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1239509

registered interest
date	30/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many eviction notices have been served to tenants in Ministry of Defence owned properties (1) in each month since January, and (2) in each year from 2010 to 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL8649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not issue eviction notices; these are issued and enforced by a court. The Department issues Notices to Vacate (NTV) in the following circumstances:</p><p> </p><p>Service personnel to coincide with the final day of Service, or when their entitlement ceases due to personal circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Civilian sub-let tenants prior to the termination of their occupancy.</p><p> </p><p><strong>The annual number of NTV and enforcement actions required to regain possession from Service personnel/former Service personnel in Financial Year 2015 - 2019 was as follows:</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>(No centralised records were kept on the number of NTV and enforcement actions required to regain possession from Service personnel in Service Families Accommodation prior to 1 April 2015).</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period of time</p></td><td><p>Number of NTV issued</p></td><td><p>Number of enforcement actions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2015 - 31 March 2016</p></td><td><p>2,330</p></td><td><p>114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2016 - 31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>2,108</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2017 - 31 March 2018</p></td><td><p>2,264</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2018 - 31 March 2019</p></td><td><p>2,558</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2019 - 31 December 2019</p></td><td><p>1,611</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>The monthly number of NTV and enforcement actions required to regain possession from Service personnel/former Service personnel since January 2020 was as follows:</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period of time</p></td><td><p>Number of NTV issued</p></td><td><p>Number of enforcement actions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2020</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2020</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2020</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April – September 2020</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>The annual number of NTV and and enforcement actions required to regain possession from civilian sub-let tenants from Financial Year 2016 - 2019:</strong></p><p><strong>(The civilian sub-let programme started in 2016, and as such is reflected in the table below)</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period of time</p></td><td><p>Number of NTV issued</p></td><td><p>Number of enforcement actions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 January 2016 - 31 December 2016</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 January 2017 - 31 December 2017</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 January 2018 - 31 December 2018</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 January 2019 - 31 December 2019</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>The monthly number of NTV issued to civilian sub-let tenants since January 2019:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>January 2020</p></td><td><p>February 2020</p></td><td><p>March - August 2020</p></td><td><p>September 2020</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>367</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 08/10/2020 13:48:36 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1239510

registered interest
date	30/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Armed Forces personnel are on standby to carry out door-to-door COVID 19 testing.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL8650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>There are currently 739 Armed Forces personal at high readiness, or otherwise committed to supporting the national COVID response. Approximately 7,000 personnel will shortly be brought to readiness ahead of the Winter period.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 08/10/2020 13:37:01 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1235729

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Foreign Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to resume the recruitment to the Armed Forces of personnel born in Commonwealth countries.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL8254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>Recruitment of Commonwealth citizens has never stopped. Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic, both the Army and the Royal Air Force (RAF) had received large numbers of applications from Commonwealth citizens. The Army therefore stopped accepting new applications in September 2019 and the RAF stopped accepting applications from outside the UK in November 2019. The Royal Navy (RN)/Royal Marines (RM) has continued to accept new applications.</p><p>When the COVID-19 restrictions were implemented in March 2020, the RN/RM and RAF continued with the selection and initial training of all applicants who were already in the UK, including those from the Commonwealth. For those applicants based outside the UK, they continued to be proactively managed virtually, but their applications and the recruitment process could not be completed until candidates were once again able to fly to the UK and could meet any COVID-19 restrictions placed on their entry, such as quarantine measures.</p><p>The Army temporarily paused all face-to-face selection until June and all Basic Training until May, but applicants continued to be managed and nurtured. Since selection and training has resumed, the Army has continued to process those applicants already in the UK, and those who had applied prior to September 2019. The Army continues to have enough applications from Commonwealth citizens to meet demand for the current Recruiting Year, and will not therefore be accepting new applications, other than for the Royal Corps of Music.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 24/09/2020 11:26:31 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1235731

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Consultants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was spent by the Ministry of Defence on consultancy fees in each year since 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL8256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence publishes spend over £25,000 on a monthly basis as part of its transparency data routine publication which is accessible at the link below:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mod-finance-transparency-dataset</p><p>Additionally, the Ministry of Defence publishes annual accounts. The latest of which can be found at the link below:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mod-annual-reports</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 30/09/2020 11:41:14 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1227142

registered interest
date	21/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Intelligence and Security Committee
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any Secretary of State for Defence received an invitation from the Intelligence and Security Committee to give evidence to that committee's inquiry into Russia; and if so, what are the reasons for that invitation not being accepted. [T]
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL7119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>No Secretary of State for Defence was asked to give evidence to the Intelligence and Security Committee's inquiry into Russia, however Defence officials did give evidence.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 28/07/2020 15:20:30 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1220845

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review: Military Bases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether visits to Armed Forces bases will be part of the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL6539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2020 answer text <p>The Integrated Review will cover all aspects of international policy from defence to diplomacy and development. Visits to Government locations, including Armed Forces bases, will be included when helpful for the conduct of the review, as they are for normal Government working. These visits are arranged on a case by case basis with the relevant Departments.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 15/07/2020 11:00:08 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1220478

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Racial Discrimination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much compensation has been paid out as a result of claims to the employment tribunal for racial discrimination and harassment brought by serving and former service personnel against the Ministry of Defence in (1) 2010, (2) 2011, (3) 2012, (4) 2013, (5) 2014, and (6) 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL6425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>Details of compensation paid (by year) as a result of employment tribunals brought against the Ministry of Defence for racial discrimination by serving and former Service personnel is provided below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year Claim Brought</p></td><td><p>Amount Paid £</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>21,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>16,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>142,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>179,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 13/07/2020 11:10:39 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1219729

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Islamic State: Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many drone strikes British Armed Forces carried out against ISIL in June.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL6393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>In June Zero (0) Weapon Release Events were recorded from Remotely Piloted Air Systems against Daesh targets. The Ministry of Defence regularly releases statistics on UK air activity under Op SHADER on the gov.uk website.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 13/07/2020 10:59:53 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1217232

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Racial Discrimination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many discrimination cases concerning racism have been brought against the Ministry of Defence by (1) current, and (2) former, employees in each year since 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL6100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) recognises that unacceptable behaviour, including racism, still occurs. We are committed to eradicate this, and have a zero-tolerance approach. Defence, does not yet represent society and it is essential that we work towards this. We recognise that the pace of change needs to quicken and are renewing our ambition at the highest levels of the Department. We aim to eliminate discrimination and improve diversity throughout Defence as enshrined in our 2018-2030 Diversity and Inclusion (D&amp;I) Strategy .</p><p>Legal advice has interpreted the terms “racial discrimination cases” and “discrimination cases involving racism” to refer to Employment Tribunals (ETs). The attached tables show the number of ETs brought against the MOD by military personnel in each year from 2010 to-date, and the breakdown of compensation paid in each year from 2016-2020 as a result of racial discrimination ETs.</p><p>All MOD personnel (civilian and military) are required to complete mandatory D&amp;I Training courses. In addition, those trained as D&amp;I Advisers and Practitioners provide impartial advice and support to personnel who encounter discrimination, bullying and harassment. This is supplemented by Speak Safe Volunteers, trained independent bullying, harassment &amp; discrimination advisers who enable individuals to understand their situation and make informed decisions. An Active Bystander training course has also been designed to equip personnel with the skills to effectively challenge unacceptable behaviour.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL5882 question first answered 01/07/2020 11:09:25 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie attachment 1 file name Table of RD claims brought against MOD 2010 to date.docx title Race Discrimination
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1205422

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Voyager Aircraft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much it has cost to paint and carry out works on RAF Voyager.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL5946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lord to the reply given by my hon. Friend, the Minister for Defence Procurement (Jeremy Quin), in the House of Commons on 22 June 2020 to the hon. Members for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner), Newport West (Ruth Jones), Glasgow South (Stewart Malcom McDonald), Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone) and Portsmouth South (Stephen Morgan) in response to Question numbers 60776, 60864, 60814, 60482, 60852 and 60853 respectively.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 30/06/2020 14:10:16 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract Monday 22 June.docx title Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig