Dr. Fox:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether service members (a) wounded and (b) killed on operations whilst wearing non-issued body armour are entitled to compensation. [265146]
Mr. Kevan Jones:
All personnel deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan are issued with a complete set of Enhanced Combat Body Armour (ECBA) before departure. Improved Performance Body Armour (OSPREY) and Enhanced Personnel Protection Equipment (KESTREL) are provided in addition to ECBA to personnel whose roles require it. These have been designed to protect against specific threats faced by personnel undertaking certain roles.
Service personnel injured (or surviving dependants of those killed) on or after 6 April 2005 wholly or predominantly due to service are eligible for compensation under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme. All decisions on entitlement are made on a case by case basis; this is equally true if a casualty were found to be wearing non-issued body armour.
Armed Forces: Food
Mr. Ancram:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of the food provided for armed forces personnel came from UK sources in 2007-08. [265122]
Mr. Quentin Davies:
During the financial year 2007-08, MOD increased the overall percentage of UK indigenous food it provides to armed forces personnel from 43 per cent. to 59 per cent.
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Armed Forces: Housing
Mr. Walter:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many properties at Blandford Camp were surveyed as part of the Service Family Accommodation Review commissioned by his Department; and into which housing category such properties fall. [266460]
Mr. Kevan Jones:
The Service Family Accommodation (SFA) at Blandford was not included in the condition survey at this stage because there is a continuing project to upgrade all SFA at Blandford Garrison to Standard 1 for Condition. In 2007 the site was confirmed as a future tri-service base and work began to upgrade 138 family homes; the programme also includes the demolition and rebuilding of some 247 homes. The project will cost around £8.5 million. The aspiration is for all properties at Blandford to be at Standard 1 for Condition by 2015.
In addition to this 120 new en-suite single living accommodation bed spaces were finished in 2005.
Armed Forces: Mental Health Services
Dr. Fox:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how much has been spent on the contracting of service mental health provision to the Priory Clinic in each year since 2003; [265137]
(2) how many service personnel at each rank were referred to the Priory Clinic as (a) inpatients and (b) outpatients in each year since 2005. [265138]
Mr. Kevan Jones:
The data requested relating to in-patients, up until 26 January 2009, can be found in the following table:
Number of patients treated
Contract value (£ m illion )
1 December 2003 to 31 March 2004
58
0.4
1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005
321
4.2
1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006
351
4.5
1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007
305
3.4
1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008
281
3.8
1 April 2008 to 26 January 2009
212
2.8
These figures take into account the cost of assessing patients as well as any treatment programmes provided; the individual care needs of each patient will vary depending on their particular medical circumstances.
The only specific out-patient referrals for which we contract is the provision of psychology treatment. This element of the contract commenced in 2006 and the total number of patients referred can be found in the following table:
Number of patients treated
1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007
13
1 Apr 2007 to 31 March 2008
21
1 April 2008 to 26 January 2009
28
In both tables, individual patient ranks have not been included to ensure that clinical confidentiality is protected.
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The contract with the Priory Group has been replaced with a new contract awarded to the South Staffordshire and Shropshire NHS Foundation Trust (SSSFT). SSSFT will lead a partnership of seven NHS trusts, using facilities at each of the trusts concerned to ensure coverage across the country. This continues the community-based approach we follow for our out-patients who are seen at our regional military mental health centres.
Armed Forces: Occupational Therapy
Andrew Rosindell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel returning from conflict zones have received occupational therapy treatments for (a) physical and (b) mental trauma in the last five years. [263613]
Mr. Kevan Jones:
Information on the types of treatment an individual receives is only held on their medical records and it would incur disproportionate cost to extract this information. However, any treatment received from the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) at Headley Court and, in some cases, a military Department for Community Mental Health (DCMH) will incorporate elements of occupational therapy tailored to the needs of the patient.
Information on the number of service personnel who have been medically evacuated from Operations Herrick or Telic and subsequently attended DMRC Headley Court for rehabilitative treatment is available and is shown in the following table. These figures cover the period from 8 October 2007, the earliest date from which validated data are available, to 3 March 2009.
Herrick
Telic
Total
Number of personnel to have been medically evacuated.
972
519
1,491
Number of personnel to have then attended DMRC
155
45
305
Notes:
1. Information is extracted from the Defence Patient Tracking Application, this system is constantly updated and therefore all figures are provisional and subject to change.
2. Figures include personnel from Naval Service, Army, RAF and UK civilians.
3. Figures show the number of individual patients treated and not the number of treatments (a patient may be admitted on more than one occasion).
4. Figures exclude Special Forces.
For available data on service personnel requiring mental health care and their deployment history, I refer the hon. Member to my answer to the hon. Member for Woodspring (Dr. Fox) of 3 March 2009, Official Report, columns 1435-36W.
Armoured Fighting Vehicles
Nick Harvey:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of (a) Warrior, (b) CVR(T) and (c) Saxon vehicles have been fit for service in each year since 2005. [264958]
Mr. Quentin Davies:
“Fit for service” has been interpreted as the MOD’s “Fit for Purpose”, which is a vehicle capable of being used for the purpose for which it is required:
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Fit for purpose
Percentage
Vehicle type
Warrior
CVR(T)
Saxon
2005
65
63
62
2006
64
64
74
2007
58
50
79
2008
74
58
97
AWE Burghfield: Nuclear Weapons
Mr. Hancock:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 22 January 2009, Official Report, column 1668W, on AWE Burghfield: nuclear weapons, what internationally recognised standards and codes of practice are applicable. [265568]
Mr. Quentin Davies:
A wide range of internationally recognised standards and codes of practice are pertinent to the proposed main process facility for the assembly and disassembly of nuclear warheads at AWE Burghfield. Those that are most relevant to the resilience to nuclear accidents are in the following table.
Document Reference Number
Reference
JSP 482
MoD Explosives Regulations
T/AST/ 003
NII Technical Assessment Guide - Safety Systems
T/AST/ 005
NII Technical Assessment Guide - Demonstration of ALARP
T/AST/ 007
NII Technical Assessment Guide - Severe Accident Analysis
T/AST/ 008
NII Technical Assessment Guide - Safety Categorisation and Equipment Qualification
T/AST/ 017
NII Technical Assessment Guide - Structural Integrity, Civil Engineering Aspects
T/AST/018
NII Technical Assessment Guide - Criticality Incident Detection Systems
T/AST/006
Deterministic Safety Analysis and use of Engineering Principles in Safety Assessment
TM5-1300
Structures to resist the effects of Accidental Explosions. US Departments of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force November 1990
UFC UFC 3-340-01
Protective Structures Automated Design System (PSADS) Design and Analysis of Hardened Structures To Conventional Weapons Effects U.S. Army Corps of Engineers June 2002
No reference number
Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations 2005
No reference number
Baker, W et al Explosion Hazards and Evaluation 1983
No reference number
Kingery, C.N. Bulmarsh, G Airblast Parameters from Spherical Air Burst and Hemispherical Surface Burst US Army Armament Research and Development Centre 1984
No reference number
Hyde, D Con Wep - Conventional Weapons Effects. Department of the Army, Waterways Experimental Station, US Army Corps of Engineers 1986
Typical standards relating to facility integrity are in the following table.
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Document Reference Number
Reference
ACI349-06
Code Requirements For Nuclear Safety Related Concrete Structures
ANSI/AISC341sl-05
Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings
ANSI/AISC 358-05
Prequalified Connections for Special and Intermediate Moment Frames in Seismic Applications
ANSI/AISC 360 05
Specification for Structural Steel Buildings
ASCE 43-05
Seismic Design Criteria for Structures, Systems and Components in Nuclear Facilities
ASCE 4-98
Seismic analysis of safety related nuclear structures
ATC40
Applied Technology Council Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Concrete Buildings
AWSD1.8/D1.8M:2005
Structural Welding Code - Seismic Supplement
BS 2573; Part 1
Rules for the Design of cranes - Specification for classification, stress calculations and design criteria for structures; 1983..
BS 2573; Part 2
Rules for the Design of cranes - Specification for classification, stress calculations and design of mechanisms; 1983.
BS 2573-1
Rules for the Design of Cranes - Part 1: Specification for Classification, Stress Calculations and Design Criteria for Structures
BS 2573-2
Rules for the Design of Cranes - Part 2: Specification for Classification, Stress Calculations and Design of Mechanisms
BS 4094
Data on Shielding from Ionising Radiation
BS 4449:2005
Steel for the reinforcement of concrete - Weldable reinforcing steel - Bar, coiled and decoiled product.
BS 5628
Code of Practice for use of masonry
BS 5760
Reliability of systems, equipment and components
BS 5950-1:2000
Structural use of steelwork in buildings. Code of Practice for design - Rolled and welded sections.
BS 6385
Ergonomic principles in the design of work systems
BS 6399
Loading for buildings
BS 8110-1:1997
Structural Use of Concrete. Part 1 Code of Practice for design and construction.
BS EN 13001-1
Crane Safety -General Design
BS EN 13001-2
Crane Safety-General Design
BS EN 13463-1
Non-electrical equipment for potentially explosive atmospheres
BS EN 292-1
Safety of Machinery- Basic concepts, general principals for design
BS EN 349
Safety of machinery: Minimum gaps to avoid crushing parts of the human body
BS EN 614
Safety of machinery: Ergonomic design principles
BS EN 62305
Lightning Regulations
BS EN ISO 11604
Ergonomic Design of Control Centres
BS EN 1011-2: 2001
Welding Recommendations for welding of metallic materials Arc welding of ferritic steels
BS EN 287-1: 2004
Qualification test of welders Fusion welding. Steels
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BS EN 875: 1995
Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials. Impact tests Test specimen location, notch orientation and examination
BS EN ISO 15609-1
Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials. Welding procedure specification Arc welding
BS EN ISO 15614-1
Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials - Welding procedure test - Part 1 Arc and gas welding of steels and arc welding of nickel and nickel alloys
Def Stan 00-25
Human factors for designers of equipment
Def Stan 00-40
Reliability and Maintainability (R and M)
Def Stan 00-41
Reliability and Maintainability MOD Guide to Practices and Procedures
DEF STAN 08-5
Structural requirements for weapon support equipment; Issue 1 Chapter 5
FEMA 440
Improvement of non-linear static seismic analysis procedures (2005)
HSEACOPL138
Health and Safety Executive - Approved Code of Practice and Guidance - Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres
IAEA Tecdoc 1333
Earthquake experience and seismic qualification by indirect methods in nuclear installations
IAEA-TECDOC-1347
IAEA Report: Consideration of external events in the design of nuclear facilities other than nuclear power plants, with emphasis on earthquakes, dated March 2003
IEEE 344:1987
Recommended practice for seismic qualification of Class IE equipment for nuclear power generating stations
IRPCG
Changerooms Design Operation and Maintenance a Nuclear Industry Code of Practice
JSP 440
Defence Manual for Security
JSP 467
The specification of power driven lifting appliances used for handling conventional and nuclear armaments
JSP 482
Explosives regulations
JSP 538
Issue 2. Regulation of the Nuclear Weapon Programme - Nuclear Weapon Safety Principles and Safety Criteria and Safety Principles and Guidelines for Nuclear Weapon Systems
Kincade, R.G. Anderson J. - Electrical Power Institute
Human Factors Guide for Nuclear Power Plant Control Room Development. Other standards
Mil Std 1472D
Department of Defence: Human engineering requirements for military systems, equipment and facilities
Mil Std 1472F
Department of Defence: Design Criteria Standard - Human engineering
MoD/DE Functional Standard Design and Maintenance Guide 02
‘Glazing standards for MoD buildings subject to terrorist threat'
NF0121/1
Ergonomics: Guidelines for the design of operator interfaces. British Nuclear Fuels plc
SI 1988 No. 1657
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH)
SI 1998 No. 2307
The lifting operations and lifting equipment regulations (LOLER)
SI 1999 No. 3232
Ionising Radiation Regulations (IRRs)
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STGP10 (Sea Technology Group, MoD)
"HFI Management Guide"
No reference number
Flood Estimation Handbook, Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford, UK, 1999
No reference number
Flood Studies Report, Institute of Hydrology, HR Wallingford, UK, 1975
No reference number
The Crown Fire Standards 1997
No reference number
Lifting Operation and Lifting Equipment Regulations
No reference number
SQUG, Generic Implementation Procedure GIP for Seismic Verification of Nuclear Plant Equipment - Revision 3 A, December 2001
