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1694668

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
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, whether he is taking steps to ensure that the social value model is applied (a) correctly and (b) consistently in his Department's procurement processes.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Sarah Atherton
uin	17697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) applies the Social Value Model to all of its in-scope competitive procurements, in accordance with the Cabinet Office Social Value Policy. The MOD ensures correct and consistent application of the Social Value Model through additional policy, guidance, training and through engagement with industry through the Defence Supplier Forum. Its application is monitored through appropriate governance, reporting and reviews.</p><p> </p><p>Weightings are applied to the award criteria, and supplier proposals are assessed qualitatively not quantitively in tender evaluation. The Social Value Model does not discriminate based on where social value is delivered. However where appropriate, and having due regard to UK market access obligations to our international fair-trade agreements (FTAs), procurements may specify, within their social value requirement, the social value to be delivered in specific geographical locations.</p><p> </p><p>MOD currently applies Cabinet Office Social Value rules, and further, Defence specific values. For example, the New Medium Helicopter procurement has a strong weighting for UK workshare and exportability. To ensure the maximum impact of the Integrated Procurement Model, particular in supporting the development of sovereign capability, I will be undertaking a rapid review of how MOD applies social content rules on Defence Procurement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 17699 question first answered 22/03/2024 15:07:56 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton

1694669

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the adequacy of the delivery of contracts by external providers.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Sarah Atherton
uin	17698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>The proactive monitoring, control and management of external providers is undertaken throughout the lifecycle of Defence contracts primarily by the Department’s Commercial and Project Management officials<strong>. </strong></p><p>Furthermore, the Ministry of Defence’s Strategic Partnering Programme has built long-term relationships and has increased collaboration with many of our largest suppliers to work together to address any major performance issues.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 14/03/2024 12:26:14 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton

1694670

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's assessment of companies against its social value criteria gives equal weighting to benefits that are brought (a) direct to the UK and (b) overseas.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Sarah Atherton
uin	17699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) applies the Social Value Model to all of its in-scope competitive procurements, in accordance with the Cabinet Office Social Value Policy. The MOD ensures correct and consistent application of the Social Value Model through additional policy, guidance, training and through engagement with industry through the Defence Supplier Forum. Its application is monitored through appropriate governance, reporting and reviews.</p><p> </p><p>Weightings are applied to the award criteria, and supplier proposals are assessed qualitatively not quantitively in tender evaluation. The Social Value Model does not discriminate based on where social value is delivered. However where appropriate, and having due regard to UK market access obligations to our international fair-trade agreements (FTAs), procurements may specify, within their social value requirement, the social value to be delivered in specific geographical locations.</p><p> </p><p>MOD currently applies Cabinet Office Social Value rules, and further, Defence specific values. For example, the New Medium Helicopter procurement has a strong weighting for UK workshare and exportability. To ensure the maximum impact of the Integrated Procurement Model, particular in supporting the development of sovereign capability, I will be undertaking a rapid review of how MOD applies social content rules on Defence Procurement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 17697 question first answered 22/03/2024 15:07:56 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton

1691532

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he provides guidance to police forces on the prioritisation of day-to-day duties over responding to medical emergencies.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Sarah Atherton
uin	901628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <ul><li>The National Police Chiefs’ Council has produced comprehensive guidance for forces on introducing Right Care, Right Person, or RCRP, under which the right agencies should respond to medical emergencies. This often means a health response.</li><li>It is for Chief Constables to determine how they deploy their resource but every English and Welsh force is working to adopt an RCRP approach.</li></ul> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/02/2024 15:45:48 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton

1681301

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil claims for compensation which included an allegation of sexual assault of any kind have been issued against his Department in a (a) civil court and (b) tribunal in the last five years; and how many such claims were settled without a final hearing.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Sarah Atherton
uin	9109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>This Ministry of Defence takes the treatment of women and allegations of sexual assault in the Armed Forces very seriously. In answer to both questions:</p><p>(a)150 common law compensation claims which included an allegation of sexual assault/ sexual abuse have been received in the last five years. Of these, 94 have settled out of court with damages paid. 15 have been closed with no damages awarded and 41 cases are continuing.</p><p>(b)The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 15/01/2024 16:52:02 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton

1672894

registered interest
date	24/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of service personnel have received (a) trauma treatment and (b) orthopedic from a private healthcare provider via the NHS fast-track pathway as of 24 November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Sarah Atherton
uin	3681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>Further to the answer I gave on 16 November 2023 to Question 1407 to the hon. Member for Wrexham (Ms Atherton), the number of regular service personnel in England who have received intervention under the Fast Track Surgery Contract, which is currently provided by SPIRE Healthcare, is set out by financial year in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year(FY)</p></td><td><p>Orthopedic and Spinal Patients</p></td><td><p>Imaging Referrals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2020-21</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>2,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2021-22</p></td><td><p>299</p></td><td><p>3,341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2022-23</p></td><td><p>472</p></td><td><p>3,376</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2023-24 (prediction)</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>3,230</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures provided include the predicted requirement for the current financial year, should referral criteria and surgical intervention types remain unchanged.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data on the proportion of service personnel who have received treatment under the Fast Track Surgery Contract.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 29/11/2023 16:46:37 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton

1672900

registered interest
date	24/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces: Disability and Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of reservists are unable to work due to (a) disability and (b) illness as of 24 November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Sarah Atherton
uin	3682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>This information is not held in the specific detail requested.</p><p> </p><p>The status of reserves by medical standard and reserve type as documented on JPA as at 24 November 2023 is detailed in the below table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Assignment Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>MFD</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>MLD</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>MND</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No records</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Called out Reservist</p></td><td><p>733</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>841</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full Time Reservist</p></td><td><p>3,781</p></td><td><p>1,470</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>5,720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Readiness Reserve</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sponsored Reserve</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Volunteer Reserve</p></td><td><p>27,038</p></td><td><p>3,051</p></td><td><p>2,348</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>32,437</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total of Reservists with Medical Standards</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31,612</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,616</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,837</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>39,065</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reservist Without Medical Standards (new joiners etc)</p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>3,548</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand total of Reservists</p></td><td><p><strong>31,612</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,616</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,837</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,548</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>42,613</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>MFD – Medically Fully Deployable</p><p>MLD – Medically Limited Deployability</p><p>MND – Medically Non-Deployable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 29/11/2023 15:19:20 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton

1669272

registered interest
date	10/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) reserve and (b) regular service personnel are on a waiting list for orthopaedic surgery.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Sarah Atherton
uin	1407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is not responsible for reserves healthcare, except when mobilised and does not hold data on how many reserve service personnel are awaiting orthopaedic surgery.</p><p> </p><p>For regular service personnel, the number on a waiting list for the combined trauma and orthopaedic service is 1,447 in England. This figure is provided by NHS England and is the most recent data held by MOD. This figure does not include the number of regular Service personnel who have been referred through the fast-track contract with a private healthcare provider.</p><p> </p><p>The number of regular Service personnel currently on a waiting list for orthopaedic surgery is 18 in Scotland. This includes five on NHS waiting lists and 13 who have been referred through the fast-track contract with a private healthcare provider. In Northern Ireland the number of regular service personnel currently on a waiting list for orthopaedic surgery is six. Wales has a total of seven regular service personnel awaiting orthopaedic surgery or an orthopaedic appointment.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 16/11/2023 15:48:43 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton

1668022

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many male service personnel (a) joined and (b) left the (i) army, (ii) navy, (iii) air force and (iv) marines since September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Sarah Atherton
uin	610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The requested information is published in the UK Armed Forces Biannual Diversity Statistics, available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-april-2023/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-april-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-april-2023/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-april-2023</a></p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 611 question first answered 15/11/2023 11:36:50 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton

1668024

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many female service personnel (a) joined and (b) left the (i) army, (ii) navy, (iii) air force and (iv) marines since September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Sarah Atherton
uin	611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The requested information is published in the UK Armed Forces Biannual Diversity Statistics, available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-april-2023/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-april-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-april-2023/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-april-2023</a></p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 610 question first answered 15/11/2023 11:36:50 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton