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2006 2007 2008
(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)

DT LT HD USB DT LT HD USB DT LT HD USB Totals

Air

3

1

2

13

Centre

2

2

4

5

14

Def Estates

1

1

2

DE&S

1

1

5

10

DSTL

1

Fleet

1

3

2

9

3

24

Land

2

1

3

1

1

3

1

3

19

PJHQ

1

1

1

2

6

UKHO

1

1

Other

7

Total MOD

3

9

0

1

0

9

1

1

1

26

5

11

97

Notes:
DT—Desktop Computers
LT—Laptop Computers
HD—Hard drives
USB—USB flash memory devices
Other—the MOD agency could not be identified.

Mr. Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of the IT systems in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are fully accredited to the Government’s security standards. [245384]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The Ministry of Defence and its Agencies have several hundred computer systems in use ranging from corporate IT systems serving thousands of users across the Department and its Agencies, to business area systems serving smaller communities. The following data cover those systems within the MOD and its Agencies where accreditation is centrally controlled by Defence Security and Standards Assurance (DSSA), which are either connected to the MOD networks, or are stand alone above Secret, or are systems that contain significant value to the MOD e.g. those systems that contain particularly sensitive or personal data. It does not include those systems where authority for accreditation has been delegated e.g. stand alone systems with no onward connectivity, and where a further breakdown of information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

58 per cent. of systems have been through the accreditation process. Of these, 27 per cent. of systems are classed as fully accredited and are being operated in a manner within the MOD’s Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO)’s risk appetite; 31 per cent. of systems are currently classed as having conditional or interim accreditation with constraints placed on the operation of the system to ensure that identified risks are adequately managed within SIRO’s risk appetite.

The balance of systems (42 per cent.) are in the process of being accredited; this represents the significant workload undertaken to plan and develop solutions for new equipment systems or platforms; this also includes applications from legacy systems, many of which will be migrated onto the developing Defence Information Infrastructure.

Departmental Energy

Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of energy it wastes. [244608]

Mr. Kevan Jones: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is committed to improving energy efficiency of the defence estate and the latest performance confirms that the Department is on target to meet, and possibly exceed sustainable operations on the Government estate (SOGE) energy related targets.

The MOD’s consolidated, weather corrected performance for 2007-08 relative to 1999 to 2000 levels as reported by the Sustainable Development Commission in December 2008 was:

Tonnes/percentage

Tonnes CO2 2007-08

1,895,879

Tonnes CO2 Baseline

2,112,568

Performance against target (percentage)

-10.26


This significant reduction has been achieved through a combination of estate rationalisation, greater focus and co-ordination of effort to increase energy awareness and the development of effective local initiatives to reduce carbon emissions and improvements in data management. In addition, the MOD continues to identify opportunities to further reduce energy consumption for example, investing in our infrastructure to improve building energy management and efficiency, installing more energy efficient lighting, automated metering and making available funding for energy efficiency/carbon reduction projects.

Departmental Freedom of Information

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many requests his Department has received under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in each of the last three years; in how many cases requests were refused; and what the average time taken to respond to such requests was. [245115]

Mr. Kevan Jones: Under the Freedom of Information Act we are obliged to send a response within 20 working days, and to record for performance purposes, whether this deadline was met or not.

Statistics for the last three complete years for all Government Departments are published on the Ministry of Justice website (see following table), which includes the number of requests made to each Department, and the number refused. It also gives a percentage of those answered ‘in time’ (normally within the 20 working day deadline). The Department does not record an average time for responding.

Ministry of Justice website link

2005

http://www.dca.gov.uk/foi/imprep/annrep05.pdf

2006

http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/foi-annual-report-central-gov-2006.pdf

2007

http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/foi-report-2007-final-web.pdf


Departmental Legal Proceedings

Willie Rennie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many legal proceedings naming his Department as a defending party are under appeal. [244938]


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Mr. Kevan Jones: The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Willie Rennie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many legal proceedings naming his Department as a defending party are ongoing or unresolved. [244939]

Mr. Kevan Jones: The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Departmental Lost Property

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the value is of departmental equipment (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last five years, broken down by service. [245112]

Mr. Kevan Jones: The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The value of assets lost or stolen is included, with a range of other types of losses, in the summary of losses and special payments published in the MOD’s annual report and accounts. Copies of the annual reports and accounts are available in the Library of the House and on line at:

(see note 29 in the departmental resource accounts for financial years 2003-04 and 2004-05 and note 31 for subsequent financial years). The summary identifies those individual cases with a value of £250,000 or more.

Departmental Manpower

Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much and what proportion of its staffing budget for 2007-08 the Financial Management Shared Service Centre spent in Scotland; and what the equivalent figures were for (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2006-07. [241117]

Mr. Kevan Jones: The Financial Management Shared Service Centre, including its predecessor organisation the Defence Bills Agency, has not employed any staff in Scotland in any of these years.


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