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1611363

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2023 to Question 146784 on Armed Forces: Housing, what the figures are for (a) February and (b) March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	180991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of compensation payments made for issues relating to Service Family Accommodation and their total value for February and March 2023.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of compensation claims</p></td><td><p>Total Value of compensation payments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2023</p></td><td><p>996</p></td><td><p>£208,438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2023</p></td><td><p>2976</p></td><td><p>£267,648</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The increase in March was due to Pinnacle’s efforts to reduce the backlog in processing compensation claims.</p><p> </p><p>Compensation payments are administered and funded by the suppliers at no cost to the Ministry of Defence.</p><p> </p><p>There are different levels of compensation, although there were more claims in March, there were more lower levels of compensation paid.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/04/2023 10:52:22 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1611374

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Syerston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential is of RAF Syerston.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	181002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>RAF Syerston is 244.76 hectares in size.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of the Housing Unit Potential of the site, as it has not been identified for disposal.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/04/2023 12:28:20 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1611446

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many boilers were replaced in (a) Service Family Accommodation and (b) Single Living Accommodation in financial year 2022-23; and what the cost to his Department of those replacements was.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	181074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The total number of boilers replaced in Service Family Accommodation in the financial year 2022-23 was 1,446 at a cost of c£3.1 million.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the format in which Single Living Accommodation data is recorded, the information requested can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/04/2023 12:07:26 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1611447

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2023 to Question 165250 on Ministry of Defence: Housing, if he will provide a breakdown of what the £73 million from the service family accommodation improvement budget spent by his Department for the financial year 2022-23 was spent on.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	181075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The table below shows how the £73 million Service Families Accommodation improvement budget for financial year (FY) 2022-23 was spent. Please note many projects span more than one FY, so figures also include expenditure attributed to a type of works which may have begun prior to the start of or after the end of FY 2022-23.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Type of Works</p></td><td><p>Costs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Damp and Mould Remediation Works</p></td><td><p>£4.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doors and Windows Replacement</p></td><td><p>£12.6 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>External Wall Insulation (includes new doors and windows and roof replacement)</p></td><td><p>£43 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heating replacements</p></td><td><p>£2.5 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kitchen trials (updated kitchen specification trials)</p></td><td><p>£42,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Playparks</p></td><td><p>£5 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SFA Refurbishment</p></td><td><p>£1.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Roof replacement</p></td><td><p>£8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Streetlight replacement</p></td><td><p>£295,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Structural repair (bringing void properties back online)</p></td><td><p>£500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wire moves – to allow for handback of SFA to Annington Homes</p></td><td><p>£2.6 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Resurfacing</p></td><td><p>£1 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>c£81 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/04/2023 10:57:27 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1611448

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many boilers there are in (a) Service Family Accommodation and (b) Single living accommodation; and how many of those boilers are over (i) 10 and (ii) 15 years old.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	181076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>There are a total of 47,448 boilers in Service Family Accommodation (SFA). Of these, 1,366 have no boiler age recorded. The total number of boilers in SFA which are between 10 and 15 years old is 41,237.</p><p> </p><p>Approximately 2,500 boilers are replaced annually within SFA.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the format in which Single Living Accommodation data is recorded, the information requested can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/04/2023 11:00:03 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1609729

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Antiaircraft Missiles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department (a) owns and (b) intends to procure RBS 70 NG short-range air defence systems.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	179862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not own RBS 70 NG short-range air defence systems, nor does it intend to procure them. RBS 70 is a Swedish-made laser beam riding missile system with capabilities very similar to the Thales (UK) Starstreak High Velocity Missile system that remains in service with the British Army and Royal Marines and is performing strongly in Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/04/2023 12:49:44 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

1609732

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Inflation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the level of defence inflation between 2021 and 2023.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	179865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Defence inflation for 2021-22 has been estimated as 2.1%. The estimate for 2022-23 is due by the end of March 2024.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/04/2023 12:53:00 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

1609747

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 76 of the Defence Equipment & Support Annual Report and Accounts 2021 to 2022, updated on 31 March 2023, what were the prescribed processes that were deviated from in the six identified instances relating to senior responsible owners' completion of training and objectives.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	179880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Model Senior Responsible Owners (mSROs) are responsible for ensuring the quality and suitability of Business-Critical Models used for analysis, investigation, and forecasting purposes within Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S) against prescribed policy and requirements. As outlined in the DE&amp;S Annual Report and Accounts 2021-2022, six projects were assessed as complying with these requirements but with minor deviations relating mainly to the mSRO.</p><p>Five of these instances arose from the omission of the role and its responsibilities from annual objectives for mSROs and of these, four additionally related to failures to complete the relevant training during the year. One instance related to completion of relevant training and weaknesses in configuration control for documentation.</p><p>All of these deviations have since been resolved.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/04/2023 12:52:24 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

1609911

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was for Capita to process application forms for the regular and reserve forces in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North Somerset
tabling member printed	Dr Liam Fox
uin	180044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The British Army conducts recruiting activities in partnership with Capita under the Recruiting Partnership Programme, whereas the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force deliver recruitment in house. The below table therefore represents the cost to the Army only.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of processing application forms is not captured as a separate activity under the Army Recruiting Contract with Capita, but within the overall cost of recruiting. Recruiting costs are covered by a combination of the Service Management Charge and the Recruitment charge. The latter charge alters depending upon the volume of recruiting demand in a particular year, whereas the former is a fixed charge not dependant on demand volumes. Additionally, there are costs relating to medical assessment activities included.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the costs over the last three financial years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Cost</p></td><td><p>Comments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£43.57 million</p></td><td rowspan="3"><p>Figures include the Service Management Charge, Recruitment Charge and medical assessment costs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>£40.29 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>£42.65 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/04/2023 12:25:12 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox

1609996

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the senior responsible owners in his Department had (a) no formal project management qualifications and (b) not completed the Major Programmes Leadership Academy at the time of their appointment.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	180129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Senior Responsible Owners (SROs) of our Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) programmes are carefully selected and assessed for suitability prior to appointment. This includes consideration of prior experience as well as any formal qualifications held.</p><p>Three current GMPP SROs were appointed based on experience alone but have since undertaken or are undertaking formal training.</p><p>SROs of GMPP programmes are prioritised by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority for Major Projects Leadership Academy (MPLA) places. It is therefore rare for candidates to undertake MPLA prior to taking up a first GMPP SRO appointment.</p><p>Of our current GMPP SRO cohort, thirty required MPLA training on appointment and ten were MPLA graduates before being appointed.</p><p>The Department does not routinely store historic information about the qualifications candidates had achieved on appointment to SRO roles outside of the Government Major Projects Portfolio.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/04/2023 12:51:46 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish