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992609

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What priority his Department accords to the preservation of UK shipbuilding capacity when awarding contracts to build the fleet solid support ships.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	907175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s National Shipbuilding Strategy was clear that for reasons of national security warships must be built in the UK.</p><p>Fleet solid support ships do not fall under the National Shipbuilding Strategy definition of a warship. All non-Warships are procured through international competition to secure best value for money.</p><p>We have encouraged UK shipyards to participate in the competition and have been pleased with the positive engagement so far.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 22/10/2018 15:47:22 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1109912

	registered interest
	date	05/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether bidders participating in the procurement process for fleet support ships are required to provide (a) carrier strike group 22, (b) carrier strike and (c) carrier-enabled power projection capabilities; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	241496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The Fleet Solid Support ships will not directly provide a carrier strike or carrier-enabled power projection capability but will facilitate these through the delivery of food, stores and ordnance to the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers. Bidders for the main design and build contract are not required to provide any specific carrier strike capability.</p><p>All sensitive equipment that would be used in the support of carrier strike operations will be subject to a separate UK-only competition after main contract award.</p><p>The term Carrier Strike Group 22 is not recognised.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 10/04/2019 14:19:03 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1109384

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which firms are actively bidding for the Fleet Solid Support Ships contract.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
	uin	240632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The following companies/consortia have been selected to tender for the Fleet Solid Support ship design and build contract: Team UK (a UK consortium consisting of Babcock International, BAE Systems, Cammell Laird and Rolls-Royce), Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (Republic of Korea), Fincantieri (Italy), Navantia (Spain), and Japan Marine United Corporation (Japan).</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/04/2019 14:59:56 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1105949

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recent naval incursions by Spanish vessels into UK territorial waters around Gibraltar, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of awarding the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract to a Spanish company.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	238288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The National Shipbuilding Strategy was clear that the Fleet Solid Support Ships will be subject to international competition. It makes no assumptions about where the ships will be built.</p><p>The competition that is now under way to procure the Fleet Solid Support Ships will be assessed fairly and in accordance with UK public procurement law. I am very pleased that a UK consortium is among the bidders.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/04/2019 14:54:13 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1091314

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, When his Department plans to make an announcement on the awarding of the contract for the Fleet Solid Support ships.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
	tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
	uin	234164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 14 November 2018 to Question 191321 from the hon. Member for North Durham (Kevan Jones).</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/03/2019 17:44:33 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name 191321 - Shipping procurement.docx title 191321 - Shipping procurement
	tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

1003710

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the specification is for the radar in relation to expressions of interest for the Fleet Solid Support Ships.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	189557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Expressions of Interest process for the Fleet Solid Support ships did not include any technical specifications. The detailed technical specification requirements will be released to companies that are invited to negotiate for the Design and Manufacture contract.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 19/11/2018 16:45:52 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

984553

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) his Department or (b) HM Treasury determines that planned orders for future fleet solid support ships will be subject to international competition.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	177206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>The procurement of the Fleet Solid Support ships through international competition reflects the fact that they are Naval Auxiliary Support Ships and not warships. We are therefore required by law to procure them through international competition, under our obligations set out in the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 and as outlined in the National Shipbuilding Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 17/10/2018 16:50:14 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones