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1313357

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to improve awareness of support for veterans.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	87
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making access to support for veterans as easy as possible, including raising awareness of what support is available and how promoting it can be accessed. This support includes Veterans UK and NHS services, such as the recently launched Op Courage Mental Health pathway, as well as the charity sector and recently provided funding to the Veterans Gateway. HMG does this through the education and support the MOD provides to those leaving the Armed Forces, with enhanced support such as the Defence Transition Service for those with the most complex needs.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 19/05/2021 16:37:22 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1313358

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Office for Veterans' Affairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to offer the Office for Veterans Affairs a physical office in which to operate.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	88
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>The Office for Veterans’ Affairs is currently established for 22 staff. Those numbers are kept under review to ensure it has sufficient capacity to lead the Government’s delivery of the Veterans Strategy, working in concert with the many Departments that contribute to this. The OVA has an office in the Cabinet Office estate. Staff are able to work from there, or other Cabinet Office buildings, in line with COVID safe working guidance.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 89 90 question first answered 17/05/2021 16:26:21 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1313361

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Office for Veterans' Affairs: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels at the Office for Veterans Affairs.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	89
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>The Office for Veterans’ Affairs is currently established for 22 staff. Those numbers are kept under review to ensure it has sufficient capacity to lead the Government’s delivery of the Veterans Strategy, working in concert with the many Departments that contribute to this. The OVA has an office in the Cabinet Office estate. Staff are able to work from there, or other Cabinet Office buildings, in line with COVID safe working guidance.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 88 90 question first answered 17/05/2021 16:26:21 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1313363

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Office for Veterans' Affairs: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent staff are employed by the Office for Veterans Affairs.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	90
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>The Office for Veterans’ Affairs is currently established for 22 staff. Those numbers are kept under review to ensure it has sufficient capacity to lead the Government’s delivery of the Veterans Strategy, working in concert with the many Departments that contribute to this. The OVA has an office in the Cabinet Office estate. Staff are able to work from there, or other Cabinet Office buildings, in line with COVID safe working guidance.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 88 89 question first answered 17/05/2021 16:26:21 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1315717

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many meetings the Minister for Veterans has had with the Northern Ireland Office to discuss the matter of Northern Ireland since occupying the role.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>Since assuming post on 20 April 2021, I have had one official meeting with the Secretary of State for the Northern Ireland Office.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 26/05/2021 14:53:22 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1336723

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Interpreters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan interpreters were employed by the UK Government during the past twenty years.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	16036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>From the available data held between the years 2001 - 2014 the number of Afghan interpreters employed by the Ministry of Defence was 2,821.</p><p>We are unable to provide figures for other Government departments who have employed Afghan interpreters.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 22/06/2021 16:38:31 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1348146

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Private Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are under investigation for boarding school allowance fraud as at 19 July 2021.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	35549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>The allowance is question is called Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA) and assists Service personnel to achieve continuity of education for their children that would otherwise be denied in the state-maintained day school sector due to the mobility of their family. CEA is available to all Service personnel, irrespective of rank, subject to them satisfying the qualifying criteria. Service personnel may select from a wide variety of schools across the UK from within the independent and state-maintained sectors that meet set criteria.</p><p>The number of Service personnel currently under investigation, as at 19 July for suspected CEA fraud is 11.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 22/07/2021 15:48:47 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1348147

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many qualified financial officers are employed by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	35550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2021 answer text <p>As at the end of March 2021 there were c2,800 people in the finance profession of which 1,211 have a finance qualification. In this instance a finance qualification is defined as either:</p><p> </p><ul><li>CCAB/CIMA (Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies/Chartered Institute of Management Accountants). This is a Level 7/Masters equivalent or;</li><li>A level 4 finance qualification (HNC equivalent) accredited to an Accountancy Institute</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 27/07/2021 13:22:10 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1348148

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many qualified commercial officers his Department employs.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	35551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>The Department's Commercial Function currently employs 1,328 staff members who are Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) professionally qualified, as appropriate for their role. There are an additional 367 staff members currently studying towards attainment of a CIPS qualification.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 22/07/2021 15:50:31 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1350927

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Private Education
	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 22 July 2021 to Question 35549 on Armed Forces: Private Education, what ranks each of the 11 personnel under investigation for Continuity of Education Allowance fraud are.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	40649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>As these cases relate to ongoing investigations, to provide specific ranks could identify the individual and may adversely affect ongoing criminal and investigation proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>The 11 personnel currently under investigation for Continuity Education Allowance fraud fall within the following broader banded categories:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Broader Band</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Officers 1* and above</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Officers below 1*</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other ranks</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 06/09/2021 15:25:53 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones