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100106

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	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, which freedoms and flexibilities the bidders for Managed Service Providers in the Ministry of Defence DE and S have been granted.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	211274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>When Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S) became a bespoke trading entity on 1 April 2014 it was given a broad range of freedoms, agreed by HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office, to allow it to manage its business, outputs and workforce within an operating cost envelope set to drive significant efficiencies. The bidders for the Managed Service Provider work packages are not granted freedoms and flexibilities; they are being procured via standard commercial practices to provide tailored external skills to support DE&amp;S as it uses its freedoms to transform and to deliver the equipment programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 28/10/2014 16:42:36 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

155791

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Uniforms
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Taped Seam contract will include a development clause for waterproofs for future armed forces clothing requirements.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	214769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The new Waterproof Garments contract, commonly known as the Taped Seam Contract, will include a design and development clause for future requirements.</p><p>Waterproof clothing is supplied to the Ministry of Defence, under the Waterproof Garments Contract, by ITURRI SA. The company currently manufactures the waterproof garments in Morocco and Vietnam. The cloth used in manufacture is sourced from Italy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 214440 question first answered 24/11/2014 17:15:02 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

155813

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Uniforms
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department had had with the Royal Marines on that corps' decision to procure waterproofs through NATO; and what conclusions he has drawn from those discussions.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	214482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The Defence Clothing Team, part of Defence Equipment and Support, is responsible for providing all waterproof clothing to the Royal Marines (RM).</p><p>In 2013 the RM identified a requirement for a new windproof suit as part of its Mountain and Cold Weather Warfare range of clothing. Following trials, suitable items, which were also waterproof, were procured by the Defence Clothing Team using an existing contract let by the NATO Logistic Support Agency.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 24/11/2014 17:26:39 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

155815

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Uniforms
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the supply chain is of his Department's current waterproof provider; and in what locations those garments are manufactured.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	214440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The new Waterproof Garments contract, commonly known as the Taped Seam Contract, will include a design and development clause for future requirements.</p><p>Waterproof clothing is supplied to the Ministry of Defence, under the Waterproof Garments Contract, by ITURRI SA. The company currently manufactures the waterproof garments in Morocco and Vietnam. The cloth used in manufacture is sourced from Italy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 214769 question first answered 24/11/2014 17:15:02 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

166276

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new Ministry of Defence HQ contracts were for under £1 million in 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	216070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>In financial year 2013-14 the Ministry of Defence awarded 1,889 contracts with a value of less than £1 million.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 02/12/2014 16:22:46 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

166277

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new Ministry of Defence HQ contracts were placed in 2013-14; what the value of those contracts was; how many on the bid basis were (a) competitive and (b) non-competitive contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	216071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Information on contracts placed by the Ministry of Defence (MOD), including the nature of those contracts, is published on gov.uk as part of the MOD trade, industry and contracts statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-industry-trade-and-contracts-2014</p><p>Table 1.01.06 'New contracts placed by type' shows that the MOD awarded 2,328 contracts in 2013-14, with a value of £6,205 million. Of these, 39% were awarded on a competitive basis, and 56% were non-competitive. The remainder were mainly instances where a contract has been let as a Terms of Business Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 02/12/2014 16:22:04 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

166281

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Fuels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on each type of fuel in 2013-14; and who the suppliers were.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	216072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The majority of Ground, Aviation and Marine fuel consumed by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is purchased under the bulk fuel contracts managed by the Defence Fuel Services Team, part of Defence Equipment and Support. The expenditure against these contracts for financial year 2013-14, in £ million, is shown in the following tables.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Ground Fuels</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Supplier</strong></td><td><strong>Diesel</strong></td><td><strong>Unleaded</strong></td><td><strong>Grand Total </strong></td></tr><tr><td>Certas Energy</td><td>12.30</td><td>0.12</td><td>12.42</td></tr><tr><td>GB Oils</td><td>9.67</td><td>0.04</td><td>9.71</td></tr><tr><td>Hall Fuels</td><td>9.44</td><td>0.56</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Harvest</td><td>11.98</td><td>0.12</td><td>12.10</td></tr><tr><td>Henty</td><td>2.38</td><td>0.03</td><td>2.41</td></tr><tr><td>LCC</td><td>0.77</td><td>0.13</td><td>0.90</td></tr><tr><td>Scottish Fuels</td><td>1.08</td><td>0.09</td><td>1.17</td></tr><tr><td>WFSCORP</td><td>0.96</td><td>-</td><td>0.96</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Grand Total</strong></td><td>48.58</td><td> </td><td>49.67</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>(1) During the financial year Certas Energy took over GB Oils and Scottish Fuels and WFSCORP took over Henty. These companies continue to trade under their original names.</p><p>(2) Other parts of the MOD purchase ground fuels but this information is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Aviation and Marine</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Supplier </strong></td><td><strong>Aviation</strong></td><td><strong>F44 (Marine Aviation) </strong></td><td><strong>F76 (Marine) </strong></td><td><strong>Grand Total</strong></td></tr><tr><td>BP Oil International</td><td>46.21</td><td>-</td><td>26.50</td><td>72.71</td></tr><tr><td>CEPSA</td><td>20.51</td><td>-</td><td>26.01</td><td>46.52</td></tr><tr><td>Chevron</td><td>-</td><td>16.09</td><td>-</td><td>16.09</td></tr><tr><td>HETCO</td><td>33.30</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>33.30</td></tr><tr><td>MOH</td><td>11.28</td><td>6.12</td><td>19.49</td><td>36.89</td></tr><tr><td>Q8</td><td>14.91</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>14.91</td></tr><tr><td>Shell</td><td>105.21</td><td>-</td><td>53.58</td><td>158.79</td></tr><tr><td>World Fuels</td><td>14.31</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>14.31</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Grand Total</strong></td><td>245.73</td><td>22.21</td><td>125.58</td><td>393.52</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Outside of these contracts the Front Line Commands purchased £137.45 million of aviation fuel in financial year 2013-14. These purchases occur when an aircraft refuels at a non-MOD site.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 02/12/2014 16:25:51 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

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