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1653649

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Ministers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions a request for a meeting by an hon. Member was not agreed to by (a) a Minister and (b) their office on behalf of a Minister in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	uin	194638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 25/07/2023 13:38:43 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1654017

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Loneliness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to tackle loneliness and social isolation among armed forces (a) personnel and (b) veterans.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	194850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>For the serving community there are extensive welfare systems that offer support for those in need, including those experiencing loneliness and isolation, provided by the Chain of Command, welfare, pastoral, and medical staff. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) also works closely with the Office for Veterans' Affairs (OVA), National Health Service, and the Service charity sector. In 2021, the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust awarded 60 grants of £70,000 to various projects across the UK, under the Tackling Loneliness Programme. In total £4.2 million was provided to projects in traditionally harder to reach groups with the aim of helping beneficiaries to engage in their community, access services and build stronger networks with peers, support organizations and service providers.</p><p>For veterans, support is available via the MOD through Veterans UK, which provides free support for veterans and their families, including a helpline and the Veterans Welfare Service. It is important to recognise, however, that the welfare of veterans is a cross-Government responsibility, overseen by the OVA in the Cabinet Office, and statutory services for veterans are provided by the responsible Departments, Devolved Administrations, and Local Authorities as applicable, in common with the general population. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has primary responsibility for tackling loneliness and social isolation among the UK population.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 25/07/2023 13:44:38 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1653839

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of reports that US military emails have been misdirected to Mali .ML domain addresses; and whether his Department is aware of any e-mails originating from his Department being sent, forwarded or copied to .ML domain addresses in error.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	194793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is conducting an assessment of its email traffic with .ML domains. This involves understanding what emails were sent to .ML domains, and which of these might consist of any e-mails sent in error.</p><p>While all sensitive information is shared on systems which would prevent such misdirection, policies are put in place on all email systems to minimise the risk of such mistakes. On OFFICIAL systems, data loss prevention tools will prompt users who seek to send OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE information outside of Government domains, drawing attention to, and allowing the correction of, errors such as mistyped domain names.</p><p>Once the analysis of our email traffic is complete, we will consider what, if any, changes need to be made to MOD policies.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 25/07/2023 13:42:46 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1653920

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Defence’s response to a more contested and volatile world, published on 18 July 2023, CP 901, what recruitment targets his Department has for the Armed Forces over the next two years.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	194671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>Defence intends to increase recruitment into our Armed Forces over the next two years and transition to a transformational tri-Service recruitment model. Recruitment targets for Regular Serving personnel in 2023-24 currently are summarised below:</p><p><strong>Royal Navy</strong></p><p>Officers 457</p><p>Sailors 3,567</p><p><strong>Army</strong></p><p>Officers 644</p><p>Regulars 9,813</p><p><strong>Royal Air Force</strong></p><p>Officers 396</p><p>Aviators 2,191</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 25/07/2023 13:40:42 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1653922

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Catering
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Defence’s response to a more contested and volatile world, published on 18 July 2023, CP 901, when his Department commissioned a review into catering provision; and who led that review.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	194673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The 2 Star Military People Leadership Team in the Ministry of Defence commissioned the Delivering Defence Dining Quality (3DQ) Review, led by the Institute of Naval Medicine on behalf of all three Services, and which reported in December 2021. The Army took the findings from this, and then looked more broadly at the needs of their people through the ongoing Exploring Appetites of Today's Soldiers (EATS) study, and subsequent pilot, which together with the annual Armed Forces Continuous Attitude Survey, has led to a new Defence Catering Strategy (DCS) for all three Services.</p><p>The implementation of the DCS is being driven by Director Armed Forces People Policy working with, amongst others, the single Services and the Defence Infrastructure Organisation who are responsible for the delivery of catering contracts. The DCS puts the needs of personnel at the heart of the provision, with healthier dining choices available, at a subsidised rate, and delivered in a fashion better aligned to modern-day living. Ahead of new contracts in 2026, we are working with industry providers to bring in as many aspects of the new food provision as possible from January 2024.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 25/07/2023 13:41:51 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey