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62474

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what procedures are in place to ensure that members of the armed forces posted overseas receive, and are able to post, postal ballot papers; and whether any members of the armed forces have complained as a result of not being able to do so in each of the last ten years.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Well established processes are in place to ensure that members of the Armed Forces posted overseas are able to vote in all those elections for which they are eligible. <br><br>The MOD runs an annual information campaign on Electoral Registration which sets out the options for Armed Forces personnel and their families to register to vote. Where Armed Forces personnel are to be posted overseas they are encouraged to appoint a proxy as this removes any doubt about whether a postal vote can be received and returned in time before polls close. Some personnel prefer to cast their own vote and the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 has extended the electoral timetable so that Returning Officers are able to send postal ballot papers out earlier than previously allowed. This will give Armed Forces Personnel more time to receive and return their ballots if they have chosen this option. <br><br>The MOD continues to work with the Electoral Commission and the British Forces Post Office, as it has done for previous elections, to ensure that postal ballot papers are identified and quickly processed through the mail system where operationally possible. <br><br>Information about complaints related to an inability to vote whilst overseas for the last ten years is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 26/06/2014 14:07:52 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

62476

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Deployment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many members of the armed forces are currently posted overseas.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>At 1 April 2014 there were approximately 18,070 Regular Armed Forces Personnel stationed overseas. This figure excludes Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service personnel and mobilised reservists.<br><br><br>Details of the locations by country and breakdown by Service are reported as part of our Quarterly Location Statistics and the latest report is available at:<br><br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/312590/qls_april_14.pdf<br><br><br>The next quarterly report is due to be published on 21 August 2014.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 26/06/2014 14:13:37 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

62536

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ulster Defence Regiment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to review pensions currently paid to former members of the Ulster Defence Regiment.
tabling member printed	Lord Eames
uin	HL465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>There are no plans to review pensions currently paid to former members of the Ulster Defence Regiment.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 26/06/2014 14:08:13 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

62591

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) each English region have joined the (i) Army Reserves, (ii) Royal Naval Reserves and (iii) Royal Air Force Reserves in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	201291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested. Statistical data on recruitment to the Reserve Forces can be found in the Defence Statistics Quarterly Personnel Report at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-armed-forces-quarterly-personnel-report-2014</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 02/07/2014 15:32:24 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

62592

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Length of Service
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 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 363W, on army: length of service, if he will provide the full calculations used to produce that Answer.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	201309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The table included in my answer of 16 June 2014 included a column headed ‘Average Strength'. This was incorrectly labelled and should have been headed ‘Underlying Outflow'.</p><p> </p><p>The tables from my answers of 3 April 2014 (Official Report, column 809W) and 16 June 2014, (Official Report, column 363W) are re-produced below with the correct headings and to provide clarity.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Regiment/Corps</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Average Career Length</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Enlisted under 18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Enlisted 18 or over</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Underlying Outflow</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Household Cavalry &amp; Royal Armoured Corps</p></td><td><p>11 years,4 months</p></td><td><p>9 years,4 months</p></td><td><p>1,860</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Artillery</p></td><td><p>13 years,0 months</p></td><td><p>9 years,6 months</p></td><td><p>2,210</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Engineers</p></td><td><p>12 years,11 months</p></td><td><p>8 years,6 months</p></td><td><p>2,830</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Signals</p></td><td><p>14 years,5 months</p></td><td><p>10 years,1 months</p></td><td><p>1,830</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Infantry</p></td><td><p>11 years,0 months</p></td><td><p>7 years,9 months</p></td><td><p>8,700</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Army Air Corps</p></td><td><p>14 years,1 months</p></td><td><p>11 years,3 months</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Logistic Corps</p></td><td><p>13 years,5 months</p></td><td><p>10 years,2 months</p></td><td><p>4,560</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Medical Corps</p></td><td><p>12 years,1 months</p></td><td><p>9 years,10 months</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers</p></td><td><p>14 years,4 months</p></td><td><p>13 years,3 months</p></td><td><p>2,670</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General's Corps (Provost)</p></td><td><p>19 years,7 months</p></td><td><p>13 years,6 months</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support)</p></td><td><p>18 years,10 months</p></td><td><p>14 years,4 months</p></td><td><p>870</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Veterinary Corps</p></td><td><p>12 years,10 months</p></td><td><p>9 years,6 months</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Small Arms School Corps</p></td><td><p>23 years,0 months</p></td><td><p>21 years,5 months</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Dental Corps</p></td><td><p>13 years,7 months</p></td><td><p>11 years,10 months</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Intelligence Corps</p></td><td><p>22 years,10 months</p></td><td><p>14 years,4 months</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Physical Training Corps</p></td><td><p>22 years,0 months</p></td><td><p>19 years,11 months</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps</p></td><td><p>14 years,5 months</p></td><td><p>11 years,4 months</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Corps of Army Music</p></td><td><p>22 years,2 months</p></td><td><p>13 years,3 months</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Soldier Continuity Posts (Long Service)</p></td><td><p>34 years,11 months</p></td><td><p>30 years,4 months</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>Source: Defence Statistics (Army)</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>An individual's Length of Service and enlistment age have been calculated using the current entry date recorded on the Joint Personnel Administration system. There can be small anomalies in the data where personnel have transferred to the Army from another service, served under an alternative assignment type (e.g. reserve forces), are re-entrants or have transferred from officers to other ranks.</p><p> </p><p>The average career length is a simple calculation based on dividing the total length of service of all those personnel who have left the Army by Corps between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2013 by the total number of personnel leaving each Corps during the same period.</p><p> </p><p>Notes/Caveats:</p><p>Underlying outflow figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/06/2014 16:06:17 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

62593

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Reserve
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 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 364W, on Reserve Forces, what the current national recruitment rate to the Army Reserve is.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	201369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. member to the UK Armed Forces Quarterly Personnel Report which is published by Defence Statistics. This shows Reserve trained and untrained strength figures, as well as movements into the Future Reserves 2020 populations. It is available on the www.gov.uk website at the following link:<br><br>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-armed-forces-quarterly-personnel-report-2014</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/06/2014 15:37:30 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

62594

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of the visit of four RAF Typhoons to Edwards Airforce Base for interoperability trials with the Joint Strike Fighter; and what goals were (a) planned and (b) set in such training.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	201349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No Typhoon aircraft have been deployed to Edwards Air Force Base.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 24/06/2014 14:30:55 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

62595

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the technical fault was with Typhoon aircraft T3 ZJ815 which forced it to land in Lajes Field; whether this fault has been rectified; and whether this aircraft has since returned to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	201350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Typhoon ZJ815 was on a pre-planned stop at Lajes Field on its return journey to the UK from exercise in the USA. A fault with the Inertial Measuring Unit on Typhoon ZJ815 was identified during routine pre departure checks at Lajes Field. The fault was repaired in situ and the aircraft returned to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 25/06/2014 14:28:46 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

62596

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the results were of the recent interoperability training between RAF 41 (reserve) Test and Evaluation Squadron training with Swedish Air Force and their JAS39C Gripen aircraft.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	201351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The visiting Swedish aircraft were from the Swedish Air Combat Training School. This visit enabled both parties to conduct tactical development of our respective operational test and evaluation processes. It also provided a valuable opportunity to exchange experiences in this area.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 25/06/2014 14:29:20 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

62597

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	South Asia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department allocated to the Conflict Pool for South Asia in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
uin	201193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Conflict Pool is funded from a Treasury settlement which is separate from and additional to departmental budgets and is administered jointly by the Ministry of Defence, the Department for International Development and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for conflict prevention and mitigation work. Details of Conflict Pool allocations are provided to Parliament annually in a Written Ministerial Statement. Statements for financial years (FY) 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 are attached. <br><br>A Statement giving details of Conflict Pool allocations for FY 2014-15 will be released to the House shortly.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 25/06/2014 14:31:03 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois attachment 1 file name Statements for financial years 201193.doc title Hansard Extracts
tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth