Tag: Madeleine Moon

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2015-10-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the army’s (a) Junior Entrants and (b) Standard Entrants were medically discharged due to an injury during initial training in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

Mark Lancaster

The proportion of Junior and Standard Entrant Regular Army Personnel, Medically Discharged during initial training for 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15 is shown below:

Entry Type	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Junior Entry	6.3%	8.6%	6.8%
Standard Entry	4.2%	5.1%	5.1%

Initial training has been defined as all personnel either in Phase 1 or Phase 2 training.

Junior Entry is defined as trainees under 18 years old at the Army Foundation College (Harrogate) on Junior Entry courses. Figures for under 18s who follow the standard entry route are recorded with the standard entry total and cannot be separated out.

Officer Designates have been excluded from this response as they do not enter the UK Army via Junior or Standard Entry.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2015-11-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civilian personnel, (b) uniformed personnel and (c) civil servants were employed at (i) MOD Grantown-on-Spey, (ii) MOD Llanwrst, (iii) MOD Fairbourne and (iv) MOD Crickhowell in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

Mark Lancaster

Information available on the number of personnel at each of the locations requested is provided in the tables below. The number of military personnel and civil servants is as at 1 October for each year. Data for military personnel can only be provided for the last nine years as prior to this information is not held centrally. The number of contractors can only be provided by financial year.

The data has been rounded in accordance with data protection principles where ~ denotes less than 5.

Military Personnel as at 1 October
	Grantown-on-Spey	Llanwrst	Fairbourne	Crickhowell
2007	0	~	20	20
2008	0	~	20	20
2009	0	~	20	30
2010	~	10	20	30
2011	10	10	20	30
2012	10	10	20	30
2013	10	10	20	10
2014	10	10	10	10
2015	20	0	10	20

Civil Servant Personnel as at 1 October
	Grantown-on-Spey	Llanwrst	Fairbourne	Crickhowell
2006	10	10	20	10
2007	10	10	20	20
2008	10	10	20	20
2009	10	10	10	20
2010	10	10	10	20
2011	~	10	10	10
2012	~	10	10	10
2013	~	~	10	10
2014	~	10	10	10
2015	~	~	10	10

Contractors by Financial Year
	Grantown-on-Spey	Llanwrst	Fairbourne	Crickhowell
2007-08	~	0	0	~
2008-09	~	0	0	~
2009-10	~	0	0	~
2010-11	~	0	0	~
2011-12	~	10	10	~
2012-13	~	10	10	~
2013-14	~	10	10	10
2014-15	~	10	10	10

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2015-12-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Type 45 destroyers are in Portsmouth dockyards; and if he will make a statement.

Mr Philip Dunne

All six Type 45 Destroyers are based in HM Naval Base Portsmouth. One is currently in refit, while the remaining five are in the operational cycle.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2016-01-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the 2010 contract for £15 million with BAE Systems for the replacement of propulsion systems in the eight Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessels is still to be completed by October 2016; and if he will make a statement.

Mr Philip Dunne

To date, work to replace the propulsion system on four of the Hunt Class mine countermeasures vessels has been completed with the fifth due for completion later this year. Due to changes applied to the ships upkeep programme combined with the need to address emerging engineering issues, work on the remaining three vessels is now scheduled for completion by late 2019.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2016-04-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what value of munitions and sonobuoys he expects his Department to purchase for use on the P-8A aircraft (a) in each year of the life of that aircraft, (b) from each country of manufacture and (c) of each product name; and if he will make a statement.

Mr Philip Dunne

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 13 April 2016 to Question 33059 to the hon. Member for Barrow and Furness (John Woodcock).

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2016-05-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost is of a personal independence payment tribunal hearing.

Mr Shailesh Vara

The First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) is administered by HM Courts & Tribunals Service. The Tribunal hears appeals against decisions of the Department for Work and Pensions on a range of benefits including personal independence payment (PIP).

HM Courts & Tribunals Service cannot isolate cost data relating to specific benefit types.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2016-09-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff are employed by his Department to investigate claims from HM Revenue and Customs that an unreported adult is living in the home of a tax credit claimant; and if he will make a statement.

Caroline Nokes

Investigations of HM Revenue and Customs Tax Credit, Living Together fraud allegations are investigated by Local Service Investigation Team (LSI) and the Central Criminal Intelligence Investigations team (CCIIS) as appropriate within the Fraud and Error Service (FES).

There are currently 1430 employed by the Department. FES investigators are employed to look at all types of welfare fraud from all sources of referral. None are employed specifically to look at individual types of welfare fraud referred from specific sources.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2015-11-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the licensing agreement is between his Department and Tata Steel for the production of super bainite steel; what the potential uses are of that steel in military platforms; whether super bainite is available outside the UK; and if he will make a statement.

Mr Philip Dunne

The Ministry of Defence has licensed Tata Steel with an exclusive right to manufacture Super Bainite Steel in the United Kingdom and Europe and to export it globally.

Opportunities for use on a range of military platforms are being investigated.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2015-12-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2015 to Question 17694, if he will place in the Library documents his Department holds on the Force Development and Adventure Training review; and if he will make a statement.

Mark Lancaster

The key documents will be placed in the Library of the House following appropriate redactions.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2015-12-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) HMS Brocklesby M33 mine sweeper will be refitted at Portsmouth naval dockyards and (b) that refitting will include new propulsion capability; and if he will make a statement.

Mr Philip Dunne

As part of the Royal Navy’s continual examination of its resources and operational priorities, HMS Brocklesby’s docking period and refitting of her propulsion capability has been deferred.