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387244

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on possible links between quality of care, operational productivity and safe staffing levels from (a) Lord Carter, (b) Robert Francis and (c) others.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	5413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health has received no correspondence or other written representations from Lord Carter on the possible links between quality of care, operational productivity and safe staffing levels. The Secretary of State met Lord Carter on 13 May 2015 and 18 May 2015 to discuss procurement. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for NHS Productivity (Lord Prior) met with Lord Carter on 8 June 2015 and 1 July 2015 and had a telephone call with him on 21 May. In each case it was to receive an update on the work on improving operational productivity that Lord Carter is doing on behalf of the Department. I also met with Lord Carter very briefly on 29 June 2015 to discuss the work. On 11 June 2015 Lord Carter published his Interim report, <em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/434202/carter-interim-report.pdf" target="_blank">Review of Operational Productivity in NHS providers</a></em>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has received no correspondence or other written representations from Sir Robert Francis QC on the possible links between quality of care, operational productivity and safe staffing levels. The Secretary of State met Robert Francis on 19 January 2015 to discuss the <em><a href="https://freedomtospeakup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/F2SU_web.pdf" target="_blank">Freedom to Speak Up report</a></em> and on 9 February 2015 when the report was formally handed over.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State and other Ministers regularly meet healthcare leaders and receive correspondence and other written representations on a wide range of issues, including safe staffing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 09/07/2015 15:25:24 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

387058

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the work by NICE on (a) A&E, (b) mental health and (c) community safe staffing levels has now been taken on by NHS England; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	5166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting National Health Service trusts to put in place safe and sustainable levels of staffing by using their resources as effectively as possible for patients.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following the Inquiry by Sir Robert Francis into the failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust a joint commissioning letter from the Department and NHS England, was sent on 15 November 2013 to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NICE safe staffing guidance is part of the overall approach to safe staffing which is intended to help make the NHS the safest healthcare system in the world. NHS organisations are using it to support their decision making in respect of staffing levels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The existing NICE guidance on ‘<a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/published?type=sg" target="_blank">Safe staffing for nursing in adult inpatient wards in acute hospitals</a>’ (July 2014) and ‘<a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/published?type=sg" target="_blank">Safe Midwife Staffing in Maternity Settings’</a> (January 2015) will continue to be used by NHS trusts and will remain important parts of their approach to ensuring safe and high quality care. NICE has said it will leave material already put in the public domain on its website. Draft evidence for <a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-sgwave0762/documents" target="_blank">Safe Staffing guidelines on Accident and Emergency</a>, collected by NICE has also been published on their website. NICE had not drafted guidelines on community settings and mental health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The work undertaken by NICE has provided an important foundation for the further work now to be led from within NHS England. NHS England, working with NICE and other national organisations, will now take this work forward for other areas of care and other healthcare professional groups. This work will bring together the focus on safe staffing with the development of new models of care, as set out in the Five Year Forward View.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 5167 5168 5169 5170 question first answered 09/07/2015 15:11:01 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

387059

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department jointly commissioned NICE to produce guidelines on safe staffing levels.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	5167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting National Health Service trusts to put in place safe and sustainable levels of staffing by using their resources as effectively as possible for patients.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following the Inquiry by Sir Robert Francis into the failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust a joint commissioning letter from the Department and NHS England, was sent on 15 November 2013 to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NICE safe staffing guidance is part of the overall approach to safe staffing which is intended to help make the NHS the safest healthcare system in the world. NHS organisations are using it to support their decision making in respect of staffing levels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The existing NICE guidance on ‘<a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/published?type=sg" target="_blank">Safe staffing for nursing in adult inpatient wards in acute hospitals</a>’ (July 2014) and ‘<a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/published?type=sg" target="_blank">Safe Midwife Staffing in Maternity Settings’</a> (January 2015) will continue to be used by NHS trusts and will remain important parts of their approach to ensuring safe and high quality care. NICE has said it will leave material already put in the public domain on its website. Draft evidence for <a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-sgwave0762/documents" target="_blank">Safe Staffing guidelines on Accident and Emergency</a>, collected by NICE has also been published on their website. NICE had not drafted guidelines on community settings and mental health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The work undertaken by NICE has provided an important foundation for the further work now to be led from within NHS England. NHS England, working with NICE and other national organisations, will now take this work forward for other areas of care and other healthcare professional groups. This work will bring together the focus on safe staffing with the development of new models of care, as set out in the Five Year Forward View.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 5166 5168 5169 5170 question first answered 09/07/2015 15:11:02 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

387060

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the status is of guidelines published by NICE on safe staffing levels in (a) maternity settings and (b) the adult inpatient wards in acute hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	5168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting National Health Service trusts to put in place safe and sustainable levels of staffing by using their resources as effectively as possible for patients.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following the Inquiry by Sir Robert Francis into the failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust a joint commissioning letter from the Department and NHS England, was sent on 15 November 2013 to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NICE safe staffing guidance is part of the overall approach to safe staffing which is intended to help make the NHS the safest healthcare system in the world. NHS organisations are using it to support their decision making in respect of staffing levels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The existing NICE guidance on ‘<a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/published?type=sg" target="_blank">Safe staffing for nursing in adult inpatient wards in acute hospitals</a>’ (July 2014) and ‘<a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/published?type=sg" target="_blank">Safe Midwife Staffing in Maternity Settings’</a> (January 2015) will continue to be used by NHS trusts and will remain important parts of their approach to ensuring safe and high quality care. NICE has said it will leave material already put in the public domain on its website. Draft evidence for <a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-sgwave0762/documents" target="_blank">Safe Staffing guidelines on Accident and Emergency</a>, collected by NICE has also been published on their website. NICE had not drafted guidelines on community settings and mental health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The work undertaken by NICE has provided an important foundation for the further work now to be led from within NHS England. NHS England, working with NICE and other national organisations, will now take this work forward for other areas of care and other healthcare professional groups. This work will bring together the focus on safe staffing with the development of new models of care, as set out in the Five Year Forward View.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 5166 5167 5169 5170 question first answered 09/07/2015 15:11:02 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

387061

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with (a) NICE, (b) NHS England, (c) the NHS Trust Development Authority and (d) Monitor on the future publication of guidelines on safe staffing levels.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	5169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting National Health Service trusts to put in place safe and sustainable levels of staffing by using their resources as effectively as possible for patients.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following the Inquiry by Sir Robert Francis into the failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust a joint commissioning letter from the Department and NHS England, was sent on 15 November 2013 to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NICE safe staffing guidance is part of the overall approach to safe staffing which is intended to help make the NHS the safest healthcare system in the world. NHS organisations are using it to support their decision making in respect of staffing levels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The existing NICE guidance on ‘<a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/published?type=sg" target="_blank">Safe staffing for nursing in adult inpatient wards in acute hospitals</a>’ (July 2014) and ‘<a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/published?type=sg" target="_blank">Safe Midwife Staffing in Maternity Settings’</a> (January 2015) will continue to be used by NHS trusts and will remain important parts of their approach to ensuring safe and high quality care. NICE has said it will leave material already put in the public domain on its website. Draft evidence for <a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-sgwave0762/documents" target="_blank">Safe Staffing guidelines on Accident and Emergency</a>, collected by NICE has also been published on their website. NICE had not drafted guidelines on community settings and mental health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The work undertaken by NICE has provided an important foundation for the further work now to be led from within NHS England. NHS England, working with NICE and other national organisations, will now take this work forward for other areas of care and other healthcare professional groups. This work will bring together the focus on safe staffing with the development of new models of care, as set out in the Five Year Forward View.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 5166 5167 5168 5170 question first answered 09/07/2015 15:11:02 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

387062

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the (a) evidence received by, (b) findings and (c) initial recommendations of NICE on its draft guidelines on (i) accident and emergency, (ii) community and (iii) mental health staffing levels.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	5170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting National Health Service trusts to put in place safe and sustainable levels of staffing by using their resources as effectively as possible for patients.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following the Inquiry by Sir Robert Francis into the failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust a joint commissioning letter from the Department and NHS England, was sent on 15 November 2013 to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NICE safe staffing guidance is part of the overall approach to safe staffing which is intended to help make the NHS the safest healthcare system in the world. NHS organisations are using it to support their decision making in respect of staffing levels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The existing NICE guidance on ‘<a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/published?type=sg" target="_blank">Safe staffing for nursing in adult inpatient wards in acute hospitals</a>’ (July 2014) and ‘<a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/published?type=sg" target="_blank">Safe Midwife Staffing in Maternity Settings’</a> (January 2015) will continue to be used by NHS trusts and will remain important parts of their approach to ensuring safe and high quality care. NICE has said it will leave material already put in the public domain on its website. Draft evidence for <a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-sgwave0762/documents" target="_blank">Safe Staffing guidelines on Accident and Emergency</a>, collected by NICE has also been published on their website. NICE had not drafted guidelines on community settings and mental health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The work undertaken by NICE has provided an important foundation for the further work now to be led from within NHS England. NHS England, working with NICE and other national organisations, will now take this work forward for other areas of care and other healthcare professional groups. This work will bring together the focus on safe staffing with the development of new models of care, as set out in the Five Year Forward View.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 5166 5167 5168 5169 question first answered 09/07/2015 15:11:01 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

385784

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Aircraft Carriers: F-35 Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the design of the Queen Elizabeth Class carrier decks has had to be adjusted to accommodate the heat produced by the F-35B lift fans.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	4370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 12 June 2014 to Question 199115 to the hon. Member for Moray (Mr Robertson).</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 02/07/2015 15:05:18 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name 20140612 - Q n A extract on Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft.doc title 199115 - QnA extract on JSF Aircraft
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

385792

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Firearms
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 23 June 2015 to Question 2466, on armed forces: firearms how many of those firearms have been recovered.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	4296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) takes the security of firearms and ammunition very seriously and has robust procedures to deter and prevent loss and theft. Given the dynamic nature of military training, exercises, and operations it is impossible to mitigate against all risk. Nevertheless, all losses and thefts of firearms and ammunition are fully and rigorously investigated, in partnership, as necessary, with civilian police forces.</p><p> </p><p>The numbers lost and stolen over the past two years are shown below. These represent a tiny fraction of around 360,000 firearms that the MOD owns and operates. In drafting the answer to these questions, it has become apparent that the answer to Question 2466 was incorrect, overstating the losses and thefts in the UK. The information has been corrected in this answer.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Status</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Operations Overseas</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Lost/Accounted for</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Stolen</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lost on Combat Ops</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Stolen</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Recovered</p></td><td><p>1 x 40mm Grenade Gun</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>-</p></td><td><p>1 x SA80 Rifle</p><p>1 x 9mm Sig Sauer Pistol</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1 x SA80 Rifle</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lost at sea</p></td><td><p>1 x SA80 Rifle</p><p>1 x 9mm Sig Sauer Pistol</p><p>1 x MP5 Pistol</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>-</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Not Recovered</p></td><td><p>2 x SA80 Rifle</p><p>2 x Electronic Range Rifles</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>1 x Deactivated 9mm Tokarev pistol</p><p>1 x SA80 Rifle</p><p> </p></td><td><p>1 x M4 Rifle</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>Recovered</p><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1 x SA80 Rifle</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lost at Sea</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1 x SA80 Rifle</p><p>1 x 9mm Sig Sauer Pistol</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not recovered</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1 x Weapon Sight</p></td><td><p>2 x Deactivated</p><p>AK47 Rifle</p><p>1 x Replica Machine Gun</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 4274 4297 question first answered 03/07/2015 09:46:09 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

385793

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Firearms
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 23 June 2015 to Question 2466, on armed forces: firearms how many of those weapons were (a) handguns, (b) rifles and (c) automatic weapons.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	4297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) takes the security of firearms and ammunition very seriously and has robust procedures to deter and prevent loss and theft. Given the dynamic nature of military training, exercises, and operations it is impossible to mitigate against all risk. Nevertheless, all losses and thefts of firearms and ammunition are fully and rigorously investigated, in partnership, as necessary, with civilian police forces.</p><p> </p><p>The numbers lost and stolen over the past two years are shown below. These represent a tiny fraction of around 360,000 firearms that the MOD owns and operates. In drafting the answer to these questions, it has become apparent that the answer to Question 2466 was incorrect, overstating the losses and thefts in the UK. The information has been corrected in this answer.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Status</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Operations Overseas</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Lost/Accounted for</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Stolen</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lost on Combat Ops</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Stolen</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Recovered</p></td><td><p>1 x 40mm Grenade Gun</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>-</p></td><td><p>1 x SA80 Rifle</p><p>1 x 9mm Sig Sauer Pistol</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1 x SA80 Rifle</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lost at sea</p></td><td><p>1 x SA80 Rifle</p><p>1 x 9mm Sig Sauer Pistol</p><p>1 x MP5 Pistol</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>-</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Not Recovered</p></td><td><p>2 x SA80 Rifle</p><p>2 x Electronic Range Rifles</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>1 x Deactivated 9mm Tokarev pistol</p><p>1 x SA80 Rifle</p><p> </p></td><td><p>1 x M4 Rifle</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>Recovered</p><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1 x SA80 Rifle</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lost at Sea</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1 x SA80 Rifle</p><p>1 x 9mm Sig Sauer Pistol</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not recovered</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1 x Weapon Sight</p></td><td><p>2 x Deactivated</p><p>AK47 Rifle</p><p>1 x Replica Machine Gun</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 4274 4296 question first answered 03/07/2015 09:46:10 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

385798

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Firearms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) handguns, (b) rifles and (c) automatic weapons have been (i) lost and (ii) stolen in operations overseas in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	4274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) takes the security of firearms and ammunition very seriously and has robust procedures to deter and prevent loss and theft. Given the dynamic nature of military training, exercises, and operations it is impossible to mitigate against all risk. Nevertheless, all losses and thefts of firearms and ammunition are fully and rigorously investigated, in partnership, as necessary, with civilian police forces.</p><p> </p><p>The numbers lost and stolen over the past two years are shown below. These represent a tiny fraction of around 360,000 firearms that the MOD owns and operates. In drafting the answer to these questions, it has become apparent that the answer to Question 2466 was incorrect, overstating the losses and thefts in the UK. The information has been corrected in this answer.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Status</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Operations Overseas</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Lost/Accounted for</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Stolen</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lost on Combat Ops</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Stolen</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Recovered</p></td><td><p>1 x 40mm Grenade Gun</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>-</p></td><td><p>1 x SA80 Rifle</p><p>1 x 9mm Sig Sauer Pistol</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1 x SA80 Rifle</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lost at sea</p></td><td><p>1 x SA80 Rifle</p><p>1 x 9mm Sig Sauer Pistol</p><p>1 x MP5 Pistol</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>-</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Not Recovered</p></td><td><p>2 x SA80 Rifle</p><p>2 x Electronic Range Rifles</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>1 x Deactivated 9mm Tokarev pistol</p><p>1 x SA80 Rifle</p><p> </p></td><td><p>1 x M4 Rifle</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>Recovered</p><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1 x SA80 Rifle</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lost at Sea</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1 x SA80 Rifle</p><p>1 x 9mm Sig Sauer Pistol</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not recovered</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1 x Weapon Sight</p></td><td><p>2 x Deactivated</p><p>AK47 Rifle</p><p>1 x Replica Machine Gun</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 4296 4297 question first answered 03/07/2015 09:46:10 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne