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Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Peace Keeping Operations
Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Land Rovers of each type have turned over in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan since the first deployment of British armed forces in each country. [137618]
Mr. Ingram: Our collective records show that to date, there have been some 87 reported accidents, in Iraq, of Land Rovers “overturning without first colliding” and 13 in Afghanistan.
I can also confirm that at least 22 of these incidents in Iraq involved the Snatch variant Land Rover and at least two involved the WMIK variant; in Afghanistan at least three involved the Snatch and one involved a WMIK variant. The other incidents in both theatres involved the standard ‘General Service’ or ‘Fitted For Radio’ type variants. Further details of these vehicles could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Army: Costs
Mr. Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 20 March 2007, Official Report, column 50W, on the Army: costs, what the reasons were for the amount spent on maintenance of the property occupied by the General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland, broken down by main budget heading. [136625]
Derek Twigg: The figure of £4,702.52 previously provided under the generic heading ‘maintenance’ contained an error of £17.50. The total figure spend on maintenance was actually £4,685.02, which covered a range of costs. The breakdown is as follows:
| Work carried out | Cost (£) |
Army: Greater London
Mr. Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on which occasions the General Officer Commanding London District met hon. Members and peers in the last 12 months. [137437]
Derek Twigg: The information is provided in the following table.
| Date | Event |
|
Ex Household Division MP’s dinner at Queen’s Guard:-Hugo Swire MP, Andrew Robathan MP, Ben Wallace MP, Hugh Robertson MP, Mike Penning MP, David Tredinnick MP, and Adam Holloway MP |
The above list does not include meetings with Ministers.
Army: Ski Lodges
Mr. Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which regiments of the Army have ski lodges. [138519]
Derek Twigg: The Army does not own any ski lodges. A number of lodges are rented by the Army to enable the conduct of Adventurous Training Activities under the auspices of the Joint Service Adventurous Training Scheme.
Individual regiments or corps are at liberty to have ski lodges using non-public funds. Information on which regiments or corps do so is not collated.
Chief of Defence Materiel
Mr. Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the claims for expenses made by the Chief of Defence Materiel since January 2005. [137131]
Derek Twigg [holding answer 14 May 2007]: The Chief of Defence Materiel has made no claims for expenses since 2 April 2007, when the post was established.
Civilian Operational Allowance
Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 28 November 2006, Official Report, column 622W, on the civilian operational allowance, what progress has been made on the introduction of a new allowance. [138786]
Derek Twigg: The new allowance was introduced with effect from 1 April 2007. It replaces the previous separate entitlement to claim overtime, travelling time, shift allowance, night duty, stand-by, recall and on-call allowances. All MOD civil servants deploying to operational theatres now receive a simplified allowance ‘package’ comprising a one-off pre-deployment grant and, during deployment, the operational deployment allowance and the operational working allowance.
Departments: Consultants
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the outside (a) agencies and (b) consultancies which are undertaking work commissioned by his Department; and what the (i) purpose and (ii) cost is of each commission. [138459]
Mr. Ingram: The specific information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
However, summaries of MOD expenditure on external assistance are available in the Library of the House for the years 1995-96 to 2005-06.
Figures for financial year 2006-07 will be placed in the Library before the summer recess.
Departments: Intimidation
David Simpson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many complaints of bullying have been
investigated in his Department in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld. [134832]
Derek Twigg: The information is summarised in the following table for armed forces and MOD civilian personnel in the period April 2006 to March 2007.
| Service | Investigated( 1) | Upheld( 2) |
| (1) This column records the number of formal complaints of bullying reported within each service and the MOD civil service. This number includes ongoing cases and complaints which were later withdrawn. (2) This column records the number of formal complaints upheld and excludes ongoing investigations (i.e. where some type of action was taken against the respondent). | ||
The Department’s Unified Diversity Strategy makes clear that bullying and harassment are not tolerated in the Ministry of Defence or the armed forces. Revised complaints procedures were published in January 2007. Ongoing internal communications keep personnel informed of their rights and responsibilities.
Departments: Official Hospitality
Mr. Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what (a) gifts and (b) hospitality were received by the (i) Chief of the General Staff, (ii) Adjutant General, (iii) General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland and (iv) Commander in Chief Land in the last 12 months. [135010]
Derek Twigg: Between 26 April 2006 and 26 April 2007 the gifts and hospitality received and accepted by the Chief of the General Staff, the Adjutant General, the General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland and the Commander in Chief Land are shown in the following tables.
During the same period, the Chief of the General Staff received 209 offers of hospitality/gifts and accepted 46. Commander in Chief Land received 75 offers, and accepted 19. General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland received 41 offers and accepted 16 and the Adjutant General received 42 offers and accepted 10.
| Chief of the General Staff | ||
| Date | Provider | Description |
|
Canadian Forces Base Suffield and British Army Training Unit Suffield | ||
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