§ Mr. KeetchTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what expenses are expected to be met from the Government's investment in the missile Defence
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§ Mr. Keetch;To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons units are receiving lists of names for manning control review. [154490]
§ Mr. CaplinThe nomination of personnel for manning control action is a unit responsibility. Before January 2001 lists of individuals approaching Manning Control points were regularly issued to Commanding Officers by the Infantry Manning and Career Management Division. In January 2001 this practice ceased. However, it subsequently proved that the information needed could not easily be taken from the relevant local computer systems. Following requests from individual units divisional lists were therefore resumed in January 2004. Commanding Officers are not required to take any action unless they believe that an individual should be subject to manning control.