The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevan Jones on 2015-10-26.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many former members of each branch of the armed forces are in receipt of (a) child and (b) working tax credits.
Damian Hinds
The information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevan Jones on 2015-10-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK armed forces personnel the army plans to recruit or loan for each year up until 2020.
Penny Mordaunt
The Army has no plans to recruit from non-UK armed forces. The Army supports a range of individual, short term, inbound and outbound attachments and exchanges with non-UK armed forces. There are no set targets; numbers vary each year depending on requirements and individual opportunities. Non-UK personnel on attachment or exchange to the Army are not included on strength
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevan Jones on 2015-10-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 57 of his Department’s Defence Equipment Plan 2015, what the reasons are for the decrease in planned spending on the combat air sector; and how that decrease will be achieved.
Mr Philip Dunne
I refer the hon. Member to the Defence Equipment Plan 2015, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-defence-equipment-plan-2015. Paragraph 11 explains the movements in the high level elements of the equipment plan from the previous financial year. Each of the operating centre breakdowns in Section C of the Equipment Plan contains an explanation of any increase or decrease in spending from the previous financial year.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevan Jones on 2015-10-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to provide better incentives for recruitment and retention in the Royal Navy.
Penny Mordaunt
The Naval Service utilises a wide range of initiatives, such as targeted marketing, specific recruitment events, career extensions and the use of retention incentives. There are also some specific mechanisms in place to attract recruits in specialist areas, such as staged remunerative awards to new entry Engineer Officers with relevant degrees and the Direct Entry Technician Scheme, a one year trial to recruit suitably qualified and experienced personnel from private industry.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevan Jones on 2015-10-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 11 of his Department’s Defence Equipment Plan 2015, what the reasons are for the decrease in unallocated headroom; and how that decrease will be achieved.
Mr Philip Dunne
I refer the hon. Member to the Defence Equipment Plan 2015, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-defence-equipment-plan-2015. Paragraph 11 explains the movements in the high level elements of the equipment plan from the previous financial year. Each of the operating centre breakdowns in Section C of the Equipment Plan contains an explanation of any increase or decrease in spending from the previous financial year.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevan Jones on 2015-10-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK overseas armed forces personnel have been recruited or loaned by other countries to serve in the UK armed forces in the last five years; and how many such personnel hold which ranks in the UK armed forces.
Penny Mordaunt
The attached tables show the number of non-UK armed forces personnel by rank and nationality which have been recruited into the UK Regular Armed Forces.
The information in respect of the number of non-UK armed forces personnel who have been loaned by other countries will take time to collate and I will write to the hon. Member shortly.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevan Jones on 2015-10-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 11 of his Department’s Defence Equipment Plan 2015, what the reasons are for the decrease in contingency provision; and how that decrease will be achieved.
Mr Philip Dunne
I refer the hon. Member to the Defence Equipment Plan 2015, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-defence-equipment-plan-2015. Paragraph 11 explains the movements in the high level elements of the equipment plan from the previous financial year. Each of the operating centre breakdowns in Section C of the Equipment Plan contains an explanation of any increase or decrease in spending from the previous financial year.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevan Jones on 2015-10-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has any plans to reduce the length of deployments for Royal Navy personnel; and if he will make a statement.
Penny Mordaunt
There is currently no plan to reduce the length of deployments for Royal Navy personnel.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevan Jones on 2015-10-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 11 of his Department’s Defence Equipment Plan 2015, what the reasons are for the increase in spending on support for existing in-service equipment; and on what items that additional funding will be spent.
Mr Philip Dunne
I refer the hon. Member to the Defence Equipment Plan 2015, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-defence-equipment-plan-2015. Paragraph 11 explains the movements in the high level elements of the equipment plan from the previous financial year. Each of the operating centre breakdowns in Section C of the Equipment Plan contains an explanation of any increase or decrease in spending from the previous financial year.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevan Jones on 2015-10-22.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many serving members of each branch of the armed forces are in receipt of (a) child and (b) working tax credits.
Damian Hinds
I refer the member to the answer I provided on the 13 July 2015 to question 14259:
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