Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funds have been paid by his Department to Global Butterflies in each of the last five years; and to what projects those funds were allocated.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The Ministry of Defence has not paid any funds to Global Butterflies.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to Question 76548, on Ministry of Defence: Stonewall, tabled by the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham.
Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
As the hon. Member was advised in my answer to Question 76548, it will take time to collate the information needed to produce the breakdown requested and I will write to you with an answer in due course. I hope to be able to do so later this month.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2021 to Question 61052 on Ministry of Defence: Stonewall, if he will publish a detailed breakdown of funding given by his Department to Stonewall over each of the last five years, including listings of every project to which those funds were allocated.
Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
It will take time to collate the information needed to produce the breakdown requested and I will write to the hon. Member with an answer in due course.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funds have been paid by his Department to Stonewall in each of the last five years; and to what projects those funds were allocated.
Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
No donations are made to the charity; however, the Ministry of Defence (MOD), the MOD Police, the Royal Navy, Army, and Royal Air Force are all members of Stonewall's 'diversity champions programme' for which membership costs an annual fee. In addition, a number of courses and professional development sessions are purchased on an ad-hoc basis, primarily by the LGBT+ networks.
Estimated total expenditure by the MOD can be found in the table below:
Financial year | Total |
2017/18 | £23,181 |
2018/19 | £15,150 |
2019/20 | £11,790 |
2020/21 | £18,691 |
2021/22 (to date) | £11,500 |
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the (a) properties classified as heritage assets by his Department, (b) most recent estimate of the value of those properties and (c) annual income derived from those properties.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
A list of the properties classified as heritage assets by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has been placed in the Library of the House. There is a wide range of heritage assets, other than properties, including below ground archaeology, memorials, walls and milestones which have not been included in this list.
The MOD does not record the economic value of heritage assets. The annual income provided by these properties is not held centrally by the MOD.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister's announcement last year of plans to provide 2.5 million former armed forces personnel cards to identify them as veterans (a) what steps have been taken to provide those personnel cards; and whether his Department has set a timeline for when those personnel cards will be issued.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The Ministry of Defence is reviewing a range of options to ensure a form of voluntary veterans' identification is made available. We will make a further announcement later this year.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel who are able to drive (a) trains, (b) coaches and (c) buses could potentially be deployed in the event of industrial action on the rail network.
Answered by Mike Penning
Defence has over 4,000 military personnel that have had some training in driving coaches and/or buses although driving is not necessarily their primary role. Of which, approximately 250 military personnel have been trained in driving coaches/buses in the last 12 months. Defence has no military personnel trained to drive a train.
Military operations in the UK are placed under the overarching title of Military Aid to the Civil Authorities (MACA), which is only in support of, and at the request of, the lead Government Department. Defence continues to work closely with the Department for Transport (and other Government Departments) to determine areas where military support within the UK is necessary, achievable, and permitted.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel are trained to drive (a) buses, (b) trains and (c) coaches.
Answered by Mike Penning
Defence has over 4,000 military personnel that have had some training in driving coaches and/or buses although driving is not necessarily their primary role. Of which, approximately 250 military personnel have been trained in driving coaches/buses in the last 12 months. Defence has no military personnel trained to drive a train.
Military operations in the UK are placed under the overarching title of Military Aid to the Civil Authorities (MACA), which is only in support of, and at the request of, the lead Government Department. Defence continues to work closely with the Department for Transport (and other Government Departments) to determine areas where military support within the UK is necessary, achievable, and permitted.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made on the matter of reclamation and archaeological investigation of HMS Victory 1744.
Answered by Mike Penning
Recent progress on the wreck of HMS Victory 1744 has included a survey of the site by HMS Echo. When the results of this survey have been analysed they will be discussed by the members of the Victory 1744 Advisory Group as part of the ongoing work to protect this historically important site.