The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-12-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people within each of the four Universal Credit North West Pathfinder jobcentres who meet the eligibility criteria for claiming universal credit under the Pathfinder programme have started a claim for jobseeker’s allowance since the launch of universal credit in each of those jobcentres.
Priti Patel
The information requested is not available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-01-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total crew complement by rank and specialisation was of each of the Royal Navy’s (a) Type 45 Destroyers and (b) Type 23 Frigates on their most recent deployment.
Penny Mordaunt
Ships’ and submarines’ complements are not fixed; they vary, even across a Class, due to equipment fits and in response to specific tasking.
The table below shows the average number of liability positions for each ship when in their normal operating role.
Complements of Royal Navy Type 45 destroyers and Type 23 frigates by branch and rank
|
Type 45 Destroyers |
Type 23 Frigates |
|
|
Number of Positions |
||
|
Warfare and Exec Department |
||
|
Commander |
1 |
1 |
|
Lieutenant Commander |
3 |
3 |
|
Lieutenant |
8 |
5 |
|
Warrant Officer |
1 |
1 |
|
Chief Petty Officer |
3 |
3 |
|
Petty Officer |
12 |
8 |
|
Leading Hand |
21 |
19 |
|
Able Rate |
32 |
28 |
|
Engineering Department |
||
|
Lieutenant Commander |
2 |
2 |
|
Lieutenant |
3 |
2 |
|
Warrant Officer |
3 |
2 |
|
Chief Petty Officer |
9 |
7 |
|
Petty Officer |
15 |
15 |
|
Leading Hand |
17 |
17 |
|
Able Rate |
33 |
31 |
|
Logistics Department |
||
|
Lieutenant Commander |
1 |
1 |
|
Lieutenant |
1 |
1 |
|
Chief Petty Officer |
1 |
1 |
|
Petty Officer |
3 |
3 |
|
Leading Hand |
10 |
10 |
|
Able Rate |
13 |
12 |
|
Medical Department |
||
|
Petty Officer |
1 |
0 |
|
Leading Hand |
0 |
1 |
|
Able Rate |
1 |
1 |
|
TOTAL |
194 |
174 |
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2016 to Question 24141, what categories of security incident were classed as other security breach in that answer.
Mark Lancaster
Other security breaches include incidents which represented a failure of a control but did not result in the loss of any information. Such breaches would be the contravention of security policy, damage, denial of service, malicious software and personal security.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of refitting and refuelling HMS Vengeance between March 2012 and December 2015.
Mr Philip Dunne
The Long Overhaul Period (Refuel) of HMS Vengeance between March 2012 and December 2015 was carried out under a contract worth just over £350 million.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalent personnel were employed by the (a) Royal Military Police, (b) Royal Naval Police and (c) Royal Air Force Police in each of the last six years.
Penny Mordaunt
The requested information, as at 1 April of each year, is provided in the following table:
Strength of Trained UK Regular personnel in the Royal Military Police (RMP), Royal Naval Police (RNP) and Royal Air Force Police (RAFP)
|
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
|
RMP |
1,700 |
1,710 |
1,720 |
1,740 |
1,720 |
1,620 |
|
RNP |
340 |
320 |
320 |
300 |
290 |
300 |
|
RAFP |
1,480 |
1,450 |
1,360 |
1,200 |
1,110 |
1,140 |
Notes:
1. UK Regular Forces comprises Full-time personnel but does not include Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service personnel and Reservists.
2. RMP figures do not include approximately 2,900 Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS) personnel and a small number of "staff" (Colonel and above) who have a late arm/corps of Provost. Recent MPGS personnel numbers are available in Table 1 of the Service Personnel Statistics report:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/499082/Monthly_Service_Personnel_Statistics_January_2016.xlsx
3. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in 5 are rounded to the nearest 20 to avoid systematic bias. Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not equal the sums of their rounded parts.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the amount spent was from the public purse was on decommissioning and disposal of (a) HMS Ark Royal and (b) HMS Illustrious.
Mr Philip Dunne
Much of the work to decommission Royal Navy ships is undertaken using contracts that provide support services for all ships conducting Fleet activities at HM Naval Base, Portsmouth. Costs are not attributed to individual vessels.
Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) was responsible for the removal of classified equipment and known hazardous materials from the former HMS ARK ROYAL. This work cost £0.7 million. Similar work is being carried out on the former HMS ILLUSTRIOUS which has yet to be sold. Expenditure incurred to date is £0.5 million.
The Disposal Services Authority (DSA), part of DE&S, disposes of defence equipment that is surplus to requirement. DSA costs are not attributed to individual platforms and information on these ships is not held in the format requested.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2016 to Question 25153, on which Type 45 Destroyers all 16 recommendations of the Independent Power and Propulsion System Performance Review have been implemented in full; when he expects the implementation of all 16 recommendations to be completed across the class; and if he will publish the recommendations made by the review.
Mr Philip Dunne
Fourteen of the recommendations involved a modification to the Power and Propulsion system and all fourteen have been completed across all six ships in the class.
The remaining two recommendations, involving changes to existing training procedures and documentation, have also been adopted. As these two recommendations are administrative in nature, they do not require physical modification of the ships.
With regard to the request to publish the recommendations made by the Independent Power and Propulsion System Performance Review, dated March 2011, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife (Douglas Chapman) to question 25234 on 8 February 2016.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-03-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what value of performance payments his Department has withheld from Capita since March 2012 as a result of it not meeting the recruitment targets required by the Recruitment Partnership Programme contract.
Mr Julian Brazier
I am witholding the information as its disclosure would prejudice commercial interests.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-03-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total (a) budget and (b) full-time equivalent workforce was of the Counter-Terrorism Internet Referral Unit in each of the last five years.
Mr John Hayes
The Counter-Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU) receive referrals from a number of sources including the public and law enforcement partners. The unit also self-generates referrals.
All referrals are assessed by CTIRU against UK terrorism legislation (Terrorism Act 2000 and 2006). Those that breach this legislation are referred to industry for removal. If industry agrees that it breaches their terms and conditions, they remove it voluntarily.
Referrals made to industry by CTIRU have led to over 150,000 pieces of terrorist-related material being removed to date from various online platforms. Overall, removals at the request of CTIRU have increased from around 60 items a month in 2010, when CTIRU was first established, to over 4000 a month in 2015.
For reasons of national security we do not publically disclose the detailed allocation of funding for counter terrorism by capability.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel from (a) 22 Special Air Service Regiment, (b) Special Boat Service, (c) Special Reconnaissance Regiment, (d) 18 Signal Regiment, (e) Special Forces Support Group and (f) Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing died during (i) operations and (ii) training in each of the last 10 years.
Penny Mordaunt
This Government has demonstrated its commitment to our Special Forces by announcing a £2 billion programme of investment over the course of this Parliament. All military operations, including the activities of the Special Forces, are discussed and scrutinised at the highest levels of Government, including at the National Security Council. However, as it is the longstanding policy of the Government not to comment on our Special Forces, or to release information relating to them, I cannot comment on specific questions about personnel, equipment, discussions or activities in relation to these units.