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1019771

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date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	University Royal Naval Units: Aberdeen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason records of the membership of the University Royal Naval Unit in Aberdeen between 2008 and 2012 were not retained.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	198913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>University Royal Naval Units hold personnel files in the unit for two years after an Officer Cadet departs. Files are subsequently archived from the two to seven year period, after which they are destroyed.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence has established that the University of Aberdeen publishes minutes of the Military Education Committee; while this is non-Departmental information, the minutes do contain the following membership statistics for the Aberdeen URNU:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Membership</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2008</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2009</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2010</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2011</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2012</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The full minutes are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.abdn.ac.uk/staffnet/governance/military-education-committee-648.php" target="_blank">https://www.abdn.ac.uk/staffnet/governance/military-education-committee-648.php</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/12/2018 16:19:35 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1019842

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Burma: Military Aid
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 (a) full military titles and (b) names of the Burmese military personnel that visited the UK to undertake UK Government funded defence educational training courses in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	198824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The personal details of individuals who have attended UK defence training courses in the past constitutes personal data that cannot be released.</p><p>In September 2017 the UK announced the suspension of its programme of practical defence cooperation with Burma, including the suspension of all defence educational training courses, until there is an acceptable resolution to the situation in Rakhine. The UK's previous programme of defence cooperation and training focused on governance, accountability, ethics, human rights and international law training. It did not include any form of combat training for the Burmese military.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 198825 198826 question first answered 10/12/2018 16:26:09 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1019843

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Burma: Military Aid
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 (a) full military titles and (b) names of the Burmese military personnel that visited the UK to undertake UK Government funded defence educational training courses in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	198825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The personal details of individuals who have attended UK defence training courses in the past constitutes personal data that cannot be released.</p><p>In September 2017 the UK announced the suspension of its programme of practical defence cooperation with Burma, including the suspension of all defence educational training courses, until there is an acceptable resolution to the situation in Rakhine. The UK's previous programme of defence cooperation and training focused on governance, accountability, ethics, human rights and international law training. It did not include any form of combat training for the Burmese military.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 198824 198826 question first answered 10/12/2018 16:26:09 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1019845

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Burma: Military Aid
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 (a) full military titles and (b) names of the Burmese military personnel that visited the UK to undertake the course entitled Managing Defence in a Wider Security Context in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	198826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The personal details of individuals who have attended UK defence training courses in the past constitutes personal data that cannot be released.</p><p>In September 2017 the UK announced the suspension of its programme of practical defence cooperation with Burma, including the suspension of all defence educational training courses, until there is an acceptable resolution to the situation in Rakhine. The UK's previous programme of defence cooperation and training focused on governance, accountability, ethics, human rights and international law training. It did not include any form of combat training for the Burmese military.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 198824 198825 question first answered 10/12/2018 16:26:09 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1019846

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vacant civilian staff full-time equivalent posts Defence Equipment and Support has had in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	198736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Defence Equipment and Support now operates a balanced matrix approach to the deployment of personnel, which means that people will frequently move to different assignments based on prioritisation of customer needs. Consolidated information on the number of vacancies in the organisation is therefore not held.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 10/12/2018 17:10:17 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1019847

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vacant civilian staff full-time equivalent posts Defence Equipment and Support has backfilled with contractors or contingent labour in each of the last three years; and what the cost to the public purse was of those arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	198737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>Contingent labour is only used for instances where Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S) does not have the specialist skills it needs in-house, or for urgent requirements where normal recruitment activities would not fill the post in time with a civilian or military employee.</p><p> </p><p>The cost and average number of contingent labour personnel used by DE&amp;S in each of the last three financial years is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost (£ million)</p></td><td><p>27.8</p></td><td><p>42.6</p></td><td><p>27.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average number (Full time equivalent)</p></td><td><p>254</p></td><td><p>358</p></td><td><p>292</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/12/2018 15:08:12 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1019849

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of Defence Equipment and Support apprentices left that organisation before completing their apprenticeships in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	198738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of Defence Equipment and Support apprentices who left the organisation before completing their apprenticeships since 2015 is in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Engineering</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Intake</strong></p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Completed</strong></p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p>84.4%</p></td><td><p>83.4%</p></td><td><p>92.1%</p></td><td><p>97.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Left organisation before completion</strong></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p>15.6%</p></td><td><p>16.6%</p></td><td><p>8.9%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Project professionals</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Intake</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Completed</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>81.9%</p></td><td><p>84.6%</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Left organisation before completion</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>18.1%</p></td><td><p>15.4%</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Finance</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Intake</strong></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Completed</strong></p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>81.9%</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Left organisation before completion</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>18.1%</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 10/12/2018 17:08:42 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1019851

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average salary increase was for each grade Defence Equipment and Support employee in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	198739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>In 2016, the average salary increase across all grades of Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S) employees was 1.35%. Given the changes to the DE&amp;S pay arrangements since this period, a more detailed breakdown of this increase would require significant manual analysis of historical records and, as such, an analysis by grade could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 10/12/2018 17:09:23 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1019857

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Personnel Management
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of the new performance management system in Defence Equipment and Support on the provision of support to the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	198740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The priority for Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S) is the safe provision of world-class procurement and support to the Armed Forces. The DE&amp;S performance management system, which is designed to enable the organisation to recruit and retain the specialist skills it needs, is just one element that contributes to delivery performance. This performance is measured through an integrated set of key performance indicators (KPI), progress against which is published in the DE&amp;S Annual Report and Accounts. KPI 1 reflects delivery performance to the Armed Forces, and this shows that DE&amp;S continues to achieve or exceed its targets.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 10/12/2018 17:04:50 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1020066

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Galileo System
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the UK’s withdrawal from the Galileo project on security and defence co-operation with the EU after Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL12040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK has made an unconditional commitment to maintain Europe's security, which is why we are seeking a new, ambitious future security partnership with the EU to tackle the common threats we face and safeguard our citizens. The Political Declaration sets out a comprehensive future security partnership, which provides for close, flexible and scalable cooperation that will allow UK and EU efforts to be combined, when it is in our mutual interests. This includes UK participation in EU missions on a case by case basis, consideration of how best the UK and the EU might cooperate on international development, consultation on sanctions, and the voluntary and timely exchange of intelligence. The deal ensures that cooperation can be scaled up in the event of a crisis.</p><p>The UK has made clear that it could only justify continued participation in the Galileo programme on a basis that would enable us to rely on Galileo for our national security. The offer on the table from the European Commission does not meet our stated security or industrial requirements and, on this basis, the Prime Minister has confirmed the UK will not use Galileo for defence or critical national infrastructure after we leave the EU.</p><p>Non-participation in Galileo will not have any immediate impact on UK defence and security capabilities. The encrypted Galileo service is not due to be active until the mid-2020s, and the UK will retain access to US GPS services as it does at present. We are working on options for a national alternative to Galileo to guarantee our satellite positioning, navigation and timing needs are met in the future. The Government has invested £92 million of Brexit readiness money for the design and development of the UK programme.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 13/12/2018 16:19:45 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick