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576780

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase the level of defence spending that goes to small firms.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	45161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="5"><p> </p></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="5"><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer my predecessor (Philip Dunne) gave on 27 June 2016 to Question 905485 to the hon. Member for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris).</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 13/09/2016 14:53:53 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 27 June 2016 HOC 509474.docx title Defence Spending Small Firms
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

573410

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Ambush
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements will be made to provide submarine operational cover while HMS Ambush in undergoing repairs; and what risks have been identified as a result of those arrangements.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	44090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>It is UK policy that we do not comment on matters relating to submarine activity or operations as this would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p><p>HMS AMBUSH is undergoing repairs at Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde, the duration of which is under review.</p><p>On 28 July 2016, the Director General of the Defence Safety Authority convened an independent Service Inquiry to investigate the circumstances of this incident. It would be inappropriate to comment further while this investigation is on-going.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 44091 44092 question first answered 12/09/2016 14:42:38 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

573413

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Ambush
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long HMS Ambush is expected to remain out of service while repairs are being conducted; and where that repair work will be carried out.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	44091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>It is UK policy that we do not comment on matters relating to submarine activity or operations as this would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p><p>HMS AMBUSH is undergoing repairs at Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde, the duration of which is under review.</p><p>On 28 July 2016, the Director General of the Defence Safety Authority convened an independent Service Inquiry to investigate the circumstances of this incident. It would be inappropriate to comment further while this investigation is on-going.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 44090 44092 question first answered 12/09/2016 14:42:38 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

573415

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Ambush
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the circumstances were of the collision involving HMS Ambush near Gibraltar on 20 July 2016; and whether there will be a board of inquiry investigation into that incident.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	44092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>It is UK policy that we do not comment on matters relating to submarine activity or operations as this would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p><p>HMS AMBUSH is undergoing repairs at Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde, the duration of which is under review.</p><p>On 28 July 2016, the Director General of the Defence Safety Authority convened an independent Service Inquiry to investigate the circumstances of this incident. It would be inappropriate to comment further while this investigation is on-going.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 44090 44091 question first answered 12/09/2016 14:42:38 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

573622

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Type 26 Frigates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the effect of changes to the timetable in the procurement of Type 26 Frigates on (a) jobs, (b) apprenticeships and (c) skills in the affected shipyards in the next six months.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	44582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer my predecessor (Philip Dunne) gave on 27 June 2016 to Question 905474 to the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (Margaret Ferrier).</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 07/09/2016 14:29:52 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 27 June 2016 HOC 509474.docx title Type 26 Frigates
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

577478

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Finance and Economics Annual Bulletin: Trade, Industry and Contracts 2016, published on 25 August 2016, what information his Department holds on the SME status of the suppliers who were awarded contracts in 2015-16 but whose SME status was not assessed by Dun and Bradstreet on behalf of his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	45575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>In 2015-16, the Ministry of Defence placed 320 new contracts with suppliers that were assessed through the Dun and Bradstreet process as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). These had a total value of around £206 million. A further 435 contracts, with a total value of around £8,748 million, were placed with suppliers whose SME status has not currently been assessed by Dun and Bradstreet.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service contract that identifies and assesses the SME status of suppliers through the Dun and Bradstreet process expired in 2014. As a result, while we hold management information about our expenditure with all contracted suppliers, we do not currently hold accurate information on the SME status of the 435 contracted suppliers that have not been assessed by Dun and Bradstreet.</p><p> </p><p>Discussions are under way with the Crown Commercial Service and across Government to re-introduce this service, with a view to retrospective assessments being completed. This means that the above figures are provisional and subject to change.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 45553 45574 question first answered 12/09/2016 14:43:28 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

577479

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Finance and Economics Annual Bulletin: Trade, Industry and Contracts 2016, published on 25 August 2016, what estimate he has made of the total (a) number and (b) value of contracts placed by his Department with SMEs in 2015-16, including the 435 contracts placed with suppliers whose SME status was not assessed by Dun and Bradstreet.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	45574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>In 2015-16, the Ministry of Defence placed 320 new contracts with suppliers that were assessed through the Dun and Bradstreet process as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). These had a total value of around £206 million. A further 435 contracts, with a total value of around £8,748 million, were placed with suppliers whose SME status has not currently been assessed by Dun and Bradstreet.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service contract that identifies and assesses the SME status of suppliers through the Dun and Bradstreet process expired in 2014. As a result, while we hold management information about our expenditure with all contracted suppliers, we do not currently hold accurate information on the SME status of the 435 contracted suppliers that have not been assessed by Dun and Bradstreet.</p><p> </p><p>Discussions are under way with the Crown Commercial Service and across Government to re-introduce this service, with a view to retrospective assessments being completed. This means that the above figures are provisional and subject to change.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 45553 45575 question first answered 12/09/2016 14:43:29 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

577483

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the SME status of suppliers awarded new contracts by his Department has not been assessed by Dun and Bradstreet since 2014; and if he will commission an independent assessment of the SME status of all suppliers awarded contracts by his Department in 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	45553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>In 2015-16, the Ministry of Defence placed 320 new contracts with suppliers that were assessed through the Dun and Bradstreet process as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). These had a total value of around £206 million. A further 435 contracts, with a total value of around £8,748 million, were placed with suppliers whose SME status has not currently been assessed by Dun and Bradstreet.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service contract that identifies and assesses the SME status of suppliers through the Dun and Bradstreet process expired in 2014. As a result, while we hold management information about our expenditure with all contracted suppliers, we do not currently hold accurate information on the SME status of the 435 contracted suppliers that have not been assessed by Dun and Bradstreet.</p><p> </p><p>Discussions are under way with the Crown Commercial Service and across Government to re-introduce this service, with a view to retrospective assessments being completed. This means that the above figures are provisional and subject to change.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 45574 45575 question first answered 12/09/2016 14:43:28 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

573611

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times his Department has used the services of (a) PwC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) KPMG and (e) other consulting firms in the last three financial years; and what (i) work was undertaken and (ii) the cost to the public purse was on each such occasion.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
	uin	44347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Detailed information about the work undertaken in individual contracts could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The table below shows the number of times the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has used the services of PwC, Deloitte, Ernst and Young and KPMG and the total expenditure for each financial year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Vendor Name</p></td><td><p>Number of Contracts</p></td><td><p>2013-14 Payments</p></td><td><p>2014-15 Payments</p></td><td><p>2015-16 Payments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>£12,291,493</p></td><td><p>£10,495,047</p></td><td><p>£17,459,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DELOITTE LLP</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>£22,239,558</p></td><td><p>£12,325,152</p></td><td><p>£12,342,592</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DELOITTE MCS LIMITED</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>£6,142,266</p></td><td><p>£6,792,413</p></td><td><p>£2,675,673</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ERNST &amp; YOUNG LLP</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>£17,258,841</p></td><td><p>£16,996,746</p></td><td><p>£18,786,874</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KPMG LLP</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>£25,284,417</p></td><td><p>£38,350,698</p></td><td><p>£33,175,164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>£83,216,575</p></td><td><p>£84,960,056</p></td><td><p>£84,439,703</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Although the MOD can identify its direct expenditure with individual companies it does not specifically record centrally if the company is a consultancy firm. It is therefore not possible to identify (e) other consulting firms without being provided with a list of specific companies. Non-consulting companies can also provide consultancy services to the MOD as part of a larger contract.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 12/09/2016 14:41:48 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

576770

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Type 45 Destroyers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what works took place on the engines of the Type 45 Destroyers while they were collectively docked during the summer of 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	45254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The planned maintenance periods in 2016 for all Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyers have included work on the propulsion systems.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 12/09/2016 14:44:12 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching