The world's political record
Records whose title is actually about this topic. Use a country filter if the list is still too broad.
51 records in UK in 2014
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
On behalf of the Deputy Prime Minister and other members of the National Security Council, I am pleased to present the fourth annual report of progress in implementing the 2010 National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review as attach...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Ministry of Defence Police are currently undergoing disciplinary proceedings; and how many such staff underwent such proceedings between 2005 and 2013.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
My noble friend Lord Levene of Portsoken has conducted the third annual review of the implementation of his Defence Reform recommendations of 2011, and has written to me setting out his findings. I welcome Lord Levene’s conclusion that he is impressed by ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Michael Fallon) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. My noble friend Lord Levene of Portsoken has conducted the third annual review of the implementation of his Defence Reform r...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
That this House notes the significant personal sacrifice armed forces personnel make in their service to the nation once they take the oath or affirmation of allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen; acknowledges that ex-service personnel are proud to receive and wear Her Majesty's Veterans Badge, but notes that it is not awarded posthumously and it is considered by many to be insufficient recognition of the contribution veterans have made to the safety of the nation since the end of the Second World War; and therefore calls on the Government to rescind its decision not to recognise the veterans more appropriately by the award of a national defence medal and instead to establish a working group to work with the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals with a view to implementing a national defence medal as soon as possible.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to institute additional scrutiny of sales of defence and security equipment to Bahrain; and if he will take additional measures to further prevent the sale to Bahrain
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ensure that service personnel who receive compensation payments as a result of injuries on active service are protected from financial exploitation in cases of brain injury; and if he wil
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
The Armed Forces Covenant was launched in recognition of the obligation and debt that the Government and the Nation owe to those who serve, or have served, and to their families. Its two key principles are that members of the Armed Forces Community should...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Michael Fallon) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Armed Forces Covenant was launched in recognition of the obligation and debt that the Government and the Nation owe to ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which platforms they expect will be able to fill any capability gaps at an acceptable level of technical risk following the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review; and how long they expect it will take to integrate Unit
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration has been given to different future requirements for waterproofs of (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force; and if he will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether waterproofs procured under the Taped Seam Contract will be designed to be worn under or over body armour.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what specifications the Taped Seam Contract will set out for future waterproofs; and if he will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Defence Equipment and Support plans to include a requirement for flame retardancy in future waterproof garments under the next Taped Seam Contract.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Defence Equipment and Support plans to include a requirement for chemical and biological protection in future waterproof garments under the next Taped Seam Contract.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the future waterproofing requirements of the armed forces of (a) the UK and (b) other NATO member states; and if he will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance they provide to Members of Parliament regarding the use of the United Kingdom Armed Forces logos in political literature.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of providing phase one basic training for the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) Royal Air Force in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 December 2014
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what savings to the public purse will arise from annual pay restraint and workforce reductions in the armed forces in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total additional premium funding paid to maintained schools to help pupils from families serving in the armed forces will be in 2014-15.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to his Department is of basic training for a civil servant in the Defence Equipment and Support section.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of serving personnel in the Army, Navy and RAF in non-front line roles.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many regular service men and service women there are in each rank of the (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) RAF.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel are based at (a) Army HQ, (b) Navy HQ, (c) RAF HQ, (d) Joint Forces HQ and (e) MoD Main Building.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to his Department was of salaries of (a) civil servants and (b) military personnel in the Defence Equipment and Support section in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) proportion and (b) number of staff working for his Department in the Defence Equipment and Support section in each year since 2010 had been trained militarily in the UK armed forces.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel are working for (a) Defence Equipment and Support, (b) the Defence Infrastructure Organisation and (c) the Defence Support Group.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to his Department was of (a) salaries, (b) pension contributions, (c) employer's National Insurance contributions and (d) operational allowances for all ranks of officers in each of the armed forces
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2014
The UK and Bahrain have agreed to enhance the naval and logistics facilities that are used by British Forces in Bahrain and that support our basing and operations in the Gulf region. The new arrangement was signed at the Manama Dialogue on 5 December, 201...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2014
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Michael Fallon) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The UK and Bahrain have agreed to enhance the naval and logistics facilities that are used by British Forces in Bahrain and t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what resources his Department has allocated to local authorities to meet their obligations under the Armed Forces Covenant.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what help his Department gives to servicemen and ex-servicemen to reduce levels of domestic violence.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in which posts staff of UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation are on secondment from industry; from which company each such person was seconded; and what the start and
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the shortfall is in respect of each speciality of (a) regular and (b) reservist medical personnel; and if he will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) regular and (b) reserve personnel made up Defence Medical Services in each of the last five years; what targets have been set for the recruitment of each type of personnel; and if he will make a stat
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people left the Armed Forces in each month from September 2013 to July 2014.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2014 to Question 216197, what personal information would be divulged by providing details about the number of Libyan service personnel who have been in receipt of
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) RAF medical personnel have been in breach of the single service harmony guidelines on each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of his Department's ability to secure appropriate clinical placements for Defence Medical Services Regular personnel within the NHS.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2014 to Question 208271, what steps he plans to take to (a) encourage members of the armed forces to join a credit union, (b) establish a military credit union and (c) provid
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2014 to Question 211673, how many allegations of each of those categories were recorded relating to the (i) Army, (ii) Royal Navy, (iii) RAF and (iv) Reserve Forces in each mo
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training is provided to personnel in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force on the provisions of (i) the Geneva Conventions and (ii) UN Security Resolution 1325.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children from families serving in the armed forces in each local authority area who will be eligible for the pupil premium in 2015-16.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that women soldiers are trained for front-line service.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase uptake of armed forces community covenants.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provisions his Department has put in place to allow research groups to access military records.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made in its review of rules regarding servicewomen being barred from close combat; and when this review will report its findings.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent to date on the running costs of the interim IT solution put in place while Capita develop a new platform for the management of regular and reserve soldier recruitment.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to gather figures on the total and average sum paid out in redundancy packages for each branch of the armed services (a) since 2010 and (b) in future years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the date of contract signature was for the (a) A400M, (b) ASTUTE Subsequent Procurement (boats 4-7), (c) Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers, (d) Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme and (e) MARS Tan