Written questions
2,491 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Military Bases: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the average time taken to resolve a maintenance request at properties at (a) Combermere Barracks, (b) Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, (c) Victoria Barracks and (d) Denison Barracks in the last 12 month
20 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Military Bases: Heating and Water Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many properties at (a) Combermere Barracks, (b) Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, (c) Victoria Barracks and (d) Denison Barracks have been left without (i) heating and (ii) hot water for 24 hours or more as a
20 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Military Bases: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many callouts have been made to (a) Combermere Barracks, (b) Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, (c) Victoria Barracks and (d) Denison Barracks for maintenance issues in the last 12 months; and if he will provi
19 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints relating to (a) UK Service Family Accommodation and (b) UK Single Living Accommodation were reported in 2022.
19 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Pinnacle Service Families and VIVO Defence Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of (a) Pinnacle and (b) VIVO in their delivery of maintenance contracts for his Department.
18 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Military Bases: Mould
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent in the Financial Year 2022-23 to (a) remove and (b) prevent incidents of damp and mould in (i) Service Family Accommodation and (ii) Single Living Accommodation.
18 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Military Bases: Boilers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the boilers replaced in (a) Service Family Accommodation and (b) Single Living Accommodation in the Financial Year 2022-23 were gas boilers.
18 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Private Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the cost to the public purse of private school fees for children of civilian employees in the financial year 2022-23; and and if he will provide a breakdown by pay grade of those who claimed that funding
18 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Private Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the maximum level of Continuity of Education Allowance payments provided by his Department was for (a) primary and (b) secondary pupils in the financial year 2022-23.
17 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many boilers there are in (a) Service Family Accommodation and (b) Single living accommodation; and how many of those boilers are over (i) 10 and (ii) 15 years old.
17 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2023 to Question 165250 on Ministry of Defence: Housing, if he will provide a breakdown of what the £73 million from the service family accommodation improvement budget spent by
17 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Military Bases: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many boilers were replaced in (a) Service Family Accommodation and (b) Single Living Accommodation in financial year 2022-23; and what the cost to his Department of those replacements was.
17 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Private Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a breakdown of the (a) Continuity of Education Allowance allocated to each school in financial year 2022-23 and (b) number of places funded at each school in that year.
17 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Private Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department allocated to the Continuity of Education Allowance in financial year 2022-23; how many children were covered by that funding; and if he will provide a breakdown of the ranks of the
14 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Carers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the policy paper entitled UK Armed Forces Families Strategy: one year on, published on 13 April 2023, when he plans to publish the carers statement.
14 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Carers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to objective 1.1 of the Armed Forces Families Plan 2022, published on 23 April 2022, what steps his Department has taken to provide support for carers since January 2022.
14 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to objective 5.7 of the Armed Forces Families Plan 2022, published on 23 April 2022, whether he has made an assessment of the specific issues faced with obtaining childcare during periods of deploy
14 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to objective 5.5 of the Armed Forces Families Plan 2022, published on 23 April 2022, when his Department plans to establish the MOD Local Authority Partnership for Early Years.
14 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to objective 5.4 of the Armed Forces Families Plan 2022, published on 23 April 2022, when his Department plans to create an early years provider network; and what budget will be allocated to it.
14 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces Families Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to objective 5.3 of the Armed Forces Families Plan 2022, published on 23 April 2022, what recent estimate he has made of when the early learning and childcare fund will be delivered.
14 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces Families Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful applications were made to the armed forces families fund by service type since the establishment of that fund.
14 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces Families Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful applications were made to the armed forces families fund from each region since the establishment of that fund.
14 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces Families Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how long his Department plans to provide funding to the armed forces families fund.
14 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces Families Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the armed forces families fund is budgeted by (a) financial or (b) calendar year.
14 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces Families Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to the armed forces families fund were (a) received, (b) approved and (c) declined since its launch in September 2022.
14 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Smoking
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is her policy to implement a ban on cigarette filter tips that contain plastic.
14 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Reserve Forces: Reviews
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Reserve Forces Review 2030, published in 2021, for what reason his Department has not responded to that review to date; and when his Department plans to respond to that review.
14 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel at (a) St George’s Barracks, (b) Kendrew Barracks and (c) RAF Wittering are living in grade 4 rated service accommodation.
14 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Military Bases: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time taken to resolve maintenance requests was for (a) St George’s Barracks, (b) Kendrew Barracks and (c) RAF Wittering in the last six months.
14 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Military Bases: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the maintenance issues related to heating and hot water reported at (a) St George’s Barracks, (b) Kendrew Barracks and (c) RAF Wittering resulted in a lack of hot water for 24 hours and more since Apr
Source: official written-questions record.