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422573

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Air Misses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken by Air Command in response to the UK Airprox Board's recommendation that flying procedures be reviewed in the Machynlleth loop following a near-miss incident involving five aircraft on 27 August 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	12630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>I believe the hon. Member is referring to an incident that took place on 27 August 2014, in response to which the UK Airprox Board assessed no risk of collision existed.</p><p>Following the UK Airprox Board's recommendation, a review of entry and exit procedures has been completed. No changes have been made as the RAF considered that changing the procedures would adversely affect flight safety. However, the UK Military Low Flying Handbook was updated to highlight to military aircrews that they should exercise caution when entering and exiting the Machynlleth Loop.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/10/2015 12:52:32 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

521544

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new recruits to the infantry were aged (a) 16, (b) 17 and (c) 18 and above on enlistment in each financial year since 2007-08.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	38550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The number of new recruits to the infantry aged 16, 17, 18 and above on enlistment in each financial year since 2007-08 is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Age on Enlistment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Ages</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18+</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>33,120 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,000 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,170 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,950 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>4,430</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>930</p></td><td><p>2,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>4,900</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>3,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>4,600</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>630</p></td><td><p>3,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>3,320</p></td><td><p>660</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>2,220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>4,570</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>680</p></td><td><p>3,270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>3,840</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>2,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2,080</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>1,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2,710</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>1,980</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2,690</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>1,960</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source Defence Statistics</p><p> </p><p>The figures are for Regular Army Other Ranks only and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service and Mobilised Reserves.</p><p> </p><p>Age on enlistment is derived from date of birth and the flow date of entries.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not appear to be the sum of their parts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 06/06/2016 15:01:37 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1019496

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army Foundation College: Qualifications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what Ofqual-accredited qualifications are offered at the Army Foundation College; and how many recruits achieved each type of qualification in the most recent full year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	198354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Army Foundation College delivers functional skills qualifications in Maths, English and Information Communication Technology (ICT) at Level 1 and Level 2, through either City &amp; Guilds or EDEXCEL.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, dependent upon educational attainment on arrival at the Army Foundation College, some junior soldiers will complete an accredited Pearson BTEC Level 3 Certificate in Public Services.</p><p> </p><p>The educational attainment of junior soldiers who graduated in 2018 are shown in the table below. This will include qualifications gained by junior soldiers before attendance at Army Foundation College.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>English</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Maths</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>ICT</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>BTEC</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Graduates</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>L1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>L2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>L1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>L2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>L1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>L2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>L3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>940</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td><td><p>790</p></td><td><p>940</p></td><td><p>760</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Army Foundation College (Harrogate)</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>These figures are single service estimates and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/12/2018 16:20:37 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1043062

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Conditions of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which activities undertaken by under-18s in the armed forces constitutes hazardous work as defined under Article 3 (d) of ILO Convention 182 and its accompanying Recommendation 190.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	209860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence's Management of Health and Safety Regulations requires special attention to identifying and controlling health and safety risks to young persons in the workplace. Many of these are covered by existing risk assessment and control measures, but the employing branch will identify any additional control measures/changes required in accordance with the normal risk assessment process.</p><p>All Armed Forces personnel are trained for a wide range of operational tasks and environments, including combat. Established procedures are in place to ensure that Service personnel under the age of 18 are not deployed on operations. Our policies on under 18s in Service are robust and comply with national and international law.</p><p>Commanding Officers take their responsibilities towards their personnel extremely seriously. Commanding Officers pay close attention to the needs of under 18s as they pass from recruitment through Phase 1 and Phase 2 training, to operational units.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 210553 question first answered 24/01/2019 16:25:25 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1045487

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of whether military training activities constitute hazardous work as defined in Article 3(d) of ILO Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour and its accompanying Recommendation 1902.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	210553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence's Management of Health and Safety Regulations requires special attention to identifying and controlling health and safety risks to young persons in the workplace. Many of these are covered by existing risk assessment and control measures, but the employing branch will identify any additional control measures/changes required in accordance with the normal risk assessment process.</p><p>All Armed Forces personnel are trained for a wide range of operational tasks and environments, including combat. Established procedures are in place to ensure that Service personnel under the age of 18 are not deployed on operations. Our policies on under 18s in Service are robust and comply with national and international law.</p><p>Commanding Officers take their responsibilities towards their personnel extremely seriously. Commanding Officers pay close attention to the needs of under 18s as they pass from recruitment through Phase 1 and Phase 2 training, to operational units.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 209860 question first answered 24/01/2019 16:25:25 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1081804

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Low Flying
	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 GIS data used to construct the boundaries of the (a) 18 Low Flying Areas and (b) boundaries for the three Tactical Training Areas in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	228100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>Geographical data on the UK Low Flying System is available online at :</p><p>https://www.aidu.mod.uk/aip/pdf/enr/ENR-5-2.pdf</p><p>The UK Low Flying System, which contains the Low Flying Areas and Tactical Training Areas, was developed during the 1960s to manage and deconflict military aircraft activity.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/03/2019 15:36:20 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1081805

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Low Flying
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) number and (b) value of compensation payments made in the last five years to people living below Tactical Training Areas was.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	228101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Claims are recorded by Low Flying Area (LFA) and cannot be separated out to Tactical Training Areas only. The number of compensation payments made for low flying claims arising from people living below in the LFAs encompassing Tactical Training Areas for the five financial years 2013-14 to 2017-18 was 25. The compensation payments amounted to £101,148.27.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/03/2019 16:08:10 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1081806

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Low Flying
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) number and (b) value of compensation payments made in the last five years to people living below the Tactical Training Area in central Wales was.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	228102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Claims are recorded by Low Flying Area (LFA) and cannot be separated out to Tactical Training Areas only. The number of compensation payments made for low flying claims arising from people living below in the LFA encompassing the Tactical Training Area in central Wales for the five financial years 2013-14 to 2017-18 was 21. The compensation payments amounted to £98,781.27.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/03/2019 16:31:40 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1081808

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Low Flying
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the reasons were for the compensation payments made in the last five years to people living below the Tactical Training Area in central Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	228103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Claims are recorded by Low Flying Area (LFA) and cannot be separated out to Tactical Training Areas only. Compensation payments for the five financial years 2013-14 to 2017-18 made to people living below in the LFA encompassing the Tactical Training Area in central Wales for low flying claims were for the following reasons: 12 claims were for loss or injury to livestock and nine claims were for property damage.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/03/2019 15:57:14 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

756799

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army Foundation College
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Military Police investigations into staff at AFC Harrogate there have been in the last 10 years; what the (a) related allegations and (b) outcomes were in each of those investigations; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	7890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>Data on the outcomes of Royal Military Police investigations over the last ten years will take time to collate. Information relating to disciplinary action is currently <del class="ministerial">unlkown</del><ins class="ministerial">unavailable</ins>. I will write shortly to provide the data requested.</p><p>The Army does not tolerate unacceptable behaviour by any personnel, including staff and Junior Soldiers at the Army Foundation College, in any form. All allegations are treated very seriously and investigated. As part of our duty of care, instructors at the College will normally be suspended until an investigation has been carried out, or depending on the circumstances, they may be removed from post without prejudice and reassigned. As a result of the misconduct investigation and findings, the without prejudice removal will then be classified as blameworthy or non-blameworthy, and dealt with accordingly.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/09/2017 16:54:31 question first ministerially corrected 08/09/2017 10:39:58 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 8920 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts