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172130

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date	06/01/2015
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	Construction: Industry
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 publish any recent assessment he has made of compliance with the Construction Supply Chain Payment Charter.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	219831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Construction Supply Chain Payment Charter was published in April and publicly supported by members of the Construction Leadership Council.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Signing up to the Payment Charter is a voluntary commitment. We are currently consulting on a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) which construction businesses signing the Charter will report on, via the Institute of Credit Management. The KPIs are being developed in order to have a framework in place to monitor the effect of the Charter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 13/01/2015 11:29:27 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

172134

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Construction: Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) co-ordination, (b) efficiency and (c) improvements to productivity within the construction industry.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	219845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy for Construction, <em>Construction 2025,</em> was published in July 2013; it sets out a vision of where the industry will be in 2025 and the steps that are needed to get there. This is being taken forward in partnership with the industry through the Construction Leadership Council.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Achieving the four key ambitions of the strategy - reducing initial cost of construction and the whole-life cost of assets; reducing overall time from inception to completion; reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and reducing the trade gap between total exports and total imports - will improve the efficiency and the productivity of the industry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 13/01/2015 11:37:56 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

172141

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government takes to vet (a) applicants for and (b) holders of civil service posts in central government departments for extremist views.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	219823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>All civil servants are subject to recruitment checks (including of unspent criminal records) and are subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Code. Civil servants in sensitive roles are also subject to national security vetting, which involves a wide range of checks including against Security Service and police records. Managers are expected to report concerns about staff, including for example, expressions of support for extremist views, actions or incidents. Further details of the vetting process are available from: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmg-personnel-security-controls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmg-personnel-security-controls</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 13/01/2015 12:15:46 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

172156

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Infrastructure Organisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for the publication of his Department's Footprint Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The revised Footprint Strategy is due to be completed in February 2016 and we anticipate publication soon after completion.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 13/01/2015 16:46:21 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172157

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Support Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the announcement of the preferred bidder for the Defence Support Group, what the timetable is for agreement between his Department and Babcock on the rationalisation of the estate in order to meet their future plans.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="5"> </td><td colspan="6" rowspan="5"><p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement which I laid in the House on 6 January 2015 (Official Report, Column 9WS) on the sale of the Defence Support Group (DSG) land business to Babcock and signature of a 10-year contract to continue and transform the services DSG currently provides the Army.</p><p>The commencement of Babcock's contract on 1 April this year will lead a business improvement programme over several years aimed at optimising the output performance of the business. Under the contract and governance arrangements, Babcock will share any estates proposals with the Ministry of Defence on a six-monthly basis.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/01/2015 16:44:23 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name Defence Support Group WMS 6 January 2015.doc title Hansard Extract 6 January 2015
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172158

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Investment Approvals Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Investment Approvals Committee met in each of the last three years; and how many proposals that committee was asked to consider.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The majority of Investment Approvals Committee business is taken out-of-committee. It has met in-committee on 11 occasions in 2012, seven occasions in 2013 and 10 occasions in 2014.</p><p>In this period the Investment Approvals Committee considered 300 proposals (all category A investment projects) (93 in 2012, 104 in 2013, 103 in 2014), both in and out of committee.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/01/2015 16:40:02 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172160

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Assistance Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the size of the Defence Assistance Fund was in each of the last four years; and whether monies from that Fund are being used to support the Defence Language Training Centre.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Defence Assistance Fund (DAF) is an internal Ministry of Defence resource used to help to develop and maintain bilateral defence relationships in support of wider UK Government objectives, in line with the International Defence Engagement Strategy published in February 2013. In the current financial year (FY) 2014-15 the DAF totalled £16.558 million. In the preceding three years the totals were as follows: FY2013-14 - £15.635 million; FY2012-13 £12.327million; FY2011-12 - £12.027million</p><p>The Defence Culture and Language Centre (DCLC) is funded by the Defence Academy, an element of Joint Forces Command. No direct funding is received from the DAF, but the DAF is used on occasion to fund attendance at DCLC of international students who require English Language Training prior to joining further military training and education in the UK or before returning to their home country to train others.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 13/01/2015 16:26:02 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172161

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Bahrain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the strategic rationale was for opening a UK military base in Bahrain.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	219850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Statement which my right hon Friend the Defence Secretary made to the House on 9 December 2014 (Official Report, column 30WS).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 13/01/2015 16:38:08 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois attachment 1 file name 20141209_WMS_UK-Bahrain_Defence_Arrangement.doc title 20141209-WMS UK-Bahrain Defence Arrangement
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

172163

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Audit Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Defence Audit Committee met in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Defence Audit Committee met eight times in Financial Year 2013-14; six times in 2012-13 and five times in 2011-12.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 13/01/2015 16:25:04 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172164

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Vengeance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on which dates in 2014 HMS Vengeance was berthed at the Devonport dockyard undergoing refurbishment; and what particular refit was being carried out during that time by Babcock Marine on behalf on his Department.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	219880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>HMS Vengeance has been undergoing a Long Overhaul Period (Refuel) in Devonport Dockyard since March 2012. During this period she was docked from 16 April 2012 to 18 December 2014 and berthed from 18 December 2014 to 31 December 2014 following a successful &quot;flood up&quot;.</p><p>During 2014, HMS Vengeance has had a major overhaul of equipment, including capability upgrades, to underwrite operational service for a further 10 year commission. This has included the refuelling of the nuclear reactor, which was completed in April 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/01/2015 16:47:11 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn