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1341546

registered interest
date	28/06/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Flagship
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) costs, and (2) benefits, of the proposed new Royal Yacht.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lord to the reply given by my right hon. Friend Ben Wallace MP (Secretary of State for Defence) to Question 13199, answered on 16 June 2021 in the House of Commons.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL1468 question first answered 12/07/2021 16:26:41 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie attachment 1 file name UIN 13199.docx title National Flagship Procurement
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1341547

registered interest
date	28/06/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Flagship
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to allocate additional finance to the Ministry of Defence to pay for the costs of the proposed new Royal Yacht.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>The capital costs of building the National Flagship will accrue over a number of years and will be met from the Defence Budget.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 12/07/2021 16:27:43 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1341548

registered interest
date	28/06/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Flagship
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made for the annual cost of the proposed new Royal Yacht.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lord to the reply given by my right hon. Friend Ben Wallace MP (Secretary of State for Defence) to Question 13199, answered on 16 June 2021 in the House of Commons.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL1466 question first answered 12/07/2021 16:26:41 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie attachment 1 file name UIN 13199.docx title National Flagship Procurement
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1341549

registered interest
date	28/06/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Flagship: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made as to whether their intention to build a new Royal Yacht breaches WTO rules.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>The decision to build the National Flagship in the UK does not breach our obligations under the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). The WTO GPA contains a number of exemptions to open competition.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 12/07/2021 16:27:57 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1341550

registered interest
date	28/06/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Flagship
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what contribution they expect the proposed new Royal Yacht to make to the UK's defence capability.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lord to the reply given by my right hon Friend, Ben Wallace MP (Secretary of State for Defence) to Question 10179, answered on 16 June 2021 in the House of Commons.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 12/07/2021 16:24:12 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie attachment 1 file name UIN 10179.docx title National Flagship
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1149811

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Private Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding was allocated to the Continuity of Education Allowance to fund school places (1) globally, and (2) in England, in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the reply given by my hon. Friend, the Minister for Defence Personnel and Veterans (Johnny Mercer), in the House of Commons on 21 October 2019 to the hon. Member for Barnsley East (Stephanie Peacock) in response to Question number 751.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 23/10/2019 11:10:20 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 21October 2019 UIN 751.docx title Armed Forces: Private Education
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1036965

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by the National Audit Office Investigation into the British Army Recruiting Partnering Project, published on 14 December 2018, why they did not test the proposed changes to their recruitment approach for army recruitment prior to the introduction of the partnering agreement with Capita Business Services.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL12607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>At the outset of the contract the Army and Capita failed to understand the complexity of the Army recruitment requirement and the challenges faced. These were compounded by the delays in developing the new information technology to support the processes.</p><p>The Army and Capita are implementing a range of policy and process changes to increase enlistments to the Army. These have been informed by lessons learned and are, where appropriate, being piloted prior to full introduction. The improvements include changes to simplify and streamline the process.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL12610 question first answered 17/01/2019 16:11:09 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1036967

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the report by the National Audit Office Investigation into the British Army Recruiting Partnering Project, published on 14 December 2018, whether the British army has completed its assessment into whether it can adapt the Capita online army recruitment system for its own use after the Capita contract ends in 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL12609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Future Recruiting Programme (FRP) is considering the best approach to Armed Forces recruiting for when the current contract expires. The Ministry of Defence has secured, under the contract with Capita, the rights to use, modify or copy the Defence Recruiting System at the end of the current contract, or we could decide to source a new on-line system. As part of the FRP an early scoping project has been initiated to look at the future ICT provision, no conclusions or decisions have yet been made.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 17/01/2019 16:17:17 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1036968

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by the National Audit Office Investigation into the British Army Recruiting Partnering Project, published on 14 December 2018, why the British army did not simplify its recruitment process before introducing the Capita online army recruitment system.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL12610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>At the outset of the contract the Army and Capita failed to understand the complexity of the Army recruitment requirement and the challenges faced. These were compounded by the delays in developing the new information technology to support the processes.</p><p>The Army and Capita are implementing a range of policy and process changes to increase enlistments to the Army. These have been informed by lessons learned and are, where appropriate, being piloted prior to full introduction. The improvements include changes to simplify and streamline the process.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL12607 question first answered 17/01/2019 16:11:09 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1036969

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Contracts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by the National Audit Office Investigation into the British Army Recruiting Partnering Project, published on 14 December 2018, what action they are taking to improve contract (1) letting, and (2) management.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL12611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) continually seeks to improve its commercial award and management processes. We have established a comprehensive training and education programme under the Commercial Professionalism Programme, which is supported by a robust accreditation process.</p><p>Improving skills and capability will achieve better commercial delivery, which will continue to be measured against the Government commercial operating standards.</p><p>More broadly, contract letting and contract management activities have also been looked at as part of the Government's work to build a new model for delivering outsourced services. The MOD has been actively engaged in this work.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 17/01/2019 16:16:20 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath