Tag: Madeleine Moon

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answers of 18 November 2013, Official Report, columns 696W and 698W and of 18 December 2013, Official Report, columns 632W, on armed forces: young people, if he will publish the terms of reference of the cost benefit analysis of the recruitment of young people into the armed forces; when he expects that report to be published; and if he will make a statement.

Anna Soubry

The report has been submitted by the Army to Ministry of Defence (MOD) HQ, for consideration. It is not possible to provide a publication date for the report until the report’s findings have been considered.

The terms of reference of the report are as follows:
Question – “What is the cost overhead to MOD of Phase 1 training for Junior Entry (JE) soldiers versus Standard Entry (SE) soldiers joining the Army?”

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2014-06-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) male and (b) female recruits have commenced Phase 1 training at Catterick Infantry Training Centre in each year since 2006; and if he will make a statement.

Anna Soubry

Infantry training at Catterick is comprised of the Combat Infantryman’s Course, which is a combined phase one and phase two course. The table includes all those who commenced the Combat Infantryman’s Course.

No female recruits undergo infantry training and therefore figures relate to males only.

Figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in ‘5′ are rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 10 April 2014, Official Report, column 381W, on development aid, if she will publish the agreement (a) between her Department, the CDC and ACTIS on the Department for International Development impact fund and (b) between her Department and ACTIS when it was spun off from the CDC; and if she will make a statement.

Justine Greening

The agreement between my Department and CDC for the Impact Fund will be placed in the House of Commons Library.

Copies of the key documents relating to CDC and Actis were placed in the Library of the House by the then Secretary of State for International Development subsequent to his Ministerial Statement on the CDC reorganisation of 12 July 2004.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2014-06-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of the United Arab Emirates regarding migrant workers’ rights in that country; and if he will make a statement.

Hugh Robertson

We regularly discuss migrant workers’ rights with the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In addition, we made recommendations relating to the living and working conditions of foreign workers during the UAE’s last Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for citizenship were made in each year since 2009 from males recruited into the armed forces from Belize; and if she will make a statement.

James Brokenshire

Information on whether individuals from Belize have been recruited into the
armed forces and applied for British citizenship was not aggregated in national
reporting systems prior to November 2012. This information could only be
obtained by a disproportionately expensive manual case by case search to
collate the data.

There are no such applications recorded since November 2012.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve the personal independence claims and decision making process.

Mike Penning

We are committed to driving up PIP performance, and I am in regular contact with providers to do this – as you would expect. Unlike DLA, PIP involves a face to face consultation for most applicants. Around 80% of claimants will see a health professional instead of around 6% of DLA.

We acknowledge that claims are currently taking too long and we have taken steps to improve performance. So far we have introduced:

• A dedicated phone service;
• An electronic transfer of information between claimant’s health professional, DWP and assessment providers.
• A new process to enable SRTI decisions to be made in-house with support from health care professionals.
• A streamlined Assessment Report form.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many foreign and Commonwealth personnel from each country of origin who were made redundant from the armed forces in each year since 2010 were subsequently unable to meet the five-year rule to apply for citizenship; and if he will make a statement.

Anna Soubry

Foreign and Commonwealth personnel with four years service in the Armed Forces service can apply, in the interim, for settlement. This process regularises their immigration status while they qualify and meet the mandated Home Office criteria to apply for citizenship.

The Ministry of Defence has completed an analysis of personnel records and I can confirm that no Foreign and Commonwealth personnel with less than four years service were made redundant since 2010. Therefore redundancy from the Armed Forces would not have prevented personnel from applying for settlement or citizenship.