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1692106

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department (a) paid in apprenticeship levy fees and (b) spent from its apprenticeship levy funds between September 2021 and August 2023.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	15916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department has paid £68 million in apprenticeship levy fees from September 2021 to March 2023, this includes the 10% Government top up. Expenditure between April 2023 to August 2023 is subject to auditing and will be released in the Ministry of Defence financial year 2023-24 Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p>As the cost of delivering apprenticeship training as part of professional skills development is linked to the overall training budgets it is not possible to extract the specific apprenticeship spend.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 06/03/2024 13:49:19 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1671498

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value was of enhanced learning credits that expired in the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	2597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence’s Enhanced Learning Credits (ELC) Scheme promotes lifelong learning amongst members of the Armed Forces. The scheme provides financial support in each of a maximum of three separate Financial Years (FY) for higher level learning of a nationally recognised qualification at Level 3 or above on the Recognised Qualification Framework or, if pursued overseas, an approved international equivalent qualification with an approved learning provider.</p><p> </p><p>A total of 27,543 ELC registered Service personnel reached their Scheme expiry date in FY 2022-23. Out of this number, 2,741 fully utilised their entitlement. The requested information on the value of expired ELC credits is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost; eligibility for lower and higher tier awards varies by time in service, and personnel may choose to use some (or none) of their three possible claims, and/or not claim their full entitlement.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 28/11/2023 15:39:05 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1606042

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the proportion of invoices his Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in (a) the 2021-2022 financial year and (b) each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	170623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The proportion of payments made by the Ministry of Defence within five working days can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>MOD (including SDA, DE&amp;S and DNO)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Part (a)</p></td><td><p>Financial year 2021-2022</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="12"><p>Part (b)</p></td><td><p>Apr-22</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-22</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-22</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-22</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-22</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-22</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-22</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-22</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-22</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-23</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-23</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-23</p></td><td><p>TBC</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of small and medium-sized enterprises within these figures is not centrally held and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 27/03/2023 12:11:29 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1604059

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to reopen the ex gratia scheme for Afghan nationals.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	165302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to reopen the Ex-Gratia Scheme (EGS) which closed on 30 November 2022. EGS was replaced by the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme, which offers a safe and legal route for relocation to the UK for Afghan citizens who worked for or alongside UK forces in support of the UK mission in Afghanistan.</p><p>The scope of those eligible under ARAP includes, and is wider than, those who would be eligible for EGS.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 20/03/2023 17:55:56 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1583404

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
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 1 February to Q132577 on Afghanistan: Refugees, for how many of the applicants awaiting decisions who (a) have had requests for information from his Department, (b) have sent information in response to such a request and (c) have no requests for information from his Department outstanding and on whose application his Department has made an eligibility decision for family members included in the application his Department made an application to the Home Office under Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy immigration rules in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022; and for how many of the applicants awaiting decisions where (A) no request for information is outstanding and (B) an eligibility decision has been made on family members his Department made such an application to the Home Office in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	138371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>Taking each of the hon. Member's questions in turn: (A) as of 3 February 2023, approximately 33,000 applications require an initial request for information (RFI); (B) due to data constraints we cannot share the number of applicants who have replied to RFI, or (C) the number of applicants with outstanding RFIs. Providing responses to B and C would require manually accessing every open application on our system.</p><p>Regarding family members, an ARAP eligible individual's dependants (spouse/partner and biological children under the age of 18) are eligible for relocation to the UK subject to verification checks. The principal applicant's ARAP eligibility also allows them to request additional family members meeting certain criteria be considered for relocation under the Additional Family Members (AFM) process.</p><p>Finally, ARAP eligibility decisions are taken by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). Where the MOD finds Afghan nationals eligible, we make an application to the Home Office on their behalf. The process is governed by Home Office immigration rules.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 08/02/2023 11:50:02 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1181882

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	VE Day: Anniversaries
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 support VE day celebrations in local communities.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	23472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence will be supporting a number of regional events through the provision of Service personnel, Armed Forces' bands and aircraft for flypasts. Service personnel will be present in local parades and processions across the UK and the Channel Islands. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight are planning to carry out flypasts over at least 90 events on Friday 8 May 2020 and a further 70 during the weekend of 9-10 May 2020.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 05/03/2020 16:51:34 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1167814

registered interest
date	01/11/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Honours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of staff in his Department in receipt of each category of Honour in (a) December 2018 and (b) June 2019 were (i) from ethnic minority backgrounds and (ii) female aged (A) under 30, (B) 31 to 40, (C) 41 to 50 and (D) aged over 50.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	8593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the honours system is fully representative of UK society. The proportion of women and people from ethnic minorities receiving recognition on each honours list is available on GOV.UK, and a breakdown of ethnicities of recipients is published on the Ethnicity Facts and Figures website at:</p><p><del class="ministerial">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/honours-recipients-by-</del>.<ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fhonours-recipients-by-ethnicity&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliBranch-ParliQuestions%40mod.gov.uk%7C91281305e22d4dd5ee7a08d761e9b7b9%7Cbe7760ed5953484bae95d0a16dfa09e5%7C0%7C0%7C637085528743185737&amp;sdata=%2BJN33nDlzXY32F9mRq1aRptkbCOvQXMtWrs%2BqVlJ0cM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/honours-recipients-by-ethnicity</a></ins></p><p>Information on ages is not correlated with other diversity factors. We also publish the proportion of honours by independent committee on GOV.UK. The numbers of honours recipients in the Ministry of Defence are very small and vary from year to year. Releasing the requested data would identify the individuals and they have given permission for their data to be used for statistical purposes only.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 05/11/2019 11:55:21 question first ministerially corrected 05/11/2019 16:22:55 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton previous answer version 3986 answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1140416

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many BAME staff are employed at (a) grade 7, (b) grade 5 and (c) grade 3 in her Department.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	279045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of civilian Full Time Equivalent BAME staff employed in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) as at 30 June 2019 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Paid Grade/MOD Equivalent BAME Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7/B2</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 5/SCS1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3/SCS3</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In line with Departmental policy figures are rounded to the nearest 5 and tilde ('~') represents a number lower than five and greater than zero. Includes MOD Main Top Level Budgetary Areas (TLBs) only. Excludes Trading funds, Defence Equipment and Support Bespoke Trading Entity, Executive Agency, Royal Fleet Auxiliary and Locally engaged civilians (LECs).</p><p>Full details relating to the numbers of BAME staff employed in the MOD can be found in the Civilian personnel diversity publication on Gov.uk at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-diversity-dashboard-2019</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/07/2019 13:08:43 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra