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1472882

registered interest
date	23/06/2022
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 he has held meetings with representatives of (a) industry and (b) trade unions on ensuring that the UK supply chain benefits from the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	23722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2022 answer text <p>Myself and the Minister for Defence Procurement (Jeremy Quin) meet regularly with representatives from defence industry. There has not been a meeting with either group specifically on the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 01/07/2022 09:08:03 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1466368

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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 his Department has awarded design contracts for the National Flagship contract.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	9849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The National Flagship programme remains in its Design Stage, with a competitive procurement process in progress. A separate competition for the construction of the National Flagship will be launched in due course. The detailed construction schedule will be subject to the successful bidder's build strategy. It is the intention to build the National Flagship in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 06/06/2022 11:26:02 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1464450

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment
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 16 May 2022 to Question 637 on Defence equipment, what the inaccuracies are in the Public Accounts Committee report.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	5363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>As indicated in the answer provided to the right hon. Member on 16 May 2022 to Question 637, the Department is in the process of raising its concerns directly with the Public Accounts Committee.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 25/05/2022 12:35:10 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace attachment 1 file name UIN637.docx title Defence Equipment
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1462033

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of messages published by the MOD's Official Press Office Twitter Account in relation to the Public Accounts Committee Report entitled Ministry of Defence Equipment Plan 2021–31.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>I agree with the tweet that the Public Accounts Committee Report (PAC) contained numerous inaccuracies. The Ministry of Defence will be writing to the PAC to outline these in detail in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 16/05/2022 14:15:48 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

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