Asked by: Chris Elmore (Labour - Ogmore)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel of what (a) service and (b) rank were found guilty of drugs possession in each year since 2015.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
Court Martial results from the Military Court Service are available back to 2010 in a searchable format at the following website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-martial-results-from-the-military-court-centres. Information includes rank, service, final legal charges, finding and overall sentence. However, the particulars of the offence are not included. The detailed information necessary to answer every question would require the recall of physical files from archives to examine each charge sheet, and this could only be achieved at disproportionate cost. In addition, the term ‘dishonourably discharged’, is not used by the UK Armed Forces.
Asked by: Chris Elmore (Labour - Ogmore)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of maintenance of military and defence bases in each year since 2015.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The maintenance costs for Ministry of Defence (MOD) bases in the UK and Overseas dating back to Financial Year 2018-19 is shown in the tables below (rounded to one decimal place).
Defence Infrastructure Organisation
FY2018-19 | FY2019-20 | FY2020-21 | FY2021-22 | FY2022-23 |
£497.2 million | £576 million | £634.3 million | £689.4 million | £706.4 million |
Navy
FY2018-19 | FY2019-20 | FY2020-21 | FY2021-22 | FY2022-23 |
£67.4 million | £68 million | £59 million | £61.6 million | £71.1 million |
Army
FY2018-19 | FY2019-20 | FY2020-21 | FY2021-22 | FY2022-23 |
£5.5 million | £6.4 million | £6.7 million | £4.4 million | £4.8 million |
Defence Equipment & Support
FY2018-19 | FY2019-20 | FY2020-21 | FY2021-22 | FY2022-23 |
£10.8 million | £8.9 million | £10.1 million | £16.9 million | £15 million |
Strategic Command
FY2018-19 | FY2019-20 | FY2020-21 | FY2021-22 | FY2022-23 |
£3.1 million | £4.1 million | £2.3 million | £0.3 million | £0.4 million |
Maintenance on the majority of MOD bases is carried out under contracts managed by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation. However, a proportion of bases are managed by other individual areas of the MOD and are detailed separately in corresponding tables above.
Maintenance cost data prior to Financial Year 2018-19 is not held because IT systems and contracts were not configured to capture data in this way.
Asked by: Chris Elmore (Labour - Ogmore)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were found (a) guilty and (b) not guilty of the offence of (i) assisting an enemy, (ii) misconduct on operations, (iii) obstructing operations, (iv) mutiny, and (v) desertion in each year since 2015.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
Court Martial results from the Military Court Service are available back to 2010 in a searchable format at the following website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-martial-results-from-the-military-court-centres. Information includes rank, service, final legal charges, finding and overall sentence. However, the particulars of the offence are not included. The detailed information necessary to answer every question would require the recall of physical files from archives to examine each charge sheet, and this could only be achieved at disproportionate cost. In addition, the term ‘dishonourably discharged’, is not used by the UK Armed Forces.
Asked by: Chris Elmore (Labour - Ogmore)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been dishonourably discharged from service for (a) treason, (b) subterfuge, (c) espionage and (d) spying for a foreign power since 2014.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
Court Martial results from the Military Court Service are available back to 2010 in a searchable format at the following website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-martial-results-from-the-military-court-centres. Information includes rank, service, final legal charges, finding and overall sentence. However, the particulars of the offence are not included. The detailed information necessary to answer every question would require the recall of physical files from archives to examine each charge sheet, and this could only be achieved at disproportionate cost. In addition, the term ‘dishonourably discharged’, is not used by the UK Armed Forces.
Asked by: Chris Elmore (Labour - Ogmore)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military bases the UK has maintained in Germany in each year since 2010.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The number of military bases maintained by the UK in Germany in each year since 2010 can be found in the table below:
Year | Number of Bases Maintained in Germany |
2010 | 5 |
2011 | 5 |
2012 | 5 |
2013 | 5 |
2014 | 5 |
2015 | 5 |
2015 | 5 |
2016 | 5 |
2017 | 3 |
2018 | 2 |
2019 | 2 |
2020 | 2 |
2021 | 2 |
2022 | 2 |
2023 | 2 |
Asked by: Chris Elmore (Labour - Ogmore)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the quality of housing accommodation for armed forces personnel.
Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
We continually strive to improve the quality of accommodation for our personnel.
We have invested more than £936 million in Service Family Accommodation in the last seven years
As of 12 July 2022, 96% of Service Family Accommodation has been assessed as meeting or exceeding the Decent Homes Standard.
Housing below this standard is not allocated to Service Families.
Asked by: Chris Elmore (Labour - Ogmore)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when veterans who left service more than 2 years ago are planned to receive their Veteran ID card.
Answered by Johnny Mercer - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Minister for Veterans' Affairs)
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 24 November 2020 to Question 115709 to the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Justin Madders).
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-11-16/115709
Asked by: Chris Elmore (Labour - Ogmore)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
What recent discussions he has had with military charities on improving support for veterans throughout the UK.
Answered by Johnny Mercer - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Minister for Veterans' Affairs)
MOD officials and I have regular discussions with the Service charities on a range of subjects including support for veterans. This Government has been proactive in providing support to the charity sector in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The MOD and the OVA provided £6million in funding for the Armed Forces community, through the COVID Impact Fund, working in partnership with Service charities to deliver support for the most vulnerable. Over 100 Service charities benefited from this funding.
Asked by: Chris Elmore (Labour - Ogmore)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of changes to UK immigration policy on the shipbuilding industry who employ non-UK labour on projects relevant to the UK's national security.
Answered by Ben Wallace
In my role as Shipbuilding Tsar, I am committed to developing this sector and recognise the importance of access to skills.
I am working closely with colleagues across Government to deliver the pipeline of skilled workers that the industry needs to successfully deliver the ships required for our national security and prosperity.
In future, any EU citizen wishing to come to live and work in the UK will need to apply under the UK's future immigration system, which we are now capable of setting in the national interest.
Asked by: Chris Elmore (Labour - Ogmore)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the cessation of the e-bluey system on the families of armed service personnel.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 31 March 2017 to Question 68970 to the hon. Member for Strangford (Mr Shannon).
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-03-23/68970/