Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department made arrangements for serving military personnel to vote in person at the recent General Election.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my noble Friend, the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence, (Lord Astor of Hever), to the noble Lord, Lord Roberts of Llandudno, in the House of Lords to Question HL207.
I trust this demonstrates that where Service personnel are unable to vote in person, other options have been publicised.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to progress the salvage of HMS Victory 1744.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The wreck site of HMS Victory (1744) is not subject to a salvage operation. Officials are reviewing the Maritime Heritage Foundation's project design for recovery and curation of her cultural artefacts.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are for commemoration and celebration by the armed forces of the 70th Anniversary of VJ Day.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
I refer the hon. Friend to the answer I gave in the House on 8 June 2015 to the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland (Bridget Phillipson).
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Army spent per day per head on food for (a) officers and (b) serving ratings in the last period for which figures are available.
Answered by Philip Dunne
Ministry of Defence personnel in the UK and permanent bases overseas are primarily catered for through a number of catering, retail, leisure and other multi-activity contracts.
Armed Forces personnel serving on operations, UK and overseas exercises and HM Ships and Submarines, are catered for under a single food supply contract with Purple Foodservice Solutions Ltd.
The cost of food purchased under these contractual arrangements is not held in the format requested.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Royal Fleet Auxiliary spent per day per head on food for (a) officers and (b) serving ratings in the last period for which figures are available.
Answered by Philip Dunne
Ministry of Defence personnel in the UK and permanent bases overseas are primarily catered for through a number of catering, retail, leisure and other multi-activity contracts.
Armed Forces personnel serving on operations, UK and overseas exercises and HM Ships and Submarines, are catered for under a single food supply contract with Purple Foodservice Solutions Ltd.
The cost of food purchased under these contractual arrangements is not held in the format requested.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Royal Navy spent per day per head on food for (a) officers and (b) serving ratings in the last period for which figures are available.
Answered by Philip Dunne
Ministry of Defence personnel in the UK and permanent bases overseas are primarily catered for through a number of catering, retail, leisure and other multi-activity contracts.
Armed Forces personnel serving on operations, UK and overseas exercises and HM Ships and Submarines, are catered for under a single food supply contract with Purple Foodservice Solutions Ltd.
The cost of food purchased under these contractual arrangements is not held in the format requested.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of VE Day in 2015.
Answered by Anna Soubry
The 70th Anniversaries of VE Day and VJ Day will have significant resonance in the UK and the allied nations. No specific plans have yet been developed, but this is something that we will be turning our attention to in the coming months.