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1459162

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Zero Tolerance policy published on 30 March 2022, whether the policy of ensuring that those found guilty of sexual offences will be administratively discharged from service with no option to serve elsewhere will apply to historic charges of sexual offence.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	157405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>The policy is not intended to apply retrospectively, in keeping with the general principle that policy changes are not made retrospective to ensure fairness and the integrity of decisions made under previous policies. In relation to historic cases, those individuals will have been considered for Administrative Action (including discharge) in line with the policy in place in the relevant Service at the time.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 157406 question first answered 27/04/2022 10:53:21 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1459163

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Zero Tolerance policy published on 30 March 2022, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that those policy changes apply to those convicted of sexual offences historically.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	157406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>The policy is not intended to apply retrospectively, in keeping with the general principle that policy changes are not made retrospective to ensure fairness and the integrity of decisions made under previous policies. In relation to historic cases, those individuals will have been considered for Administrative Action (including discharge) in line with the policy in place in the relevant Service at the time.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 157405 question first answered 27/04/2022 10:53:21 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1455884

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's procedure is when establishing whether an armed forces member convicted of domestic violence, sexual assault or abuse should be (a) dismissed and (b) discharged.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	150199
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>In relation to sexual offences, on 30 March 2022 Defence published a '<em>Zero Tolerance to Sexual Offences</em>' policy: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/defence-publishes-its-zero-tolerance-approach-to-sexual-offences. This policy mandates that anyone convicted of a sexual offence will be discharged. In relation to other non-sexual offences which may be committed under the catch-all term of 'domestic violence', such as battery or actual bodily harm, the Services will consider any conviction awarded to a Service person (Regular or Reserve) and take proportionate action in response. Serious offences will result in discharge.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 19/04/2022 14:19:18 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1455885

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to support victims of domestic violence where the perpetrators are serving military personnel.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	150200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>Since 2018, we have engaged extensively on the issue of domestic violence, including with survivors' networks, and will shortly publish a revised version of our domestic abuse policy, further making it clear that domestic abuse is incompatible with military and civilian values. Wide ranging support for those impacted by domestic abuse is delivered through the single Services' specialist welfare teams, Unit Welfare Officers, medical staff and through pastoral care. This often involves emotional and practical support, safety and safeguarding planning, multi-agency working and signposting to external resources.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence's (MOD) Domestic Abuse Champion (DAC) acts as a critical friend to the Defence Domestic Abuse Working Group and promotes our initiatives aimed at tackling domestic abuse for all Defence personnel (serving and civilian). The MOD DAC is working to build an environment in which preventing and responding to domestic abuse and support is an everyday part of our conversations and where both victims and survivors feel confident to speak about their experiences and know where to get support.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 150201 question first answered 19/04/2022 14:20:02 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1455886

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department's domestic abuse champion provides to (a) civilians who are victims of domestic violence perpetrated by serving military personnel and (b) serving or ex-serving military personnel who are victims of domestic violence perpetrated by serving personnel. .
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	150201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>Since 2018, we have engaged extensively on the issue of domestic violence, including with survivors' networks, and will shortly publish a revised version of our domestic abuse policy, further making it clear that domestic abuse is incompatible with military and civilian values. Wide ranging support for those impacted by domestic abuse is delivered through the single Services' specialist welfare teams, Unit Welfare Officers, medical staff and through pastoral care. This often involves emotional and practical support, safety and safeguarding planning, multi-agency working and signposting to external resources.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence's (MOD) Domestic Abuse Champion (DAC) acts as a critical friend to the Defence Domestic Abuse Working Group and promotes our initiatives aimed at tackling domestic abuse for all Defence personnel (serving and civilian). The MOD DAC is working to build an environment in which preventing and responding to domestic abuse and support is an everyday part of our conversations and where both victims and survivors feel confident to speak about their experiences and know where to get support.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 150200 question first answered 19/04/2022 14:20:02 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1197451

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time was for Ministers of his Department to respond to correspondence from hon. Members in each month in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	49742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested. In line with Cabinet Office guidance, the Ministry of Defence has a target of responding within 20 working days where a response is required. We also ensure that urgent cases raised by hon. Members are prioritised and take steps to provide substantive responses in as short a time as possible. All correspondence received from hon. Members is reviewed and responded to as soon as possible. Statistics for each month since May 2018 are included in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Pieces of correspondence from Parliamentarians due for response</p></td><td><p>Response sent on time</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2018</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>183</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2018</p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p>203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2018</p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p>246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2018</p></td><td><p>218</p></td><td><p>214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2018</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>166</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2018</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>161</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2018</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2018</p></td><td><p>204</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2019</p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2019</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2019</p></td><td><p>184</p></td><td><p>183</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2019</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2019</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2019</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p>233</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2019</p></td><td><p>205</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2019</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2019</p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2019</p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>207</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2019</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2020</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2020</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td><p>178</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2020</p></td><td><p>216</p></td><td><p>204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2020</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,507</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,410</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 08/06/2020 16:42:54 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1143329

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under what circumstances would HM Paymaster amend the amount of maintenance owed provided through a calculation by the Child Maintenance Service.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	284850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The administration of the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is the responsibility of the Department for Work and Pensions.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with the Child Maintenance Service to facilitate the direct deduction of child maintenance payments from the pay of parents who are Service personnel. In the case of Service personnel, the MOD receives a deduction of earning request rather than the more normal deduction of earning order.</p><p>The MOD will assist the CMS in engaging with the Service person and will implement any deduction of earning request from the CMS. The only exception is when the Service person is in an operational zone. Under the terms of the MOU, if a Service person is committed to operations, their Commanding Officer may delay any engagement with the CMS until the non-resident Service person is able to consider any papers that the CMS may send them and respond appropriately.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 09/09/2019 15:59:51 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1135923

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what methods (a) HM Paymaster, (b) the Defence Council and (c) an authorised officer determine the amount payable by a member of the armed forces in child maintenance.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	271510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is responsible for setting the overall amount of child maintenance to be paid.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in place with the CMS to facilitate the direct deduction of child maintenance payments from the pay of non-resident parents who are Service personnel. Under the MOU, the Department calculates a 'Minimum Drawing Rate', which takes into account gross basic pay, specialist pay, some allowances as well as gross statutory deductions such as National Insurance and PAYE.</p><p>Child maintenance deductions are always made. The only exception is when the Service person is on military operations and their Commanding Officer may advise that engagement with the CMS be delayed until their return to the UK when they are in a position to consider properly any papers from the CMS and respond accordingly, at which point deductions would commence.</p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 11 June 2019 to Question 261264 which detailed the administrative reasons for the rejection of deduction of earnings requests.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 271511 271551 question first answered 04/07/2019 15:20:41 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1135924

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria (a) HM Paymaster, (b) Defence Council and (c) an authorised officer use to determine when child maintenance should be paid.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	271511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is responsible for setting the overall amount of child maintenance to be paid.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in place with the CMS to facilitate the direct deduction of child maintenance payments from the pay of non-resident parents who are Service personnel. Under the MOU, the Department calculates a 'Minimum Drawing Rate', which takes into account gross basic pay, specialist pay, some allowances as well as gross statutory deductions such as National Insurance and PAYE.</p><p>Child maintenance deductions are always made. The only exception is when the Service person is on military operations and their Commanding Officer may advise that engagement with the CMS be delayed until their return to the UK when they are in a position to consider properly any papers from the CMS and respond accordingly, at which point deductions would commence.</p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 11 June 2019 to Question 261264 which detailed the administrative reasons for the rejection of deduction of earnings requests.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 271510 271551 question first answered 04/07/2019 15:20:41 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1136013

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under what circumstances (a) the MoD Defence Council, (b) an Authorised Officer, and (c) HM Paymaster is able to reject a deduction of earning request from the Child Maintenance Service.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	271551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is responsible for setting the overall amount of child maintenance to be paid.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in place with the CMS to facilitate the direct deduction of child maintenance payments from the pay of non-resident parents who are Service personnel. Under the MOU, the Department calculates a 'Minimum Drawing Rate', which takes into account gross basic pay, specialist pay, some allowances as well as gross statutory deductions such as National Insurance and PAYE.</p><p>Child maintenance deductions are always made. The only exception is when the Service person is on military operations and their Commanding Officer may advise that engagement with the CMS be delayed until their return to the UK when they are in a position to consider properly any papers from the CMS and respond accordingly, at which point deductions would commence.</p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 11 June 2019 to Question 261264 which detailed the administrative reasons for the rejection of deduction of earnings requests.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 271510 271511 question first answered 04/07/2019 15:20:41 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows