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date	29/06/2017
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	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his oral contribution of 27 June 2017, Official Report, column 459, if he will place in the Library a copy of the procurement guidelines referred to.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	2164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government publishes its procurement guidance on the Gov.UK website. In particular the ‘Procurement Policy Note 09/16 sets out a balanced scorecard approach which enables procurers to balance straightforward matters such as cost against more complex issues such as social and wider economic considerations.</p><p>This can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/procurement-policy-notes" target="_blank">PPN 09/16</a></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 04/07/2017 16:12:26 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

746982

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date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Measles: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current immunisation rate for measles is; and what steps he is taking to improve coverage of that immunisation.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	2153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>Protection against measles is provided in the combination measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR), offered to children at the age of one year, and three years four months but always remains available as a catch up vaccination.</p><p>The latest quarterly Cover of Vaccination Evaluated Rapidly uptake data can be found on the Public Health England (PHE) website, at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cover-of-vaccination-evaluated-rapidly-cover-programme-2016-to-2017-quarterly-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cover-of-vaccination-evaluated-rapidly-cover-programme-2016-to-2017-quarterly-data</a></p><p> </p><p>England coverage of the first dose of MMR vaccine at five years continues to exceed the World Health Organization target of 95%.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2016 a measles and rubella elimination strategy group was established to oversee the development of a United Kingdom-wide Measles and Rubella elimination strategy.</p><p> </p><p>PHE and NHS England work closely with providers at a local level to target specific communities where uptake of the MMR vaccine is known to be poor, as well as widening access by commissioning a range of alternative providers to complement existing general practitioner activities and community health service delivered immunisations.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/07/2017 10:03:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

746983

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Gibraltar: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will make representations to the EU on including Gibraltar in all negotiated agreements as the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	2154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has been clear that we remain steadfast in our support for Gibraltar, its people and its economy. Also that Gibraltar is covered by our exit negotiations and we have committed to fully involve them as we prepare for the process of exiting the EU.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 12/07/2017 12:10:27 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

746984

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time taken was for an applicant to the Reserve Forces to be accepted in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	2155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>The three Services measure the recruitment process in different ways, reflecting the differing requirements of each Service. Therefore, the numbers presented here are not directly comparable.</p><p>In the Maritime Reserve, the median time taken for an applicant to be accepted onto a Phase 1 training course is currently 147 days.</p><p>In the Army Reserve, the median time taken for an applicant to be enlisted in Financial Year (FY) 2016-17 was 138 days.</p><p>In the RAF Reserves, the average length of time from application to attestation in FY 2016-17 was 62 days.</p><p>We have put in place a number of initiatives which encourage participation with the Reserves at an early stage in the recruitment process, including early attestation and involvement of individual applicants with their chosen Reserve unit.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 07/07/2017 13:22:23 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

746985

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of including wider social and wider economic considerations in the placing of orders for trains.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	2156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>Rolling stock procurement, generally by Train Operating Companies, delivers significant economic and social benefit in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The recent announcement from Bombardier confirmed that they have secured an order from First MTR South Western Trains Limited for 750 new carriages. This is just the latest in a series of orders for Bombardier, following on from a recent large order from Abellio Greater Anglia. Since 2010 Bombardier have secured orders for over 2,800 new carriages, all of which have been and are being built in Derby where over 1600 people are employed. Furthermore, since Hitachi opened their manufacturing facility in Newton Aycliffe, over 700 jobs have been created including apprenticeships and graduate roles.</p><p> </p><p>I am determined that our investment in the rail network continues to benefit the UK economy. Where appropriate we do exploit the scope we have to use our procurement to add value. For example, the recent Periodic Indicative Notice issued by HS2 Limited in relation to their forthcoming rolling stock procurement asks applicants to make clear how their proposal would create employment and develop capability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 07/07/2017 07:31:22 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar