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701 records in UK in 2016
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the proportion of defence spending that goes to small firms.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel handed in a formal notice of resignation in each month since January 2014.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average annual salary was for each military rank in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy in each of the last five years; and what estimate he has made of the level of such salaries in eac
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 March 2016
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is currently developing an ambitious programme of estate rationalisation which will provide a plan for a smaller, but significantly better Defence estate to meet the needs of the Armed Forces as set out in the Strategic Defen...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether spending on the upkeep of the defence estate counts towards the Government's pledge to spend at least two per cent of GDP on defence, as defined by NATO.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department were in receipt of Continuity of Education Allowance in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15; and what the cost to his Department was of providing that allowance for staff bas
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to ensure that no bank accounts of military personnel are closed as a result of the Fourth Money Laundering Directive while they are on active service; and if he will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces have been employed specialising in the repair and maintenance of survival equipment in the RAF in the last twenty years; and how many former such staff have (a) received a med
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the UK economy has benefited from defence technology research and development.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which members of the armed forces work with trichloroethylene in the line of duty and the suitability of existing health and safety arrangements when this
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received on British service personnel being served food which contains mould and maggots; and what monitoring his Department undertakes to ensure that all food served to such service p
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of non-combat related deaths in the UK military were given an inquiry by jury in the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what attempts have been made to clean up contamination from bullets and shells used by UK forces in (a) Afghanistan, (b) Iraq and (c) Libya; what the cost has been of that work to date; and which UK companies hav
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the carbon emissions of UK forces operating abroad were in the most recent year for which figures are available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many partnerships are in operation between UK and non-UK EU-based companies in the area of defence; and what the total value of those partnerships is.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 March 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to respond rapidly to new requirements for linguistic skills across the armed forces.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 March 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure there are sufficient linguistic skills in languages such as Russian and Mandarin across the armed forces.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 March 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many staff in each of the armed services work at the level of interpreter in each language.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) serving personnel and (b) veterans have had mental health issues in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from which non-UK EU-based companies his Department procures materiel.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which defence procurement projects the Government has been involved in that (a) have included other EU member states and (b) have been EU-led.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the operations limitations are on the UK's ability to operate in the Pacific.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of whether there are circumstances under which the Government would consider deploying armed forces in the South China Sea.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which military operations UK armed forces have been involved in that have (a) included other EU member states and (b) been EU-led.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what defence technology research and development programmes the Government is cooperating with other EU member states.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of its senior civil servants who will potentially fall under the provisions of the fourth EU Money Laundering Directive, 2015/849; and what assessment he has ma
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by how much he plans that his Department's contribution to public sector pensions will increase in 2019-20 and future years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department received from the European Social Fund (a) between 2007 and 2014 and (b) from 2014 to the last month for which data is available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what proportion the number of senior military officers ranked one star and above, and the civil service equivalent, employed by his Department, changed between 2011 and 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what proportion the number of armed forces personnel and civilian staff employed by his Department changed between 2011 and 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) senior military officers and (b) civilian staff ranked one star or above or the civil service equivalent were employed by his Department (i) in each year since 2010 and (ii) on the latest date in 201
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve defence capacity building.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate how much the presence of the UK military in Cyprus contributes annually to the Cypriot economy.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of service personnel are (a) registered to vote and (b) registered to vote by post or proxy.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions his Department has not provided substantive answers to written parliamentary questions by stating that disclosure of the information would likely prejudice the capability, effectiveness, or
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of UK military personnel have been deployed on (a) NATO, (b) UN and (c) EU-coordinated operations and training over the lpast 10 years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department will not give a substantive answer to Parliamentary questions.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of officials of his Department took sick leave for reasons relating to stress in each of the last five years; and what proportion of total sick leave that leave was in each such year.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military and (b) civilian personnel from his Department are based in Jordan.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 March 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) regulars, and (2) reserves, joined the Armed Forces in November 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many defence personnel are based overseas (a) at each of Her Majesty's Armed Forces bases and (b) as part of a joint operation abroad.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 March 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, how much extra money was made available for (1) the Royal Navy, (2) the army, and (3) the Royal Airforce, in 2016–17 and 2017–18.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of identified violations of the Schools Admissions Code since 2011 related to schools not properly prioritising the children of armed forces service personnel.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much security guards in his Department are paid.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions his Department has not provided substantive answers to written parliamentary questions on the grounds of national security since the start of the 2015-16 Session; and what proportion of such
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 March 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the policy of the Ministry of Defence on the retention of military quarters when there is a change of posting within 50 miles.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 March 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Ministry of Defence takes into account (1) a spouse’s employment, (2) children’s education requirements, and (3) children’s health and disability requirements, when considering whether to relocate or retain mili
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
The 2016 Report of the Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body (AFPRB) has now been published. I wish to express my thanks to the Chair and members of the Review Body for their Report. The AFPRB recommendations are to be accepted in full and will become effective f...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Michael Fallon) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The 2016 Report of the Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body (AFPRB) has now been published. I wish to express my thanks to the Chair...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of military personnel based at RAF Akrotiri in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.