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753417

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether skills training is available for veterans who have been medically discharged from the armed forces.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	5665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>Yes, Service leavers who are being, or are likely to be, medically discharged are entitled to all elements of the Core Resettlement Programme (CRP) plus the Specialist Support Programme (SSP) which are provided by the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) Career Transition Partnership (CTP) with Right Management Ltd (the delivery contractor).</p><p>The CRP provides access to vocational training so that transferable skills which Service leavers develop during their time in the Armed Forces are accredited to equivalent civilian qualifications. The CRP can also be used to gain new skills and qualifications.</p><p>The SSP is a vocational assessment and gives access to a specialist employment consultant who helps to create a bespoke resettlement plan. This specialist resettlement pathway (CTP Assist) delivers an individually tailored, needs based service to those Service personnel who face the greatest barriers to employment given their medical condition. The MOD provides funding and other support to enable access to required training.</p><p>The MOD recognises that medically discharged Service leavers often need longer in resettlement than other leavers to achieve vocational success. Since February 2013, all medically discharging personnel and those assessed as likely to medically discharge, can start resettlement as soon as it is appropriate for the individual. For those who are not able to undertake resettlement activities because of their medical condition, it is possible to defer resettlement for up to two years after discharge and, in extreme cases resettlement provision may be transferred to the spouse, civil partner or a nominated proxy of the Service leaver.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 26/07/2017 10:33:38 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

768027

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Warships: Decommissioning
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current planned operational retirement date is for (a) HMS Albion, (b) HMS Bulwark and (c) HMS Ocean.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	106955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>We continuously review the capabilities we require. The National Security Capability Review is focussed on the continued implementation of the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, to ensure the United Kingdom’s investment in national security capabilities is as joined-up, effective and efficient as possible. No decisions have been made and any discussion of specific platforms or capabilities is speculation.</p><p>On current plans the out of service dates for these vessels is provided below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Ship</p></td><td><p>Out of Service Date</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS OCEAN</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS ALBION</p></td><td><p>2033</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS BULWARK</p></td><td><p>2034</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 106958 106959 question first answered 16/10/2017 16:13:07 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

768028

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Warships: Decommissioning
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential loss of (a) HMS Albion and (b) HMS Bulwark on the ability of the Royal Marines to deploy overseas.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	106958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>We continuously review the capabilities we require. The National Security Capability Review is focussed on the continued implementation of the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, to ensure the United Kingdom’s investment in national security capabilities is as joined-up, effective and efficient as possible. No decisions have been made and any discussion of specific platforms or capabilities is speculation.</p><p>On current plans the out of service dates for these vessels is provided below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Ship</p></td><td><p>Out of Service Date</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS OCEAN</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS ALBION</p></td><td><p>2033</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS BULWARK</p></td><td><p>2034</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 106955 106959 question first answered 16/10/2017 16:13:07 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

768029

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Navy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Government has to sustain UK amphibious capabilities to 2025.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	106959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>We continuously review the capabilities we require. The National Security Capability Review is focussed on the continued implementation of the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, to ensure the United Kingdom’s investment in national security capabilities is as joined-up, effective and efficient as possible. No decisions have been made and any discussion of specific platforms or capabilities is speculation.</p><p>On current plans the out of service dates for these vessels is provided below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Ship</p></td><td><p>Out of Service Date</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS OCEAN</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS ALBION</p></td><td><p>2033</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS BULWARK</p></td><td><p>2034</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 106955 106958 question first answered 16/10/2017 16:13:07 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

731481

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Submarines: Decommissioning
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the first Royal Navy submarine to have been fully recycled under the Submarine Dismantling Project.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>Under current planning assumptions HMS Swiftsure, as the demonstrator submarine, will allow the Submarine Dismantling Project to define and refine initial dismantling and recycling processes by Quarter one of 2022 and inform future contractual arrangements. The Ministry of Defence's Disposal Services Authority will agree with the successful contractor the optimum arrangement for removal of the submarine for conventional recycling, including time-scales.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 28/06/2017 15:28:32 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

818660

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Prince of Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether alterations to the design of HMS Prince of Wales (a) have been made and (b) will be made following the sale of HMS Ocean.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	121424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>There have been no alterations to the design of HMS Prince of Wales, she is being built to plan.</p><p>The Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 allocated £60 million to further optimise a Queen Elizabeth Class carrier to better meet the demands of the Landing Platform Helicopter role. This includes Communications Systems for amphibious operations, improving the domestic services in the aircraft carrier for Royal Marines, providing ammunition storage, increasing the number of helicopter operating spots and expanding the operating capacity for helicopters.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 17/01/2018 15:25:25 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

753410

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Social Media
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on social media by each branch of the armed forces in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	5663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The vast majority of social media advertising spend within the Ministry of Defence is designed to aid recruitment into our Armed Forces. The following was spent on paid social media by each of the single Services from 2015 to 30 June 2017.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Royal Navy</p></td><td><p>British Army</p></td><td><p>Royal Air Force</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£798,335</p></td><td><p>£362,606</p></td><td><p>£24,718</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£576,040</p></td><td><p>£597,035</p></td><td><p>£153,798</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 (to 30 June)</p></td><td><p>£278,339</p></td><td><p>£312,780</p></td><td><p>£214,494</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 25/07/2017 10:18:13 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

802259

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Submarines: Decommissioning
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the ages of the submarines awaiting recycling in Devonport and Rosyth are.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	117946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The submarines awaiting recycling in Devonport and Rosyth are aged between 30 years and 54 years old.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 14/12/2017 11:05:26 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

782100

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Warships: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has had any discussions with the Governments of Chile or Brazil on the purchase of (a) HMS Ocean, (b) HMS Albion, (c) HMS Bulwark and (d) any Type 23 frigate.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	110854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The potential sale of HMS OCEAN has been discussed with both the Government of Brazil and the Government of Chile.</p><p>There have been no such discussions with either Government in respect of HMS ALBION, HMS BULWARK or in-service Type 23 frigates.</p><p>We sold three Type 23 frigates to Chile in 2006.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/11/2017 17:40:30 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

751273

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Type 26 Frigates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to announce the names of the new Type 25 Frigates.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	4466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The names of the Type 26 Frigates will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 19/07/2017 14:55:27 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard