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228299

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many participants in the Troops to Teachers programme have (a) not completed training and (b) dropped out on completion of training.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	228293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Troops to Teachers participants are still undertaking their training. The first cohort of trainees began the two year programme in January 2014 and are due to complete their training in December 2015. The second cohort began in September 2015 and will complete their training in August 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A total of nine trainees have withdrawn from the programme, from across both cohorts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/03/2015 12:05:04 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

228300

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) women and (b) BAME people there are in previous cohorts of the Troops to Teachers programme; and what proportion of people in each such category formed the overall participants.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	228294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>There are two cohorts of trainees on the Troops to Teachers programme. There are 8 female trainees in the first cohort and 12 in the second cohort. This is just under a quarter (24%) of the total participants across both cohorts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No trainees have declared themselves as Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME).</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/03/2015 12:06:06 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

228301

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average number of months was that recruits in previous cohorts served in the Troops to Teachers programme.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	228295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The first Troops to Teachers participants are still undertaking their training. The first cohort began training in January 2014, so all of the current trainees have served 14 months on the programme. The second cohort started training in September 2015, therefore current trainees have served 6 months on the programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/03/2015 12:06:48 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

44354

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that the contracts for the Building Schools for the Future programme include provisions to ensure prompt payment to small and medium-sized businesses.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	193063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>The Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme is coming to a close, with the final schemes moving in to construction. The Government's main programme to address the condition needs of the school estate is the Priority Schools Building Programme (PSBP) and the majority of work will be procured using the Education Funding Agency's (EFA) Contractors' Framework, which commenced in November 2013.</p><p>All PSBP procurements carried out by the EFA through this Framework will require the use of project bank accounts (PBAs)</p><p>PBAs differ from traditional construction industry payment arrangements whereby the procuring party under the building contract makes payment to the main contractor, who in turn makes payment down his supply chain. This can lead to delay and cashflow problems for small and medium sized businesses, who typically make up a significant proportion of the supply chain.</p><p>Instead, the procuring party will make payment into a trust account established specifically for the project. The majority of members of the supply chain are nominated as beneficiaries of that trust account, and the building contract requires that payment must be made from the PBA to the supply chain as soon as possible after the PBA is placed in funds, typically within three to four working days (although varying slightly depending on the specific banking arrangements).</p><p>There are a small number of PSBP projects being procured through a private finance route. For these projects, the project agreement does not deal with construction payments as no payment is made until the project is operational. Before that, payments for construction works are made by the single-purpose company (SPC) set up to carry out the project, to its subcontractors, and then down the contractual chain. The SPC's solvency is, in its contracts with first-tier subcontractors, protected by industry-standard provisions with which PBAs are not compatible. We are considering whether more can be done to encourage prompt payment further down the contractual chain.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1231216

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to undertake an investigation into the number of leaks from his Department over the 2020 summer recess.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	84651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not tolerate leaks and anyone found to have made unauthorised disclosures will face disciplinary or legal action. Leaks are investigated by the relevant departments when they occur.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 11/09/2020 11:43:19 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1247869

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Shipbuilding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the maritime industry in his capacity as Shipbuilding Tsar.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	110068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>I have regular conversations with maritime industry partners in my capacity as Shipbuilding Tsar as this Government works to reinvigorate the UK's shipbuilding industry.</p><p>Additionally, COVID restrictions not withstanding, I intend to visit a cross-section of the UK shipbuilding sector to discuss how best this Government can work alongside industry partners to deliver our ambitions for an innovative, competititve and thriving enterprise.</p><p>Through the Maritime Enterprise Working Group, industry have been working with academia and Government to take forward work to ensure the competitiveness of the sector and set out proposals for how this Government can provide additional support to the shipbuilding enterprise.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 04/11/2020 15:21:00 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1256804

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Shipbuilding: Hartlepool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has commissioned research on the future of shipbuilding in Hartlepool.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	122594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>We have not commissioned any research specific to Hartlepool, however I am working closely with colleagues across Government and with industry to reinvigorate the shipbuilding industry across the length and breadth of the UK. Our efforts are not limited to just shipbuilders; we are focused on supercharging the entire Defence sector across the UK, from our rich supply chain to repair and disposal.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 07/12/2020 16:39:25 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1285219

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy 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 10 February 2020 to Question 10756 on Strategic Defence and Security Review: Trade Unions, what consultation has taken place with trade unions on the Integrated Review since that Answer was given.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	151633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The MOD Permanent Secretary and other senior officials have continued to meet with our recognised Trades Unions on a regular basis to discuss a range of Defence-wide issues. Recent meetings have provided updates, on a confidential basis, of ongoing work on the Integrated Review, and related work on the implementation of the Defence multi-year Spending Review settlement.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 22/02/2021 17:48:08 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1307396

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Shipbuilding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has plans to reaffirm the National Shipbuilding Strategy in 2021.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	178863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>On 16 March 2021, I announced that we are currently conducting a refresh of the National Shipbuilding Strategy which will be published this summer. This will set out this Government's commitment to the entire UK shipbuilding enterprise and the supply chain that underpins it.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 19/04/2021 10:56:50 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1313356

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Media
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to assess the restrictions placed on the Minister for Defence People and Veterans in respect of speaking to the media.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	86
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>All Ministerial engagement with the media is coordinated and agreed in accordance with the Ministerial Code as part of normal routine business. There were no more restrictions placed on the Minister for Defence People and Veterans than any other Minister.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 17/05/2021 14:28:30 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones