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51 records in UK in 2015
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will implement the recommendations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Joint Committee on Human Rights to raise the minimum age of armed forces’ recruitment to 18; and if not, why not.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether fact sheets have been prepared providing (a) supporting detail and (b) timetables for implementation of the proposals set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review; and if he will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many press and public relations staff are employed by (a) his Department, (b) the Defence Electronics and Components Agency, (c) the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, (d) the UK Hydrographic Office,
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will consider providing a 24-hour mental health helpline for serving soldiers.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether arrangements are in place to vet Muslim recruits to the armed forces; if so, what are those arrangements, and if not, whether they will set them up.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government in the last four years, how many British Muslims have joined the armed forces, and how many they estimate have gone independently to fight in Syria and North Africa.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what programmes he plans to fund from the Joint Security Fund; and how much each such programme will receive in each year up to 2020.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the £2.1 billion Joint Security Fund allocation his Department will receive in each year up to 2020.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Part 1 of the Education and Skills Act 2008, what assessment he has made of whether all armed forces personnel aged 16 and 17 are able to study for 280 guided learning hours per year towards acc
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what expenditure his Department was on (a) temporary agency staff, (b) consultants, (c) non-payroll staff, (d) administration and (e) marketing and advertising on making the Defence Infrastructure Organisation go
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many bids his Department received under its proposal to make the Defence Infrastructure Organisation government-owned contractor-operated.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from which organisations his Department received bids under its proposal to make the Defence Infrastructure Organisation government-owned contractor-operated.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of making the Defence Infrastructure Organisation government-owned contractor-operated.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what risk assessment his Department made of making the Defence Infrastructure Organisation government-owned contractor-operated.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department worked on proposals to make the Defence Infrastructure Organisation government-owned contractor-operated in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many official animal mascots there are in the armed forces; and what the (a) rank, (b) rations, (c) species and (d) regiment is of such mascots.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many dangerous occurrences were reported by his Department to the Health and Safety Executive in each of the last five years; and how many of those incidents involved the unplanned or faulty discharge of a we
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many health and safety near misses were reported by his Department in each of the last five years; and how many of those near misses involved the unplanned or faulty discharge of a weapon.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which weapons were identified in health and safety dangerous occurrences reported by his Department involving an unplanned or faulty discharge in each of the last five years; and how many such incidents there wer
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which weapons were identified in health and safety near misses reported by his Department involving an unplanned or faulty discharge in each of the last five years; and how many such near misses there were for ea
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding has been received by organisations in Northern Ireland from the Community Covenant Grant Scheme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department has not conducted economic impact assessments on proposed by-law changes (a) in general and (b) regarding the Raasay ranges.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2015 to Question 19454, how many mental health specialists were employed by his Department in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 4.16 of the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, where the ground-based Ballistic Missile Defence radar will be based; and when that radar will en
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times army technical officers have been deployed to incidents in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department takes to ensure that people divorced from serving officers are not evicted from serviced housing before they have found alternative accommodation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the UK contributed to the European Defence Agency (EDA) during 2014-15; and what the benefit is to the armed forces of membership of the EDA which they do not receive from NATO membership.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff were employed at the Single Persons Accommodation Centre for the Ex-Services in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's expenditure was on the Single Persons Accommodation Centre for the Ex-Services in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff were employed at the Joint Service Housing Advice Office in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's expenditure was on the Joint Service Housing Advice Office in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of former members of the armed forces who participated in the the Careers Transition Partnership found sustainable employment within six months of leaving the armed forces in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of those eligible service personnel who have left the armed forces have participated in the Specialist Support Programme of the Careers Transition Partnership in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of those eligible service personnel who have left the armed forces have participated in the Core Programme of the Careers Transition Partnership in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of those eligible service personnel who have left the armed forces have participated in the Employment Support Programme of the Careers Transition Partnership in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many early service leavers received the increased settlement package in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many early service leavers received the basic settlement package in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the equipment procured by his Department was sourced from UK small and medium-sized enterprises in each year between 2010 and 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's planned contributions are to the NATO Ballistic Missile Defence network in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18, (d) 2018-19 and (e) 2019-20.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on the NATO Ballistic Missile Defence network in each of the last five years; and how much it plans to spend on that network in each of the next five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to encourage British Muslims to join the armed forces to tackle ISIL.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) armed forces personnel, (b) civilian staff, (c) equipment and (d) other military assets have been withdrawn from Germany since 2014.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015
On 9 June 2014 (Official Report, column 23WS) the then Secretary of State for Defence (Philip Hammond) announced the intention to examine whether the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), currently part of the Ministry of Defence, should incorporate ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015
I am today laying before both Houses the 2015 Armed Forces Covenant annual report. The Covenant is a promise by the nation to ensure that those who serve, or have served, and their families are treated fairly. They protect the nation with honour, courage ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015
My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Personnel and Veterans (Mr Mark Lancaster) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On 9 June 2014 (Official Report, column 23WS) the then Secretary of State f...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Michael Fallon) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am today laying before both Houses the 2015 Armed Forces Covenant annual report. The Covenant is a promise by the nation to...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2015 to Question 18406, whether his Department assesses the cost of any training courses undertaken by (a) RAF, (b) navy and (c) army personnel at (i) Granton-on-Spey, (ii) Ll
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department provides to service personnel on choosing state and private schools for their children's education.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessments he has made of the future security needs of Ministry of Defence (MoD) establishments in the UK; whether responsibility for guarding any MoD sites, assets and infrastructure will be transferred fr
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department is providing to fund mental health services for military personnel on active military duty; and if he will make a statement.