was announced in the House of Lords on 29 July 2014 (Official Report, column WS147).</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 212656 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:32:29 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

101814

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military personnel and (b) UK personnel there will be in the NATO training, advice and assistance mission in Afghanistan in 2015.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	212584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The recent signature of the US/Afghan Bilateral Security Agreement and NATO Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) by the Afghan Government opened a new chapter for cooperation between Afghanistan and the international community. The SOFA provides the legal basis for the NATO follow-on mission to train, advise and assist the Afghan security forces from 2015.</p><p> </p><p>We would expect to contribute a few hundred military personnel.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois grouped question UIN 212690 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:41:27 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

101815

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Joint Exercises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) assets and (b) personnel are taking part in NATO Exercise Iron Sword.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	212731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>Exercise Iron Sword is a multinational exercise taking place in Lithuania from 2 to 14 November. A total of 89 UK personnel, the majority of whom are from the 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment, and 23 vehicles are taking part in the exercise.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 06/11/2014 17:33:42 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

101816

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Sentinel Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what upgrades the Sentinel R1 aircraft is receiving; and what the (a) purpose, (b) cost to the public purse and (c) completion date of those upgrades is.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	212732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave on 1 September 2014, (Official Report, column 103W), to him and to the hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Kevan Jones). I am withholding technical details of the upgrades as their disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 212734 question first answered 06/11/2014 17:54:36 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson