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1714048

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date	26/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Foundation College: Discharges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a recruit at the Army Foundation College who expresses a desire to leave the Army during the first six weeks may do so.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	23929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the then Minister for Defence People and Veterans (Leo Docherty) on 23 February 2022 to Question 125283 to the hon. Member for Glasgow North West (Carol Monaghan).</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 01/05/2024 16:48:36 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name UIN125283.docx title Armed Forces: Young People
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1714049

registered interest
date	26/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Foundation College
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many live complaints of violent behaviour by college staff against recruits were recorded on the Joint Personnel Administration system at the time of Ofsted’s inspection of the Army Foundation College on 5 May 2021.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	23930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>This Question has been answered using similar methodology and is subject to similar caveats to the answer given to the hon. Member on 15 December 2023 to Question 5872.</p><p> </p><p>As stated in the answer of 15 December 2023, any reports of such behaviour are taken very seriously and investigated thoroughly. Anyone found to be not upholding the high standards that we expect of our personnel will be dealt with accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>Based on a manual data search on 29 April 2024, on 5 May 2021 there were fewer thanthan five live complaints of violent behaviour by college staff against recruits recorded on the Joint Personnel Administration system.</p><p> </p><p>Please note:</p><p> </p><ol><li>The total figure has been suppressed to preserve anonymity.</li><li>Each case relates to one suspect but may include more than one alleged incident and/or victim. One suspect may have more than one case recorded.</li><li>JPA is a live system which is updated for retrospective complaints/allegations. The data in this answer only reflects cases that were live on the system as at 5 May 2021.</li><li>In each case a judgement was made as to whether an allegation constituted violent behaviour.</li><li>Please note that the figures provided are single Service estimates based on data which is not gathered for statistical purposes or subject to the same level of scrutiny as official statistics produced by Defence Statistics. The figures provided may therefore be subject to data quality issues affecting their accuracy.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 01/05/2024 16:51:27 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1714050

registered interest
date	26/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Incentives and Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) retention bonuses and (b) golden handshake payments the Army uses; and whether his Department has made an assessment of their effectiveness.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	23931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Army routinely implements Financial Retention Incentives (FRIs). There are twelve live Financial Incentives, one of which has not yet been implemented, supporting seven different cap badges, capabilities or specialities.</p><p> </p><p>The Army currently has two current ‘Golden Hellos’, both aimed at The Royal Logistic Corps capabilities, specifically chefs and petroleum operators.</p><p> </p><p>The Army continuously monitors the effectiveness of these schemes. Effectiveness is largely measured on take up rates as well as the number of Service Personnel who rescind a Notice to Terminate. This information is captured in a Post Project Evaluation.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 01/05/2024 16:52:11 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard