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788450

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a review has been carried out to simplify into one document the policies, procedures and regulations in the Army for the provision of support for personnel under investigation by the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	112576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The support and welfare of Army personnel is a priority at all times. The document: &quot;Support To Serving Personnel and Veterans who are suspects in Service Justice System (SJS) Investigations&quot; was distributed to the Army chain of command in August 2017 and sets out high level guidance and the framework of supporting guidance. This includes information on the background to the type of investigations undertaken, the welfare, legal and media advice available and the responsibility of the Commanding Officers throughout the processes.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 21/11/2017 14:43:19 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

793012

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Army spent from the public purse on sponsorship of the National Diversity Awards 2017; and how many full-time equivalent Army staff worked on that project.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	114797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Army sponsored the 'Positive Role Model for Race Award' at the National Diversity Awards at a cost of £9,995. No personnel were tasked to undertake a project relating to the awards, other than the minor task of arranging the sponsorship.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 29/11/2017 15:52:01 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

797996

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the regular Army’s full-time trade trained strength was in each of the last 12 months
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	116903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Defence Statistics regularly publish Armed Forces Personnel statistics. The full time trade trained strength of the Army can be found in table 3c at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-monthly-service-personnel-statistics-2017</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 05/12/2017 17:22:11 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

808941

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) establishment and (b) strength is of the Public Duties Incremental Companies.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	120050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The establishment and current strength of the infantry cap badge personnel at regimental duty within the Public Duties Incremental Companies as at 1 October 2017 is given below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Regiment</p></td><td><p>Establishment</p></td><td><p>Strength</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nijmegen Company, Grenadier Guards</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 Company, Coldstream Guards</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F Company, Scots Guards</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Balaklava Company, Royal Regiment of Scotland</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The establishment data is a single service estimate and reflects the role of the units as under Army 2020.</li><li>Current strengths have been provided by Defence Statistics and have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes; numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</li><li>Regimental duty is defined as personnel serving in a regimental unit.</li><li>Establishment and strength data do not include attached personnel from other arms and corps. Nor do they include personnel at extra regimental employment in posts away from their parent unit.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 21/12/2017 15:05:32 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

938610

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where each headquarters is of regiments from (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	163030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The headquarters for the regular Regiments associated with each Devolved Nation are:</p><p>Scotland:</p><p>The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - Edinburgh</p><p>19th Regiment Royal Artillery - Tidworth</p><p>Scots Guards - London</p><p>The Royal Regiment of Scotland - Edinburgh</p><p>Wales:</p><p>The Queen's Dragoon Guards - Cardiff</p><p>Welsh Guards - London</p><p>The Royal Welsh - Cardiff</p><p>Northern Ireland:</p><p>Irish Guards - London</p><p>The Royal Irish Regiment - Holywood</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </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 16/07/2018 15:16:47 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

984387

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) officers and (b) soldiers who have been discharged following the failure of a compulsory drugs test have subsequently rejoined the (i) Infantry, (ii) Royal Artillery, (iii) Royal Corps of Signals, (iv) Army Medical Services, (v) Adjutant General's Corps, (vi) Royal Armoured Corps, (vii) Army Air Corps, (viii) Royal Engineers, (ix) Royal Logistics Corps, (x) Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and (xi) Intelligence Corps.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	177201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of Regular and Reserve soldiers who have been discharged following the failure of a compulsory drugs test and have subsequently re-joined the Army since January 2015 in the specified capbadges is shown in the table below. No officers have re-joined in this time. Data for earlier years is not held.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Capbadge</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Soldiers re-enlisted </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Armoured Corps</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Regiment of Artillery</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corps of Royal Engineers</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Corps of Signals</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infantry</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army Air Corps</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Logistics Corps</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Medical Corps</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical <br> Engineers</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General’s Corps</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intelligence Corps</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Misuse of drugs in the Armed Forces is unacceptable and anyone who fails a drugs test can expect to be discharged.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Note:</strong></p><p>Those who have re-joined will have done so after leaving the Army a minimum of two years earlier.</p><p> </p><p>Figures have been rounded to 10 to limit disclosure and ensure confidentiality.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are single service estimates and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>‘-‘ denotes zero or rounded to zero.</p><p> </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 23/10/2018 15:04:35 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 78301 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones