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944780

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons expenditure on equipment support is falling when major new equipment is being brought into service.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	166093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to real terms growth of the Equipment Plan by 1% each year and to meeting the NATO guideline to spend 20% of its defence expenditure on major equipment, and associated research and development. We plan to spend £179 billion over the 10 years to 2027 to deliver the cutting edge ships, aircraft, and armoured vehicles our military need now and in the future. This includes increasing spending on Equipment Support from £8.3 billion in 2017-18 to almost £10 billion in 2026-27.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 27/07/2018 13:32:00 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

947486

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Type 31 Frigates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the Type 31e frigate acquisition process has been halted; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	167940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence took the decision to stop the procurement of the Type 31e Frigate because we had not received sufficient compliant bids for the Competitive Design Phase. The market was formally notified on 20 July 2018.</p><p>We communicated our plans for the first stage of the new procurement on 13 August 2018 by issuing a Prior Information Notice (PIN). This PIN invited potential suppliers to a short period of early market engagement to allow us to share with industry key elements of the new procurement, including technical and commercial information. The outcome of this market engagement will inform the next steps of the new procurement process.</p><p>There has been no change in our plan to procure a first batch of five new Type 31e Frigates for £1.25 billion.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 167315 167941 167942 167945 question first answered 05/09/2018 15:02:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

984547

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Official Visits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) overseas and (b) domestic visits the Minister for Defence Procurement has carried out since his appointment; and what the location was of each visit.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	177205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>Since I took up the appointment of Minister for Defence Procurement on 19 July 2018, I have undertaken:</p><p>Three overseas visits to:</p><ul><li>Belgium - 6 September</li><li>Kuwait - 2 October</li><li>Italy - 3-4 October</li></ul><p>10 domestic visits to:</p><ul><li>Warton - 26 July</li><li>Samlesbury - 26 July</li><li>Barrow - 1 August</li><li>Govan - 14 August</li><li>Edinburgh - 15 August</li><li>Chester - 29 August</li><li>Denbighshire - 30 August</li><li>Stockport - 10 September</li><li>Bristol - 18 September</li><li>Plymouth - 11 October</li></ul> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 15/10/2018 15:58:50 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

944021

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2018 to Question 162497 on Patrol Vessels, and with reference to his Department's policy of not classifying offshore patrol vessels as warships for shipbuilding purposes, as outlined in the Answer of 9 July 2018 to Question 160710, whether he has a remit to exempt future orders of Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships from international competition under Article 346 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	165494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The National Shipbuilding Strategy made clear that Royal Navy warships (destroyers, frigates and aircraft carriers) will be built in the UK. This recognises that preserving this national capability to design, integrate and build warships is critical to national security. The exemption under Article 346 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, allowing any member nation to reserve a procurement for reasons of national security, applies to warships - not to naval auxiliary vessels.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 23/07/2018 16:02:08 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

944016

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Patrol Craft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2018 to Question 162497 on Patrol Vessels, and with reference to his Department's policy of not classifying offshore patrol vessels as warships for shipbuilding purposes, as outlined in the Answer of 9 July 2018 to Question 160710, whether possible future Royal Navy orders for offshore patrol vessels will be subject to international competition.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	165493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Yes. The National Shipbuilding Strategy (page 33) set out that Offshore Patrol Vessels should be subject to open international competition, provided that there are no compelling national security reasons to constrain a particular procurement to national providers.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 23/07/2018 16:04:05 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

944779

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Equipment
	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 of his Department's ability to make the remaining £8.1 billion saving from its equipment plan by 2027.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	166092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>As the National Audit Office reported in January 2018, the Department had achieved £7.9 billion of a £16 billion savings target between 2010 and 2027, and had also identified potential savings to meet all but £0.5 billion of the remaining £8.1 billion over the next nine years. As such, we remain confident and committed to delivering this as agreed, and will report on progress in the Equipment Plan 2018 financial summary due to be published in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/07/2018 15:16:49 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1002638

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships and Type 31 Frigates: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's latest timetables are for the orders of (a) Type 31e (first batch), and (b) Fleet Solid Support vessels.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	188742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>We plan to award a contract for Type 31e by December 2019 and for the Fleet Solid Support ships in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/11/2018 15:56:27 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

947487

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Type 31 Frigates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his plans are for the new Type 31e frigate procurement competition.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	167941
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence took the decision to stop the procurement of the Type 31e Frigate because we had not received sufficient compliant bids for the Competitive Design Phase. The market was formally notified on 20 July 2018.</p><p>We communicated our plans for the first stage of the new procurement on 13 August 2018 by issuing a Prior Information Notice (PIN). This PIN invited potential suppliers to a short period of early market engagement to allow us to share with industry key elements of the new procurement, including technical and commercial information. The outcome of this market engagement will inform the next steps of the new procurement process.</p><p>There has been no change in our plan to procure a first batch of five new Type 31e Frigates for £1.25 billion.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 167315 167940 167942 167945 question first answered 05/09/2018 15:02:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

997262

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Minesweepers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on the Countermeasures and Hydrographic Capability project.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	184916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Mine Countermeasures and Hydrographic Capability project has successfully completed the first part of its Assessment Phase. The key output to date has been the successful demonstration of an unmanned minesweeping capability.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 01/11/2018 15:18:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

944781

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Aircraft Carriers
	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 ability of his Department to deliver the re-baselined cost of £6.2 billion for production of the two new aircraft carriers.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	166094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence keeps costs within the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier programme under very close scrutiny. The final cost of the programme will be subject to commercial negotiations with the Aircraft Carrier Alliance. The overall impact will only be clear once we have concluded our talks.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/07/2018 15:13:34 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones