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100689

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	English Language: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on teaching English in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	211774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The table shows approximately how much the Department has spent in each Financial Year since 2010 on teaching English to Service personnel. It is difficult to give exact figures as, in some cases, the cost of English tuition cannot be separated from that for other tuition areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Financial Year £ million</td><td>2010-11</td><td>2011-12</td><td>2012-13</td><td>2013-14</td></tr><tr><td>Expenditure</td><td>£1.637</td><td>£1.667</td><td>£1.695</td><td>£1.735</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, for those who speak English as a second language the Ministry of Defence has spent the following amounts on ‘English Speakers of Other Languages’ assessments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Financial Year</td><td>2010-11</td><td>2011-12</td><td>2012-13</td><td>2013-14</td></tr><tr><td>Expenditure</td><td>£13,943</td><td>£71,628</td><td>£43,159</td><td>£22,646</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 211789 question first answered 02/12/2014 17:22:22 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 24936 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

100780

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances: East Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in each parliamentary constituency in the East Midlands received disabled students' allowance in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	211838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on students awarded and paid Disabled Students’ Allowance is published annually by Student Loans Company (SLC) ’. The latest statistics are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of students who received disabled students’ allowance in each parliamentary constituency in the East Midlands in each of the last three years is provided in the table. Comparable data for earlier years is not readily available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 04/11/2014 16:46:20 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark attachment 1 file name Table for 211838.xlsx title Students in receipt of Disabled Students Allowance previous answer version 24850 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

100788

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Middle East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 21 October 2014, Official Report, column 63WS, on the Middle East, from which bases the UK's (a) Reaper UAVs and (b) River Joint aircraft operate for their surveillance missions over Iraq and Syria.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	211833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>I am withholding the information as its disclosure would or would be likely to prejudice operational capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces and also relations between the United Kingdom and another State.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 04/11/2014 17:27:25 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 25424 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

100789

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 21 October 2014, Official Report, column 63WS, on the Middle East, how many of the UK's Reaper aircraft will be deployed for surveillance missions over Syria.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	211832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>We have initially deployed two Reaper aircraft for operations in the Middle East, including for surveillance missions over Syria. As Reaper numbers in Afghanistan reduce we intend to move more to the Middle East, adding to our coverage.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 04/11/2014 17:28:37 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 25423 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

100791

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	English Language: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on teaching English in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	211789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The table shows approximately how much the Department has spent in each Financial Year since 2010 on teaching English to Service personnel. It is difficult to give exact figures as, in some cases, the cost of English tuition cannot be separated from that for other tuition areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Financial Year £ million</td><td>2010-11</td><td>2011-12</td><td>2012-13</td><td>2013-14</td></tr><tr><td>Expenditure</td><td>£1.637</td><td>£1.667</td><td>£1.695</td><td>£1.735</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, for those who speak English as a second language the Ministry of Defence has spent the following amounts on ‘English Speakers of Other Languages’ assessments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Financial Year</td><td>2010-11</td><td>2011-12</td><td>2012-13</td><td>2013-14</td></tr><tr><td>Expenditure</td><td>£13,943</td><td>£71,628</td><td>£43,159</td><td>£22,646</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 211774 question first answered 02/12/2014 17:22:22 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 25427 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

100792

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel have been placed on his Department's referral scheme co-ordinated by the Joint Service Housing Advice Office in each year since 2010; and how many personnel so referred successfully found accommodation through the scheme in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	211790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of personnel who have applied to the Joint Service Housing Advice Office referral scheme and have been housed is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of applicants*</p></td><td><p>Number housed via the scheme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>196</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>866</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p><p>(as at 24 October)</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>* In 2013, a database transfer of historical data only retained those applicants who were still eligible between the years 2010-2012 at that time. Consequently figures for 2010-12 are only for eligible applicants whereas those for 2013-14 also include ineligible applicants.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/11/2014 17:34:53 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 25426 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

100796

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Engineers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many engineers have been recruited by his Department in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	211796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department uses different management information systems to record its recruitment of civilians and Service personnel. The requested information has, therefore, been provided in two separate tables attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/11/2014 17:25:39 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 211796 - Recruitment of Civilian and Service Personnel Enginners.doc title MOD Civillian and Service Personnel Engineers previous answer version 25425 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

100804

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Security Guards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on private security companies in each year since 2010; and what the contractual arrangements were with each such company.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	211816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The FCO has spent the following amounts with PSC (Private Security Companies) year by year since 2010: 2010/2011:2011/2012:2012/2013:2013/2014 G4S: £28,916,168 :£30,081,113:£31,391,478:£35,285,387 Control Risks Group: £453,477:£5,573,212:£920,281:£1,208,369 Aegis: £4,211:£183,516:£563,184:£556,920 Minimal Risk :£1,951,611:£1,744,356:£2,122,113:£1,707,150 Gardaworld :£17,291,485:£16,381,944:£17,498,010:£,342,201 PSCs are contracted in a number of countries to carry out a variety of activities and duties including the static protection of premises and the close protection of personnel. They play a vital and necessary protective role in hostile environments, and enable the Government and partner organisations to carry out their work by providing essential security services.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/12/2014 13:56:24 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones