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1543571

registered interest
date	18/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an estimate of the amount of money that his Department will pay to companies based outside the UK as part of the Fleet Solid Support ships contract.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	90732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has no plans to make payments to companies based outside the UK under the Fleet Solid Support ship manufacture contract. All the constituent companies of Team Resolute are UK-registered.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 23/11/2022 11:15:46 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1543573

registered interest
date	18/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has appointed a lead contractor for the Fleet Solid Support Ships programme.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	90734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given in response to Question 88807 on 21 November 2022.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 23/11/2022 11:13:27 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk attachment 1 file name UIN 88807.docx title Fleet Solid Support Ships: Contracts
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1543203

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy applications are outstanding as of 16 November.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	89835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 21 November to Question 77550 to the hon. Member for Slough (Mr Singh Dhesi).</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 22/11/2022 17:30:50 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey attachment 1 file name 77550 - Afghanistan Refugees.docx title Afghanistan: Refugees
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1543204

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by which date a (a) category four and (b) other applicant to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy would need to have applied if they were to have received a decision before 1 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	89836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>Due to the way Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) applications are processed, it is not possible to provide a response to the hon. Member's question asked as decision making timeframes can vary considerably. This is due to numerous factors, including the initial amount of evidence received, level of complexity of the case, the need to conduct checks with other Government Departments, or the length of time it takes an applicant to respond to follow-up queries. This particularly applies to those under Category Four, which are considered on a case-by-case basis and need to meet the criteria as stated on Gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy/afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy-information-and-guidance</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 22/11/2022 17:26:57 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1543205

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy applications are considered in date order; and whether applications that are lost by his Department and subsequently resubmitted would be considered according to the date on which they were initially submitted.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	89837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>Rather than being processed in the order in which they were received, new Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) applications are triaged to separate out those that are clearly ineligible and those more likely to be eligible. These are then allocated to separate casework teams to process.</p><p> </p><p>The system used by casework teams ensures that applications are not lost, by collating applications made on the UK government website and providing all ARAP applications are provided with a unique reference number at the point of submission, which is recorded. Significant progress has been made to accelerate the decision-making process in recent months, including uplifts in resourcing and investment in the aforementioned system.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 22/11/2022 17:24:42 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1543217

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
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 provide equivalent pensions and other benefits to Ghurkas and members of the Nepalese community living in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	89700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>Medical discharges in the UK Armed Forces involve a series of practices and protocols, which differ in each Service to meet their specific employment requirements. Due to these differences, data is presented separately for each Service.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the numbers and percentage of UK Regular Armed Forces personnel who were medically discharged with a principal cause of mental and behavioural disorders between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2022, by Service and financial year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Royal Navy</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>RAF</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>385</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>418</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>359</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td><td><p>311</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td><td><p>306</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures include trained and untrained UK Regular personnel. Army Regular personnel include Gurkha and Military Provost Guard Service. The Royal Navy includes both Royal Navy and Royal Marines.</p><p> </p><p>Percentages presented are the percentage of all cause coded medical discharges.</p><p> </p><p>Medical discharges due to mental and behavioural disorders were identified as personnel discharged with a principal or contributory cause of discharge coded as F00 - F99 according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems Tenth Revision (ICD-10).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures for cause information between 2019-20 and 2021-22 are provisional and subject to change.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 22/11/2022 14:43:38 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1543229

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the 106 partly and wholly accepted recommendations from the June 2020 Living in Our Shoes report have been implemented.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	89767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government responded to the 110 recommendations of the comprehensive <em>Living in Our Shoes</em> report in March 2021. This response, which set the baseline for the new Armed Forces Families Strategy, included input from the Devolved Administrations.</p><p> </p><p>Since the publication of the Strategy in January of this year, a great deal of work has taken place to formulate the priorities under the Action Plan, to understand what changes can be delivered in the short, medium and longer term. As the <em>Living in Our Shoes</em> report acknowledged, many of the recommendations are ambitious and will be delivered towards the middle or latter part of the 10-year programme. However, there is much we can do now and indeed many of the recommendations from <em>Living in Our Shoes</em> have in effect already been delivered. There will be an update on progress with the implementation of the Strategy in the Armed Forces Covenant Annual Report, which is due to be published by the end of the calendar year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 22/11/2022 14:47:09 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1543237

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an estimate of the number of jobs that will be supported by the Fleet Solid Support Ship Contract for over one year.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	89756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>The Fleet Solid Support ship contract will create a significant number of new jobs, including around 1,200 high quality manufacturing jobs, and hundreds of graduate placements and apprenticeships. The precise distribution of these jobs between UK sites through the duration of the contract is a matter for Harland &amp; Wolff and BMT.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 89739 89741 question first answered 23/11/2022 11:46:25 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1543239

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the social value criteria of the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	89757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>The procurement of the Fleet Solid Support ships exceeded the Cabinet Office policy to provide 10 per cent Social Value in the tender evaluation criteria. The recapitalisation and Social Value programme will be a contractual requirement alongside the ships and will be subject to milestone payment evidence and other mechanisms to ensure financial incentives and compliant delivery.</p><p>Progress will be monitored through regular reporting and joint-governance forums, with additional on-site monitoring of activities by the MOD.</p><p>There are no plans to publish the social value criteria for the Fleet Solid Support ship contract as to do so may be prejudicial to the MOD's commercial interests in relation to the running of future defence procurement programmes.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 88821 question first answered 22/11/2022 12:13:20 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1543244

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships: Iron and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract, whether the contract with Team Resolute requires that company to use UK steel in the fulfilment of that contract.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	89759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>Responsibility for sourcing steel for the ships will rest with the prime contractor, who will make their steel requirements known to the UK steel industry and procure the steel in accordance with Cabinet Office guidelines.</p><p>Team Resolute has indicated that it intends to use UK-sourced steel wherever it is practicable to do so, and in any event for the majority of the build.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 88822 88826 88828 question first answered 22/11/2022 11:46:14 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones