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date	17/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Lessons Learned Review
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 January 2023 to Question 120885 on Ajax Lessons Learned Review, which office in his Department drafted the terms of reference of the Ajax Lessons Learned Review.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	125266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The Ajax Lessons Learned Review commenced in May 2022. The Department estimated the cost of the Review to be in the region of £0.5 million and, as of 17 January, has received bills totalling approximately £0.29 million. It is a focused review aimed at identifying lessons and making recommendations to help the Ministry of Defence (MOD) deliver major programmes more effectively in future, and is looking at leadership, culture, governance, and how issues are elevated.</p><p> </p><p>The Terms of Reference were drafted by Head Office officials (not involved in delivering the programme) in consultation with MOD legal advisers and the Second Permanent Secretary, and were published on 29 March 2022. They were announced by way of Written Statement (<a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-03-29/debates/22032981000018/ContingentLiabilityForAjaxLessonsLearnedReview?highlight=%22ajax%22#contribution-8F45F554-4A88-46F9-A4A2-C9104E56020A" target="_blank">HCWS739</a>) and placed in the Library of the House and copied to the Public Accounts and Defence Select committees.</p><p> </p><p>Although the review has no statutory powers, the MOD has provided any documents that the review has requested and has encouraged current and former personnel to assist the review if asked to contribute. The MOD has also assisted the review to contact former personnel when it has been asked to do so.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with his terms of reference, Clive Sheldon KC notified the Second Permanent Secretary in June 2022 that he estimated it would take him a further six months to complete the review. Mr Sheldon is currently in the final stages of drafting his report.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 125264 125265 125267 125268 125269 125270 question first answered 23/01/2023 15:55:56 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1422979

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Park Homes: Energy Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the exclusion of the energy reseller arrangements from the energy price cap on mobile park homeowners.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	125266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The energy price cap on standard and default domestic supply tariffs was put in place in response to the problem of the ‘loyalty penalty’ as identified by the Competition and Markets Authority’s energy market investigation.</p><p> </p><p>The maximum price set by Ofgem for resupplying gas or electricity which has already been bought from an authorised supplier, exists to protect people such as those who are residents of mobile park homes and buy their fuel from the park owner.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/02/2022 16:22:19 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1258431

registered interest
date	04/12/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Wind Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to increase the onshore wind generation capacity to 22-29GW by 2030 in line with the Committee on Climate Change's scenarios for electricity generation.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	125266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p>Renewable technologies will make a critical contribution to meeting our 2050 net zero commitment, alongside firm low carbon power such as nuclear and gas or biomass generation with carbon capture, usage and storage, and a significant increase in flexibility.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that achieving our 2050 net zero target will require increased deployment across a range of technologies, including onshore wind. This is why we announced on 2 March 2020 that onshore wind and other established renewable technologies such as solar PV will be able to compete in the next Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation round. The round will open in late 2021 and aim to deliver up to double the renewable capacity of last year’s successful round, potentially providing enough clean energy for up to 10 million homes.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 09/12/2020 15:03:31 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

832950

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Zimbabwe: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations has he made to his Zimbabwean counterpart on the role of (a) Zimbabwe Defence Forces and (b) war veterans during the 2018 elections in that country.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	125266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>Former Minister for Africa Rory Stewart met President Mnangagwa on 24 November and discussed the need for transparent, free and fair elections in Zimbabwe, in line with Zimbabwe's constitutional requirements. We are clear that the military cannot be a partisan supporter of any one party if elections are to be deemed free and fair. I reinforced this message in my recent visit to Harare on February 1st and 2nd 2018.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 05/02/2018 16:18:23 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins