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1377984

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date	15/11/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on the operation of the civil service of widening civil service nationality rules to include non-UK nationals with indefinite leave to remain.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	73909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2021 answer text <p>The Civil Service Nationality Rules reflect a long-standing legislative framework and govern eligibility for employment in the Civil Service on the grounds of nationality. Under the rules, there are routes for Commonwealth or EEA nationals who hold indefinite leave to remain to be eligible to work in non-reserved posts in the Civil Service. Existing routes, such as exemption certificates, are available where a role needs to be filled by someone who would not ordinarily meet the standard eligibility requirements.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 73910 question first answered 18/11/2021 16:42:22 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1377986

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason civil service nationality rules exclude non-UK nationals with indefinite leave to remain in the UK from working in the civil service.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	73910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2021 answer text <p>The Civil Service Nationality Rules reflect a long-standing legislative framework and govern eligibility for employment in the Civil Service on the grounds of nationality. Under the rules, there are routes for Commonwealth or EEA nationals who hold indefinite leave to remain to be eligible to work in non-reserved posts in the Civil Service. Existing routes, such as exemption certificates, are available where a role needs to be filled by someone who would not ordinarily meet the standard eligibility requirements.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 73909 question first answered 18/11/2021 16:42:22 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1378288

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships: Deployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of Carrier Strike Group’s ongoing deployment.
tabling member constituency	Broadland
tabling member printed	Jerome Mayhew
uin	904139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>The carrier strike group has not only visited and worked with over 44 nations on its tour, but has had visits from 63 Ministers. It is great convenor and a great presence that, made in Britain, definitely does go around the world showing that Britain can do both soft and hard power, and do it with quality.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 904140 question first answered 15/11/2021 17:10:12 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4739 label Biography information for Jerome Mayhew

1378289

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Education and Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress his Department has made on supporting education and reskilling opportunities for former service personnel.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	904141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) promotes lifelong learning.</p><p> </p><p>Eligible Service personnel and veterans can access three schemes which can help individuals pursue their personal and professional development through education, both during their Service and, for two of the schemes, up to ten years after discharge.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019, the MOD introduced Holistic Transition support, building on the highly successful Career Transition Partnership, which has provided employment support and job finding services for the last 20 years.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 15/11/2021 17:23:56 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1378290

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the impact on armed forces personnel and their families of the decrease in average annual real-term growth from 2021 to 2025 in day-to-day spending of his Department, as a result of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	904142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2021 answer text <p>Defence’s budget is growing year on year over the spending review period. We received a record settlement for Defence in 2020 of £16.5 billion. From 2019-20, the total Defence budget’s annual growth is 1.5% in real terms, with CDEL increasing from £10.3 billion in 2019-20 to £16.2 billion in 2024-25, and RDEL increasing from £30.6 billion to £32.4 billion.</p><p>This year Defence also received over £2 billion additional funding for running costs to counteract costs arising from the Health and Social Care Levy and expected increases in inflation in the wider economy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 08/12/2021 12:45:15 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 32245 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1378291

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) reduce carbon emissions from UK military activities.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	904143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>We monitor our carbon emissions from UK military activities and publish them in our Annual Report.</p><p>The Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach we published in March 2021 sets out our route to making Defence more sustainable and reducing emissions.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 15/11/2021 16:55:57 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1378292

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support defence jobs throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	David Duguid
uin	904144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>Last year the Ministry of Defence invested over £20 billion in industry and commerce across the UK directly and indirectly supporting many thousands of jobs.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 15/11/2021 16:56:29 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4606 label Biography information for David Duguid

1378293

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the strength of the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	904145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>The total strength of the Armed Forces is 168,880.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 15/11/2021 17:41:11 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1378362

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help GP surgeries meet demand for appointments.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	75087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 4 November 2021 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-11-01/67228" target="_blank">67228</a>.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/11/2021 11:06:58 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1378363

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to help ensure that airport staff are able to commute to work via bicycle.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	75088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>The Department has published various forms of practical advice and guidance for employers on how to enable more of their employees to walk and cycle to work, and in May 2021 I chaired an event with a number of major employers and delivery partners, including Heathrow Airport Limited, to discuss what steps we could all take to make this happen. The Department encourages airport operators to set targets in their Surface Access Strategies for the numbers of passengers, visitors and staff who arrive at their airports by sustainable transport modes including cycling, but ultimately it is a matter for each individual airport operator to decide what facilities to provide to enable its staff to cycle to work and how to encourage this. Heathrow Airport, for example, has been working with Sustrans on an initiative to increase the number of staff who cycle to work. Other incentives include the Cycle to Work scheme, which enables employees to hire a cycle and safety equipment from their employer through a salary sacrifice arrangement, effectively providing access to cycles at a discount.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 22/11/2021 12:17:16 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney