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1017341

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Equality
	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 Civilian Personnel Biannual Diversity Dashboard, for what reason the answers that respondents can provide to the question on religious representation are limited to Christian, Non-Christian and secular.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	197453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Statistics on religious representation among Ministry of Defence (MOD) civilian staff, as published in the MOD's '<em>Civilian Personnel Biannual Diversity Dashboard</em>', are presented at an aggregate level so they can be reported clearly and reliably.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/12/2018 16:10:48 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1019917

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Fire and Rescue Service: Capita
	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 cost to the public purse of the delay in Capita taking up the contract for the Defence Fire and Rescue Service.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	198767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>I am withholding information in relation to the cost to the public purse as its disclosure would prejudice commercial interests, particularly considering the ongoing legal challenge in respect of the Defence Fire and Rescue Project contract.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/12/2018 16:18:08 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1019920

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Fire and Rescue Service: Capita
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when Capita will begin to operate the Defence Fire and Rescue Service.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	198768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Contract award is suspended until after the conclusion of legal proceedings. The timing of these proceedings is a matter for the courts. The delivery of Defence fire and rescue services remains unaffected.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 10/12/2018 16:25:17 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1020266

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Equality
	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 4 December 2018 to Question 197453 on Ministry of Defence: Equality, what assessment he has made of whether the means for collecting statistics on religious representation among Ministry of Defence civilian staff, as published in the Civilian Personnel Biannual Diversity Dashboard is compatible with his Department's commitments under the Equality Act 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	199369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is compliant with its obligations under the Equality Act 2010. Detailed data on religion, ethnicity and sexual orientation is collected for MOD civilian staff and is used to inform policy decisions. However, statistics published by Defence are required to strike a balance between transparency and usability. I am satisfied that the MOD’s statistical outputs are clear and concise and inform users of the overall patterns in the data. The inclusion of small sub-categories of non-Christian staff and Christian denominations would not add any additional benefit to the analysis provided in the Civilian Personnel Biannual Diversity Dashboard (CPBDD), and would make the document far longer and more difficult to understand as the small sub-sets would likely be represented by a series of dashes and tildes, representing zeroes and numbers less than five. In addition, the same granular approach would necessarily have to be taken with the BAME, and sexual orientation categories.</p><p> </p><p>The CPBDD has been designated an Official Statistic by the United Kingdom Statistics Authority (UKSA) in accordance with the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, meaning that Defence is required to publish the logic and overall methodology which can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fmod-civilian-personnel-quarterly-report-background-quality-report&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C559f07b8ee824ecc3c2a08d65b7088e4%7Cbe7760ed5953484bae95d0a16dfa09e5%7C0%7C0%7C636796936215591798&amp;sdata=EhTAtY857wSIos3B7MNlMRgd%2F1uMeXVxi5H5kLhVwzo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-civilian-personnel-quarterly-report-background-quality-report</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The CPBDD complies with the UKSA’s Code of Practice for Official Statistics. The process of determining compliance with the Code and designation as an Official Statistic is known as assessment. Details of this assessment can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.statisticsauthority.gov.uk%2Fpublication%2Fstatistics-on-uk-defence-personnel&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C559f07b8ee824ecc3c2a08d65b7088e4%7Cbe7760ed5953484bae95d0a16dfa09e5%7C0%7C0%7C636796936215601802&amp;sdata=aFfm31nZIQeBydOvx%2F84OEtaUEPmHuoflSerMB%2BxrPk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/publication/statistics-on-uk-defence-personnel</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/12/2018 16:14:08 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1020327

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Veterans Board last met.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	199374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministerial Covenant and Veterans Board has strengthened strategic oversight of the Armed Forces Covenant and is driving forward better Government support to the Armed Forces, their families and veterans across the whole of the UK. The Board last met on 5 November 2018.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 10/12/2018 16:15:39 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1020713

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Dstl: Surveys
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the results of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory People Survey 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	199832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>Dstl participates in the annual Civil Service People Survey. Results relating to Dstl were published internally, on the week of 4 December 2018.</p><p>Dstl's People Survey Results for 2018 will be published on Gov.UK during December.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/12/2018 16:14:46 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

731465

	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	Ministry of Defence: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to publish new strategic equality objectives.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>The Department is currently undertaking a review of its diversity and inclusion strategy. Following the outcome of the review, new strategic equality objectives will be published in autumn 2017.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 26/06/2017 15:17:09 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

732489

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Wrexham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance will be provided for his Department's staff currently working at Wrexham following the decision to move operations to Bristol; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	1241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>All personnel affected by this Army 2020 (Refine) reorganisation of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Reserves will be individually supported in accordance with Departmental policy and processes.</p><p>Regular Army personnel will be relocated with the unit or re-assigned to other Army units. Army Reservists will be assisted to transfer to other local Reserve units - including the Royal Welsh Regiment who share the Wrexham Army Reserve Centre.</p><p>Civilian staff will be managed in accordance with normal Departmental policy and procedure for redeployment within the terms of their mobility obligation. They will be supported by their line management and will be allocated a people change advisor to assist them with finding alternative positions. Affected civilian staff will also have access have to Ministry of Defence outplacement services if appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 29/06/2017 15:10:32 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

746112

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of closures of his Department's sites on the local economy, employment and business of where those sites are based.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	1564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Decisions to close defence sites are based on an assessment of how best to deliver military capability, rather than on the basis of the impacts on a specific region. We do not make defence decisions to benefit one local economy or industry over another. It is the duty of Government to make sure that the Defence budget is spent wisely, maximising the resources available for the front line and making sure that every pound counts. For sites which are surplus to military requirements the Ministry of Defence will work closely with the Local Authorities and other stakeholders to consider the most appropriate future uses.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/07/2017 14:14:02 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

746113

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with service families and local councils on the proposed closure of over 80 of his Department's sites.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	1565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>&quot;A Better Defence Estate&quot; is a military-led review. All military and civilian personnel at sites identified for closure were informed at the time of the announcement through their chain of command. Staff will be kept up to date, through the chain of command, on plans and developments for their sites.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence is working closely with local councils to seek the best possible future for their sites.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/07/2017 14:15:46 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith