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170633

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Protective Clothing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the future waterproofing requirements of the armed forces of (a) the UK and (b) other NATO member states; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr James Arbuthnot
	uin	218933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes all measures possible to ensure that all clothing issued to service personnel is both right for the job and right for them. We apply rigorous technical specifications and quality standards which are reviewed regularly. These assessments include regular engagement with UK Front Line Commands and NATO to ensure appropriate products are obtained for UK Armed Forces.</p><p>The new Waterproof Garments contract, commonly known as the Taped Seam Contract, includes the lightweight waterproof jacket, which can be worn under body armour; all other waterproof garments are designed to be worn without body armour.Although, currently, there is no identified requirement for chemical and biological protection or flame retardancy the new contract will include a design and development clause for future requirements.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 218922 218923 218924 218931 218932 question first answered 05/01/2015 16:36:27 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	56 label Biography information for Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom

170634

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Protective Clothing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration has been given to different future requirements for waterproofs of (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr James Arbuthnot
	uin	218922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes all measures possible to ensure that all clothing issued to service personnel is both right for the job and right for them. We apply rigorous technical specifications and quality standards which are reviewed regularly. These assessments include regular engagement with UK Front Line Commands and NATO to ensure appropriate products are obtained for UK Armed Forces.</p><p>The new Waterproof Garments contract, commonly known as the Taped Seam Contract, includes the lightweight waterproof jacket, which can be worn under body armour; all other waterproof garments are designed to be worn without body armour.Although, currently, there is no identified requirement for chemical and biological protection or flame retardancy the new contract will include a design and development clause for future requirements.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 218923 218924 218931 218932 218933 question first answered 05/01/2015 16:36:26 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	56 label Biography information for Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom

170635

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Protective Clothing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether waterproofs procured under the Taped Seam Contract will be designed to be worn under or over body armour.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr James Arbuthnot
	uin	218923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes all measures possible to ensure that all clothing issued to service personnel is both right for the job and right for them. We apply rigorous technical specifications and quality standards which are reviewed regularly. These assessments include regular engagement with UK Front Line Commands and NATO to ensure appropriate products are obtained for UK Armed Forces.</p><p>The new Waterproof Garments contract, commonly known as the Taped Seam Contract, includes the lightweight waterproof jacket, which can be worn under body armour; all other waterproof garments are designed to be worn without body armour.Although, currently, there is no identified requirement for chemical and biological protection or flame retardancy the new contract will include a design and development clause for future requirements.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 218922 218924 218931 218932 218933 question first answered 05/01/2015 16:36:26 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	56 label Biography information for Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom

170636

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Protective Clothing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Defence Equipment and Support plans to include a requirement for flame retardancy in future waterproof garments under the next Taped Seam Contract.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr James Arbuthnot
	uin	218931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes all measures possible to ensure that all clothing issued to service personnel is both right for the job and right for them. We apply rigorous technical specifications and quality standards which are reviewed regularly. These assessments include regular engagement with UK Front Line Commands and NATO to ensure appropriate products are obtained for UK Armed Forces.</p><p>The new Waterproof Garments contract, commonly known as the Taped Seam Contract, includes the lightweight waterproof jacket, which can be worn under body armour; all other waterproof garments are designed to be worn without body armour.Although, currently, there is no identified requirement for chemical and biological protection or flame retardancy the new contract will include a design and development clause for future requirements.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 218922 218923 218924 218932 218933 question first answered 05/01/2015 16:36:26 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	56 label Biography information for Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom

170637

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Uniforms
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Defence Equipment and Support plans to include a requirement for chemical and biological protection in future waterproof garments under the next Taped Seam Contract.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr James Arbuthnot
	uin	218932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes all measures possible to ensure that all clothing issued to service personnel is both right for the job and right for them. We apply rigorous technical specifications and quality standards which are reviewed regularly. These assessments include regular engagement with UK Front Line Commands and NATO to ensure appropriate products are obtained for UK Armed Forces.</p><p>The new Waterproof Garments contract, commonly known as the Taped Seam Contract, includes the lightweight waterproof jacket, which can be worn under body armour; all other waterproof garments are designed to be worn without body armour.Although, currently, there is no identified requirement for chemical and biological protection or flame retardancy the new contract will include a design and development clause for future requirements.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 218922 218923 218924 218931 218933 question first answered 05/01/2015 16:36:27 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	56 label Biography information for Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom

170638

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Protective Clothing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what specifications the Taped Seam Contract will set out for future waterproofs; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr James Arbuthnot
	uin	218924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes all measures possible to ensure that all clothing issued to service personnel is both right for the job and right for them. We apply rigorous technical specifications and quality standards which are reviewed regularly. These assessments include regular engagement with UK Front Line Commands and NATO to ensure appropriate products are obtained for UK Armed Forces.</p><p>The new Waterproof Garments contract, commonly known as the Taped Seam Contract, includes the lightweight waterproof jacket, which can be worn under body armour; all other waterproof garments are designed to be worn without body armour.Although, currently, there is no identified requirement for chemical and biological protection or flame retardancy the new contract will include a design and development clause for future requirements.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 218922 218923 218931 218932 218933 question first answered 05/01/2015 16:36:26 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	56 label Biography information for Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom

173831

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Ordnance Survey
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether Ordnance Survey is conducting aerial photography of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr James Arbuthnot
	uin	220720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>Ordnance Survey captures aerial photography every year and uses this imagery to update the OS MasterMap® of Great Britain in order to fulfil its obligations under its Public Task. In addition, Ordnance Survey makes the aerial photography available as a product for its customers’ use in the Government, Business and Consumer markets; this is called OS MasterMap® Imagery Layer.</p><p> </p><p>Ordnance Survey has been acquiring aerial imagery since the 1930s and established its own Flying Unit in 1966.</p><p> </p><p>Ordnance Survey captures imagery in order to meet its commitments to maintain the currency of its mapping data as laid before Parliament in its annual Agency Performance Monitors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 19/01/2015 15:11:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	56 label Biography information for Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom

174654

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Aerial Photography
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to replace the Ordnance Survey's aerial photography programme with the licensing of such photographs from other agencies and businesses; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr James Arbuthnot
	uin	221333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>Ordnance Survey is an independent, non-ministerial government department with Executive Agency status operating as a Trading Fund under the Ordnance Survey Trading Fund Order 1999. As such, Ordnance Survey has delegated authority the make the decisions necessary to fulfil its Public Task.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An open procurement process is currently underway for a new contract to fulfil Ordnance Survey’s remote sensing requirements. Ordnance Survey requires ownership of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of the aerial imagery for various reasons, including the ability to use the deliverables on an unrestricted basis and the need to be able to deliver changing Crown policy requirements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 27/01/2015 14:18:37 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 40008 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	56 label Biography information for Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom

174659

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Aerial Photography
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost was of the Ordnance Survey's aerial photography programme in each of the last five years; and if he will make an estimate of the potential annual cost of licensing such photographs from other agencies and businesses.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr James Arbuthnot
	uin	221332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The costs for Ordnance Survey’s aerial photography programme in each of the last five years are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2010/11 - £3.36m</p><p> </p><p>2011/12 - £2.05m</p><p> </p><p>2012/13 - £1.63m</p><p> </p><p>2013/14 - £1.96m</p><p> </p><p>2014/15 - £1.97m</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These costs include capture of the imagery and it’s processing to create ortho-imagery, which is used to update the Master Map of Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As explained in the response to Question UIN 221333, Ordnance Survey requires full ownership of the Intellectual Property Rights of the aerial photography it acquires. Ordnance Survey considered all options and decided to procure full rights to the data it required.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 27/01/2015 14:19:35 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 40007 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	56 label Biography information for Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom

64240

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Rescue Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's responsibility is for long range search and rescue at sea.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr James Arbuthnot
	uin	202654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK's responsibilities for search and rescue are set out in Annex 12 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation and the Maritime Search and Rescue Convention. The Convention of the High Seas and the International Convention on the Safety of Life at Sea are also relevant. All four Conventions ask that the Department for Transport establish arrangements for search and rescue in the United Kingdom's Search and Rescue Region and formalises international cooperation with neighbouring states by agreeing common response plans and the sharing of resources. The Conventions also compel ships' masters to render assistance to those in distress at sea. The UK's responsibility for search and rescue responsibilities extends out to 30º west in latitude and covers some 1 million square miles. The Department for Transport discharges this responsibility on behalf of the Government.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 01/07/2014 11:21:06 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	56 label Biography information for Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom