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registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many instances his Department's procurement department sought further information from a company on potential corruption, bribery or fraud in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	47532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) routinely carries out checks on potential contractors prior to contract award, including on criminal activity, such as convictions for tax evasion, bribery or fraud, and a review of a company's audited accounts. These enquiries are conducted in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011.</p><p>This process is reiterated in all competitive and single source tender documentation issued to tenderers prior to any contract award.</p><p>Any suspicion of corruption is reported to the appropriate authority. Where justified, the MOD can exclude potential suppliers who pose an unacceptable risk to public money.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 47726 48114 question first answered 14/10/2016 12:18:05 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

226249

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Patrick Finucane Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the de Silva Report of the Patrick Finucane Review, published in December 2012, whether any Home Office guidance on the recruitment of agents was followed by his Department for the recruitment of Brian Nelson as an agent.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	226886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>Sir Desmond de Silva's report indicates (page 90) that there was no relevant Home Office guidance in force at the time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 16/03/2015 17:37:46 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

226250

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Patrick Finucane Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 98 of the de Silva Report of the Patrick Finucane Review, published in December 2012, what the reasons were for the medical discharge of Brian Nelson from the Army.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	226887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Brian Nelson's personal file states that he was discharged from the Army on medical grounds in 1970 suffering from duodenal ulcers.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 17/03/2015 16:25:53 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

226251

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Patrick Finucane Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 99 of the de Silva Report of the Patrick Finucane Review, published in December 2012, whether his Department had a role in (a) recruiting and (b) deploying Brian Nelson as an informant; and what the seniority of the officials from his Department involved was.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	226888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>There is no evidence to suggest that any official from the Ministry of Defence - as opposed to members of the Army - was aware at the time of Mr Nelson's recruitment as an Army informant, nor would this have been expected.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 16/03/2015 17:38:30 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

226252

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Patrick Finucane Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the de Silva Report of the Patrick Finucane Review, published in December 2012, what information his Department holds on where Brian Nelson served his criminal sentence.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	226889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>While the locations at which Mr Nelson served his sentence are not within the responsibilities of the Ministry of Defence, the Department's records indicate that he served the sentence he received in 1973 at HMP Maze, and that for his conviction in 1990 he served the first part of his sentence at Crumlin Road Prison, Belfast before transferring to HMP Usk in South Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 16/03/2015 17:39:20 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

224508

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Patrick Finucane Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether information made available to Desmond de Silva QC for his report on the Patrick Finucane Review included information on Brian Nelson's discharge from the army and his subsequent recruitment and deployment as an army intelligence agent.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	225818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>Sir Desmond de Silva was provided with all available information relating to Brian Nelson's recruitment and deployment as an army intelligence agent. He did not seek information from the Government relating to Nelson's earlier discharge from the Army.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 09/03/2015 17:10:13 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan