The variation is due to a number of factors such as promotion, assignment of pilots to other aircraft or ground posts, medical downgrading or leaving the Service.
RAF Chilmark: Finance
Robert Key:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much expenditure in each cost category was incurred in respect of the former RAF Chilmark site in 2008-09. [286240]
Mr. Kevan Jones:
Those elements of the former RAF Chilmark Site that have not been sold are managed by Defence Estates (DE)-the Ministry of Defence organisation with responsibility for the defence estate.
In financial year 2008-09, DE incurred the following costs:
Cost Category
Details
Cost incurred (£)
Land Contamination
Hydrogeological Site investigation
5,000
Ecology/ Conservation
Installation of a bat grille across a mine entrance
15,000
Legal Fees
For work relating to parts of site previously sold
415
Raiding Craft: Navy
Dr. Fox:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many raiding craft there have been in the Royal Navy in each year since 1997. [284533]
Mr. Quentin Davies:
There are currently 111 raiding craft in service with the Royal Navy. Detailed records for each year since 1997 are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. From the limited information available, however, it is estimated that there have been between 111 and 120 boats in service in each year since 1997.
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Reserve Forces
Mr. Stewart Jackson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what contributions (a) the Department for Communities and Local Government and (b) local authorities have made to his Department's Supporting Britain's Reservists and Employers campaign. [286566]
Mr. Kevan Jones:
The Department for Communities and Local Government have endorsed SaBRE's (Supporting Britain's Reservists and Employers) public statement of support.
To date, 222 local authorities have confirmed details of their supportive policies to SaBRE and endorsed SaBRE's public statement of support. A list of these 222 supportive authorities can be found at:
Mr. Carmichael:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what funding his Department has allocated to the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency's Prison In-Reach programme in each year since the programme's inception; [286067]
(2) how many prisoners have (a) participated in and (b) been otherwise assessed by the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency's Prison In-Reach programme in each prison in each year since the programme's inception; and what the (a) name and (b) location is of each prison which has participated. [286072]
Mr. Kevan Jones:
The Veterans Prison In-Reach initiative aims to raise awareness among ex-service offenders and their families about the help and assistance that is available to them. The Ministry of Justice and the MOD are working together with the ex-service charities, including The Royal British Legion, SSAFA-Forces Help and Combat Stress, to publicise the initiative and to target better those who need assistance. I will arrange for copies of our new leaflet and poster publicising the Veterans Prison In-Reach initiative to be placed in the Library of the House.
The Service Personnel and Veterans Agency (SPVA) Welfare Service has the capability to respond to referrals as part of their normal business. Consequently, no specific funding has been provided under this initiative.
On contacting the SPVA, prison authorities (welfare) and ex-service offenders are referred to the Veterans Welfare Service which has the capability to offer help and advice to them and to their families. The ex-service charities also provide support including financial assistance, help with rent as well as clothing, training, relocation, employment and welfare visits to veterans and to their families.
Statistics on the number of offenders who are ex-service, the number who contact the SPVA, and the prison establishments they come from are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. We are working closely with the Ministry of Justice to produce up-to-date and authoritative data on the number of our veterans in prison.
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UK Health Departments Partnership Board: Meetings
Willie Rennie:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions his Department has been represented at a meeting of the UK Health Departments Partnership Board in each year since 2007; and which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have attended each such meeting. [283177]
Mr. Kevan Jones:
The joint MOD/UK Health Departments Partnership Board meets three times a year. It is chaired alternately by senior officials from MOD and the Department of Health, and has a 14 July 2009 : Column 276W
membership drawn from MOD, the UK Health Departments and the NHS. Government Ministers do not attend.
The Partnership Board has met on eight occasions since January 2007.
Attendees at individual meetings will include both standing board members as well as other departmental officials, who are invited on an individual basis for discussion of specific agenda items. The following table shows which individual posts have been present at each meeting, and includes both standing members and ad hoc attendees:
2007
2008
2009
1 Feb
12 Jun
29 Oct
18 Feb
3 Jun
7 Oct
10 Feb
16 Jun
Joint Chairs
DMSD-DCDS (Health)
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
DH-Chief Executive Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Present
-
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
MOD attendees
DMSD-Surgeon General
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
-
-
-
DMSD-ACDS (Health)
-
-
-
-
Present
-
Present
Present
DMSD-Director Strategic Change
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Present
Army Medical Directorate-Chief of Staff
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Present
