Luke Pollard: MOD: All Documents

Written Question

Leuchars Station

Thursday 2nd May 2024

Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at Leuchars Station as of 24 April 2024.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

As at 1 January 2024, there were 960 UK Armed Forces Service personnel stationed at Leuchars Station and RAF Leuchars.

Please note the following caveats:

The number of UK Armed Forces Service personnel stationed at Leuchars Station and RAF Leuchars can only be provided as at 1 January 2024 in line with Published National Statistics.
This figure comprises UK Regular Forces, Gurkhas, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel (LEP), Volunteer Reserve, Serving Regular Reserve, Sponsored Reserve and Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) of unknown origin. University Officer Cadets are excluded. The figure includes both trained and untrained personnel.
The figure is based on Service personnel’s stationed location and not their location of residence – where personnel work is not necessarily where they live. Personnel deployed on operations to an area away from their stationed location are shown against their most recent stationed location.
Figures containing Reserve personnel are estimates because the station location data for Reserves has not been fully verified.
The figure has been rounded to the nearest 10 to prevent inadvertent disclosure of personal identities. However, numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias.

Written Question

University Royal Naval Units: Scotland

Thursday 2nd May 2024

Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at University Royal Naval Unit East Scotland.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

These figures are reported annually and are accurate as of 01 January 2024. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 to prevent inadvertent disclosure, and numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias.

University Royal Navy Units (URNU) members, both Training Officers and the Officer Cadets, are all civilians with a status akin to Cadet Force Adult Volunteers and are not members of the Maritime Reserves.

Bases	Number of Service Personnel
RM Condor	440
HMS Caledonia	280
HMS Dalriada	80
HMNB Clyde	1910
HMS Scotia	10
URNU East Scotland	90

Written Question

Catterick Garrison: Repairs and Maintenance

Thursday 2nd May 2024

Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many callouts have been made to Somme Barracks for maintenance issues relating to (a) roofing, (b) loss of heating and hot water, (c) electrics, (d) pest control and (e) damp and mould since April 2022.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The total number of callouts to Service Family Accommodation (SFA) inside the wire for Helles Barracks, Gaza Barracks, Bourlon Barracks, Somme Barracks, Marne Barracks and RM Stonehouse for maintenance issues since April 2022 are shown in the table below.

Please note we are unable to separate the SFA figures serving Helles Barracks, Gaza Barracks, Bourlon Barracks, Somme Barracks and Marne Barracks as they are all part of the wider Catterick Garrison;

Location	Amey Estate	Roofing	Loss of Heating & Hot Water	Electrical	Pest Control	D&M	TOTAL
Helles Barracks	Catterick	284	327	1304	271	141	2327
Gaza Barracks
Bourlon Barracks
Somme Barracks
Marne Barracks
RM Stonehouse	0	0	0	0	0	0

The total number of callouts for Helles Barracks, Gaza Barracks, Bourlon Barracks, Somme Barracks, Marne Barracks and RM Stonehouse for maintenance issues since April 2022, excluding callouts to SFA, are shown in the table below:

Location	Roofing	Loss Heating & Hot Water			Electrical	Pest Control	Damp & Mould	TOTAL
Location	Roofing	Only Heating	Only Hot Water	Both	Electrical	Pest Control	Damp & Mould	TOTAL
Helles Barracks	259	307	277	22	1692	163	60	2780
Gaza Barracks	29	102	110	4	277	40	18	580
Bourlon Barracks	31	46	94	2	155	27	5	360
Somme Barracks	23	105	97	2	112	21	2	362
Marne Barracks	83	150	333	11	502	39	61	1179
RM Stonehouse	109	102	91	2	246	34	34	618

Written Question

Catterick Garrison: Repairs and Maintenance

Thursday 2nd May 2024

Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many callouts have been made to Bourlon Barracks for maintenance issues relating to (a) roofing, (b) loss of heating and hot water, (c) electrics (d) pest control and (e) damp and mould since April 2022.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

Please note we are unable to separate the SFA figures serving Helles Barracks, Gaza Barracks, Bourlon Barracks, Somme Barracks and Marne Barracks as they are all part of the wider Catterick Garrison;

Location	Amey Estate	Roofing	Loss of Heating & Hot Water	Electrical	Pest Control	D&M	TOTAL
Helles Barracks	Catterick	284	327	1304	271	141	2327
Gaza Barracks
Bourlon Barracks
Somme Barracks
Marne Barracks
RM Stonehouse	0	0	0	0	0	0

Location	Roofing	Loss Heating & Hot Water			Electrical	Pest Control	Damp & Mould	TOTAL
Location	Roofing	Only Heating	Only Hot Water	Both	Electrical	Pest Control	Damp & Mould	TOTAL
Helles Barracks	259	307	277	22	1692	163	60	2780
Gaza Barracks	29	102	110	4	277	40	18	580
Bourlon Barracks	31	46	94	2	155	27	5	360
Somme Barracks	23	105	97	2	112	21	2	362
Marne Barracks	83	150	333	11	502	39	61	1179
RM Stonehouse	109	102	91	2	246	34	34	618

Written Question

Armed Forces: Housing

Thursday 2nd May 2024

Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 22 February 2023 to Question 146784 on Armed Forces: Housing, how many compensation payments for issues relating to service family accommodation were made in each year between 1 April 2017 and 1 April 2022; and what the value of such payments was in each year.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

.	Number of compensation payments	Value
April – December 2017	1,624	£62,420
January - December 2018	3,934	£141,790
January - December 2019	2,503	£85,030
January - December 2020	1,520	£52,075
January - December 2021	2,680	£101,780
January - April 2022	1,016	£38,090

Amey also issued compensation payments during this timeframe, under the National Housing Prime (NHP) contract. This data can only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Written Question

Stonehouse Barracks

Thursday 2nd May 2024

Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on improving service accommodation at RM Stonehouse since April 2022.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The amount spent on improving Service Family Accommodation, at RM Stonehouse, Marne Barracks, Helles Barracks, Gaza Barracks, Somme Barracks and Bourlon Barracks since April 2022 is included in the table below.

The amount spent on improving Service Family Accommodation at Marne Barracks, Helles Barracks, Gaza Barracks, Somme Barracks and Bourlon Barracks is not available separately, as they all form part of the wider Catterick Garrison.

MOD Site	Spend (£million)
RM Stonehouse	£10,857,355
Catterick Garrison, including Marne Barracks, Helles Barracks, Gaza Barracks, Somme Barracks and Bourlon Barracks	£26,776,398

The amount spent on improving Single Living Accommodation, at RM Stonehouse, Marne Barracks, Helles Barracks, Gaza Barracks, Somme Barracks and Bourlon Barracks since April 2022, is included in the table below;

MOD Site	Spend (£)
RM Stonehouse	£662.290
Marne Barracks	£1,758,000
Helles Barrack	£3,224
Gaza Barracks	£97,670
Somme Barracks	£6,148,312
Bourlon Barracks	£100,225

Written Question

Catterick Garrison

Thursday 2nd May 2024

Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on improving service accommodation at Marne Barracks since April 2022.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

MOD Site	Spend (£million)
RM Stonehouse	£10,857,355
Catterick Garrison, including Marne Barracks, Helles Barracks, Gaza Barracks, Somme Barracks and Bourlon Barracks	£26,776,398

MOD Site	Spend (£)
RM Stonehouse	£662.290
Marne Barracks	£1,758,000
Helles Barrack	£3,224
Gaza Barracks	£97,670
Somme Barracks	£6,148,312
Bourlon Barracks	£100,225

Written Question

Cameron Barracks

Thursday 2nd May 2024

Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at Cameron Barracks as of 24 April 2024.

Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)

As at 1 January 2024, there were 10 UK Armed Forces Service personnel stationed at Cameron Barracks.

Please note the following caveats:

The number of UK Armed Forces Service personnel stationed at Cameron Barracks can only be provided as at 1 January 2024 in line with Published National Statistics.
This figure comprises UK Regular Forces, Gurkhas, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel (LEP), Volunteer Reserve, Serving Regular Reserve, Sponsored Reserve and Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) of unknown origin. University Officer Cadets are excluded. The figure includes both trained and untrained personnel.
The figure is based on Service personnel’s stationed location and not their location of residence – where personnel work is not necessarily where they live. Personnel deployed on operations to an area away from their stationed location are shown against their most recent stationed location.
Figures containing Reserve personnel are estimates because the station location data for Reserves has not been fully verified. Numbers can also vary according to activity, duty, and exercise requirements.
The figure has been rounded to the nearest 10 to prevent inadvertent disclosure of personal identities. However, numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias.

Written Question

Army Foundation College

Wednesday 1st May 2024

Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many live complaints of violent behaviour by college staff against recruits were recorded on the Joint Personnel Administration system at the time of Ofsted’s inspection of the Army Foundation College on 5 May 2021.

Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)

This Question has been answered using similar methodology and is subject to similar caveats to the answer given to the hon. Member on 15 December 2023 to Question 5872.

As stated in the answer of 15 December 2023, any reports of such behaviour are taken very seriously and investigated thoroughly. Anyone found to be not upholding the high standards that we expect of our personnel will be dealt with accordingly.

Based on a manual data search on 29 April 2024, on 5 May 2021 there were fewer thanthan five live complaints of violent behaviour by college staff against recruits recorded on the Joint Personnel Administration system.

Please note:

The total figure has been suppressed to preserve anonymity.
Each case relates to one suspect but may include more than one alleged incident and/or victim. One suspect may have more than one case recorded.
JPA is a live system which is updated for retrospective complaints/allegations. The data in this answer only reflects cases that were live on the system as at 5 May 2021.
In each case a judgement was made as to whether an allegation constituted violent behaviour.
Please note that the figures provided are single Service estimates based on data which is not gathered for statistical purposes or subject to the same level of scrutiny as official statistics produced by Defence Statistics. The figures provided may therefore be subject to data quality issues affecting their accuracy.

Written Question

Army Foundation College: Recruitment

Wednesday 1st May 2024

Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a recruit at the Army Foundation College who expresses a desire to leave the Army during the first six weeks may do so.

Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the then Minister for Defence People and Veterans (Leo Docherty) on 23 February 2022 to Question 125283 to the hon. Member for Glasgow North West (Carol Monaghan).

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