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1346731

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Government Procurement Agreement: Shipbuilding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government's accession to the WTO's Agreement on Government Procurement includes an exemption to UK shipbuilding.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	33133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The procurement of ships, boats and floating structures is covered under Annex 4 of the UK’s schedules of the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Government Procurement. This is provided no other exceptions apply.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/07/2021 11:58:00 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346245

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tom Cooper
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether UK Government Investment pays UKGI director Mr Thomas Cooper’s salary through his firm TKGC Consulting.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>All UKGI employees are remunerated directly and not via any external firm.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/07/2021 08:29:04 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346248

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any compensation claims have been brought against his Department by personnel assessing the AJAX armoured fighting vehicle.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>To date, no personal injury claims have been identified by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 19/07/2021 12:28:21 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346249

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Institute for Naval Medicine's report commissioned in May 2020 on the AJAX armoured fighting vehicle has been made available to General Dynamics.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The Institute of Naval Medicine's final report was shared with General Dynamics on 16 December 2020, having been received by Defence Equipment &amp; Support on 10 December 2020.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 19/07/2021 10:55:19 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346250

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
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, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of EU procurement law on his Department's procurement policy.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>Amendments to the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations (DSPCR) came into force at the end of the Transition Period to ensure these rules operate effectively following the UK's departure from the EU. The main change is that legal rights of access to UK procurements are now limited to UK and Gibraltar based suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy published in March 2021, the Government is using the opportunity offered by our departure from the EU to develop a defence and security procurement regime tailored to better meet the UK's needs. We have embarked on a comprehensive review of the DSPCR, as part of the broader Cabinet Office led reforms of procurement regulations set out in the December 2020 Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 19/07/2021 10:50:32 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346251

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what period of time elapsed between the provision of the Institute for Naval Medicine's report on AJAX to his Department and the cessation of the assessment of the AJAX armoured fighting vehicle.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The full Institute for Naval Madicine report was received in late November 2020 after acceptance and conversion activity had been stopped.</p><p>The Institute for Naval Medicine's assessment of Noise and Vibration within the Ajax platform was conducted in August 2020. An initial report was provided in September 2020 which prompted the Army's Environmental Monitoring Team, together with Dstl, to conduct a specific assessment of in-ear noise in October 2020. The initial findings of this assessment resulted in a halt to all acceptance and conversion activity in early November 2020.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 19/07/2021 12:22:53 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1345956

registered interest
date	12/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HMC Protector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what amount the Government paid for the purchase of HMC Protector.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	31339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2021 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We can confirm we purchased HMC Protector from the Finnish Border Guard for £3.7m, in August 2013.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We can confirm we purchased HMC Protector from the Finnish Border Guard for £3.7m, in August 2013.</ins></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp previous answer version 14569 answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp 14772 answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp question first answered 16/07/2021 13:44:52 question first ministerially corrected 28/04/2022 10:21:19 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1345384

registered interest
date	08/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department made an agreement with Millbrook Proving Ground on liability for potential injuries to assessors during the independent assessment process for the AJAX armoured fighting vehicle.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	29735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>I will write to the right hon. Member with the requested information shortly.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 13/07/2021 17:00:36 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1345385

registered interest
date	08/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the Minister for Defence Procurement was first briefed on the potential effects on hearing identified by assessors of the AJAX armoured fighting vehicle.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	29736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>My office was first informed on 9 November 2020 that AJAX trials had been paused for a safety reason relating to noise. I requested a formal submission which I received on 13 November 2020 which referenced hearing concerns. The Health and Safety review which Ministers requested from the Permanent Secretary is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 13/07/2021 09:51:58 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1345388

registered interest
date	08/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Millbrook Proving Ground are on schedule to report the results of its independent trials into noise and vibration issues with Ajax armoured vehicles in late July 2021.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	29737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2021 answer text <p>As per my answer of 21 June 2021 to Question 16028 to the right hon. Member, we expected to start to receive data in July and August this year with a final report expected to be delivered in September. Some data has already been received. However, we paused all Ajax mobility trials and training on 25 June as a precautionary measure due to noise and vibration concerns This may impact the timing of the receipt of data and the final report.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 16/07/2021 11:08:59 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones