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1020217

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Suicide
	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 tackle the matter of soldiers taking their own life (a) during and (b) after active service.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	199402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Every study conducted by the Ministry of Defence has found that the risk of suicide amongst the Armed Forces community, including veterans of the 1982 Falkland and 1990-91 Gulf conflicts, is lower than amongst the general population.</p><p>A considerable amount of work has already been undertaken to improve the mental health of Service personnel and to prevent suicide and suicide risk. This includes tackling stigma through education and providing easily accessible, rapid and flexible access to mental health support and healthcare services. Armed Forces personnel undergo &quot;through life&quot; psychological resilience training which enables them to recognise and manage stress in themselves and in their colleagues and actively encourages them to seek help at an early stage.</p><p>However, we continue to look at what more can done. This includes a focused review by the Defence Safety Authority of suicide in Service personnel to identify additional measures for preventing suicide. The review was published on 9 November 2018 by the Defence Safety Authority and work to take forward the recommendations has commenced.</p><p>We have less influence on individuals' behaviour once they are discharged from the Armed Forces, as their mental healthcare becomes the responsibility of the National Health Service in the UK. There are many factors that can result in suicide such as relationship breakdown, debt and employment concerns, not only service in the Armed Forces.</p><p>However, we are not complacent. Any suicide is one too many and a tragedy for the individual, their family, friends and colleagues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/12/2018 16:15:29 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1020229

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Armed Forces Covenant Reference Group met in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	199321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Cabinet Office records indicate that the Armed Forces Covenant Reference Group met three times in each year.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 10/12/2018 16:14:34 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1020255

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Empty Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number and (b) value of empty homes in the Ministry of Defence estate in (i) Wales, (ii) England, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	199469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>The number and estimated value of void properties in Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p>Annington Leased</p></td><td><p>MOD owned</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total voids</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>254</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average estimated value per property</p></td><td><p>£127,000</p></td><td><p>£85,000</p></td><td><p>Not held</p></td><td><p>£212,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Estimated Value</p></td><td><p>£30,988,000</p></td><td><p>£595,000</p></td><td><p>Not held</p></td><td><p>£31,583,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p>Annington Leased</p></td><td><p>MOD owned</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total voids</p></td><td><p>8,222</p></td><td><p>704</p></td><td><p>383</p></td><td><p>9,309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average estimated value per property</p></td><td><p>£157,000</p></td><td><p>£236,600</p></td><td><p>Not held</p></td><td><p>£393,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Estimated Value</p></td><td><p>£1,290,854,000</p></td><td><p>£166,566,400</p></td><td><p>Not held</p></td><td><p>£1,457,420,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p>Annington Leased</p></td><td><p>MOD owned</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total voids</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,056</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>1,116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average estimated value per property</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£161,000</p></td><td><p>Not held</p></td><td><p>£161,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Estimated Value</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£170,016,000</p></td><td><p>Not held</p></td><td><p>£17,016,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p>Annington Leased</p></td><td><p>MOD owned</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total voids</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>902</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>902</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average estimated value per property</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£82,000</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£82,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Estimated Value</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£73,964,000</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£73,964,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A percentage of the Department’s housing stock needs to be void when it is between occupants, for essential maintenance and repair and to ensure that the Armed Forces are able to move units and individuals around the country as required. We have previously estimated the management margin required as around 10%.</p><p> </p><p>Approximately half of the void properties in the table have been identified for disposal, or are being retained to ensure homes are available to meet rebasing plans as part of the Defence Estate Optimisation Programme, including the rebasing of around 4,000 personnel from Germany. In addition, the Department is reducing the number of voids by sub-letting properties on the open market. Some 3,217 void properties are awaiting letting.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 14/12/2018 13:53:49 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1020257

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Empty Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number and (b) value of empty homes in the Ministry of Defence estate in each parliamentary constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	199470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The information is not held by the Department in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/12/2018 16:24:47 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1020266

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Equality
	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 4 December 2018 to Question 197453 on Ministry of Defence: Equality, what assessment he has made of whether the means for collecting statistics on religious representation among Ministry of Defence civilian staff, as published in the Civilian Personnel Biannual Diversity Dashboard is compatible with his Department's commitments under the Equality Act 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	199369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is compliant with its obligations under the Equality Act 2010. Detailed data on religion, ethnicity and sexual orientation is collected for MOD civilian staff and is used to inform policy decisions. However, statistics published by Defence are required to strike a balance between transparency and usability. I am satisfied that the MOD’s statistical outputs are clear and concise and inform users of the overall patterns in the data. The inclusion of small sub-categories of non-Christian staff and Christian denominations would not add any additional benefit to the analysis provided in the Civilian Personnel Biannual Diversity Dashboard (CPBDD), and would make the document far longer and more difficult to understand as the small sub-sets would likely be represented by a series of dashes and tildes, representing zeroes and numbers less than five. In addition, the same granular approach would necessarily have to be taken with the BAME, and sexual orientation categories.</p><p> </p><p>The CPBDD has been designated an Official Statistic by the United Kingdom Statistics Authority (UKSA) in accordance with the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, meaning that Defence is required to publish the logic and overall methodology which can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fmod-civilian-personnel-quarterly-report-background-quality-report&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C559f07b8ee824ecc3c2a08d65b7088e4%7Cbe7760ed5953484bae95d0a16dfa09e5%7C0%7C0%7C636796936215591798&amp;sdata=EhTAtY857wSIos3B7MNlMRgd%2F1uMeXVxi5H5kLhVwzo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-civilian-personnel-quarterly-report-background-quality-report</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The CPBDD complies with the UKSA’s Code of Practice for Official Statistics. The process of determining compliance with the Code and designation as an Official Statistic is known as assessment. Details of this assessment can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.statisticsauthority.gov.uk%2Fpublication%2Fstatistics-on-uk-defence-personnel&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C559f07b8ee824ecc3c2a08d65b7088e4%7Cbe7760ed5953484bae95d0a16dfa09e5%7C0%7C0%7C636796936215601802&amp;sdata=aFfm31nZIQeBydOvx%2F84OEtaUEPmHuoflSerMB%2BxrPk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/publication/statistics-on-uk-defence-personnel</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/12/2018 16:14:08 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1020327

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Veterans Board last met.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	199374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministerial Covenant and Veterans Board has strengthened strategic oversight of the Armed Forces Covenant and is driving forward better Government support to the Armed Forces, their families and veterans across the whole of the UK. The Board last met on 5 November 2018.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 10/12/2018 16:15:39 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1020465

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what length of time is allocated to Ministry of Defence civilian staff for decompression adjustment following deployment in conflict zones.
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	uin	199319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The 24-hour Third Location Decompression (TLD) package exists to allow Service personnel and Ministry of Defence (MOD) Civilians returning from operational theatres the opportunity to re-adjust to routine work and family life. Not all personnel returning from operations will be required to undertake the TLD package; the assessment is based on the levels of risk and rigour to which deployed personnel have been exposed. There are no current operations where decompression is required, but this judgement is kept under regular review and Commanding Officers and managers may propose special action where the experience of an individual or unit is deemed to merit this. Service personnel and MOD Civilians on operational deployments which are not exposed to high intensity combat engagement or significant compressing factors will receive a series of briefings in Theatre within their final week prior to departure. The aim is to encourage a period of reflection, to engage if Trauma Risk Management intervention has been required, and to brief on some of the challenges that may confront an individual returning to a normal work and home pattern of life.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 10/12/2018 16:22:31 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1020475

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Empty Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many unoccupied properties owned by his Department are located in (a) East Riding of Yorkshire and (b) Yorkshire.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	199313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>I am interpreting your questions as referring to Service Family Accommodation (SFA) for which the Ministry of Defence (MOD) owns the freehold.</p><p>There are no unoccupied (void) SFA properties owned by the MOD located in the East Riding of Yorkshire and 56 unoccupied properties in Yorkshire.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 10/12/2018 16:17:04 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight