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1170748

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Sickle Cell Diseases
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 in response to the coroner's report of 30 December 2019 that linked the deaths of two Army recruits on military exercises to sickle cell anaemia.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	3136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The Army takes the safety of applicants and Serving personnel extremely seriously. Following the deaths of two Commonwealth applicants, a version of the NHS Family Origins Questionnaire is now used at assessment centres to screen all candidates. This enables a medical assessment identifying those at risk of Sickle Cell Trait (SCT) with a follow on blood test as necessary. Those who are found to be SCT negative can participate as normal in the Role Fitness Test (Entry) including a 2km run at the assessment centre. Candidates who have passed all other parts of the assessment but who have been identified as SCT positive are offered a tailored pre conditioning course to mitigate against Exertional Collapse Associated to Sickle Cell Trait (ECAST). This process has been developed based on an Evidence-Based Medicine approach drawing on available research and NHS best practice, tempered by best available experience of UK Subject Matter Experts and US Armed Forces. The inquests into the two tragic deaths are yet to take place, but a full response to the Coroner's Prevention of Future Deaths Report is being prepared, which will include direction on identifying and supporting serving military personnel who are as yet undiagnosed as SCT positive.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 20/01/2020 17:11:04 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1187055

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Moorland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on the burning of moors in his Department's ownership.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	33407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2020 answer text <p>Ministry of Defence infrastructure and estate policy is set out in JSP850. This policy states that Integrated Rural Management Plans (IRMPs), integrating military requirements with the natural and historic environment, must be in place for all protected landscapes.</p><p>Example IRMP objectives include instructions prohibiting the burning of sensitive areas and directions to conduct heather management through cutting and controlled burning.</p><p>Heather burning forms part of the Natural England management requirements where appropriate. The Department also adheres to this policy.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 27/03/2020 07:29:05 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1191187

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aid: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has received a request from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for the use of the RAF Voyager fleet to repatriate British nationals during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	40968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s COVID-19 response effort, the Ministry of Defence has so far provided places on 11 pre-scheduled flights on Military Aircraft to repatriate British Nationals at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s request, which has included the use of Voyager Aircraft where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey grouped question UIN 40970 question first answered 06/05/2020 11:06:01 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1191189

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aid: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has offered the use of (a) the RAF Voyager fleet and (b) civil-registered aircraft from the non-core Voyager fleet to the Department of Health and Social Care for the long-distance transport of personal protective equipment to the UK during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	40969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>As part of the Government's COVID-19 response, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has provided military aircraft to transport personal protective equipment on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care. The MOD deploys the most appropriate aircraft for each task in line with Military Aid to Civil Authorities (MACA) principles. In this case, A400M and C-17 aircraft have been used but Voyager aircraft have not.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 06/05/2020 11:06:54 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1191191

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aid: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has offered the use of funded flying hours from the RAF Voyager fleet to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to repatriate UK nationals during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	40970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s COVID-19 response effort, the Ministry of Defence has so far provided places on 11 pre-scheduled flights on Military Aircraft to repatriate British Nationals at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s request, which has included the use of Voyager Aircraft where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey grouped question UIN 40968 question first answered 06/05/2020 11:06:01 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1195002

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many regular, full-time serving members of the Army there were on the latest date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	45953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>There were 78,620 Regular Army personnel on strength as at 1 January 2020</p><p>Notes/Caveats:</p><p>These figures were provided by Defence Statistics (Army)</p><p>Figures are for Untrained and Trained Regular strengths and therefore exclude Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) and Gurkhas but include those individuals who have transferred out of the Gurkhas to the Regular Army.</p><p>Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes;</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 20/05/2020 15:52:21 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1195004

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
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, how many Army Reserve personnel, excluding members of University Officer Training Corps, have served for a period of over one year.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	45954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>As at 1 January 2020, there were 25,610 Future Reserves 2020 (FR20) Army personnel who had continuous Army Reserve service of one year or more.</p><p> </p><p>Notes/Caveats:</p><ol><li>Figures provided by Defence Statistics (Army).</li><li>FR20 personnel includes volunteer reserves who are mobilised, High Readiness Reserves and those Volunteer Reserves serving on Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) and Additional Duties Commitment (ADC). Sponsored Reserves who provide a more cost effective solution than volunteer reserve are also included in the Army Reserve FR20.</li><li>The above figure is the number of FR20 personnel who were recorded on Strength both on 1 January 2020 and 1 January 2019 . This captures the number of personnel who have a year or more continuous service in Army Reserve, but will not include those who may have accumulated more than one year of service in other areas of the Armed Forces prior to joining the Army Reserves.</li><li>Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 20/05/2020 15:52:47 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1195152

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Tankers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library his Department's report on the Tide-force vessels contract.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	45955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>Careful consideration has been given as to whether the MARS (Tide Class) Tanker Lessons Learnt report can be made public at this time. It has been concluded that it cannot as its disclosure would be prejudicial to the formulation of Government policy and commercial interests.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 18/05/2020 16:13:20 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1197052

registered interest
date	19/05/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many regular, full-time serving members of the Army there were on the most recent date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	48946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>As at 1 April 2020 the strength of the Regular Army was 79,620 personnel.</p><p>Notes/Caveats:</p><p>These figures were provided by Defence Statistics (Army)</p><p>Figures are for Untrained and Trained Regular strengths and therefore exclude Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) and Gurkhas but include those individuals who have transferred out of the Gurkhas to the Regular Army.</p><p>Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes;</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 08/06/2020 08:44:03 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1197053

registered interest
date	19/05/2020
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, how many Army Reserve personnel, excluding members of University Officer Training Corps, have served for a period of over one year.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	48947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>As at 1 April 2020, there were 25,580 Future Reserves 2020 (FR20) Army personnel who had continuous Army Reserve service of one year or more.</p><p>Notes/Caveats:</p><ul><li>Figures provided by Defence Statistics (Army).</li><li>FR20 personnel includes volunteer reserves who are mobilised, High Readiness Reserves and those Volunteer Reserves serving on Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) and Additional Duties Commitment (ADC). Sponsored Reserves who provide a more cost effective solution than volunteer reserve are also included in the Army Reserve FR20.</li><li>The above figure is the number of FR20 personnel who were recorded on Strength both on 1 April 2020 and 1 April 2019. This captures the number of personnel who have a year or more continuous service in Army Reserve, but will not include those who may have accumulated more than one year of service in other areas of the Armed Forces prior to joining the Army Reserves.</li><li>Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes.</li></ul> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 08/06/2020 16:22:34 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar