The Official Development Assistance (ODA) criteria are set by the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Expenditure on police training in routine policing functions, and the removal of landmines where it is for civilian purposes, are reportable as ODA. The Ministry of Defence reports to the OECD, through the Department for International Development, on activity that is eligible to be counted towards Her Majesty Government's ODA target.

This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The 'Central Criminal Records and Intelligence Officer' has been interpreted as he Criminal Justice Office Manager within the Service Police Crime Bureau (SPCB) who acts as the point of contact for notification by Home Office police forces.

The following table shows the number of notifications made to the SPCB since 2005:

Figures represent notifications of all kinds, regardless of the outcome: i.e. they include arrests where no further action was taken and outcomes including informal and community resolutions, fixed penalty notices, warnings, reprimands, cautions. A breakdown to identify the number of convictions and the classification of each could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

For the naval service, notifications between 2005 and 2010 were made to individual units. No central record is held and information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Since 2010, notifications have been handled by the SPCB and are included in the table above.

The Ministry of Defence has a policy of compulsory drug testing (CDT) which seeks to reinforce the message that drug use is unacceptable for service personnel. Providing a positive result, indicating the presence of illegal drugs, will almost certainly result in an administrative discharge¹. Positive rates in the armed forces over the last few years average around 0.42%,

compared with 7% in civilian workplace drug testing programmes in the UK. These statistics demonstrate that drug misuse is significantly less prevalent among service personnel than in corresponding civilian demographic groups.

Service personnel are not ‘charged’ in a disciplinary sense. Rather, they are administratively discharged under the terms of their employment. Therefore, the data presented here relates to the numbers of compulsory drugs tests conducted and positive results, rather than ‘charges’.

The following tables provide information on the numbers of compulsory drug tests, positive results and consequent administrative discharges in each of the last five years.

The information available on extensions of service contract, on those personnel who serve 10 years or more, and on those who leave the armed forces before completion of Phase 2 training and their minimum initial service period, is not held in the format requested, nor can it be matched against age or date of birth data without incurring disproportionate cost.

However, the Army have identified that in financial year 2012-13 some 12% of under 18s left before completion of their Phase 2 training against the total number who enlist under the age of 18. In comparison some 14% of those who enlisted over the age of 18 left before completing their training.

The information available on extensions of service contract, on those personnel who serve 10 years or more, and on those who leave the armed forces before completion of Phase 2 training and their minimum initial service period, is not held in the format requested, nor can it be matched against age or date of birth data without incurring disproportionate cost.

However, the Army have identified that in financial year 2012-13 some 12% of under 18s left before completion of their Phase 2 training against the total number who enlist under the age of 18. In comparison some 14% of those who enlisted over the age of 18 left before completing their training.

The information available on extensions of service contract, on those personnel who serve 10 years or more, and on those who leave the armed forces before completion of Phase 2 training and their minimum initial service period, is not held in the format requested, nor can it be matched against age or date of birth data without incurring disproportionate cost.

However, the Army have identified that in financial year 2012-13 some 12% of under 18s left before completion of their Phase 2 training against the total number who enlist under the age of 18. In comparison some 14% of those who enlisted over the age of 18 left before completing their training.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has no record of any allegations of child sexual offences¹ in Iraq in the period between the implementation of the Armed Forces Act 2006 on 1 November 2009 and 31 December 2012.

The MOD holds information on one case in Afghanistan in this period. The case involves an allegation made by one member of the armed forces against another. This case is subject to ongoing reporting restrictions and is expected to be tried at court martial later this year.¹ This includes offences as defined in sections 4-15 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and other Sexual Offences where the alleged victim is under 18.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has no record of any allegations of child sexual offences¹ in Iraq in the period between the implementation of the Armed Forces Act 2006 on 1 November 2009 and 31 December 2012.

The MOD holds information on one case in Afghanistan in this period. The case involves an allegation made by one member of the armed forces against another. This case is subject to ongoing reporting restrictions and is expected to be tried at court martial later this year.¹ This includes offences as defined in sections 4-15 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and other Sexual Offences where the alleged victim is under 18.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has no record of any allegations of child sexual offences¹ in Iraq in the period between the implementation of the Armed Forces Act 2006 on 1 November 2009 and 31 December 2012.

The MOD holds information on one case in Afghanistan in this period. The case involves an allegation made by one member of the armed forces against another. This case is subject to ongoing reporting restrictions and is expected to be tried at court martial later this year.¹ This includes offences as defined in sections 4-15 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and other Sexual Offences where the alleged victim is under 18.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has no record of any allegations of child sexual offences¹ in Iraq in the period between the implementation of the Armed Forces Act 2006 on 1 November 2009 and 31 December 2012.

The MOD holds information on one case in Afghanistan in this period. The case involves an allegation made by one member of the armed forces against another. This case is subject to ongoing reporting restrictions and is expected to be tried at court martial later this year.¹ This includes offences as defined in sections 4-15 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and other Sexual Offences where the alleged victim is under 18.

The data provided is based on information recorded by the Service police and Ministry of Defence police for the period between 1 November 2009, the date of the implementation of the Armed Forces Act 2006, and 31 December 2012.

In this period there were two complaints of rape from armed forces personnel who were below the age of 18 at the time of the incident, as recorded by the Ministry of Defence police. Both occurred in 2009. No complaints in this category were recorded by Service police. In one

case a not guilty verdict was returned, and the other case was not pursued after the complaint was withdrawn.

There were 13 complaints of sexual assault, including two complaints of sexual assault by penetration, from armed forces personnel aged below 18 years at the time of the incident, as recorded by the Service police or Ministry of Defence police. The details of the case outcomes are shown in the following table and including the year in which the alleged offence was reported.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) makes no financial contribution to the Conflict Pool. The MOD does, however, have access to Conflict Pool funds. The latest available Official Development Assistance figures are for 2011. In 2011, the MOD reported that approximately £2 million was spent on Defence-led Conflict Pool activities which meet the definition of Official Development Assistance (ODA). Details of 2012 expenditure will be published in Statistics on International Development in the autumn.

The Air Command average running cost attributable to a front line Typhoon Squadron for financial year 2011-12 was some £19 million. This figure excludes associated infrastructure costs and contracts relating to availability and support which are integral to the running of a squadron and availability of aircraft. Support contracts are let on a whole fleet basis to achieve efficiencies of scale. For example, the Typhoon Availability Service contract, which is a partnering arrangement with BAE Systems to maintain and support the Typhoon fleet, costs some £105 million in FY 2011-12 and the Partnered Support Operation Phase contract with Rolls Royce, which supports the Typhoon engines, costs some £68 million in FY 2011-12.

[holding answer 17 April 2013]: There is no contract with the German Government. Therefore no contract is being broken and no financial settlement is required.

The requirement for resolution of any issues relating to the estate vacated by the British forces in Germany (BFG) is detailed in the Supplementary Agreement to the NATO Status of Forces Agreement and the Department is committed to adhering to this in consultation with the German authorities. Negotiations are well under way with the German authorities for the final, one-time settlement of all financial claims arising from the release of accommodation, the treatment of property procured from funds made available to the UK by Germany in the 40s and 50s, and the residual value of sterling-funded investments in the estate.

Previous settlements were conducted on either an annual or, more latterly, an ad hoc basis and have hitherto always amounted in a net payment to the UK.

[holding answer 15 April 2013]: The information will take time to collate. I will write to the right hon. Member as soon as it is available.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

The following table shows the number of Ministry of Defence (MOD) civil servants who have, over the last five financial years, left the Department under voluntary release and redundancy schemes and, since 30 September 2011, under the MOD Voluntary Early Release Scheme.

The Ministry of Defence and the Department for Transport combined spent circa £10.7 million in support of the joint Search and Rescue Helicopter project. The Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Defence police does not as a matter of routine record the cost of individual investigations.