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1131336

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	RAF College Cranwell
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people from (a) state and (b) independent schools were accepted to RAF College Cranwell in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	263109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The RAF does not collect or collate data from applicants relating to attendance at state or independent schools.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/06/2019 15:27:31 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1135923

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what methods (a) HM Paymaster, (b) the Defence Council and (c) an authorised officer determine the amount payable by a member of the armed forces in child maintenance.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	271510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is responsible for setting the overall amount of child maintenance to be paid.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in place with the CMS to facilitate the direct deduction of child maintenance payments from the pay of non-resident parents who are Service personnel. Under the MOU, the Department calculates a 'Minimum Drawing Rate', which takes into account gross basic pay, specialist pay, some allowances as well as gross statutory deductions such as National Insurance and PAYE.</p><p>Child maintenance deductions are always made. The only exception is when the Service person is on military operations and their Commanding Officer may advise that engagement with the CMS be delayed until their return to the UK when they are in a position to consider properly any papers from the CMS and respond accordingly, at which point deductions would commence.</p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 11 June 2019 to Question 261264 which detailed the administrative reasons for the rejection of deduction of earnings requests.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 271511 271551 question first answered 04/07/2019 15:20:41 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1137469

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) women and (b) men are employed by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	274491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>As at 1 April 2019 the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) employed 1,880 personnel. There were 137 women and 1,743 men, equating to 7.3% of RFA employees being women. The average age of ratings was 43 years and the average age of officers was 39 years.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 274490 question first answered 16/07/2019 15:19:35 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1136298

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Incentives
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many bonuses have been paid by the Army/Capita to recruits who agree to enlist earlier than originally intended; what the average size is of those bonus payments; what the total sum spent is on those bonuses as of 2 July 2019; and what the qualifying criteria are for those bonus payments.
	tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
	uin	272152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Recruiting Partnering Project (RPP) has been resourced to prioritise recruiting using a range of tools, including financial incentives. Historically, these have incentivised candidates to join specific trades or to start training quickly.</p><p>The RPP has set aside some £885,000 to date, to incentivise candidates, who are able to do so, to start training quickly where there are anticipated spaces on training intakes. These bonuses were comprised of single payments of £2,500 to 354 candidates, split over two separate incentive periods.</p><p>Qualifying criteria require the candidate to commence the relevant training (e.g. Infantry at Infantry Training Centre Catterick) in target months, be over 18 years of age and to have passed their Discharge as of Right period.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 08/07/2019 16:40:37 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1137472

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary: LGBT+ People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian staff in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary identify as LGBT+.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	274494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not hold this information as Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel are not mandated to record it. The Biannual Civilian Personnel Report, produced by Defence Statistics, does, however, contain published information on MOD civilian staff which includes Defence wide LGBT+ and BAME statistics.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 274493 question first answered 16/07/2019 15:20:15 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1131337

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Naval College
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people from (a) state and (b) independent schools were accepted to the Britannia Royal Naval College in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	263110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>Since January 2019, Britannia Royal Naval College have asked cadets, on a voluntary basis, whether they went to a state or an independent school prior to joining the Royal Navy. Figures provided are based on a question asked at cadet joining interviews. Cadets are under no obligation to answer the question so the figures do not reflect 100% of the intake. The figures for January and May 2019 intake are:</p><p> </p><p>State School 160*</p><p>Private School 40*</p><p>Served in Ranks First 30*</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>*Notes:</p><p>1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 in line with disclosure control policy. Figures ending in 5 are rounded to the nearest 20 to avoid bias.</p><p> </p><p>2. Figures are a single service estimate provided by Britannia Royal Naval College. As such they have not been validated, are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics and will differ from total Officer intake published in the Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/06/2019 15:52:57 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1131063

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Military Academy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people from (a) state and (b) independent schools were accepted to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	262308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The number of Officer Cadets who attended either independent or state schools, on the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) Direct Entry (DE) Regular Commissioning (Reg C) Course in the last five years can be found in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>Officer selection focusses on leadership potential rather than the school attended. Such data is only recorded for the DE Reg C course. As at 1 April 2019 around 9% of officers were professionally qualified and around 22% were Late Entry, neither of which commission through the DE Reg C course.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/06/2019 15:09:27 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name 262308 - Nia Griffith.docx title Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1132826

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Military Academy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people that identified as (a) BAME and (b) White were accepted to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	266157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The intake into the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) by ethnicity for the last five years can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Intake</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>590</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which:</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BAME</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table represents those that have been posted to RMAS on the Joint Personnel Administration System but does not represent all of those that attend RMAS. The ethnicity of total Officer intake, both Regular and Reserve, can be found in the published Biannual Statistics at the following link, but will include small numbers of trained personnel who do not go through RMAS selection:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-2019</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes/Caveats:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Information is recorded by optional self-declaration. The 'Unknown' category includes those that declined to declare their ethnicity.</li><li>Figures are for untrained intake of Regular Officers starting at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) over the past 5 financial years. The figures are for the Regular Army only, and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service, Mobilised Reserves, Army Reserve and all other Reserves.</li><li>Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes; numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</li><li>Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not appear to be the sum of their parts.</li><li>“-” denotes zero or rounded to zero</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </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 24/06/2019 14:02:34 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1131992

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recommendations by the Service Complaints Ombudsman are under current consideration by her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	264369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 12 June 2019 to Question 261162.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 264368 question first answered 19/06/2019 15:17:45 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name Hansard Extracts 12 June 2019 UIN 261162.docx title Armed Forces: Complaints
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1131991

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recommendations by the Service Complaints Ombudsman were included in its annual report in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	264368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 12 June 2019 to Question 261162.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 264369 question first answered 19/06/2019 15:17:45 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name Hansard Extracts 12 June 2019 UIN 261162.docx title Armed Forces: Complaints
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon