Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2024 to Question 19180 on Armed Forces: Housing, when the (a) Minister for the Armed Forces and (b) Minister for Defence People and Families last had discussions with representatives of (i) VIVO, (ii) Amey and (iii) Pinnacle on the maintenance of service accommodation properties.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
There is no formal record of any meeting between the Minister for Armed Forces and representatives from VIVO, Amey and Pinnacle on the maintenance of Service accommodation.
There is a formal record of an invitation for a meeting in January 2023 between the Minister for Defence People and Families and VIVO, Amey and Pinnacle on the maintenance of Service accommodation.
I have engaged with VIVO, Amey and Pinnacle representatives in summer 2023 regarding overdue Landlord Gas Safety Inspections and Electrical Insulation Condition Reports.
In addition to this, Defence Infrastructure Organisation officials are in daily contact with VIVO, Amey and Pinnacle regarding delivery and performance.
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many senior responsible owner roles are vacant in his Department as of 15 April 2024.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The Senior Responsible Owner resourcing position is monitored at local levels with formal reporting at the end of each quarter. At 31 March 2024, all of our 50 Government Major Projects Portfolio programmes had a Senior Responsible Owner in place who was accountable for decisions and making progress against the delivery plan.
In three cases these positions were filled temporarily while recruitment action takes place.
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2024 to Question 16605 on Ministry of Defence: Senior Civil Servants, how many senior responsible owner positions are filled with temporary cover.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The Senior Responsible Owner resourcing position is monitored at local levels with formal reporting at the end of each quarter. At 31 March 2024, all of our 50 Government Major Projects Portfolio programmes had a Senior Responsible Owner in place who was accountable for decisions and making progress against the delivery plan.
In three cases these positions were filled temporarily while recruitment action takes place.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to join the (a) Army, (b) Maritime and (c) RAF Reserves were voluntarily withdrawn after (i) three, (ii) six and (iii) 12 months in each year since 2010.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the right hon. Member’s Question. I will write to him when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.
Asked by: Clive Efford (Labour - Eltham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral statement of the Minister for Defence People and Families of 13 December 2023 on LGBT Veterans Independent Review, Official Report, column 898, what his planned timetable is for a full debate on the recommendations of the Etherton report.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
This Government commissioned the LGBT Veterans Independent Review under Lord Etherton in 2022 which covers the period 1967-2000. Its findings were published on 19 July 2023. Since then, the Government has been actioning Lord Etherton’s recommendationsat pace. I made an oral statement on 13 December 2023 when the Government’s full response was published and took questions from 20 colleagues. A debate will be scheduled as soon as possible.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Armed Forces Careers Offices operated in each region in each year since 2010.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 5 April 2024, to Question 7763 and 7764.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Armed Forces Careers Offices operated in each year since 2010.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 5 April 2024, to Question 7763 and 7764.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK's participation in the military operation in defence of Israel on 13 April 2024 was carried out under the terms of the agreement signed between the British Armed Forces and the Israeli Defence Force on 2 December 2020.
Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
No.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 April 2024 to Question 20231 on Ministry of Defence: Aviation and with reference to page 13 of the Cabinet Office Guidance on Ministers’ gifts (given and received), travel, hospitality received and meetings with external organisations and individuals, updated on 2 April 2024, for what reason the answer does not provide the total cost of each RAF flight.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
Transparency data is provided in line with longstanding Government guidance, this includes the provision of costs for RAF flights for Ministerial travel.
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter sent to the Rt hon. Member for Garston and Halewood on 27 February, reference 3427, if he will provide a breakdown of the type of fraud for each year since 2010.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
Reports of fraud are recorded on the Defence Confidential Hotline’s Case Management System against pre-determined categories.
The table sets out the categories for the total detected fraud values in my letter of 27 February.
Fraud Category | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
Civilian Allowances | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
Civilian Expenses | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Civilian Pay | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
Service Allowances | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Service Expenses | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Service Pay | X | X | X | |||||||||||
Cyber and communication | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
Departmental Income Related | X | X | X | |||||||||||
Exploiting Assets and Information | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
Joint Personnel Administration, Travel & Subsistence and Other Allowances | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
Pay Related | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Payment Processes | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
Pension Fraud | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Personnel Management Related | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Procurement | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
Recruiting | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
Theft of Assets | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Other | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |