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1653611

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service family accommodation properties are eligible for his Department's fuel subsidy scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	194520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>1,154 Service Family Accommodation properties are eligible for the Ministry of Defence Fuel Subsidy Scheme.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 20/07/2023 09:52:55 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1645360

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Tanks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many tanks are in service with the Army.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	190009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>213 Challenger 2 Main Battle Tanks are in service with the British Army. This number reflects a reduction in platforms from the number quoted in the annual published statistics following the Granting in Kind of 14 Challenger 2s to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 22/06/2023 13:30:42 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1649772

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a breakdown of the average cost of energy bills for Service Family Accommodation properties for families who live in homes on (a) an MOD fuel supply and (b) the Fuel Subsidy Scheme in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	192191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2023 answer text <p>A breakdown of the average cost and the total cost of energy bills for families who live Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties on Ministry of Defence (MOD) fuel supply and the Fuel Subsidy Scheme (FSS) can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Average cost to families per financial year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</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></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SFA on MOD fuel supply</strong></p></td><td><p>£292.09</p></td><td><p>£334.78</p></td><td><p>£315.87</p></td><td><p>£246.76</p></td><td><p>£271.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SFA on FSS</strong></p></td><td><p>Unavailable</p></td><td><p>£1,569.76</p></td><td><p>£1,645.35</p></td><td><p>£1,720.69</p></td><td><p>£2,427.29</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Total cost to families per financial year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</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></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SFA on MOD fuel supply</strong></p></td><td><p>£706,072.49</p></td><td><p>£866,833.94</p></td><td><p>£751,220.20</p></td><td><p>£737,455.38</p></td><td><p>£707, 906.08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SFA on FSS</strong></p></td><td><p>Unavailable</p></td><td><p>£802,149.55</p></td><td><p>£840,773.85</p></td><td><p>£879,270.40</p></td><td><p>£1,240,343.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Due to a change in IT systems, information for financial year 2018-19 is not available and cannot be provided.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 192192 question first answered 06/07/2023 10:27:23 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1649773

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of energy bills for Service Family Accommodation properties for families who live in homes on (a) an MOD fuel supply and (b) the Fuel Subsidy Scheme in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	192192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2023 answer text <p>A breakdown of the average cost and the total cost of energy bills for families who live Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties on Ministry of Defence (MOD) fuel supply and the Fuel Subsidy Scheme (FSS) can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Average cost to families per financial year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</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></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SFA on MOD fuel supply</strong></p></td><td><p>£292.09</p></td><td><p>£334.78</p></td><td><p>£315.87</p></td><td><p>£246.76</p></td><td><p>£271.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SFA on FSS</strong></p></td><td><p>Unavailable</p></td><td><p>£1,569.76</p></td><td><p>£1,645.35</p></td><td><p>£1,720.69</p></td><td><p>£2,427.29</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Total cost to families per financial year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</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></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SFA on MOD fuel supply</strong></p></td><td><p>£706,072.49</p></td><td><p>£866,833.94</p></td><td><p>£751,220.20</p></td><td><p>£737,455.38</p></td><td><p>£707, 906.08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SFA on FSS</strong></p></td><td><p>Unavailable</p></td><td><p>£802,149.55</p></td><td><p>£840,773.85</p></td><td><p>£879,270.40</p></td><td><p>£1,240,343.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Due to a change in IT systems, information for financial year 2018-19 is not available and cannot be provided.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 192191 question first answered 06/07/2023 10:27:23 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1673950

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Medical Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her Department has made on the roll out of the IT update allowing GPs to place a marker on the medical notes of people with firearms certificates.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	4544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>A digital version of the firearms marker has been rolled out to all general practices in England as of May 2023.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/12/2023 16:25:33 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1696840

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	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 23 January 2024 to Question 10346 on Armed Forces: Housing, if he will (a) update this answer with the latest available figures and (b) provide a regional breakdown of the updated figures.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	19175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>A regional breakdown of the number of missed maintenance and repair appointments for Service Family Accommodation properties since 1 April 2022 to 18 March 2024, can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of missed appointments </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central</p></td><td><p>5,386</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North</p></td><td><p>1,963</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South-East</p></td><td><p>7,850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South-West</p></td><td><p>6,027</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,226</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures include reactive repairs, planned maintenance and all other appointed tasks such as damp and mould remediation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 21/03/2024 16:47:29 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1683205

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many compensation payments related to (a) Service Family Accommodation and (b) Single Living Accommodation properties his Department has paid since 1 April 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	10350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>A total of 33,237 compensation payments relating to Service Family Accommodation properties have been paid since 1 April 2022.</p><p> </p><p>No compensation payments are paid in respect of Single Living Accommodation properties.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 23/01/2024 17:51:02 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1669555

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2023
	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, what the (a) assessed quality banding and (b) location is of the service family accommodation properties his Department offered to house Afghan people leaving Pakistan.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	1706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>All Service Family Accommodation properties offered by MOD to house Afghan people leaving Pakistan, or any other country, meet or exceed the Government’s Decent Homes standard.</p><p> </p><p>The location of the properties is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Angus</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Argyll and Bute Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashfield District Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ayreshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham City Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Breckland Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cherwell District Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West and Chester Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Edinburgh</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover District Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfries &amp; Annan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Hants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex County Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fareham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fife Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Folkestone &amp; Hythe District Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gedling Borough Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gosport Borough Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guildford Borough Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverness-shire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Anglesey County Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester City Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Borough of Hillingdon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Borough of Hounslow</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Melton Borough Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlothian Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Devon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire County Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pembrokeshire County Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough City Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth City Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston City Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Borough of Greenwich</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Borough of Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rushmore Borough Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset West &amp; Taunton District Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Hams District Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Somerset District Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stirling Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stratford Upon Avon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telford &amp; Wrekin</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Glamorgan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of White Horse</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford Borough Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Berkshire Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Suffolk District Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woking Borough Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wokingham</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 16/11/2023 17:38:01 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1696845

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the number and proportion of single living accommodation bed spaces that meet building regulation standards.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	19177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2024 answer text <p>All Single Living Accommodation (SLA) bedspaces built since the 1960s - when the Building Regulations came into force - have been required to meet the standards imposed by the Regulations.</p><p>The Crown has immunity and exemption from the procedural requirements of the Building Regulations in the UK, but Departmental policy mandates that all building works must comply with the minimum standards imposed by the Building Regulations. This includes the routine safety assessments, maintenance and improvement programmes applied to all SLA buildings constructed prior to the Regulations.</p><p>The MOD's Building Regulations Compliance System (BRCS) is designed to broadly replicate the civilian Building Control process and builds on the safety culture within the MOD. BRCS also applies to building work overseas. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation's Building Control Compliance Authority ensures compliance with the procedures of the BRCS, the technical application of Building Regulations, and selects projects for audit.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 16/04/2024 11:18:53 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1681227

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on external recruitment agencies in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	9075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>Although examples will exist for specific roles, the Department does not, in general, make use of external recruitment consultants to fill fulltime roles and the information requested is not centrally held.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 16/01/2024 17:13:07 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard