Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) number and (b) value of compensation payments made in the last five years to people living below Tactical Training Areas was.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
Claims are recorded by Low Flying Area (LFA) and cannot be separated out to Tactical Training Areas only. The number of compensation payments made for low flying claims arising from people living below in the LFAs encompassing Tactical Training Areas for the five financial years 2013-14 to 2017-18 was 25. The compensation payments amounted to £101,148.27.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the GIS data used to construct the boundaries of the (a) 18 Low Flying Areas and (b) boundaries for the three Tactical Training Areas in the UK.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
Geographical data on the UK Low Flying System is available online at :
https://www.aidu.mod.uk/aip/pdf/enr/ENR-5-2.pdf
The UK Low Flying System, which contains the Low Flying Areas and Tactical Training Areas, was developed during the 1960s to manage and deconflict military aircraft activity.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2019 to Question 218835 on Army: Recruitment, if he will publish the segmentation study referenced in that campaign brief.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
Publication of the specific documents requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost given their length of over 400 pages and the commercial sensitivities which would need to be redacted. The document released to the hon. Member on 13 February 2019, in answer to Question 218835, set out the Army's plan for the current recruitment campaign. As such this reflects conclusions and analysis drawn from the segmentation study and Employee Value Proposition research.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2019 to Question 218835 on Army: Recruitment, if he will publish the Employee Value Proposition research referenced in that campaign brief.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
Publication of the specific documents requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost given their length of over 400 pages and the commercial sensitivities which would need to be redacted. The document released to the hon. Member on 13 February 2019, in answer to Question 218835, set out the Army's plan for the current recruitment campaign. As such this reflects conclusions and analysis drawn from the segmentation study and Employee Value Proposition research.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Business Challenge section of the campaign brief for Capita published on 13 February, what recent improvements the Army Recruiting Group has made.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The Army is working closely with Capita, with multiple interventions now in place and delivering improvements to Army recruiting. These include the new Your Army marketing campaign, measures to reduce the time between applicants applying and starting training, greater access to military role models for applicants during the process and a new IT system which is providing enhanced management data.
Regular soldier applications are at a five-year high, and while it is premature to assess the success of the current 'Your Army' campaign, early indications are of a strong start in attracting candidates to join the Army, with over 10,000 applicants to join the Regular Army in January. It will take longer to see increases in trained strength due to the length of the recruitment and training pipelines.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the media buying brief produced for the Crown Commercial Service for the Your Army Needs You advertising campaign launched in January 2019.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
Some sections of the requested media buying brief may require redaction due to commercial sensitivity. I will seek to place a copy in the Library of the House as soon as practicable, once it has been reviewed by Ministry of Defence officials.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2019 to Question 205364 on Army: Recruitment, when he plans to place a copy of the Capita brief in the Library.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
A copy of the brief has been placed in the Library of the House, with a small number of redactions for commercial reasons. I attach a copy to this response for your convenience.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of whether military training activities constitute hazardous work as defined in Article 3(d) of ILO Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour and its accompanying Recommendation 1902.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The Ministry of Defence's Management of Health and Safety Regulations requires special attention to identifying and controlling health and safety risks to young persons in the workplace. Many of these are covered by existing risk assessment and control measures, but the employing branch will identify any additional control measures/changes required in accordance with the normal risk assessment process.
All Armed Forces personnel are trained for a wide range of operational tasks and environments, including combat. Established procedures are in place to ensure that Service personnel under the age of 18 are not deployed on operations. Our policies on under 18s in Service are robust and comply with national and international law.
Commanding Officers take their responsibilities towards their personnel extremely seriously. Commanding Officers pay close attention to the needs of under 18s as they pass from recruitment through Phase 1 and Phase 2 training, to operational units.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which activities undertaken by under-18s in the armed forces constitutes hazardous work as defined under Article 3 (d) of ILO Convention 182 and its accompanying Recommendation 190.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The Ministry of Defence's Management of Health and Safety Regulations requires special attention to identifying and controlling health and safety risks to young persons in the workplace. Many of these are covered by existing risk assessment and control measures, but the employing branch will identify any additional control measures/changes required in accordance with the normal risk assessment process.
All Armed Forces personnel are trained for a wide range of operational tasks and environments, including combat. Established procedures are in place to ensure that Service personnel under the age of 18 are not deployed on operations. Our policies on under 18s in Service are robust and comply with national and international law.
Commanding Officers take their responsibilities towards their personnel extremely seriously. Commanding Officers pay close attention to the needs of under 18s as they pass from recruitment through Phase 1 and Phase 2 training, to operational units.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Capita brief provided to the advertising agency commissioned to produce the Your Army Needs You advertising campaign launched in January 2019.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
Some sections of the requested Capita brief may require redaction due to commercial sensitivity. I will seek to place a copy in the Library of the House as soon as practicable, once it has been reviewed by Ministry of Defence officials.