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1674556

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
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, with reference to page 53 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, if he will publish the latest version of his Department’s Sustainable Procurement Working Group strategic plan.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>There are currently no plans for the Sustainable Procurement Working Group (SPWG) 'Strategic Plan' to be published.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 06/12/2023 16:35:25 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1674557

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any vessels used in UK waters by his Department produced zero-emissions in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The Royal Navy is developing plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from warships and Auxiliaries. With regards other vessel emissions: the Royal Navy aims to meet the requirements of International Maritime Organisations (IMO) Conventions and the provisions of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea to protect the environment where this can be done without compromising operations or operating capability.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Navy is working closely with industrial partners to reduce the environmental impact of the Fleet.</p><p> </p><p>Naval ships currently coming into service will have the equipment to reduce oxides of nitrogen to the latest IMO requirements and the Ministry of Defence is already using ultra-low sulphur fuels to minimise sulphur and particulate emissions from combustion exhaust gasses.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 4825 4937 question first answered 11/12/2023 15:47:43 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1674558

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of the supply of vessels for use by the armed forces in the next 25 years.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The National Shipbuilding Strategy is a mechanism for providing clarity to industry on future shipbuilding requirements for the Royal Navy (RN). The RN works closely with the National Shipbuilding Office and Defence Equipment and Support to ensure that the Government's relationship with industry is optimised to deliver ship-building requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 11/12/2023 13:05:30 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1674559

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Shipping: Skilled Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with the shipbuilding industry on ensuring it has an adequate skilled workforce to meet the policy priorities of his Department.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>As identified in the National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh, the independent UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce (UKSST) was established to work across government, the Devolved Administrations, industry and training providers to develop and publish a future-focussed skills strategy for both Defence and the broader shipbuilding enterprise. The Taskforce published its recommendations on Monday 11 September in a report called &quot;A Step Change in UK Shipbuilding Skills&quot;, and the government will publish a formal response to this in the New Year.</p><p> </p><p>I have also discussed maritime skills with a number a number of UK Defence primes.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 4933 4938 question first answered 07/12/2023 16:50:00 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1674600

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Shipbuilding Office: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants in the National Shipbuilding Office are based in (a) London, (b) Edinburgh and (c) elsewhere.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The National Shipbuilding Office (NSO) employ 26 staff. All staff are based in London with the exception of a secondee in Scotland and one employee who is a home worker. The NSO is a hybrid organisation and all roles are advertised as being based in either Edinburgh or London in combination with remote working. Whilst the NSO currently has no staff members permanently based in Edinburgh the flexible desk space is used during regular meetings and engagement activities in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 11/12/2023 13:05:47 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1674601

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Shipbuilding: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Shipbuilding Enterprise for Growth minutes of 12 September 2023, whether he made an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to enable the self-assessment to be completed by December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>As part of its work programme, the Shipbuilding Enterprise for Growth has created a Task and Finish group which is focussed on Centres of Excellence. That group is conducting analysis of the market, including initial gap analysis, and will deliver findings to the Shipbuilding Enterprise for Growth (SEG) for consideration by summer 2024.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Shipyard of the Future Task and Finish group continues to engage with Industry stakeholders and with others including the Catapult network to consider options including self-assessment and will consider funding requirements as part of this.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 4820 question first answered 11/12/2023 14:43:27 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1674602

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Shipbuilding: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 30 of the policy paper entitled Refresh to the National Shipbuilding Strategy, published on 10 March 2022, what recent steps his Department has taken to implement a consistent approach to shipbuilding.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh (NSbS) was launched on 10 March 2022. It sets out a comprehensive package of Government support to ensure a globally successful, innovative and sustainable UK shipbuilding enterprise. It reflects over £4 billion of investment in UK shipbuilding over this spending period.</p><p> </p><p>A key element of the NSbS was the creation of the National Shipbuilding Office which works across Government and the Shipbuilding Enterprise to deliver transformative change and take a consistent approach to shipbuilding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 11/12/2023 13:18:22 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1674603

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Shipbuilding: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 31 of the policy paper entitled Refresh to the National Shipbuilding Strategy, published on 10 March 2022, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the level of his Department's spending on shipbuilding on the (a) sustainability and (b) competitiveness of the shipbuilding market.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>The National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSbS) Refresh published on 10 March 2022, is designed to deliver over the long term and reflects well over £4 billion of investment in UK shipbuilding over the next three years.</p><p> </p><p>The 30 Year Cross-Government Shipbuilding Pipeline, established in the Refresh, is designed to drive sustainability and competitiveness in the sector through providing industry a clear demand signal of Government’s procurement programmes.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 12/12/2023 11:33:03 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1674604

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Shipbuilding: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 31 of the policy paper entitled Refresh to the National Shipbuilding Strategy, published on 10 March 2022, how much his Department has spent on encouraging investment in advanced production techniques since March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I provided to the Member for Wentworth and Deane (John Healey) on 30 November to Parliamentary Question Number 3703.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 11/12/2023 15:26:41 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name 3703 - National Shipbuilding Office.docx title National Shipbuilding Office
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1674605

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Shipbuilding: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of the social value weighting that is applied to his Department's shipbuilding competitions has been used for (a) covid-19 recovery projects, (b) tackling economic inequality, (c) tackling climate change, (d) increasing equal opportunities and (e) improving health and wellbeing in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence places contractual obligations on suppliers to meet social value commitments based on the supplier's social value proposal. Progress against the obligations is monitored and measured through the life of the contract using appropriate reporting metrics and Key Performance Indicators.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 06/12/2023 16:24:05 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle