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939981

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Fire and Rescue Service: Capita
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has received assurances from Capita that firefighters employed by them after the privatisation of the Defence Fire and Rescue Service will remain on comparable pay structures to those used by regional fire authorities.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	163592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment Regulations) 2014 will apply to members of the Defence Fire and Rescue Service under any future contractual arrangements, including existing pay structures.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/07/2018 13:37:36 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

939982

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Fire and Rescue Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what resources were made available by his Department to the in-house team bidding to continue operating the Defence Fire and Rescue Service during the recent outsourcing process.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	163593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>As part of the Defence Fire and Rescue Project the Ministry of Defence developed an 'in-house' value for money Benchmark. This was developed by an independent team made up of Civil Service personnel and fire officers who had access to independent consultancy support; this team was separate from the Defence Fire and Rescue Project Team. This work was conducted with the same project requirement as the outsourcing bids and with access to the same information.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/07/2018 13:38:23 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

939983

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Fire and Rescue Service: Capita
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contingency plans are in place to ensure continuity of Defence Fire and Rescue services in the event that Capita is no longer a viable entity.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	163594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 20 June 2018 to Question 155899 to the hon. Member for Stoke on Trent (Central) (Mr Snell).</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/07/2018 13:35:38 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 20 June 2018 UIN 155899 (1).docx title 155899 - WQnA extract on Capita
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

939984

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Fire and Rescue Service: Capita
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Serco is appealing the contract award for the outsourcing of the Defence Fire and Rescue Service to Capita; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	163595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>The contract award has been suspended until a legal challenge to the procurement is resolved.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/07/2018 13:57:58 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

939985

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Fire and Rescue Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken at each establishment covered by the Defence Fire and Rescue Service to account for any changes of provision by that service under the new contract; and what site-based risk assessments have been undertaken in connection with any such changes.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	163596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>Any proposal to change the approach to fire risk management at a site following contract award will be conducted through an Integrated Fire Risk Management Plan conducted in collaboration with the Head of Establishment. Changes will not be implemented until they have been agreed at the appropriate level.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/07/2018 13:36:14 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

939986

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Fire and Rescue Service: Capita
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the contract awarded to Capita for the provision of Defence Fire and Rescue Services includes ongoing maintenance and testing of fire extinguishers.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	163597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>Fire Extinguisher testing and maintenance is not within scope of the Defence Fire and Rescue Project contract, it is already done outside of it.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/07/2018 13:36:52 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

938452

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: One Public Estate Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under - Secretary of State and Minister for Defence People and Veterans of 9 July 2018, Official Report, column 706, whether it is his policy that the One Public Estate principles apply to public land that has its freehold vested within an association.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	163148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>Public land disposals are managed in accordance with Government policy and Her Majesty's Treasury guidelines to obtain best value. Where land is owned by an Association, the Department would expect that they will continue to work closely with the Local Authority.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 16/07/2018 15:17:24 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

938610

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where each headquarters is of regiments from (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	163030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The headquarters for the regular Regiments associated with each Devolved Nation are:</p><p>Scotland:</p><p>The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - Edinburgh</p><p>19th Regiment Royal Artillery - Tidworth</p><p>Scots Guards - London</p><p>The Royal Regiment of Scotland - Edinburgh</p><p>Wales:</p><p>The Queen's Dragoon Guards - Cardiff</p><p>Welsh Guards - London</p><p>The Royal Welsh - Cardiff</p><p>Northern Ireland:</p><p>Irish Guards - London</p><p>The Royal Irish Regiment - Holywood</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 16/07/2018 15:16:47 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

938614

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where each (a) resettlement and (b) rehabilitation centre is for people leaving the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	163031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>There are ten resettlement centres for people leaving the Armed Forces, run by the Careers Transition Partnership on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MOD). The locations of the centres are shown at https://www.ctp.org.uk/contact-us.</p><p>Medical rehabilitation for all Armed Forces personnel, including those preparing to leave the Services, is provided by the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, currently located at Headley Court in Surrey. When personnel leave the Armed Forces their healthcare becomes the responsibility of the NHS, although the MOD continues to provide a range of services in support of veterans.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 16/07/2018 15:22:45 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

938685

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the estimated date of disposal has changed for any of the disposal sites identified in his Department's Better Defence Estate Strategy of November 2016.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	163028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>As stated in the announcement in 2016, the plans laid out are subject to revision as work continues. Given the scale of the strategy and the fact that it will be delivered over 25 years, plans continue to be refined throughout the life of the programme to best support operational capability. During the course of the programme, detailed assessment studies, work with local authorities and the requirement to obtain optimum disposal receipts for the taxpayer will inevitably result in changes to the initial plan. As a requirement for a change becomes apparent they are announced in line with established protocols.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/07/2018 13:48:52 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones