Ministry of Defence<p>To date over 3,600 organisations have signed the Covenant at an average rate of 30 per week, up from five per month in 2014. In addition, all Local Authorities in Great Britain and four in Northern Ireland have pledged to uphold the Armed Forces Covenant.</p><p> </p><p>Broadening support for the Covenant is a top priority for the Ministerial Covenant and Veterans Board and the Armed Forces Covenant annual report outlines the progress we have made.</p>Bournemouth EastMr Tobias Ellwood2019-05-20false2019-05-20T16:45:48.73Z11DefenceDefence2019-05-20Armed Forces Covenant1House of CommonsHow many organisations have signed up to the armed forces covenant.falseThirsk and MaltonKevin Hollinrake910986Department for Business, Innovation and Skills<p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.</p><br /><p>We want to help British businesses take advantage of the opportunities that economic re-engagement with Iran will bring. UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) are engaging with UK businesses to provide support and assistance to help ensure they benefit from opportunities as they arise. UKTI now have a presence in the British Embassy in Tehran.</p><br /><p>During his visit to Tehran in October, my noble Friend the Minister for Trade and Investment, Lord Maude, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with his Iranian counterpart that sets the direction for our future economic and business relationship.</p><br /><p>There is a desire on both sides to build a long-term bilateral relationship based on partnership, where trade and investment is a key pillar.</p><br />Bournemouth EastMr Tobias Ellwood2016-01-21false2016-01-21T15:55:40.237Z26Business, Innovation and SkillsBusiness, Innovation and Skills2016-01-18Iran: Overseas Trade1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps diplomatic staff based at the British Embassy in Tehran are taking to increase trade between Iran and the UK.falseDunfermline and West FifeDouglas Chapman22886Ministry of Defence<p>Between September 2011 and June 2014, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) ran a redundancy programme resulting in 12,134 Service personnel being selected for redundancy, of which 10,851 used a billable Career Transition Partnership (CTP) Service. All Regular and Gurkha personnel leaving the UK Armed Forces through the redundancy programme were entitled to receive the highest level of support through the Full Resettlement Programme (FRP) (now called the Core Resettlement Programme). The MOD has no records of any personnel electing to use a lower level of provision.</p><p>The estimated cost incurred through the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) contract to support Service personnel made redundant between June 2011 and September 2014 was £5.2 million.</p>Bournemouth EastMr Tobias Ellwood2018-02-07125762false2018-02-07T16:34:19.99Z11DefenceDefence2018-01-30Armed Forces: Redundancy1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel made redundant from the armed forces between September 2011 and June 2014 used (a) the Core Resettlement Programme (b) Career Transition Partnership (c) CTP Future Horizons and (d) the Employment Support Programme.falseNorth DurhamMr Kevan Jones125765Ministry of Defence<p>The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p>Bournemouth EastMr Tobias Ellwood2018-02-05false2018-02-05T17:30:01.043Z11DefenceDefence2018-01-29Armed Forces: Cadets1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much funding was allocated to youth cadets in North Yorkshire in (a) 2015-2016 and (b) 2016-2017.falseHarrogate and KnaresboroughAndrew Jones125271Ministry of Defence<p>The requested information is provided in the attached tables.</p>Bournemouth EastMr Tobias EllwoodCEA_Cost_By Rank-TABLES-SUBMITTED.xlsxCEA Payments2018-01-30false2018-01-30T15:00:23.36Z11DefenceDefence2018-01-23Armed Forces: Private Education1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish the Continuity of Education Allowance payments made to each Service, by rank, over each of the last five years.falseStoke-on-Trent NorthRuth Smeeth124326Ministry of Defence<p>Public land disposals are managed in accordance with Government policy and Her Majesty's Treasury guidelines to obtain best value. Where land is owned by an Association, the Department would expect that they will continue to work closely with the Local Authority.</p>Bournemouth EastMr Tobias Ellwood2018-07-16false2018-07-16T15:17:24.63Z11DefenceDefence2018-07-11Ministry of Defence: One Public Estate Programme1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under - Secretary of State and Minister for Defence People and Veterans of 9 July 2018, Official Report, column 706, whether it is his policy that the One Public Estate principles apply to public land that has its freehold vested within an association.falseYork CentralRachael Maskell163148Ministry of Defence<p>The Royal Air Force Centre of Aviation Medicine is based at RAF Henlow.</p><p> </p><p>The establishment by rank is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Rank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>Air Commodore</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>Group Captain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Wing Commander</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Squadron Leader</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Junior Officers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>Warrant Officer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Chief Technician/Flight Sergeant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>Sergeant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>Corporal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Senior & Leading Aircraftsman</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Due to the small populations generated by this level of detail and the possibility of identifying individual personnel, data has been rounded to 10. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. “ ~ ” denotes a number less than or equal to 5.</p><p> </p>Bournemouth EastMr Tobias Ellwood2017-11-28false2017-11-28T17:26:53.267Z11DefenceDefence2017-11-20Royal Air Force Centre of Aviation Medicine1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the (a) location and (b) establishment by rank of the Royal Air Force Centre of Aviation Medicine.falseMid SussexSir Nicholas Soames114588Ministry of Defence<p>This information is not held by the Ministry of Defence.</p>Bournemouth EastMr Tobias Ellwood2018-03-12false2018-03-12T15:41:44.097Z11DefenceDefence2018-03-07Armed Forces: Dogs1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military working dogs that were re-homed at the end of their service lives were subsequently reported as destroyed in each of the last two years.falseNorth DurhamMr Kevan Jones131554Ministry of Defence<p>As at 5 March 2019 there were the following numbers of Regular and Reserve physiotherapists by location.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Regular</p></td><td><p>Reserve</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Overseas</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>Bournemouth EastMr Tobias Ellwood2019-04-04238593false2019-04-04T14:41:13.673Z11DefenceDefence2019-03-29Armed Forces: Physiotherapy1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many regular military physiotherapists are currently deployed in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern Ireland, (d) Wales and (e) overseas.falseWarleyJohn Spellar238592Ministry of Defence<p>The Ministry of Defence currently has seven applications for the Legion d'Honneur that will be sent to the French authorities shortly. There are 14 Legion d'Honneur cases for which we are seeking clarification from the applicants. There are currently 68 cases for the award being processed by the French authorities.</p>Bournemouth EastMr Tobias Ellwood2019-03-22false2019-03-22T12:10:07.447Z11DefenceDefence2019-03-19France: Military Decorations1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many surviving British veterans who fought for the liberation of France during the second world war are waiting (a) to have their applications to receive the French Legion d'Honneur processed by his Department and (b) to receive the award of the Legion d'Honneur for which they have been certified as eligible by his Department.falseIslington South and FinsburyEmily Thornberry23410310014062