Army Primary Heath Care Service-Director
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Present
Defence Dental Services-Chief of Staff
-
-
-
-
-
Present
Present
Present
Defence Dental Services-AD Clinical
-
-
Present
-
-
-
-
-
RN-Asst Chief of Staff-Medical
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Present
RAF-Chief of Staff-Health
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Present
DMETA-Chief Executive
-
-
Present
Present
Present
-
Present
-
DMETA-Director Change Programme
Present
Present
-
-
-
-
-
-
DMSD-Asst Director Information Management
-
Present
Present
-
-
-
-
-
DMSD-Asst Director Nursing
-
Present
-
-
-
-
-
-
DMSD-Asst Director
-
-
Present
-
Present
-
-
-
DMSD-Asst Director Armed Forces Pay
-
-
Present
-
-
-
-
-
DMSD-Asst Director Resource and Plans
-
Present
-
-
-
-
-
-
DMSD- Asst Director Secretariat
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
-
-
Present
DMSD-Cross Government Lead (Health)
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
DMSD-DMICP
-
-
-
-
-
-
Present
Present
DMSD-Director General Healthcare
Present
Present
-
Present
-
-
-
-
DMSD-Director Healthcare
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
-
Present
-
DMSD-Director Medical Finance and Secretariat
Present
Present
Present
Present
-
Present
-
Present
DMSD- DMICP Project Director
-
-
-
-
-
Present
Present
Present
DMSD-DMICP-CfH Project Manager
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
DMSD-Secretariat 1
-
-
-
Present
-
-
-
-
DMSD-Secretariat lb
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
-
DMSD-DCDS (Health)/MA
Present
-
Present
-
-
-
-
-
DMSD-Surgeon General/MA
Present
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Land Command- S01 Org Plan
-
-
-
-
Present
-
-
-
National Employer Advisory Board-Chairman
-
-
-
Present
-
-
Present
-
Reserve Forces and Cadets Division-Capability Policy
-
-
-
-
Present
-
-
-
Reserve Forces and Cadets Division-Deputy Director Operations
Present
-
Present
Present
-
Present
Present
-
Service Personnel Command Paper-RN
-
-
-
-
-
Present
-
-
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Service Personnel Command Paper-Team Leader
-
-
-
Present
Present
-
-
-
Service Personnel Policy-Medical
Present
Present
-
-
-
-
-
-
SP Po-l-Service Community Support-Asst Director
-
-
Present
-
-
-
-
-
Veterans Policy Unit-Director
-
-
Present
Present
Present
Present
-
Present
Joint Medical Command-Commander Defence Medical Group
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Present
UK Health Departments/NHS attendees
DH-Assistant Senior Partnership Co-ordinator
Present
Present
-
-
-
-
-
-
DH-Associate Chief Medical Officer
-
-
Present
Present
-
-
Present
-
DH-Cross Government Lead (Health)
-
-
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
DH-Deputy Director of Provider Development
-
Present
-
-
-
-
-
-
DH-Director of Non-Medical Education, Pay and Pensions
-
-
-
-
-
-
Present
-
DH-Director General Policy and Strategy Directorate
-
-
Present
-
-
-
-
Present
DH-Head Emergency Preparedness
-
-
Present
Present
-
-
-
-
DH-Head of Darzi Review
-
-
Present
-
-
-
-
-
DH-Darzi Review Team
-
-
-
-
Present
-
-
-
DH-Head of Primary Dental Services
-
-
Present
-
-
-
-
-
DH-Head of Social Care (representative)
-
-
-
-
Present
-
-
-
DH-Head of Social Care Policy and Innovation
-
-
-
Present
-
-
-
-
DH-Liaison Home Counties (Connecting for Health)
Present
Present
Present
-
-
-
-
-
DH-Stakeholder and Partner Relationships
-
-
-
Present
Present
-
-
Present
DH-Senior Advisor on Mental Health Foundation Trust Policy and Implementation
-
Present
-
-
-
-
-
-
DH-Senior Information Officer
-
Present
-
-
-
-
-
-
DH-Senior Partnership Co-ordinator
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
DH-Senior Policy Adviser, Mental Health Programme
Present
Present
-
-
-
-
-
-
Frimley Park NHS Hospital Trust-Chief Executive
Present
Present
Present
-
-
Present
Present
-
Frimley Park NHS Trust-Deputy Chief Executive
-
-
-
-
Present
-
Present
-
Hull Teaching PCT-Chief Executive
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
-
Present
-
National Assembly for Wales-Chief Nursing Officer
Present
Present
-
-
-
-
-
-
National Assembly for Wales-Community, Primary Care and Health Services Policy Division
-
-
-
-
Present
-
-
-
National Assembly for Wales-Department of Health and Social Services
-
-
-
-
-
Present
Present
Present
National Assembly for Wales-Policy Manager
-
-
Present
Present
-
-
-
-
NHS Connecting for Health
-
-
-
-
-
-
Present
Present
NHS Connecting for Health-Group Programme Director
-
-
-
-
-
-
Present
-
Northern Ireland Assembly-Chief Medical Officer
-
-
Present
-
-
-
-
-
Northern Ireland Assembly-Director Primary Care
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Present
Regional Director of Public Health (South Central Strategic Health Authority)
Present
Present
-
--
-
-
-
-
Regional Director of Public Health (South West)
-
-
-
-
Present
Present
-
-
Scottish Executive-Armed Forces and Veterans Team Policy Adviser
-
-
-
-
-
-
Present
-
Scottish Executive-Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Present
Present
Present
Present
-
-
-
-
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Scottish Executive-Senior Medical Officer
-
-
-
-
Present
Present
Present
-
Scottish Executive-Armed Forces and Veterans Team Leader
-
-
-
-
-
Present
-
-
Surrey PCT-Commissioning and Contract Lead
-
-
-
-
-
-
Present
-
University College London Hospital-Director Human Resources
-
Present
-
-
Present
-
Present
-
Wiltshire PCT-Director of Public Health
-
Present
Present
-
-
-
-
-
Wiltshire PCT-Public Health
-
-
Present
-
-
-
-
-
Wiltshire PCT-Public Health
-
-
Present
-
-
-
-
-
Key:
DMSD = Defence Medical Services Department (now Surgeon General's Department)
DMETA = Defence Medical Education and Training Agency (now Joint Medical Command)
DMICP = Defence Medical Information Capability Programme
PCT = Primary Care Trust
