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1109099

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date	02/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Rolling Stock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to 40 per cent of new tube train Siemens planned to built in Vienna, what support the Government is providing to UK companies to help ensure rolling stock for High Speed Two is built in the UK.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	239905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The procurement of the new HS2 Phase One fleet is being undertaken in accordance with the Utilities Contract Regulations 2016. The regulations require all tenderers be treated equally on a non-discriminatory basis. This means that HS2 cannot mandate that the design and manufacture of the new fleet should be undertaken in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>This also means that HS2 cannot reward, in its procurement scoring mechanism, UK or regional content over non-UK content. However, the Utilities Contract Regulations do include a scoring mechanism that assesses each Tenderer’s plans for developing skills, education and employment opportunities and promoting supply chain opportunities through the supply and maintenance of the new trains.</p><p> </p><p>All parties invited to tender are required to make clear in their proposal how the manufacture and maintenance of the rolling stock will add value to the UK economy and contribute to the delivery of the HS2 programme strategic goals. All such commitments made will be included in the contract with the winning bidder.</p><p> </p><p>To support UK suppliers HS2 will ensure they are fully aware of specific opportunities through the contract opportunities table published on its website, through targeted ‘meet the contractor’ events and through regular engagement. To date, this approach has ensured that over 99% of direct and indirect HS2 awarded contracts have been to UK based organisations, over 70% of which are SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>The procurement you refer to for the supply of new Piccadilly line trains from Siemens Mobility Limited was conducted by London Underground Limited (a subsidiary of Transport for London).</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 239907 239909 question first answered 09/04/2019 10:24:55 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1109102

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Rolling Stock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that High Speed Two trains will be built in the UK and be created using a UK Supply Chain.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	239907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The procurement of the new HS2 Phase One fleet is being undertaken in accordance with the Utilities Contract Regulations 2016. The regulations require all tenderers be treated equally on a non-discriminatory basis. This means that HS2 cannot mandate that the design and manufacture of the new fleet should be undertaken in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>This also means that HS2 cannot reward, in its procurement scoring mechanism, UK or regional content over non-UK content. However, the Utilities Contract Regulations do include a scoring mechanism that assesses each Tenderer’s plans for developing skills, education and employment opportunities and promoting supply chain opportunities through the supply and maintenance of the new trains.</p><p> </p><p>All parties invited to tender are required to make clear in their proposal how the manufacture and maintenance of the rolling stock will add value to the UK economy and contribute to the delivery of the HS2 programme strategic goals. All such commitments made will be included in the contract with the winning bidder.</p><p> </p><p>To support UK suppliers HS2 will ensure they are fully aware of specific opportunities through the contract opportunities table published on its website, through targeted ‘meet the contractor’ events and through regular engagement. To date, this approach has ensured that over 99% of direct and indirect HS2 awarded contracts have been to UK based organisations, over 70% of which are SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>The procurement you refer to for the supply of new Piccadilly line trains from Siemens Mobility Limited was conducted by London Underground Limited (a subsidiary of Transport for London).</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 239905 239909 question first answered 09/04/2019 10:24:55 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1109106

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons Government tendering can write UK Content or GVA into public procurement but cannot do so for rolling stock contracts; and whether he has any plans to change policy in this area.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	239908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Rolling stock procurement is undertaken through fair and open competition, usually by train operators as part of their franchise commitments. Such procurements must be undertaken in line with the relevant procurement regulations in force at the time.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/04/2019 13:42:15 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1109107

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Rolling Stock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the UK Government has written UK Content into the High Speed Two contract.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	239909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The procurement of the new HS2 Phase One fleet is being undertaken in accordance with the Utilities Contract Regulations 2016. The regulations require all tenderers be treated equally on a non-discriminatory basis. This means that HS2 cannot mandate that the design and manufacture of the new fleet should be undertaken in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>This also means that HS2 cannot reward, in its procurement scoring mechanism, UK or regional content over non-UK content. However, the Utilities Contract Regulations do include a scoring mechanism that assesses each Tenderer’s plans for developing skills, education and employment opportunities and promoting supply chain opportunities through the supply and maintenance of the new trains.</p><p> </p><p>All parties invited to tender are required to make clear in their proposal how the manufacture and maintenance of the rolling stock will add value to the UK economy and contribute to the delivery of the HS2 programme strategic goals. All such commitments made will be included in the contract with the winning bidder.</p><p> </p><p>To support UK suppliers HS2 will ensure they are fully aware of specific opportunities through the contract opportunities table published on its website, through targeted ‘meet the contractor’ events and through regular engagement. To date, this approach has ensured that over 99% of direct and indirect HS2 awarded contracts have been to UK based organisations, over 70% of which are SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>The procurement you refer to for the supply of new Piccadilly line trains from Siemens Mobility Limited was conducted by London Underground Limited (a subsidiary of Transport for London).</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 239905 239907 question first answered 09/04/2019 10:24:55 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1109170

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Supply Chains
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has received a supply chain development plan from Siemens or Talgo as part of their commitment to build new train factories.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	239914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not received a supply chain development plan from either manufacturer. However, Talgo has made a commitment that it will create five jobs in the supply chain for every job it creates in its UK facility should it be successful in winning manufacturing contracts. Siemens expects to indirectly create 1,700 jobs in the supply chain through its UK facility.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/04/2019 09:48:35 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1108727

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans for the concept and development phase for the two new littoral strike vessels to be concluded.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	239197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The Develop phase (previously known as Concept and Development) for the Littoral Strike Ship will be concluded later this year.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 09/04/2019 14:47:08 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones