To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to their consultation on changes to the definition of trained strength for the army, why this change has been proposed.
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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to guarantee that NHS mental health services are meeting the needs of veterans and Armed Forces families.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that all service leavers undertake resettlement training with Career Transition Partnership.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the UK's future involvement in the EU's foreign security and defence missions.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to reduce the number of civilian personnel employed by the Ministry of Defence from 56,430 to 41,000, as set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 20 January (HL4640), what are the short- and long-term plans they have in place to ensure that the offer of military service in the armed forces continues to be competitive.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support NHS Trusts to encourage NHS staff to volunteer to join the Armed Forces Reserves.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are planning to devise a strategy on alcohol use among veterans and serving personnel, and if so, when that strategy will be published.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance they have given to local authorities regarding the training required to ensure that local authority staff properly implement the policies of the Armed forces covenant for communities.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Armed forces covenant for communities, published on 12 January, what action they are taking to help local authorities to adapt their policies to remove disadvantages faced by members of the armed forces...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the level of Defence Medical Services staffing against trained requirement, broken down by profession.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the concerns expressed by the British Medical Association in their parliamentary briefing of 12 January about under staffing of the Defence Medical Services; and what assessment they have made of t...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the UK Armed Forces Monthly Service Personnel Statistics 1 December 2016 showing a 1.4 per cent decrease in full-time trained strength since December 2015 and a 4.3 per cent deficit against the planned numb...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer given by Earl Howe on 9 January (HL Deb, col 1728), which defence companies were consulted on their National Industrial Strategy.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer given by Earl Howe on 9 January (HL Deb, col 1728), on what date they plan to publish their National Industrial Strategy.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they intend to increase recruitment to the Armed Forces to the levels set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to make up the shortfall in Armed Forces recruitment.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how long the contract with Capita for recruitment to the Armed Forces is expected to operate; and how often the contract is reviewed.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the £271 million Wildcat Helicopter support deal with Leonardo Helicopters, announced on 9 January, is the same agreement that was announced in 2012.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the £271 million Wildcat Helicopter support deal which sustains 500 jobs will include the highly skilled workforce of GKN.