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date	27/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Single Source Regulations Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made in establishing the Single Source Regulations Office; what budget has been set for the first year of operation of that office; and what estimate he has made of the number of contracts it will consider in financial year 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Luff
uin	216326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>Considerable progress has been made in establishing the Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO) as the regulator for the new single source procurement framework. The Chair of the new body was formally appointed in May 2014 and non-executive directors were appointed in October. The SSRO held its first Board meeting on 13 October. The new body is in the process of recruiting staff, establishing its new offices in Finlaison House, and setting up its processes and IT systems. It has also been consulting closely with key stakeholders in industry and in Government over its role as the independent regulator. The SSRO issued its first newsletter in mid-November highlighting progress already made and its plans over the next few months. This is available on the gov.uk website.</p><p>The budget for the SSRO in the financial year 2014-2015 has been set at £2.9 million.</p><p>Secondary legislation to enable the new single source procurement framework is currently being considered by Parliament, having been laid at the end of October. In order to facilitate the implementation of the new framework, when it comes into force, it will initially only cover new qualifying defence contracts with a value of £500 million or more with this threshold falling to new qualifying defence contracts with a value of £5 million or more as from the end of March 2015 onwards. We therefore estimate that this higher initial threshold will only affect a handful of new contracts (and related subcontracts) signed before the end of March 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 03/12/2014 16:45:35 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	268 label Biography information for Sir Peter Luff

166541

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Katrice Lee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will authorise the release of case files relating to the investigation of the disappearance of Katrice Lee to her family; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	216329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Our thoughts and sympathies remain with Katrice Lee's family. The Royal Military Police continue to investigate Katrice's disappearance from Paderborn in Germany in 1981. As the investigation, known as Operation Bute, is still underway, I am unable to comment further on progress at this time. The original case files form part of this investigation; as such they can be considered for disclosure only when the investigation has been concluded. Liaison officers from the Royal Military Police remain in contact with Katrice's family to ensure that they are kept up to date about the investigation's progress.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 216297 question first answered 02/12/2014 17:51:31 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

166542

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
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, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2014 to Question 209332, by what mechanisms his Department assesses the effectiveness of its communications to industry of its future requirements.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Luff
uin	216299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The membership and structure of the Defence Suppliers Forum (DSF) and its respective sub-committees are kept under review to ensure it is representative of the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) suppliers. Feedback from industry indicates that it continues to represent a valuable mechanism for engaging with the MOD on current and future priorities and requirements.</p><p>In addition the Industry days organised by the Department and/or domains are usually based on business cases that state the objectives and benefits of the event and which require evaluation of success. Some examples of key outcomes of an event include an increase in industry awareness of the aims and developments of the procurement strategy, an increase in MOD understanding of the key themes and issues faced by industry, and the early identification of potential risks to the strategy. The success of the event is then evaluated both in terms of the level of interest expressed by industry in the event, and the level of understanding and buy-in determined through a simple event questionnaire.</p><p>The MOD monitors the number of supplier and buyer enquires received via the Defence Contracts Online Portal. The latest available figures show that between January and July 2014, the total number of queries received was nearly 3,500. During this period, nearly 1,200 tender and contract notices were advertised on the portal.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 02/12/2014 17:51:03 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	268 label Biography information for Sir Peter Luff

166543

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Katrice Lee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made in respect of Operation BUTE, the Royal Military Police inquiry into the disappearance of Katrice Lee in 1981.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	216297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Our thoughts and sympathies remain with Katrice Lee's family. The Royal Military Police continue to investigate Katrice's disappearance from Paderborn in Germany in 1981. As the investigation, known as Operation Bute, is still underway, I am unable to comment further on progress at this time. The original case files form part of this investigation; as such they can be considered for disclosure only when the investigation has been concluded. Liaison officers from the Royal Military Police remain in contact with Katrice's family to ensure that they are kept up to date about the investigation's progress.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 216329 question first answered 02/12/2014 17:51:31 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright