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1441360

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Flagship: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an estimate of the annual running costs of supporting the National Flagship, including staffing.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	140386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>The National Flagship is a cross-government platform. Annual running costs, including crewing, are being refined within the business model; this will be finalised as part of the next spending review.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 23/03/2022 12:25:02 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1434219

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Flagship
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the costs of the National Flagship were excluded from the Defence and Equipment Plan 2021-31.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	127320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The Prime Minister announced the construction of the new National Flagship on 30 May 2021. This was not included in our costings in April 2021; therefore, it does not appear in the Defence and Equipment Plan 2021-31.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 03/03/2022 16:40:11 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1418303

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Flagship: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the National Flagship competition will be open to both steel and aluminium designs.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	114660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>The National Flagship programme remains in its Design Stage. No limitation has been placed on designers in respect of the material from which the vessel will be constructed. The onus will be on the successful bidders to demonstrate how their design can be delivered in the UK in terms of time and cost. The construction of the National Flagship will be subject to a separate competition.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 03/02/2022 17:20:49 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1386304

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Shipbuilding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his timescale is for publishing the National Shipbuilding Strategy refresh.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	89513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>The National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh will now be published early next year.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 14/12/2021 10:59:44 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 38773 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1365922

registered interest
date	03/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Flagship: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the construction of the National Flagship will (a) be funded from the defence budget and (b) affect other defence capabilities.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	69018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>The capital cost of building the National Flagship will fall to the defence budget as part of the Government's wider commitment to the UK shipbuilding industry. The through-life costs will be addressed at the next Spending Review. The build cost is expected to be about 0.1% of the defence budget over the next four years and will be brought into our spending plans in the 2022 annual budget cycle.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 09/11/2021 11:51:51 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 30913 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1360586

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Flagship: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the £250 million Royal Yacht contract that will be reserved for payments for the interior design of the vessel.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	58311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>The National Flagship is not a direct replacement for HMY Britannia and will not therefore be a Royal Yacht.</p><p> </p><p>A competition is underway to procure a world-class design for the National Flagship. It will be for the successful bidder in this competition to determine the proportion of value in its firm price contract that is allocated to interior design. A separate competition will be conducted for the construction of the National Flagship. It will be for the successful bidder in that competition to determine how construction contract costs are broken down.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 22/11/2021 13:20:00 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 26014 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1357191

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Flagship: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which companies have been awarded design contracts for the National Flagship programme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	52420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>No design contracts have yet been awarded for the National Flagship programme.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 18/10/2021 11:56:33 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1350901

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Flagship
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total cost of bringing the National Flagship into service with the Royal Navy.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	40654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>Estimates for the costs of building and operating the National Flagship will be established during market engagement.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 40986 question first answered 10/09/2021 09:33:01 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346732

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Flagship: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the categorisation of the National Flagship as a (a) non-sensitive and (b) non-warlike material in respect of the UK's responsibility to the Agreement on Government Procurement .
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	33134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2021 answer text <p>Construction of the National Flagship will be limited to the UK in order to protect the essential interests of national security. The procurement of the Flagship will be compliant with the UK's obligations under the WTO Government Procurement Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 33135 question first answered 23/07/2021 12:04:38 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 15264 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346733

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Flagship: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2021 to Question 28983 on the National Flagship and with reference to Item 47 of annex 4 of the UK schedule of the Agreement on Government Procurement, whether the Government plans to build the proposed National Flagship in the UK.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	33135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2021 answer text <p>Construction of the National Flagship will be limited to the UK in order to protect the essential interests of national security. The procurement of the Flagship will be compliant with the UK's obligations under the WTO Government Procurement Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 33134 question first answered 23/07/2021 12:04:38 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 15265 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones