Tag: Emily Thornberry

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-12-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of his Department’s employees were paid (a) at the national minimum wage and (b) above the national minimum wage but below the voluntary living wage in each of the last five years.

Justin Tomlinson

DWP has paid its employees above the National Minimum Wage throughout the last five years.

DWP has paid its employees above the voluntary living wage with the following exceptions:

– A short period from October 2013 to June 2014, following the October 2013 uprating of the voluntary living wage rate. During that time 229 (less than 0.3%) DWP employees earned 1p per hour below the figure.

– From November 2015 when the voluntary living wage rate was increased by 5.1%. Currently 1,145 (1.4%) employees earn between 4-21p less per hour than the uprated voluntary living wage figure.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-12-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is provided to case managers employed by the Fit for Work service.

Justin Tomlinson

Case managers receive comprehensive training relevant to the duties they are required to deliver through the Fit for Work service. Health professionals have supervision from experienced professionals from whom they can seek advice. Fit for Work has in place a clinical governance framework to provide oversight of all aspects of clinical service delivery. Fit for Work also ensures health professionals participate in a programme of continuing professional development.

Continuous training and development occurs on a one to one basis as part of quality assurance.

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 in each of the 11 pilot areas of universal support delivered locally (a) participated in that programme and (b) consented to have their information used for the purposes of evaluating that programme between September 2014 and September 2015.

Priti Patel

The assessment of the Universal Support trials is currently underway. The final evaluation will be published in late Spring 2016 and this will include the numbers of those who participated in the trials and the evaluation.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-01-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Government plans to publish its shipbuilding strategy.

Mr Philip Dunne

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 7 January 2016 to Question 20545 to the hon. Member for Bridgend (Mrs Moon).

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, at which military bases unauthorised entries were reported in 2015.

Mark Lancaster

The figures for unauthorised entries to military bases include drones and air balloon flying at low altitude over military sites but do not include failed attempts at unauthorised access. None of these incidents resulted in any significant ramifications for Defence Security.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) treats all unauthorised entries very seriously. They are investigated to a level commensurate with their complexity and impact by Military Police, MOD Police or local constabulary.

The locations of security incidents of this category recorded within the MOD for 2015 are set out below.

Her Majesty’s Naval Base (HMNB) Portsmouth (three incidents)

HMNB Devonport

HMS TEMERAIRE, Portsmouth

Royal Marine Reserves Unit, Bristol

Priorswood Army Cadet Force Detachment, Taunton

Imjin Barracks, Gloucester

Denison Barracks, Hermitage

Caen Barracks, Hohne

Mansergh Barracks, Gutersloh

Invicta Park Barracks, Maidstone

Imjin Barracks, Gloucester

Allenby Barracks Army Reserve Centre, Bovington

Gibraltar Barracks, Minley

Cherrytree Camp, Colchester

Cwmbran Army Reserve Centre, Cwmbran

Westward House Army Reserve Centre, Grimsby

Westdown Camp, Tilshead

Kinloss Barracks, Kinloss

Kendrew Barracks Cottesmore

Redford Cavalry Barracks, Edinburgh

Fox Barracks Army Reserve Centre, Chester

Gorleston Army Cadet Force Detachment, Gorleston-on-Sea

Livingstone Army Reserve Centre, Livingston

Stanley Barracks, Wareham

Normanby Army Cadet Force Detachment, Middlesbrough

Aliwal Barracks, Tidworth

Tamworth Army Cadet Force Detachment, Tamworth

Merville Barracks, Colchester

Canal Street Army Reserve Centre, Wigan

Batley Army Cadet Force Detachment, Batley

RAF Waddington

RAF Marham

RAF Uxbridge

RAF St Mawgan

RAF Brampton

RAF Lossiemouth

RAF Cosford

RAF Leeming (two incidents)

RAF Akrotiri

MOD Lyneham

DSTL Porton Down Range Area

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-08.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Defence Procurement on 24 November 2015, Official Report, column 1254, in what ways his Department plans to exercise oversight of the Successor submarine programme.

Greg Hands

The Successor delivery organisation that was announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review will be overseen by the Ministry of Defence. As with any major programme of this scale an appropriate scrutiny process is in place.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military and (b) civilian personnel have been employed as security guards (i) directly and (ii) by external third parties contracted by his Department in each of the last six years.

Mark Lancaster

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) employs the MOD Guard Service (MGS) and the Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS) to guard some of their establishments.

Over the last six years the following numbers have been employed:

FY	MPGS	MGS
2010-11	2,310	3,593
2011-12	2,510	3,439
2012-13	2,630	3,110
2013-14	2,770	2,734
2014-15	2,810	2,064
2015-16	2,940	2,035

The MOD also uses commercial civilian guarding at some sites where this is more cost effective. However, the numbers of security guards employed by third parties is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects each of the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigates to be withdrawn from service.

Mr Philip Dunne

Current planning assumptions are:

Ship	Out of Service Date
HMS Argyll	2023
HMS Lancaster	2024
HMS Iron Duke	2025
HMS Monmouth	2026
HMS Montrose	2027
HMS Westminster	2028
HMS Northumberland	2029
HMS Richmond	2030
HMS Somerset	2031
HMS Sutherland	2032
HMS Kent	2033
HMS Portland	2034
HMS St Albans	2035

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Chinooks, (b) Sea King and (c) Lynx helicopters HMS Ocean carried on her most recent deployment.

Penny Mordaunt

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 3 February 2016 to Question 24276.

http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&max=20&questiontype=AllQuestions&house=commons%2clords&uin=24276

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s press release, UK to step up NATO maritime commitment, of 10 February 2016, which Type 45 Destroyers he expects will be deployed to NATO’s Standing Maritime Group 1 in October 2016.

Penny Mordaunt

I refer the hon.Member to the answer I gave her on 29 February 2016 to Question 28003.