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1015034

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the market benchmarks for the April 2017 Defence Equipment and Support employee pay structure were calculated.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	195522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S) uses industry standard benchmarks, sourced from Willis Towers Watson. DE&amp;S then uses this data to inform and develop its pay policy. The market benchmarks are calculated in the context of 'total reward', which includes base pay, allowances, incentives, pension and other benefits.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 195524 question first answered 29/11/2018 15:39:26 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1015035

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Pay
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 15 November 2018 to Question 190411, what the average pay rise was for Defence Equipment and Support staff in each performance category not including any change based on comparison to the market benchmark for a role.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	195523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The average pay rise for Defence Equipment and Support staff in 2018 was 2.2%. Salary increases are based on how staff have performed throughout the year and a comparison to the market benchmark for an individual's role. Performance is assessed through a five-box model. The vast majority of people (90%) received a pay rise in the last performance year, with only those who fell into the lowest performance box not receiving a salary increase.</p><p>Individual salary increases are based on both market benchmarks and performance, with most of the increases in the 1% to 4% range.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 29/11/2018 15:42:04 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1015036

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who calculated the market benchmarks for the April 2017 Defence Equipment and Support employee pay structure.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	195524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S) uses industry standard benchmarks, sourced from Willis Towers Watson. DE&amp;S then uses this data to inform and develop its pay policy. The market benchmarks are calculated in the context of 'total reward', which includes base pay, allowances, incentives, pension and other benefits.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 195522 question first answered 29/11/2018 15:39:26 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1015037

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the retention of Defence Equipment and Support employees.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	195525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Defence Equipment and Support is currently reviewing staff retention trends and has identified some challenges. An action plan is being developed which will seek to understand the root causes of these trends and improve retention of personnel in identified risk areas.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 29/11/2018 15:46:24 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1015038

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations Defence Equipment and Support employees have made to his Department on their pay structure introduced in April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	195526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S) employees have made use of a number of avenues to provide feedback on the organisations pay structure. This includes People Surveys, their Trade Union representatives and Human Resources Business Partners.</p><p>The DE&amp;S leadership will continue to closely monitor results and trends emerging from this feedback and take action as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 29/11/2018 15:48:26 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1015045

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	British Indian Ocean Territory: Navy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the Royal Navy's nuclear (a) armed and (b) powered surface or submarine vessels have entered the waters of the British Indian Ocean Territory since the Marine Protected Area was established.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	195610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Royal Navy only operates nuclear powered submarines, some of which are nuclear armed.</p><p> </p><p>It is UK policy that we do not routinely comment on matters relating to submarine activity or operations. However, as previously confirmed HMS Trenchant visited Diego Garcia in 2012.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 04/12/2018 16:10:13 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1015164

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Argentina: Wrecks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Royal Navy will assist in the recovery and repatriation of Argentinian sailors from the submarine San Juan.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
uin	195663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Since the San Juan was located, the Ministry of Defence has not been appraoched by Argentina to assist in the recovery or repatriarion of the submarine's crew. If our assistance were to be requested, the UK does not currently have the capability to recover a vessel at the reported depth of the San Juan without contractor support.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 04/12/2018 16:02:52 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen

1015166

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Firing Ranges: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which firing range training facilities his Department plans to close in the UK; what the proposed date of each such proposed closure is; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	195503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence announced its intention to close Middlewick Ranges in the estate optimisation strategy &quot;A Better Defence Estate&quot; in November 2016 with an estimated disposal date of 2020 and reprovision at Fingringhoe Ranges.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 03/12/2018 15:45:53 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1015167

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Firing Ranges: Colchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will (a) pause the proposal to dispose of Middlewick Ranges at Colchester and (b) re-evaluate the operational efficiency of the armed forces in the East of England in the event that Middlewick Ranges is no longer available as a training facility for both regular and reserve forces; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	195504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence announced its intention to close Middlewick Ranges in the estate optimisation strategy &quot; A Better Defence Estate &quot; in November 2016. The basis of the original decision and assesment still stands. The existing range nearby at Fingringhoe, Colchester, will be developed to provide a suitable alternative with no associated inpact on training or operational effectiveness.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/12/2018 16:08:55 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1015168

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Babcock International: Colchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he had with the operators of the defence repair facility at Colchester in advance of that operator's announcement of its intention to close its vehicle repair workshops at that location; what further discussions he has had with that operator since that announcement was made; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	195505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Planned changes outlined in the Better Defence Estate Strategy, published in November 2016, have led to the decision by Babcock to transfer the repair functions from Colchester to other locations, with the creation of In-barracks equipment support teams. Discussions routinely take place between the Ministry of Defence and Babcock as part of the Service Provision and Transformation Contract. There is no contractual obligation on Babcock to maintain a prescribed geographical footprint when delivering the repair function, therefore the withdrawl is compliant with this contract.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 195507 question first answered 04/12/2018 16:02:06 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones