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425085

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	War Graves
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on transferring to that Commission responsibility for the maintenance of military graves currently maintained by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	14258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <br /><br /><p>Discussions between Ministry Of Defence (MOD) and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) are continuing regarding the transfer of maintenance responsibility for the graves of military personnel buried in the UK since 1948.</p><p>Annual costs for the maintenance of each grave for which MOD is responsible are estimated to be between £65 and £205 depending on the location and condition of the grave. The MOD’s annual grant to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in respect of the graves they maintain is in excess of £47 million.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 14257 14259 question first answered 04/11/2015 15:59:21 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

425087

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	War Graves
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the annual average cost to the Ministry of Defence of (a) maintaining each grave for which it is responsible and (b) the value of the grant made to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in respect of each grave maintained by that Commission.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	14257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <br /><br /><p>Discussions between Ministry Of Defence (MOD) and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) are continuing regarding the transfer of maintenance responsibility for the graves of military personnel buried in the UK since 1948.</p><p>Annual costs for the maintenance of each grave for which MOD is responsible are estimated to be between £65 and £205 depending on the location and condition of the grave. The MOD’s annual grant to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in respect of the graves they maintain is in excess of £47 million.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 14258 14259 question first answered 04/11/2015 15:59:21 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

425086

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	War Graves
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to transfer responsibility for military graves maintained by his Department to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	14259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <br /><br /><p>Discussions between Ministry Of Defence (MOD) and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) are continuing regarding the transfer of maintenance responsibility for the graves of military personnel buried in the UK since 1948.</p><p>Annual costs for the maintenance of each grave for which MOD is responsible are estimated to be between £65 and £205 depending on the location and condition of the grave. The MOD’s annual grant to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in respect of the graves they maintain is in excess of £47 million.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 14257 14258 question first answered 04/11/2015 15:59:21 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

427582

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to table a new statutory instrument relating to the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees and to change their title to reflect their new role.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	15947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>This matter is under consideration.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 16/11/2015 17:07:51 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

428656

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees
	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 16 November 2015 to Question 15947, on the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees, how long he expects the matter to be under consideration.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	16565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>I have considered this matter and will bring forward an amendment in the Armed Forces Bill to extend the remit of the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 24/11/2015 16:43:02 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

522490

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	War Graves
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in the transfer of military graves maintained by the Ministry of Defence to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	39158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>Since the Chancellor's 2015 Autumn Statement announcement concerning the renovation and maintenance of over 6,000 graves of Service personnel, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has carried out a considerable amount of work to drive this project forward; a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) governing the project has been developed and is currently being considered by all parties, including the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) and HM Treasury colleagues. The MOD has also provided the CWGC with data for over 6,000 graves to enable the CWGC to conduct a scoping exercise and identify the locations it will assume responsibility for.</p><p>We expect the MOU to be finalised shortly, after which the CWGC will submit a costings report to MOD for consideration. Once the scoping exercise has concluded and all parties are satisfied with the terms of the proposed transfer, the CWGC will be invited to take over maintenance responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 13/06/2016 15:11:06 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

522496

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to publish the draft statutory instrument on the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee; and what consultations he plans to conduct before that draft legislation is published.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	39064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>It is our aim to publish the statutory instrument by the end of the year. As was made clear during the passage of the Armed Forces Act, this legislation will provide a statutory basis for the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VA&amp;PC) to provide advice and deal with complaints in relation to the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme 2005, and future compensation schemes enacted under the Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation Scheme) Act 2004. Formal consultation about these provisions is not necessary. The Ministry of Defence will continue to work with the VA&amp;PC and will keep them updated.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 13/06/2016 16:32:21 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

525570

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Resignations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel handed in a formal notice of resignation in each month between January 2010 and January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	40777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>Details of the number of trained Armed Forces personnel who handed in a formal notice of resignation during the period requested are given in the tables below. The information provided is an estimate of the number of applications made by Service personnel to leave before the end of their agreed engagement or commission period. It relates to those who have an application to leave recorded on their personnel record on the Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) system.</p><p> </p><p>Voluntary Outflow is defined as all exits from trained personnel which are voluntarily generated by the individual before the end of their agreed engagement or commission period.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that the figures for the Royal Navy/Royal Marines (RN/RM) and Army do not include people who requested to leave but had their application refused.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Royal Navy/Royal Marines</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Voluntary Outflow applications</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2010</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2010</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2010</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2010</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2010</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2010</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2010</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2010</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2010</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2010</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2010</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2011</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2011</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2011</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2011</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2011</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2011</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2011</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2011</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2011</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2011</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2011</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2012</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2012</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2012</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2012</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2012</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2012</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2012</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2012</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2012</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2012</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2012</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2013</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2013</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2013</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2013</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2013</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2013</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2013</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2013</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2013</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2013</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2013</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Army</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Voluntary Outflow applications</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2010</p></td><td><p>470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2010</p></td><td><p>370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2010</p></td><td><p>390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2010</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2010</p></td><td><p>430</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2010</p></td><td><p>430</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2010</p></td><td><p>440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2010</p></td><td><p>330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2010</p></td><td><p>370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2010</p></td><td><p>450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2010</p></td><td><p>220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2011</p></td><td><p>720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2011</p></td><td><p>490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2011</p></td><td><p>460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2011</p></td><td><p>450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2011</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2011</p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2011</p></td><td><p>470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2011</p></td><td><p>460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011</p></td><td><p>710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2011</p></td><td><p>520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2011</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2011</p></td><td><p>230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2012</p></td><td><p>710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2012</p></td><td><p>540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2012</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2012</p></td><td><p>460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2012</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2012</p></td><td><p>450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2012</p></td><td><p>460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2012</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012</p></td><td><p>540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2012</p></td><td><p>460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2012</p></td><td><p>380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2012</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2013</p></td><td><p>520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2013</p></td><td><p>380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2013</p></td><td><p>330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2013</p></td><td><p>410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2013</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2013</p></td><td><p>580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2013</p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2013</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2013</p></td><td><p>440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2013</p></td><td><p>390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2013</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Royal Air Force</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Voluntary Outflow applications</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2010</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2010</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2010</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2010</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2010</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2010</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2010</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2010</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2010</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2010</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2010</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2011</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2011</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2011</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2011</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2011</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2011</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2011</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2011</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2011</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2011</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2011</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2012</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2012</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2012</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2012</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2012</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2012</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2012</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2012</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2012</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2012</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2012</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2013</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2013</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2013</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2013</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2013</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2013</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2013</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2013</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2013</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2013</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2013</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In accordance with the Defence Statistics rounding policy, all figures are rounded to the nearest 10, and numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/06/2016 15:47:31 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

670749

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Academy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of expenditure by the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom was classified as official development assistance between 2010 and 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	59485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>Prior to 2013, the Department did not routinely collate details of Official Development Assistance (ODA) activity to enable a detailed breakdown of ODA spend; consolidated figures for 2016 are not yet available. ODA-eligible Defence Academy activity funded from the Conflict Security and Stabilisation Fund (CSSF) is included from 2014 onwards.</p><p>The proportion of Defence Academy expenditure classified as ODA for the period 2013 to 2015 is circa:</p><p>2013 - 1.7%</p><p>2014 - 2.3%</p><p>2015 - 2.5%</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/01/2017 16:56:32 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

670739

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Academy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total annual expenditure of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom was in each year from 2010 to 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	59348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The total annual expenditure of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom for the financial years (FY) 2010 to 2016 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY</p></td><td><p>Net Expenditure (£million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>137.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>132.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>130.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>137.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>141.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>142.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>135.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/01/2017 16:58:08 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake