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999685

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army Foundation College: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many medical appointments by type of appointment were made by Junior Soldiers at AFC Harrogate medical facilities in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	187101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>Information on medical appointments at Army Foundation College Harrogate is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/11/2018 14:17:33 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

999686

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) veterans and (b) serving armed forces personnel that enlisted aged 18 or under have sought mental health support in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	187102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not hold information on the number of veterans who were diagnosed with a mental disorder after leaving Service.</p><p> </p><p>The number of serving UK Armed Forces personnel, who enlisted aged 18 or under, and had an initial assessment at MOD Specialist Mental Health Services is provided in the following table. Figures include only those patients referred to a MOD Department of Community Mental Health or admitted to a MOD in-patient provider. Some patients can be treated wholly within the primary care setting by their GP or medical officer and are not captured in MOD management information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>UK Armed Forces personnel, who enlisted aged 18 years or under, with an initial assessment at MOD Specialist Mental Health Services, by Financial Year</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Numbers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2,060</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2,660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2,320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2,240</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong> <br> 1. Patients may not have been aged 18 or under when they were assessed at MOD Specialist Mental Health Services.</p><p>2. Some patients seen at MOD Specialist Mental Health Services may have been assessed as having no mental disorder present.</p><p>3. Numbers are rounded</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/11/2018 14:23:14 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

999688

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Lifelong Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans that joined the armed forces aged (a) 18 or under and (b) 19 or older have applied for Enhanced Learning Credits in each region in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	187104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/11/2018 14:19:03 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

999690

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army Foundation College: Discipline
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has undertaken a review of the disciplinary policy at AFC Harrogate.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	187105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>Army disciplinary policy is set out within the Queen’s Regulations and Army General and Administrative Instructions 62 (Discipline Policy) and 67 (Administrative Policy). These are kept under constant review and routinely updated. There is no bespoke discipline policy for Junior Soldiers at Army Foundation College (AFC), Harrogate.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 187106 187107 187112 question first answered 09/11/2018 14:19:50 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

999692

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army Foundation College: Discipline
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations his Department has received from (a) current junior soldiers and (b) former junior soldiers on the disciplinary policy at AFC Harrogate in the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	187107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>Army disciplinary policy is set out within the Queen’s Regulations and Army General and Administrative Instructions 62 (Discipline Policy) and 67 (Administrative Policy). These are kept under constant review and routinely updated. There is no bespoke discipline policy for Junior Soldiers at Army Foundation College (AFC), Harrogate.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 187105 187106 187112 question first answered 09/11/2018 14:19:50 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

999701

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army Foundation College: Discipline
	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 disciplinary policy of AFC Harrogate.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	187112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>Army disciplinary policy is set out within the Queen’s Regulations and Army General and Administrative Instructions 62 (Discipline Policy) and 67 (Administrative Policy). These are kept under constant review and routinely updated. There is no bespoke discipline policy for Junior Soldiers at Army Foundation College (AFC), Harrogate.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 187105 187106 187107 question first answered 09/11/2018 14:19:50 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

999691

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army Foundation College: Discipline
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has sought the views of (a) current junior soldiers and (b) former junior soldiers on the disciplinary policy at AFC Harrogate in the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	187106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>Army disciplinary policy is set out within the Queen’s Regulations and Army General and Administrative Instructions 62 (Discipline Policy) and 67 (Administrative Policy). These are kept under constant review and routinely updated. There is no bespoke discipline policy for Junior Soldiers at Army Foundation College (AFC), Harrogate.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 187105 187107 187112 question first answered 09/11/2018 14:19:50 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

999695

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army Foundation College: Disciplinary Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many junior soldiers have appealed against a decision of the disciplinary procedure at AFC Harrogate in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	187109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of Junior Soldiers subject to disciplinary procedures while at Army Foundation College (AFC), Harrogate in each of the last ten years. There have been less than five appeals against the associated disciplinary procedure decisions over this period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Junior Soldiers subject to disciplinary procedures</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p><strong>210</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p><strong>120</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p><strong>160</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p><strong>290</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p><strong>240</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p><strong>140</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p><strong>160</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p><strong>210</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p><strong>150</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p><strong>120</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>These figures are single service estimates and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.</li><li>Figures have been rounded to 10 to limit disclosure and ensure confidentiality; numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not appear to be the sum of their parts.</li><li>Appeal figures of less than five are not provided due to data protection.</li><li>In a small number of cases, a single soldier may have been subject to multiple disciplinary procedures for different issues.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 187108 question first answered 09/11/2018 14:20:55 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

999693

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army Foundation College: Disciplinary Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Junior Soldiers have been subject to the disciplinary procedure at AFC Harrogate in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	187108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of Junior Soldiers subject to disciplinary procedures while at Army Foundation College (AFC), Harrogate in each of the last ten years. There have been less than five appeals against the associated disciplinary procedure decisions over this period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Junior Soldiers subject to disciplinary procedures</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p><strong>210</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p><strong>120</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p><strong>160</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p><strong>290</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p><strong>240</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p><strong>140</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p><strong>160</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p><strong>210</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p><strong>150</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p><strong>120</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>These figures are single service estimates and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.</li><li>Figures have been rounded to 10 to limit disclosure and ensure confidentiality; numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not appear to be the sum of their parts.</li><li>Appeal figures of less than five are not provided due to data protection.</li><li>In a small number of cases, a single soldier may have been subject to multiple disciplinary procedures for different issues.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 187109 question first answered 09/11/2018 14:20:55 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

999697

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army Foundation College: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether AFC Harrogate has internal mental health support workers for junior soldiers.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	187111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>Army Foundation College (AFC) Harrogate training staff provide the first line level of support to Junior Soldiers experiencing mental health problems. They are specifically trained for their appointment to pro-actively identify recruits who may be struggling and/or experiencing problems with adapting to military life. Mental resilience training is also provided to all Junior Soldiers in the early stages of the course covering areas such as coping mechanisms, decision making and effective communication. This is reinforced through training activities including in Leadership and Initiative training, Adventurous Training and field exercises.</p><p>AFC Harrogate has a well-resourced medical and welfare department. This includes a civilian Behavioural Development Officer, who is an expert in cognitive behavioural studies and counselling, specialising in the military environment. This officer provides advice and guidance to staff on how best to manage referred Junior Soldiers. There are also military and civilian medical and welfare staff, two Padres and access to representatives from the Army Welfare Service (who also draw on support from wider public sector and charity support services).</p><p>In addition, in February 2018, the Secretary of State announced a new MOD-funded 24/7 Military Mental Health Helpline to provide support and advice to all serving personnel and their families.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 187110 question first answered 09/11/2018 14:16:49 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts