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228290

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many companies received financial payments when reserve employees were called up for duty in each year since 2013; and what the total amount was of such payments.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	228226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Since the start of Financial Year 2013-14, the following amounts have been paid to companies by the three Services when their Reservist employees were called up for duty.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>FY 2013-14</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>FY 2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Amount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Companies</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Companies</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Maritime Reserve</strong></p></td><td><p>£19,284.00</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>£1,394.25</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Army Reserve</strong></p></td><td><p>£296,599.60</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>£509,124.32</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Royal Aux Air Force</strong></p></td><td><p>£35,517.75</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£70,780.70</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 24/03/2015 17:21:47 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

228291

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Health Services: Reserve Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many NHS staff have joined the reserves in each service in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	228225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 24/03/2015 17:22:29 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

228295

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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, how many people were recruited to the regular army, navy and air force between 1 January 2015 and 15 March 2015; and what the targets were for such recruitment in each such category.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	228296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of people who joined the UK Regular Forces in the period 1 January - 31 January 2015 (the latest available date) is set out below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Navy</strong></p></td><td><p>310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td><p>820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RAF</strong></p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: figures show intake to UK Regular Forces, both trained and untrained, which comprises new entrants, re-entrants, direct trained entrants (including professionally qualified Officers) and intake from the reserves. They exclude all movements within the Regular Forces; including flows from untrained to trained strength, transfers between Services and flows from Ranks to Officer due to promotion.</p><p>Recruitment targets for each of the Services are calculated on an annual rather than monthly basis and are therefore not included here.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 23/03/2015 18:01:10 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

228296

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Reserve
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former regular soldiers joined the Army Reserve in each year since 2010; and how much has been paid to such individuals as an incentive to join the Reserve.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	228297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The data relating to the numbers of ex-soldiers joining the Army Reserve is detailed below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>Financial Year</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>April 2014 - January 2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Ex Regulars</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>490</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>570</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>820</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,180</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,400</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Officers</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Soldiers</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>670</p></td><td><p>970</p></td><td><p>1,190</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The current Commitment Bonus scheme, introduced in April 2014, provides staged payments over three years of up to £10,000 to ex-Regular personnel providing they meet a set of entry criteria relating to rank, length of Regular Service, levels of training, medical status and training obligations once serving in the Reserve.</p><p> </p><p>This replaced an earlier scheme launched in April 2013 that gave payments of up to £5,000 across three years, again providing an individual met the correct criteria. Details of both schemes are set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><em><br></em><p><strong><em>Cohort</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Key Milestone </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>1</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Key Milestones 2</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Key Milestones 3</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Key Milestone 4</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ex-Regular Lts/Capts</p><p> </p><p>Ex-Regular ORs</p><p> </p><p><strong>Initial Scheme introduced in </strong></p><p><strong>April 2013</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p>£2,000 paid upon completion of Phase 2 officer training.</p></td><td><p>£1,000 paid upon completion of the annual obligation applicable to the existing Regional Annual Bounty, referred to as Yr 1.</p></td><td><p>A further £1,000 paid upon completion of the subsequent year’s annual obligation applicable to the existing Regional Annual Bounty, referred to as Yr 2.</p></td><td><p>A final £1,000 paid upon completion of the subsequent year’s annual obligation applicable to the existing Regional Annual Bounty, referred to as Yr 3.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ex-Regular Lts/Capts</p><p> </p><p>Ex-Regular ORs</p><p> </p><p><strong>Enhanced scheme introduced in </strong></p><p><strong>April 2014</strong> (current scheme members automatically transferred to new scheme for all subsequent payments)</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£2,000 paid six months after qualification within respective Career Employment Group and completion of 14 Man Training Days.</p></td><td><p>£3,000 paid upon completion of the annual obligation applicable to the existing Regional Annual Bounty, referred to as Yr 1.</p></td><td><p>A further £3,000 paid upon completion of the subsequent year’s annual obligation applicable to the existing Regional Annual Bounty, referred to as Yr 2.</p></td><td><p>A final £2,000 paid upon completion of the subsequent year’s annual obligation applicable to the existing Regional Annual Bounty, referred to as Yr 3.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 23/03/2015 16:58:39 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

228299

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many participants in the Troops to Teachers programme have (a) not completed training and (b) dropped out on completion of training.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	228293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Troops to Teachers participants are still undertaking their training. The first cohort of trainees began the two year programme in January 2014 and are due to complete their training in December 2015. The second cohort began in September 2015 and will complete their training in August 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A total of nine trainees have withdrawn from the programme, from across both cohorts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/03/2015 12:05:04 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

228300

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) women and (b) BAME people there are in previous cohorts of the Troops to Teachers programme; and what proportion of people in each such category formed the overall participants.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	228294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>There are two cohorts of trainees on the Troops to Teachers programme. There are 8 female trainees in the first cohort and 12 in the second cohort. This is just under a quarter (24%) of the total participants across both cohorts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No trainees have declared themselves as Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME).</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/03/2015 12:06:06 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

228301

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average number of months was that recruits in previous cohorts served in the Troops to Teachers programme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	228295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The first Troops to Teachers participants are still undertaking their training. The first cohort began training in January 2014, so all of the current trainees have served 14 months on the programme. The second cohort started training in September 2015, therefore current trainees have served 6 months on the programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/03/2015 12:06:48 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

227765

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Victory
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 16 March 2015 to Question 226869, for what reasons the Answer stated that approval for the Maritime Heritage Foundation to manage the site of HMS Victory 1744 has not been removed, when in his letter of 27 February 2015 to Lord Lingfield he stated that he had decided to withdraw that approval.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	227989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The letter of 27 February 2015 from my right Hon. Friend, the Defence Secretary, to Lord Lingfield concerns the withdrawal of the approval to recover at risk surface artefacts from the site of HMS Victory 1744, not the Maritime Heritage Foundation's management of the wreck site itself. The letter also made clear that the related issues raised in a Judicial Review application, that has now been withdrawn, are being considered by officials; it would therefore be inappropriate to comment until this process is concluded.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 20/03/2015 14:38:15 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

227128

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	HMS Victory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2015 to Question 226362, whether the preparation of cannon for lifting and the dusting of mobile sediments on the wreck site of HMS Victory 1744 by Odyssey Marine Exploration in the summer of 2012 was included in the Marine Management Organisation investigation into unauthorised work on the HMS Victory 1744 wreck site.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	227478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Based on the evidence available, it is understood that a cannon was lifted prior to the introduction of the marine licensing system in April 2011. However, the investigation carried out by the MMO into the carrying out of licensed marine activities also obtained evidence of dusting of mobile sediments and other preparatory activities which would have required a marine licence, when there was in fact no such licence in place. As a result of this evidence, the MMO issued Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. with an official written warning for these activities on 7 November 2014, in accordance with its published compliance and enforcement strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/03/2015 14:24:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

225991

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Victory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons he decided to withdraw his Department's approval for the Maritime Heritage Foundation to manage the wreck site of HMS Victory 1744; if he will publish a detailed rationale for that decision; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	226869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>Approval for the Maritime Heritage Foundation to manage the wreck site of HMS Victory 1744 has not been removed.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/03/2015 17:31:23 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 49495 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