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1700063

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Canada and New Zealand
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has met with his (a) Canadian and (b) New Zealand counterparts in 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	20923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>I can confirm that the Secretary of State for Defence has met his Canadian counterpart on two occasions in 2024, and has spoken with his New Zealand counterpart once and will meet with her in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 22/04/2024 13:16:26 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1700255

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
	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 21 March 2024 to Question 19061 on Afghanistan, how many ARAP scheme applications have been reassessed as of 12 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	21043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The reassessment of applications from those with credible links to former Afghan specialist units is well under way and is being conducted by staff independent of those who previously worked on these applications.</p><p> </p><p>The first reassessment occurred on March 26, and we aim to complete reassessing the majority of the approximately 2,000 cases in scope of the review within around 12 weeks. Some complex cases might extend beyond this as we ensure all evidence is considered.</p><p> </p><p>I will update the House once the review is completed, but my immediate priority is processing the cases as swiftly and diligently as possible and ensuring that the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme criteria is consistently applied to all applications being reassessed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/04/2024 14:39:40 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1700314

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Termination of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff left his Department in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	21089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The below table shows the civilian outflow from MOD Main Top Level Budgetary areas (TLB) and Trading Fund and Executive Agencies, by financial year, since 2014/2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>6,563</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>5,566</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>4,564</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>4,553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>4,812</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>5,727</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>3,758</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>5,903</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>6,023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2023 – 30 September 2023</p></td><td><p>2,998</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This information, along with full statistical analysis on the strength of MOD civilian personnel, is publicly available in the MOD biannual civilian personnel reports published by the Office for National Statistics on gov.uk at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mod-biannual-civilian-personnel-statisticsindex" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mod-biannual-civilian-personnel-statisticsindex</a></p><p> </p><p>Data for the 2023-24 financial year will be published on 16 May 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 22/04/2024 13:14:52 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1700487

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Submarines: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) payments additional to their wages and (b) deployment allowances have been made to the crew of submarines providing the continual at sea deterrent in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	21374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The table below provides information requested and shows the total volume of all payments made covering additional Recruitment and Retention payments made above basic salary, Local Overseas Allowance and Longer Separation Allowance payable on deployment. This count has not been broken out as the data could compromise operational security.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023-24</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Count of payments additional to wages</strong></p></td><td><p>16,285</p></td><td><p>17,509</p></td><td><p>14,021</p></td><td><p>17,932</p></td><td><p>19,503</p></td><td><p><strong>82,250</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It would be prejudicial to the effectiveness, capability and security of His Majesty's Armed Forces to provide any further detail.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/04/2024 16:44:13 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1700488

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Submarines: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on making additional payments to senior officers and shortage professions on board Royal Navy submarines to ensure submarines can put to sea.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	21375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Royal Navy has sufficient personnel to meet all of its operational commitments. However, the RN continues to work to identify innovative measures to recruit and retain the highest quality personnel.</p><p> </p><p>The Submarine Remuneration Review (SMRR) seeks to modernise the way in which the Royal Navy intends to remunerate all of it’s submariners by ensuring a new simplified scheme is implemented which improves both requirement and retention.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 22/04/2024 13:20:51 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1700489

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Submarines: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) additional to their wages and (b) deployment allowances that were made to the crew of submarines providing the continual at sea deterrent in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	21376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The tables below provide the data requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Table A – Cost for Submariner Recruitment &amp; Retention Pay [Paid Above Basic Salary]</em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023-24</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Recruitment &amp; Retention Pay [Submariner]</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,829,718</p></td><td><p>£6,020,589</p></td><td><p>£5,899,253</p></td><td><p>£6,338,728</p></td><td><p>£6,750,011</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Table B – Total Costs of Local Oversea Allowance (LOA) and Longer Separation Allowances (LSA) </em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023-24</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,136,491</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,682,940</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,105,415</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,396,261</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2,149,526</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 22/04/2024 13:19:41 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard