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166276

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new Ministry of Defence HQ contracts were for under £1 million in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	216070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>In financial year 2013-14 the Ministry of Defence awarded 1,889 contracts with a value of less than £1 million.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 02/12/2014 16:22:46 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

166277

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new Ministry of Defence HQ contracts were placed in 2013-14; what the value of those contracts was; how many on the bid basis were (a) competitive and (b) non-competitive contracts.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	216071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Information on contracts placed by the Ministry of Defence (MOD), including the nature of those contracts, is published on gov.uk as part of the MOD trade, industry and contracts statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-industry-trade-and-contracts-2014</p><p>Table 1.01.06 'New contracts placed by type' shows that the MOD awarded 2,328 contracts in 2013-14, with a value of £6,205 million. Of these, 39% were awarded on a competitive basis, and 56% were non-competitive. The remainder were mainly instances where a contract has been let as a Terms of Business Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 02/12/2014 16:22:04 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

166281

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on each type of fuel in 2013-14; and who the suppliers were.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	216072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The majority of Ground, Aviation and Marine fuel consumed by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is purchased under the bulk fuel contracts managed by the Defence Fuel Services Team, part of Defence Equipment and Support. The expenditure against these contracts for financial year 2013-14, in £ million, is shown in the following tables.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Ground Fuels</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Supplier</strong></td><td><strong>Diesel</strong></td><td><strong>Unleaded</strong></td><td><strong>Grand Total </strong></td></tr><tr><td>Certas Energy</td><td>12.30</td><td>0.12</td><td>12.42</td></tr><tr><td>GB Oils</td><td>9.67</td><td>0.04</td><td>9.71</td></tr><tr><td>Hall Fuels</td><td>9.44</td><td>0.56</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Harvest</td><td>11.98</td><td>0.12</td><td>12.10</td></tr><tr><td>Henty</td><td>2.38</td><td>0.03</td><td>2.41</td></tr><tr><td>LCC</td><td>0.77</td><td>0.13</td><td>0.90</td></tr><tr><td>Scottish Fuels</td><td>1.08</td><td>0.09</td><td>1.17</td></tr><tr><td>WFSCORP</td><td>0.96</td><td>-</td><td>0.96</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Grand Total</strong></td><td>48.58</td><td> </td><td>49.67</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>(1) During the financial year Certas Energy took over GB Oils and Scottish Fuels and WFSCORP took over Henty. These companies continue to trade under their original names.</p><p>(2) Other parts of the MOD purchase ground fuels but this information is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Aviation and Marine</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Supplier </strong></td><td><strong>Aviation</strong></td><td><strong>F44 (Marine Aviation) </strong></td><td><strong>F76 (Marine) </strong></td><td><strong>Grand Total</strong></td></tr><tr><td>BP Oil International</td><td>46.21</td><td>-</td><td>26.50</td><td>72.71</td></tr><tr><td>CEPSA</td><td>20.51</td><td>-</td><td>26.01</td><td>46.52</td></tr><tr><td>Chevron</td><td>-</td><td>16.09</td><td>-</td><td>16.09</td></tr><tr><td>HETCO</td><td>33.30</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>33.30</td></tr><tr><td>MOH</td><td>11.28</td><td>6.12</td><td>19.49</td><td>36.89</td></tr><tr><td>Q8</td><td>14.91</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>14.91</td></tr><tr><td>Shell</td><td>105.21</td><td>-</td><td>53.58</td><td>158.79</td></tr><tr><td>World Fuels</td><td>14.31</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>14.31</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Grand Total</strong></td><td>245.73</td><td>22.21</td><td>125.58</td><td>393.52</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Outside of these contracts the Front Line Commands purchased £137.45 million of aviation fuel in financial year 2013-14. These purchases occur when an aircraft refuels at a non-MOD site.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 02/12/2014 16:25:51 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

155791

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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 the Taped Seam contract will include a development clause for waterproofs for future armed forces clothing requirements.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	214769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The new Waterproof Garments contract, commonly known as the Taped Seam Contract, will include a design and development clause for future requirements.</p><p>Waterproof clothing is supplied to the Ministry of Defence, under the Waterproof Garments Contract, by ITURRI SA. The company currently manufactures the waterproof garments in Morocco and Vietnam. The cloth used in manufacture is sourced from Italy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 214440 question first answered 24/11/2014 17:15:02 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

155813

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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, what discussions his Department had had with the Royal Marines on that corps' decision to procure waterproofs through NATO; and what conclusions he has drawn from those discussions.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	214482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The Defence Clothing Team, part of Defence Equipment and Support, is responsible for providing all waterproof clothing to the Royal Marines (RM).</p><p>In 2013 the RM identified a requirement for a new windproof suit as part of its Mountain and Cold Weather Warfare range of clothing. Following trials, suitable items, which were also waterproof, were procured by the Defence Clothing Team using an existing contract let by the NATO Logistic Support Agency.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 24/11/2014 17:26:39 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

155815

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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, what the supply chain is of his Department's current waterproof provider; and in what locations those garments are manufactured.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	214440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The new Waterproof Garments contract, commonly known as the Taped Seam Contract, will include a design and development clause for future requirements.</p><p>Waterproof clothing is supplied to the Ministry of Defence, under the Waterproof Garments Contract, by ITURRI SA. The company currently manufactures the waterproof garments in Morocco and Vietnam. The cloth used in manufacture is sourced from Italy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 214769 question first answered 24/11/2014 17:15:02 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

100106

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which freedoms and flexibilities the bidders for Managed Service Providers in the Ministry of Defence DE and S have been granted.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	211274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>When Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S) became a bespoke trading entity on 1 April 2014 it was given a broad range of freedoms, agreed by HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office, to allow it to manage its business, outputs and workforce within an operating cost envelope set to drive significant efficiencies. The bidders for the Managed Service Provider work packages are not granted freedoms and flexibilities; they are being procured via standard commercial practices to provide tailored external skills to support DE&amp;S as it uses its freedoms to transform and to deliver the equipment programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 28/10/2014 16:42:36 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

93495

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	MOD Ashchurch
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the study by the Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Logistics Operations) into the railhead at Ashchurch is still pending; and when he expects to receive the report of that study.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	210804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>In April 2014 the Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Logistics Operations) commissioned a Capability Investigation into future defence rail in order to inform future investment decisions; this included a review of all railheads used by defence. A staff review of the investigation report is currently being completed – it is expected that this review will take up to 90 days to complete.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 24/10/2014 13:30:22 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 23153 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

93498

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	MOD Ashchurch
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has included its cost estimate for the future delivery of controlled humidity environment capability the cost of (a) making the workforce redundant and (b) the cost of recruiting and training staff for the new site.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	210802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is still undertaking studies into the future of the site at MOD Ashchurch. Once all functions currently undertaken at MOD Ashchurch have been relocated to other facilities, appropriate supporting documentation will be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 210722 210795 question first answered 21/10/2014 16:36:55 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 23152 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

93504

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	MOD Ashchurch
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 potential effect on the housing targets within the Land Release Programme of not selling DSG Ashchurch under the Controlled Humidity Environment Capability and related projects programme.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	210761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>If Ashchurch was not sold, the Ministry of Defence would lose at least 2,100 housing units from its land release target.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 21/10/2014 16:38:21 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck