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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2016 to Question 33689, how many teachers of GCSE (a) English and (b) mathematics were employed by the armed forces in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) serving military personnel and (b) civilian staff were seconded to (i) the Joint Intelligence Organisation's Assessments Staff and (ii) the National Security Secretariat within the Cabinet Office dur
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 April 2016 to Question 33374, what the conviction rate was for each offence in each year since 2009.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many challenges to the new Service Family Accommodation gradings have resulted in a change of banding since 1 February 2016; and if he will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many challenges to the new Service Family Accommodation gradings have been received by the Cost Assurance and Analysis Service since 1 February 2016; and if he will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what data his Department collects on allegations made against service personnel accused of committing (a) sexual assault and (b) rape.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department issues to Commanding Officers dealing with allegations of sexual assault, voyeurism and sexual activity in a public lavatory as set out in Schedule 2 of the Armed Forces Act 2006.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how many properties vacated by a service family leaving service family accommodation at march out Carillion Amey has accepted a cleaning fee in the last three years; how much was charged for each clean; which
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times he has attended public meetings of the Defence Committee since his appointment.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of servicemen and women recruited from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) status and (b) purpose is of the Defence Diversity and Inclusion Programme established in September 2013.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the intake of BAME servicemen and women was as a proportion of total intake for each year from 2006 to the latest available figures.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that UK defence capability can effectively respond to a threat from Russia.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which of her Department's directors has responsibility for implementation of its commitments under the Armed Forces Covenant.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK armed forces personnel are embedded in foreign armed forces; and with which forces such personnel are embedded.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 April 2016
The Cabinet Manual states, “In 2011, the Government acknowledged that a Convention had developed in Parliament that before troops were committed the House of Commons should have an opportunity to debate the matter and said that it proposed to observe that...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 April 2016
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Michael Fallon) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Cabinet Manual states, “In 2011, the Government acknowledged that a Convention had developed in Parliament that before tr...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many allegations of (a) sexual assault, (b) voyeurism, (c) sexual activity in a public lavatory and (d) exposure have been dealt with summarily by a commanding officer in each year since 2009.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many jobs in (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's non-departmental public bodies, executive agencies, non-ministerial departments, advisory bodies and other accountable statutory bodies (i) hav
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 April 2016
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will attend the Foreign Affairs Council on 18 April. My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Defence will attend the Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) on ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 April 2016
My Right Honourable Friend, Minister for Europe (David Lidington), has made the following written Ministerial statement:My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will attend the Foreign Affairs Council on 18 Ap...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 prevents the full implementation of the Armed Forces Covenant in Northern Ireland.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 April 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the annual operating cost of the Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-combat deaths of service personnel have occurred (a) in total, (b) in the UK and (c) overseas in each of the last 20 years for which figures are available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total (a) budget for and (b) full-time equivalent workforce of the Ministry of Defence Police was in each of the last six years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence Police stations there were in each of the last six years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence Police officers were deployed to support civilian police forces in each of the last six years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many single source contracts his Department placed in 2015; and how many such contracts were classed as (a) new contracts and (b) amendments to existing contracts.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) new contracts and (b) amendments to existing contracts placed by his Department in 2015 were not referred to the Single Source Regulations Office because the approval of the (i) Ministry of Defence a
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what financial provision he has made for supporting armed forces recruits to obtain A* to C passes in GCSE English and mathematics if required.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on supporting all new armed forces recruits who arrive without A* to C passes in GCSE English and mathematics to gain such qualifications; and if he will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many enlisted soldiers who were not commissioned officers gained GCSEs in (a) English and (b) mathematics while serving in the army in each of the last five years; and how many such soldiers gained GCSEs in (
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to encourage enlistment from people from ethnic minority backgrounds.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) Royal Navy, (b) British Army excluding Gurkhas and (c) Royal Air Force personnel are from an ethnic minority background.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to protect serving and former members of the armed forces from discrimination in obtaining goods and services.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to encourage innovation by defence suppliers.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that the food served to members of the armed forces at his Department's facilities run by Sodexo meets his Department's standards; and what sanctions are in place to deter violat
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what records are kept by commanding officers when dealing with offences that are reported to them and dealt with summarily.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of (a) rape, (b) sexual assault and (c) domestic violence were (i) reported to the Royal Military Police, (ii) referred by the Royal Military Police to prosecutors and (iii) directed for trial in e
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) survivability, (b) sustainability and (c) readiness of NATO forces.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of NATO military interoperability.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of officials of his Department resigned in each of the last six years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 April 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Earl Howe on 23 March (HL7103 and HL6982), whether they have received any representations from non-executive members of any Service Boards about rebalancing funds between the fighting envi
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 April 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 23 March (HL6982), how much extra money has been added to the budgets of (1) the First Sea Lord, (2) the Chief of the General Staff, and (3) the Chief of the Air Staff, in (a)
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has initiated with military charities on minimising duplication of effort and gaps in provision.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2016 to Question 25543, whether the definition of UK troops includes members of the (a) Joint Cyber Unit (Reserve), (b) 13 Squadron of the Royal Air Force and (c) 39 Squadron
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many local authorities in each of the nations and regions of the UK have a multi-agency service dedicated to supporting members of the armed forces and former members of the armed forces and their families.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what standing procedures his Department has for engaging other departments and the devolved administrations in promoting delivery of the Armed Forces Covenant.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department issues to jobcentre staff on the delivery of the Armed Forces Covenant.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which of the Directors in his Department has responsibility for the Armed Forces Covenant.