@prefix rdf: . @prefix nfo: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix skos: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix api: . @prefix parl: . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "11" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Defence" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Defence" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Defence" ; parl:hansardHeading "Armed Forces: Recruitment" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were recruited into the full time (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force by (i) parliamentary constituency and (ii) region in each year since 2010." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Wentworth and Dearne" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "John Healey" ; parl:uin "19777" ; dcterms:date "2024-03-21"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

Information regarding personnel exposed to asbestos is not held centrally and the number of personnel who were exposed to asbestos in the last 12 months could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Between 1 February 2023 and 31 January 2024, 127 UK Armed Forces personnel had at least one read code related to asbestos exposure entered into their electronic medical record. Of these personnel:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the report entitled Investigation into the alleged exposure of UK Defence Personnel to asbestos during overseas exercises and training since 2018, published on 18 August 2022, how many Armed Forces personnel have been exposed to asbestos during overseas exercises in each year since 2018.

  • 114 had at least one read code for history of asbestos exposure.
  • 17 had at least one read code for Control of Substances Hazardous to Health: asbestos.
  • Fewer than five had at least one read code for asbestosis.

The figures provided by read code do not sum to the total, as some personnel have more than one of the above read codes recorded.

The presence of a read code within the last year does not indicate that the medical appointment was directly related to asbestos exposure. It also does not indicate that the asbestos exposure occurred during the last year, or that exposure occurred whist in Service.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "South West Wiltshire" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Dr Andrew Murrison" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2024-03-25"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2024-03-25T16:24:50.317Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Martyn Day" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "11" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Defence" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Defence" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Defence" ; parl:hansardHeading "Military Bases: Bedbugs" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether bed bugs have been found at army barracks in the last 12 months." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Wentworth and Dearne" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "John Healey" ; parl:uin "19533" ; dcterms:date "2024-03-20"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Gen Kitchen" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "11" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Defence" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Defence" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Defence" ; parl:hansardHeading "Armed Forces: Labour Turnover and Recruitment" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to increase levels of armed forces recruitment and retention." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Wellingborough" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Gen Kitchen" ; parl:uin "19752" ; dcterms:date "2024-03-20"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for John Healey" . dcterms:title "Armed Forces: Recruitment" ; nfo:fileName "9841 - Armed Forces Recruitment.docx" . parl:answerText "

There have been two recorded incidents of bed bugs in the last 12 months, both of which have been treated.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "South West Wiltshire" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Dr Andrew Murrison" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2024-03-25"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2024-03-25T16:23:39.633Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "11" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Defence" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Defence" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Defence" ; parl:hansardHeading "Armed Forces: Applications" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of applications to join the (a) British Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force took more than (i) three, (ii) six, (iii) 12 and (iv) 18 months to process before a potential recruit began basic training over the last five years." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Wentworth and Dearne" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "John Healey" ; parl:uin "19532" ; dcterms:date "2024-03-20"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

Official Statistics on intake to the Regular Forces by Parliamentary Constituency and region are included in the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Annual Location Statistics (ALS). The same information on Reserves is not collected or published by the MOD, and producing these figures would incur disproportionate cost.

The latest edition (1 April 2023) of the ALS can be found at the following website, noting that the relevant Tables are 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/location-statistics-for-uk-regular-armed-forces-and-civilians-2023. Figures included in the ALS extend from the 12 months ending 31 March 2015 to the 12 months ending 31 March 2022, and are split by Service. Earlier figures are not available, except for 2013-14 for the Army, which were provided on 19 April 2021 in the answer to Question 180391.

The next edition of the ALS (1 April 2024) will cover the 12 months ending 31 March 2023 and 2024 and is expected to be published in June.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "South West Wiltshire" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Dr Andrew Murrison" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2024-03-26"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:groupedQuestionUIN "19777" ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2024-03-26T11:17:30.517Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The Armed Forces Apprenticeship Programme is intrinsically linked to and overlaps with professional trade training. There is no separate apprenticeship budget and therefore it is not possible to disaggregate the costs. Expenditure will reflect Armed Forces recruitment figures rather than a fixed number of apprenticeship places.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "South West Wiltshire" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Dr Andrew Murrison" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2024-03-26"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2024-03-26T11:17:56.24Z"^^xsd:dateTime . skos:prefLabel "House of Commons" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "11" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Defence" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Defence" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Defence" ; parl:hansardHeading "Armed Forces: Apprentices" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual budget for the (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) Royal Air Force apprenticeship scheme was in each financial year since 2019-20." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Garston and Halewood" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Maria Eagle" ; parl:uin "19790" ; dcterms:date "2024-03-21"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the right hon. Member’s Questions. I will write to him when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "South West Wiltshire" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Dr Andrew Murrison" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2024-03-25"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:groupedQuestionUIN "19531" ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2024-03-25T13:59:14.857Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "11" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Defence" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Defence" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Defence" ; parl:hansardHeading "Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of pension inequality among armed forces veterans." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Linlithgow and East Falkirk" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Martyn Day" ; parl:uin "902183" ; dcterms:date "2024-03-19"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "11" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Defence" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Defence" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Defence" ; parl:hansardHeading "Armed Forces: Applications" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to join the (a) British Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force have been voluntarily withdrawn within (i) three, (ii) six, (iii) 12 and (iv) 18 months of the initial application being made in the last five years." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Wentworth and Dearne" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "John Healey" ; parl:uin "19531" ; dcterms:date "2024-03-20"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison" . parl:answerText "

Pension schemes develop over time in response to changing circumstances, but the Armed Forces Pension Schemes are designed to be generous, fair and equitable. It is a principle of public service pensions policy, upheld by successive Governments, that improvements to public service pension schemes should not be applied retrospectively.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "South West Wiltshire" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Dr Andrew Murrison" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2024-03-25"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2024-03-25T16:57:48.617Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19 January 2024 to Question 9841 to the hon. Member for Barnsley Central (Dan Jarvis).

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "South West Wiltshire" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Dr Andrew Murrison" ; parl:attachment ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2024-03-27"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2024-03-27T13:11:50.277Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the right hon. Member’s Questions. I will write to him when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "South West Wiltshire" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Dr Andrew Murrison" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2024-03-25"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:groupedQuestionUIN "19532" ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2024-03-25T13:59:14.81Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "11" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Defence" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Defence" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Defence" ; parl:hansardHeading "Armed Forces: Labour Turnover and Recruitment" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a comparative assessment of the adequacy of recruitment and retention strategies for armed forces personnel in (a) the UK and (B) other NATO countries." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Slough" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi" ; parl:uin "19437" ; dcterms:date "2024-03-19"^^xsd:dateTime . dcterms:title "Armed Forces: Recruitment" ; nfo:fileName "9841 - Armed Forces Recruitment.docx" . parl:answerText "

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19 January 2024 to Question 9841 to the hon. Member for Barnsley Central (Dan Jarvis).

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "South West Wiltshire" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Dr Andrew Murrison" ; parl:attachment ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2024-03-27"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2024-03-27T13:16:12.78Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "11" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Defence" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Defence" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Defence" ; parl:hansardHeading "Reserve Forces: Recruitment" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were recruited into the (a) Army Reserves, (b) Maritime Reserves and (c) RAF Reserves by (i) constituency and (ii) region in each year since 2010." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Wentworth and Dearne" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "John Healey" ; parl:uin "19778" ; dcterms:date "2024-03-21"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Maria Eagle" . parl:answerText "

Official Statistics on intake to the Regular Forces by Parliamentary Constituency and region are included in the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Annual Location Statistics (ALS). The same information on Reserves is not collected or published by the MOD, and producing these figures would incur disproportionate cost.

The latest edition (1 April 2023) of the ALS can be found at the following website, noting that the relevant Tables are 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/location-statistics-for-uk-regular-armed-forces-and-civilians-2023. Figures included in the ALS extend from the 12 months ending 31 March 2015 to the 12 months ending 31 March 2022, and are split by Service. Earlier figures are not available, except for 2013-14 for the Army, which were provided on 19 April 2021 in the answer to Question 180391.

The next edition of the ALS (1 April 2024) will cover the 12 months ending 31 March 2023 and 2024 and is expected to be published in June.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "South West Wiltshire" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Dr Andrew Murrison" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2024-03-26"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:groupedQuestionUIN "19778" ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2024-03-26T11:17:30.47Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "11" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Defence" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Defence" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Defence" ; parl:hansardHeading "Armed Forces: Asbestos" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what data his Department holds on the number of personnel who (a) were exposed to asbestos and (b) sought medical assistance as a result of asbestos exposure in the last 12 months." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Wentworth and Dearne" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "John Healey" ; parl:uin "19534" ; dcterms:date "2024-03-20"^^xsd:dateTime . a api:Page ; "10"^^xsd:long ; "1"^^xsd:long ; "2360"^^xsd:long ; dcterms:isPartOf ; api:definition ; api:extendedMetadataVersion ; api:items ( ) ; api:page "0"^^xsd:long ; ; . a api:ListEndpoint ; dcterms:hasPart ; api:definition .