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1109433

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Exercises
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidelines his Department has on the use of representations of public figures as targets in live fire drills (a) in base and (b) on deployment.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	240577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The video circulating on social media is deeply troubling. This behaviour is far from the high standards we usually see and expect of the Army at any time</p><p> </p><p>The Army has quick to launch a full investigation by the Royal Military Police. The findings of this investigation will inform next steps and appropriate action will be taken.</p><p> </p><p>The Defence Operational Shooting Policy specifies which types of targets are to be used during live fire training. At no time on any live firing activities are Service personnel encouraged to use images of public figures as targets.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 240543 240604 240642 question first answered 08/04/2019 14:29:37 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1015365

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel who were born overseas currently serve in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	196211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is provided below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Trained and untrained Regular personnel reporting a non-UK country of birth, as at 1 April 2018</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Navy/Royal Marines</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Air Force</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12,250</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,880</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes: requirements for entry to the UK Armed Forces are based on nationality, not country of birth.</p><p> </p><p>Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 03/12/2018 15:48:24 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

994289

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) service personnel and (b) support staff were born in (a) non-UK EU states (b) commonwealth countries and (c) the rest of the world.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	183508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of regular Armed Forces personnel as at 1 April 2018 who report a country of birth that is a non-UK EU country is 4,660. This represents 3.4% of the regular Armed Forces who have a known country of birth.</p><p>The number of regular Armed Forces personnel as at 1 April 2018 who report a country of birth that is a non-UK Commonwealth country is 8,330. This represents 6.0% of the regular Armed Forces who have a known country of birth. These figures include personnel with a country of birth of Malta and Cyprus, these personnel are also contained in the figures in part (a) of this response (Hence the figures in parts (a), (b) and (c) cannot be added to give the non-UK total). Personnel reporting The Gambia and Zimbabwe as their country of birth are included in these figures.</p><p>The number of regular Armed Forces personnel as at 1 April 2018 who report a country of birth that is a non-UK, EU or Commonwealth country is 2,890. This represents 2.1% of the regular Armed Forces.</p><p>Country of birth has a 94.9% declaration rate on the Armed Forces administration system with 7,450 personnel with an unknown country of birth. Non-UK refers to personnel who do not report a country of birth that is either the United Kingdom, any British Overseas Territory or Crown dependency.</p><p>Although the country of birth may be non UK or Commonwealth, personnel must hold a British or Commonwealth nationality to join the Armed Forces.</p><p>Figures in this response have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>For the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) civil servants, the civilian administration system does not make it mandatory to record their place of birth. Around 25% of MOD civilians have declared their place of birth on the system, which is not a high enough figure to provide a meaningful analysis.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 29/10/2018 16:39:41 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

983277

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of directly employed civil servants in his Department earn under £50,000 per annum.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	176366
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>As at 30 September 2018, the number of directly employed civil servants earning less than £50,000 per annum, was 49,295 representing 91.8% of employees.</p><p>This does not reflect changes in salaries brought about by the 2018 pay award which will be implemented at the end of October 2018 and backdated to 1 August 2018.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/10/2018 14:16:07 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

846314

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	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, which external recruitment agencies are used by his Department's non-departmental public bodies.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	128978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence non-departmental public bodies are: the Single Source Regulations Office, National Museum of the Royal Navy, National Army Museum, and Royal Air Force Museum. They are each responsible for their own recruitment. Over the last year they have used the following recruitment agencies:</p><p>Right Management</p><p>Adecco UK</p><p>Blue Arrow,</p><p>CMA,</p><p>Office Angels</p><p>Hays</p><p>Odgers Berndson</p><p>Gatenby Sanderson</p><p>Gemini People</p><p>Michael Page</p><p>JMA</p><p>Liberty Resourcing</p><p>Allen Lane</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 26/02/2018 17:07:52 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

819134

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate his Department has made of the employment levels of veterans (a) 6 months, (b) one year and (c) five years after leaving the armed forces.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	121811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>An estimated 80 per cent of personnel who left the Armed Forces in Financial Year (FY) 2015-16 were employed six months after leaving their Service. The Ministry of Defence is due to publish updated statistics (for FY 2016-17 Service leavers) on Thursday 25 January. Full details of the current statistics can be found at the following address:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/career-transition-partnership-ex-service-personnel-employment-outcomes-statistics-index.</p><p>Employment rates for veterans at the one year and five year points after leaving the Armed Forces are not held by the Ministry of Defence.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 15/01/2018 17:42:11 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

777748

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Maindy Barracks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were based at Maindy Barracks in (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	109600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The number of Army personnel at Maindy Barracks in the years requested is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>As at</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Strength</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2014</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2015</p></td><td><p>370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2016</p></td><td><p>420</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Numbers have been rounded to 10 in accordance with disclosure control and rounding policy, numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 03/11/2017 14:01:55 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens