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45881

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason he chose a one stage process for the sale of the land-focused business of the Defence Support Group; and what consultation there was on the options for the sale process with (a) the workforce of the group and (b) trades unions.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	194418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>The decision to proceed with a one stage process was taken to maximise competitive tension and shorten the timescales for the transaction. The commercial considerations around the structure of the competition are a matter for the Department so did not form part of our consultation with Defence Support Group staff and Trades Unions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

45882

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff employed within the land-focused business of the Defence Support Group will be (a) within and (b) without the scope of the sale.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	194400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>At the moment we expect all 1,973 permanent staff members employed within the land-focused Defence Support Group business to be included within the scope of sale and transferred to the new owner under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations. The final assessment will take place closer to the time of the actual sale.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

46060

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which bidders and consortia have passed the pre-qualification stage to purchase the land-focused business of the Defence Support Group.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	194517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence issued an Invitation To Negotiate on 28 March 2014 to a number of bidders, including individual companies and consortia, for the sale of the Defence Support Group Land Business. The identity of those bidders is commercially sensitive information.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

46073

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which sites used by the land-focused business of the Defence Support Group will be (a) sold, (b) leased to the buyer and (c) closed with a view to being put on the open market for development.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	194518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Other than the proposed closure of the site at Ashchurch for subsequent sale for development, it is not the intention of the Ministry of Defence to sell any of the sites used by the Defence Support Group (DSG) or to close any with a view to putting them on the market. The following facilities which the DSG occupy exclusively will be leased to the new company:</p><p> </p><p>Andover</p><p> </p><p>Bicester</p><p> </p><p>Bovington (main DSG facility)</p><p> </p><p>Lulworth</p><p> </p><p>Catterick</p><p> </p><p>Colchester</p><p> </p><p>Donnington</p><p> </p><p>Sennybridge</p><p> </p><p>Stirling</p><p> </p><p>Warminster (main DSG facility)</p><p> </p><p>The DSG will be granted a licence to occupy facilities at the following locations:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Abingdon</p><p> </p><p>Aldershot Sites</p><p> </p><p>Ashchurch (pending closure)</p><p> </p><p>Bovington (In-Barracks Support)</p><p> </p><p>Brawdy</p><p> </p><p>Chivenor</p><p> </p><p>Edinburgh</p><p> </p><p>Kinnegar</p><p> </p><p>Longmoor</p><p> </p><p>Portsmouth</p><p> </p><p>St Athan</p><p> </p><p>Stirling (Bldg 135)</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>Stranraer</p><p>Tidworth</p><p>Waddington</p><p> </p><p>Warminster (In-Barracks Support)</p><p> </p><p>Wattisham</p><p> </p><p>Woodbridge</p><p> </p><p>Woolwich</p><p> </p><p>Wyton</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

46734

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the timelines and milestones for Defence Equipment and Support Transformation will be published online and on the Defence Intranet.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	195165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her and the hon. Member for Mid Worcestershire (Sir Peter Luff) on 7 April 2014 (Official Report, column 91W-92W).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name Defence Equipment and Support.doc title Hansard Monday 7 April
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

46883

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	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 on the effect of changes in the size of the regular Army on the UK's ability to fulfil NATO obligations.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	195230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>We remain fully confident the UK is able to fulfil its obligations to NATO as we implement our Future Force 2020 plans. As explained to NATO Allies during recent NATO defence planning discussions, the UK has a realistic and achievable plan to meet our target of a sensible whole force balance and the UK already has an enviable reputation in NATO for addressing the defence planning targets the Alliance gives us.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

46066

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times a day the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier will be able to enter Portsmouth Harbour during spring tides.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	uin	194528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>The Queen Elizabeth class carriers would be able to enter Portsmouth Harbour twice a day, on each of two daily high tides, as could the Invincible class carriers.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

46068

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times HMS Hermes docked in Portsmouth Harbour.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	uin	194530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>The number of times HMS Hermes docked in Portsmouth Harbour for maintenance and refit, is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Dates</p></td><td><p>Reason</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September - November 1960</p></td><td><p>Maintenance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 1961 - April 1962</p></td><td><p>Refit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October - November 1962</p></td><td><p>Maintenance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 1966 - January 1967</p></td><td><p>Maintenance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March - May 1968</p></td><td><p>Maintenance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April - August 1969</p></td><td><p>Maintenance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 1969 - January 1970</p></td><td><p>Maintenance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 1978 - January 1979</p></td><td><p>Maintenance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March - May 1979</p></td><td><p>Maintenance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 1979 - January 1980</p></td><td><p>Maintenance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 1980 - May 1981</p></td><td><p>Refit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 1981 - January 1982</p></td><td><p>Maintenance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March - April 1982</p></td><td><p>Maintenance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August – November 1982</p></td><td><p>Maintenance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July - August 1983</p></td><td><p>Maintenance</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

46067

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which companies tendered for the Portsmouth Harbour dredging contract.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	uin	194529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>The contract to dredge Portsmouth Harbour is expected to be awarded in April 2015 and is worth £20 million to £40 million. Work will commence following the appointment of the successful bidder, and will be completed ahead of HMS Queen Elizabeth's arrival in late 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The bidders for the contract are Boskalis Westminster Ltd, Van Oord UK Ltd and Dredging International NV.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 194526 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

46062

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Defence Infrastructure Organisation will allow the contract to dredge Portsmouth Harbour so the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier can navigate it; what estimate he has made of the contract's cost to the public; and when work will (a) commence and (b) finish.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	uin	194526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>The contract to dredge Portsmouth Harbour is expected to be awarded in April 2015 and is worth £20 million to £40 million. Work will commence following the appointment of the successful bidder, and will be completed ahead of HMS Queen Elizabeth's arrival in late 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The bidders for the contract are Boskalis Westminster Ltd, Van Oord UK Ltd and Dredging International NV.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 194529 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson