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1359366

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that veterans are (a) supported in obtaining their military pension and (b) provided with adequate support where difficulties arise.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	56418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>Although it is the member's responsibility to claim their Armed Forces pension when it is due, the MOD actively traces members if the deferred pension has not been claimed and the age at which the pension is payable has passed.</p><p>The Armed Forces Pension Schemes (AFPS) have a wide range of easy to understand booklets and videos on the pension schemes which can be accessed on the gov.uk website and YouTube. Scheme booklets are also provided to members when they join, which provide advice on their AFPS pension and the steps they must take to make a claim for their deferred pension.Additionally, pension briefs and training are offered in service.</p><p>For serving personnel or veterans who need support or are experiencing difficulties, the Veterans Welfare Service provides free and confidential advice on a wide range of issues. Welfare Managers can provide welfare support and engage with the Joint Personnel Administration Centre (JPAC) or the Armed Forces Pension Scheme team on the individual's behalf. All members also have access to the JPAC Enquiry Centre who can provide personal pension information and can offer support where necessary.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 25/10/2021 12:35:08 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1484378

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Army personnel are currently enrolled on an apprenticeship scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	26709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The Army currently employs around 15,000 apprentices, with over 20,000 personnel successfully completing an apprenticeship from April 2018 to March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The Army has recently been recognised as the best apprenticeship employer in the country for 2022, which showcases the scale, reach, diversity, and quality of the apprenticeship programme, whilst reinforcing the variety of employment, available trades, and development opportunities for those seeking to join.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 04/07/2022 16:49:21 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1484388

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Reorganisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral contribution of 22 March 2021, Official Report, column 639, if he will publish further details of the Army's restructuring.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	26710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>In relation to the comments the hon. Member refers to, I would refer him to the further statement made by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence, on 25 November 2021, in which he announced details of Future Soldier, laying out the new structure of the Army.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 04/07/2022 14:42:20 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty attachment 1 file name Army Restructuring Future Soldier.docx title Army Restructuring; Future Soldier
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1503876

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Balochistan: Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help raise the issue of human rights violations against people in Balochistan, Pakistan.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	45515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2022 answer text <p>We regularly raise our concerns about human rights at a senior level with the Government of Pakistan. Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for South Asia, did so most recently on 23 June, when he met Pakistan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar. In February 2022, the British High Commissioner to Pakistan visited Balochistan, where he met the Chief Minister, Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, and discussed the protection of human rights. He also discussed the issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan with Pakistan's Human Rights Minister, Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada, on 17 June this year. We will continue to engage with the Government of Pakistan on the need to honour its international commitments and obligations throughout its territory.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 45725 45726 question first answered 15/09/2022 16:13:46 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1503982

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Balochistan: Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many meetings she has had on human rights abuses in Balochistan, Pakistan in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	45725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2022 answer text <p>We regularly raise our concerns about human rights at a senior level with the Government of Pakistan. Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for South Asia, did so most recently on 23 June, when he met Pakistan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar. In February 2022, the British High Commissioner to Pakistan visited Balochistan, where he met the Chief Minister, Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, and discussed the protection of human rights. He also discussed the issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan with Pakistan's Human Rights Minister, Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada, on 17 June this year. We will continue to engage with the Government of Pakistan on the need to honour its international commitments and obligations throughout its territory.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 45515 45726 question first answered 15/09/2022 16:13:46 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1503983

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Pakistan: Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help promote human rights in Pakistan.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	45726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2022 answer text <p>We regularly raise our concerns about human rights at a senior level with the Government of Pakistan. Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for South Asia, did so most recently on 23 June, when he met Pakistan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar. In February 2022, the British High Commissioner to Pakistan visited Balochistan, where he met the Chief Minister, Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, and discussed the protection of human rights. He also discussed the issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan with Pakistan's Human Rights Minister, Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada, on 17 June this year. We will continue to engage with the Government of Pakistan on the need to honour its international commitments and obligations throughout its territory.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 45515 45725 question first answered 15/09/2022 16:13:46 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1185911

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendations of Unicef UK's report entitled, Ending Preventable Child Deaths: How Britain Can Lead The Way.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	30684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>We welcome the UNICEF report and its recognition that DFID’s work already saves children’s lives and makes a real difference. The Government’s commitment to end preventable maternal, new-born and child deaths by 2030 is well aligned with the report’s recommendations.</p><p>We are currently working on the detailed action plan on ending preventable deaths, setting out the key shifts we, with partners in the international community, need to make to achieve the goal. An example of this action is the UK commitment to help secure at least $7.4 billion for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, through its replenishment this year. This funding will allow Gavi to vaccinate 300 million more children and save up to 8 million lives from preventable deaths by 2025.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 24/03/2020 17:02:52 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1220356

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Disability Inclusion Strategy (2018 to 2023), and its successor policies, will remain a priority for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	68281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting a long-term movement for change on the neglected global issue of disability inclusion. The Government remains steadfast in its commitment to this agenda.</p><p>The Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy is expected to conclude later in the year, which will define the Government’s ambition for the UK’s role in the world and its outcomes will shape the objectives of the FCDO. Both the review and the merger are evidence of the Prime Minister’s commitment to a unified British foreign and development policy that will maximise our influence around the world, including on disability and gender equality.</p><p>As part of the merger discussions, we will review, refresh and build on all existing strategies, as well as developing new approaches where appropriate. We do not see the core ambitions of DFID’s Disability Inclusion strategy changing. The advancement of the inclusion of people with disabilities is as important now as when we published the strategy in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 09/07/2020 16:03:58 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1234460

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Greek Islands: Travel Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the clarity of the Government's advice for people travelling to Greek islands; and what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on publishing scientific advice on that matter.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	90043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>The FCDO currently advises against all non-essential travel to the Greek islands of Lesvos, Tinos, Serifos, Mykonos, Crete, Santorini and Zakynthos. This advice is based on the current assessment of COVID-19 risks. The advice was announced on 11 September and published on the FCDO website.</p><p>In making decisions about travel advice, the FCDO considers the scientific evidence. Public Health England (PHE) and the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC), the organisations mandated to provide health advice to British nationals travelling overseas, assess the risk to an individual of exposure to the virus in each destination based on data covering virus incidence rates, trends in incidence and deaths, transmission status and international epidemic intelligence as well as information on a country's testing capacity. In addition to the data on epidemiology, our overall assessment also draws on the latest information from our network of embassies and high commissions, on the situation in each country and territory.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 22/09/2020 14:39:43 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1235588

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Human Rights: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to raise the profile of women's rights internationally; and whether he plans to organise international events and conferences on that matter after the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	91569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>The UK is widely recognised for its leadership on gender equality and women and girls' rights. The challenges of advancing girls' education, sexual and reproductive health and rights, women's political empowerment and participation, women's economic empowerment, and ending gender-based violence, including conflict related sexual violence, are more acute now, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>We continue to engage virtually with our international partners and champion gender equality in multilateral fora including in the UN. Promoting gender equality and advancing women and girls' rights on the international stage are core elements of the UK's role as a force for good in the world. This October marks the 20th anniversary of UN Security Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. The FCDO network will mark the anniversary, focusing on elevating and legitimising the work of women peacebuilders. The UK will co-lead the new global Generation Equality Action Coalition on gender-based violence to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action on Gender Equality. We will drive more concerted, coordinated and scaled-up global action across the international system to prevent gender-based violence. We remain unwavering in our commitment to enabling all girls to access 12 years of quality education by 2030. We are continuing to consider the range of possible activities in these respects after the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 23/09/2020 14:33:25 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman