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155442

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how often his Department reviews its processes regarding the logging of emails, letters and other correspondence received; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	214247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) introduced a new IT system for logging and tracking key categories of correspondence in March 2014 when processes for correspondence were thoroughly reviewed. The MOD keeps its processes for logging correspondence under constant review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 20/11/2014 17:02:47 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

164332

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Electronic Government
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 to ensure its services are available online; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	215660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) already makes services available online such as Armed Forces career applications and civilian recruitment. The MOD is taking steps to ensure more of its services are available online, including:</p><p>Working to improve access to information and services for Armed Forces personnel, Reserves and families by upgrading and improving services available via the internet;</p><p>Identifying new transactional services to be redesigned to the Digital by Default service standard;</p><p>Building its digital capability through the appointment of a central digital transformation team;</p><p>and developing digital skills and professionalism across the Department.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 01/12/2014 17:46:06 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

165949

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Water
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 reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	215957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>In the UK the majority of water consumed on Ministry of Defence (MOD) sites is supplied by three Aquatrine Public Private Partnership contracts. The water supplied under these contractual arrangements equates to 95% by volume of consumption on UK MOD sites.</p><p>The MOD has reduced water consumption across its estate by 9% since 2010, thus exceeding a self-imposed target to achieve a 7% reduction in estate-wide water consumption and corresponding bills by 2015.</p><p>Work is continuing throughout the MOD estate to embed water use awareness, and achieve further reductions in water consumption. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation is implementing a Water Consumption Reduction programme, which will target 150 high demand sites to identify further water efficiency measures and improve the efficiency of water use.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 02/12/2014 17:50:34 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

166976

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Renewable Energy
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 capacity of his Department's buildings for the micro-generation of renewable energy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	216585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>Micro-generation of renewable energy is being used on the defence estate but no assessment has been made of the potential capacity for the Department's buildings. Micro-generation is one of a range of options available and investment decisions are based on value for money criteria.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 08/12/2014 16:30:40 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

167447

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to insulate his departmental estate in order to improve energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	216837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>As part of its continuing energy efficiency programme the Ministry of Defence has invested in 1,400 energy efficiency projects. These include insulation measures as well as Building Energy Management Systems, boiler controls and LED lighting. These have been delivered across 223 Defence sites both in the UK and overseas.</p><p>Energy efficiency improvements are undertaken as part of all Service Family Accommodation (SFA) upgrade programmes where appropriate. SFA improvements include new or improved loft insulation, external wall insulation and new doors, windows, boilers and heating systems.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 09/12/2014 17:22:18 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

168894

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Older Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people working in his Department are over 65 years old; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	217825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>As of 1 October 2014, the number of civilians working in the Ministry Of Defence and its Trading Funds aged 65 and over was around 1,400.</p><p>It is the Department's policy to be an all-inclusive employer. Any form of unfair discrimination or harrassment on the grounds of an individual's gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, age, non-standard working pattern or any other difference is totally unacceptable and therefore not tolerated in the workplace.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/12/2014 17:22:29 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

168898

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Disabled Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people with a disability work in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	217904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>To build a world class Civil Service we need to recruit and retain the very best Civil Servants on merit, irrespective of whether they are disabled.</p><p>As of 1 October 2014, 47.48% (26,340) of staff in the Ministry of Defence and its Trading Funds have chosen to declare their disability status; of these, around 2,515 have made a positive disability declaration. This data is based on the numbers of employees who have chosen individually to record their disability status on the departmental Human Resource (HR) system. Any such declaration is voluntary and confidential.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/12/2014 17:32:31 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby