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62593

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Reserve
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 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 364W, on Reserve Forces, what the current national recruitment rate to the Army Reserve is.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	201369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. member to the UK Armed Forces Quarterly Personnel Report which is published by Defence Statistics. This shows Reserve trained and untrained strength figures, as well as movements into the Future Reserves 2020 populations. It is available on the www.gov.uk website at the following link:<br><br>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-armed-forces-quarterly-personnel-report-2014</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/06/2014 15:37:30 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

62870

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
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, what budget is available to help (a) active service personnel and (b) veterans with psychological injuries.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	201430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>We take the mental health of our personnel and veterans very seriously, and the Government has invested £7.4 million to improve the mental health services available and ensure help is available for everyone who needs it. The Government has implemented all of the recommendations of the ‘Fighting Fit' report, written by the now Minister for International Security Strategy the Under-Secretary of State for Defence, (Dr Murrison). These include structured mental health assessments at routine and discharge medicals; access to military Departments of Community Mental Health for six months after discharge; tailored NHS mental health services; funding for the Combat Stress 24 hour Mental Health Helpline; and the introduction of the Big White Wall, providing mental health wellbeing services to serving personnel, their families and veterans.<br><br>The Veterans Information Service makes contact with recent service leavers to make them aware of mental health and other support available in the community. <br><br>For serving personnel, the Defence Medical Services (DMS) have introduced a range of measures to identify issues at the earliest possible opportunity. These include pre-and post-deployment briefing and the availability of support, assessment and (if required) treatment, both during and after deployments, as well as peer-group mentoring through Trauma Risk Management. Away from deployed operations, our mental health services are configured to provide community-based mental healthcare in line with national best practice, through both unit-based primary health centres and our network of 16 military Departments of Community Mental Health across the UK (plus centres overseas). Inpatient care, when required, is available through a contract with a group of eight specialist NHS Trusts across the UK. The DMS does not allocate a specific budget for mental healthcare, but provides appropriate care and treatment for all those who require it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 201428 question first answered 24/06/2014 14:55:36 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

62871

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
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, what steps his Department takes to help servicemen and women and veterans with psychological injuries.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	201428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>We take the mental health of our personnel and veterans very seriously, and the Government has invested £7.4 million to improve the mental health services available and ensure help is available for everyone who needs it. The Government has implemented all of the recommendations of the ‘Fighting Fit' report, written by the now Minister for International Security Strategy the Under-Secretary of State for Defence, (Dr Murrison). These include structured mental health assessments at routine and discharge medicals; access to military Departments of Community Mental Health for six months after discharge; tailored NHS mental health services; funding for the Combat Stress 24 hour Mental Health Helpline; and the introduction of the Big White Wall, providing mental health wellbeing services to serving personnel, their families and veterans.<br><br>The Veterans Information Service makes contact with recent service leavers to make them aware of mental health and other support available in the community. <br><br>For serving personnel, the Defence Medical Services (DMS) have introduced a range of measures to identify issues at the earliest possible opportunity. These include pre-and post-deployment briefing and the availability of support, assessment and (if required) treatment, both during and after deployments, as well as peer-group mentoring through Trauma Risk Management. Away from deployed operations, our mental health services are configured to provide community-based mental healthcare in line with national best practice, through both unit-based primary health centres and our network of 16 military Departments of Community Mental Health across the UK (plus centres overseas). Inpatient care, when required, is available through a contract with a group of eight specialist NHS Trusts across the UK. The DMS does not allocate a specific budget for mental healthcare, but provides appropriate care and treatment for all those who require it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 201430 question first answered 24/06/2014 14:55:36 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

62242

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Combined Cadet Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria he will use in deciding in which schools to establish a new Combined Cadet Force detachment.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	201019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The cost of setting up a new Combined Cadet Force (CCF) unit under the Cadet Expansion Programme depends largely on the number of cadets in the unit. <br><br>Decisions on opening new CCFs in schools are made jointly by the Department for Education and Ministry of Defence (MOD). The key criteria for deciding which schools can establish a new CCF are the ability of the school to fund the new unit and provide sufficient adult volunteers to run it. However, we are particularly interested in establishing CCFs in areas of deprivation.<br><br>No assessment has been made of the effect of establishing new CCFs in state schools on recruitment to community cadet units. However, it should be noted that CCFs and community cadet units deliver different but complementary elements of the MOD's youth engagement strategy.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 201016 201020 question first answered 25/06/2014 16:14:56 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 4727 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

62243

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Combined Cadet Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of establishing new Combined Cadet Force detachments in state schools on recruitment to existing community-based cadet forces.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	201020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The cost of setting up a new Combined Cadet Force (CCF) unit under the Cadet Expansion Programme depends largely on the number of cadets in the unit. <br><br>Decisions on opening new CCFs in schools are made jointly by the Department for Education and Ministry of Defence (MOD). The key criteria for deciding which schools can establish a new CCF are the ability of the school to fund the new unit and provide sufficient adult volunteers to run it. However, we are particularly interested in establishing CCFs in areas of deprivation.<br><br>No assessment has been made of the effect of establishing new CCFs in state schools on recruitment to community cadet units. However, it should be noted that CCFs and community cadet units deliver different but complementary elements of the MOD's youth engagement strategy.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 201016 201019 question first answered 25/06/2014 16:14:56 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 4728 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

62244

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Combined Cadet Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the annual cost in each school of setting up a new Combined Cadet Force detachment.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	201016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The cost of setting up a new Combined Cadet Force (CCF) unit under the Cadet Expansion Programme depends largely on the number of cadets in the unit. <br><br>Decisions on opening new CCFs in schools are made jointly by the Department for Education and Ministry of Defence (MOD). The key criteria for deciding which schools can establish a new CCF are the ability of the school to fund the new unit and provide sufficient adult volunteers to run it. However, we are particularly interested in establishing CCFs in areas of deprivation.<br><br>No assessment has been made of the effect of establishing new CCFs in state schools on recruitment to community cadet units. However, it should be noted that CCFs and community cadet units deliver different but complementary elements of the MOD's youth engagement strategy.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 201019 201020 question first answered 25/06/2014 16:14:56 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 4730 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

65119

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to centrally record all instances of verbal or physical abuse made towards members of the Armed Forces.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	203471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has no plans to record such information, and no representation has been made by the Armed Forces that such a record is necessary. We have seen no evidence of widespread or increasing prejudice, harassment or criminality aimed at Service personnel.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/07/2014 15:38:29 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

65430

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Combined Cadet Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to change funding for existing Combined Cadet Force detachments and to communicate those changes to schools.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	203660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 25 June 2014 (Official Report, column 221W) to the hon. Member for North Wiltshire (Mr Gray).</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/07/2014 16:55:34 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 20140625 Hansard extract on Cadets Mr Gray.doc title 20140625 Hansard extract on Cadets
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

66021

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Cadets
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 25 June 2014, Official Report, column 221W, on Combined Cadet Force, if he will make an assessment of the effect of recruitment to existing community-based cadet forces.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	204145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The community cadet forces and Combined Cadet Forces (CCFs) deliver different but complementary elements of the Ministry of Defence's youth engagement strategy. <br><br>Where the establishment of a new CCF unit under the Cadet Expansion Programme is proposed, there is an approval process involving the single Service cadet organisations and consideration is given on a case by case basis of any possible adverse affect on local community cadet force units.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/07/2014 13:50:59 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

91401

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of veterans who were homeless in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	208984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not hold this information.<br><br>We attach considerable importance to minimising the risk of Service personnel becoming homeless on leaving the Armed Forces, and go to considerable lengths to prevent this, for example through the provision of targeted housing advice during resettlement and, since April of this year, the Forces Help to Buy scheme. <br><br>To date, the MOD has committed over £1.3 million of the £35 million LIBOR fines in support of homeless and vulnerable veterans, and hopes to announce further funding in support of homeless hostels, drawing on the £40 million Veterans Accommodation Fund.<br><br>For further information on this and the support available to veterans, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 11 December 2013 (Official Report, columns 259-60W) to the hon. member for Colchester (Sir Bob Russell).</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 13/10/2014 16:58:20 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis