Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many notices of contravention issued to his Department by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have resulted in follow-up action being taken by the HSE in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014, (d) 2015, (e) 2016 and (f) 2017.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The number of notices of contravention which have been issued to the Ministry of Defence by the Health and Safety Executive relating to Heat Injury, and which have been centrally reported are:
2012 |
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2013 | 1 |
2014 |
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2015 |
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2016 |
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2017 | 1 |
The remainder of the information requested could not be collated in the time available. I will write to the hon. Member with details as soon as possible.
Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many notices of contravention issued to his Department by the Health and Safety Executive included contraventions of health and safety law in relation to the prevention of heat illness in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014, (d) 2015, (e) 2016 and (f) 2017.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The number of notices of contravention which have been issued to the Ministry of Defence by the Health and Safety Executive relating to Heat Injury, and which have been centrally reported are:
2012 |
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2013 | 1 |
2014 |
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2015 |
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2016 |
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2017 | 1 |
The remainder of the information requested could not be collated in the time available. I will write to the hon. Member with details as soon as possible.
Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many notices of contravention were issued to his Department by the Health and Safety Executive in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014, (d) 2015, (e) 2016 and (f) 2017.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The number of notices of contravention which have been issued to the Ministry of Defence by the Health and Safety Executive relating to Heat Injury, and which have been centrally reported are:
2012 |
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2013 | 1 |
2014 |
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2015 |
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2016 |
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2017 | 1 |
The remainder of the information requested could not be collated in the time available. I will write to the hon. Member with details as soon as possible.
Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many notices of contravention issued to his Department by the Health and Safety Executive were in relation to incidents involving Special Forces in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014, (d) 2015, (e) 2016 and (f) 2017.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
It is long standing policy of this Government and of previous Governments, not to comment on UK special forces.
Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Service Inquires conducted after a death during a (a) training exercise and (b) selection event included heat illness as a factor in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013, (iii) 2014, (iv) 2015, (v) 2016 and (vi) 2017.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
Between 2012-2017 only one Service Inquiry was conducted, in 2015, where heat illness was specifically found to be a causal or contributory factor following a military exercise.
Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Service Inquires after a death during a (a) training exercise and (b) selection event involved Special Forces in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013, (iii) 2014, (iv) 2015, (v) 2016 and (vi) 2017.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
It is long standing policy of this Government and of previous Governments, not to comment on UK special forces.
Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions Russian aircraft not using an on-board transponder have been detected in (a) approaches to and (b) inside UK airspace in each of the last five years; and if he will make statement.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
I am withholding details of the number of occasions Russian military aircraft were detected approaching UK airspace. The disclosure of this information would reveal details of the air defence of the UK which would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces. There have been no unauthorised incursions by Russian military aircraft into UK sovereign airspace.
Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned timescale is for the armed services justice review to (a) be completed and (b) made public; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The review of the Service Justice System is under way, led by His Honour Shaun Lyons, and is due to report to Defence Ministers by the end of February 2019. Once the review is complete, we will consider its recommendations and take a decision about publication.
Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the last three inspections were carried out by the Independent Police Complaints Commission into any aspect of the military police service; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), formerly the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), has no jurisdiction over the Service Police.
The three most recent inspections of the Service Police by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services were an inspection of the Royal Military Police's investigations into overseas deaths (carried out in March 2017 with a report published in March 2018 at the following link:https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmicfrs/publications/inspection-royal-military-police-investigations-into-overseas-deaths/); an inspection of the Royal Air Force Police's performance management process in April 2018 and an inspection of the leadership of the Royal Navy Police in relation to its investigations in September 2018.
Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what budget is available each year to the office of the Armed Forces Ombudsman to access legal advice from (a) the Government's legal service, (b) his Department's legal services and (c) independent legal services; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The Service Justice Board concerns itself with ensuring that the Service Justice System provides a fair system of justice for those who are alleged to have breached Service Law, and that the system is also able to support the Chain of Command in delivering operational effectiveness; the Service Complaints Ombudsman is not a member.
The Service Complaints Ombudsman is provided with an annual budget from defence funds which, under the financial delegation given to her, is used to meet all the costs associated with her independent function; this includes the procurement of any legal advice. The amount spent by the Ombudsman’s office on legal advice varies year on year, and is detailed in the financial expenditure statements in her annual reports to Parliament on the fairness, effectiveness and efficiency of the Service Complaints system. These reports – and those submitted by the Service Complaints Commissioner, can be found at the following address:
http://www.servicecomplaintsombudsman.org.uk/service-complaints-ombudsman/publications-and-reports/annual-reports/.
The Annual Report for 2018 will be available in the first quarter of 2019.
It will take time to collate the detailed information requested on investigation officers and I will write to the hon. Member in due course.