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1543229

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the 106 partly and wholly accepted recommendations from the June 2020 Living in Our Shoes report have been implemented.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	89767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government responded to the 110 recommendations of the comprehensive <em>Living in Our Shoes</em> report in March 2021. This response, which set the baseline for the new Armed Forces Families Strategy, included input from the Devolved Administrations.</p><p> </p><p>Since the publication of the Strategy in January of this year, a great deal of work has taken place to formulate the priorities under the Action Plan, to understand what changes can be delivered in the short, medium and longer term. As the <em>Living in Our Shoes</em> report acknowledged, many of the recommendations are ambitious and will be delivered towards the middle or latter part of the 10-year programme. However, there is much we can do now and indeed many of the recommendations from <em>Living in Our Shoes</em> have in effect already been delivered. There will be an update on progress with the implementation of the Strategy in the Armed Forces Covenant Annual Report, which is due to be published by the end of the calendar year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 22/11/2022 14:47:09 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1543236

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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: Job Creation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of new shipbuilding jobs that will be created under the fleet solid support ship contract that will be taken by overseas nationals.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	89755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The Fleet Solid Support ships will primarily be built in Belfast and Appledore and the jobs the work will create and sustain will be situated in those localities. There will be a significant programme of skills transfer and training of UK workers. This contract will see investment in welders and steelworkers and will reduce our dependency on overseas labour currently seen in UK shipyards.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 24/11/2022 14:33:58 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1543237

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an estimate of the number of jobs that will be supported by the Fleet Solid Support Ship Contract for over one year.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	89756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>The Fleet Solid Support ship contract will create a significant number of new jobs, including around 1,200 high quality manufacturing jobs, and hundreds of graduate placements and apprenticeships. The precise distribution of these jobs between UK sites through the duration of the contract is a matter for Harland &amp; Wolff and BMT.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 89739 89741 question first answered 23/11/2022 11:46:25 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1543239

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the social value criteria of the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	89757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>The procurement of the Fleet Solid Support ships exceeded the Cabinet Office policy to provide 10 per cent Social Value in the tender evaluation criteria. The recapitalisation and Social Value programme will be a contractual requirement alongside the ships and will be subject to milestone payment evidence and other mechanisms to ensure financial incentives and compliant delivery.</p><p>Progress will be monitored through regular reporting and joint-governance forums, with additional on-site monitoring of activities by the MOD.</p><p>There are no plans to publish the social value criteria for the Fleet Solid Support ship contract as to do so may be prejudicial to the MOD's commercial interests in relation to the running of future defence procurement programmes.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 88821 question first answered 22/11/2022 12:13:20 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1543241

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Fleet Solid Support Ship Contract, whether there is a legal mechanism to hold Team Resolute to account on the amount of UK content.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	89758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>As with any Government contract, mechanisms exist to hold the contractor to account for delivery of their contractual obligations.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 24/11/2022 14:34:46 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1543244

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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: Iron and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract, whether the contract with Team Resolute requires that company to use UK steel in the fulfilment of that contract.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	89759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>Responsibility for sourcing steel for the ships will rest with the prime contractor, who will make their steel requirements known to the UK steel industry and procure the steel in accordance with Cabinet Office guidelines.</p><p>Team Resolute has indicated that it intends to use UK-sourced steel wherever it is practicable to do so, and in any event for the majority of the build.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 88822 88826 88828 question first answered 22/11/2022 11:46:14 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1543245

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the Fleet Solid Support Ships will be maintained.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	89760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>Royal Fleet Auxiliaries are not base ported at a specific location. The in-service support arrangements for Fleet Solid Support ships will be decided and contracted ahead of the class coming fully into service.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 23/11/2022 11:41:36 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1543254

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract, how many subsystems of the Team Resolute bid will be procured in Spain.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	89765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>The prime contract for the Fleet Solid Support ships has not yet been awarded and thus no sub-contracts have been awarded for sub-systems. The ships will primarily be built in the UK to protect the UK's essential security interests. It is estimated that 25 UK small and medium enterprises are set to benefit from the contract including the provision of specialist systems, software and equipment.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 23/11/2022 11:23:20 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1543257

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who will be employed at (a) Appledore and (b) Harland and Wolff Belfast at the peak of the fleet solid support ship contract.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	89766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>I refer the right. hon Member to the answer I gave on 21 November 2022 to Question number 88807 to the right hon. Member for Warley (John Spellar).</p><p>The Fleet Solid Support ship contract will create a significant number of new jobs, including around 1,200 high quality manufacturing jobs. The precise distribution of these jobs between UK sites through the duration of the contract is a matter for Harland &amp; Wolff.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 89762 question first answered 22/11/2022 13:10:47 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk attachment 1 file name 88807 - Fleet Solid Support Ships.docx title Fleet Solid Support Ships: Contracts
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1543298

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much revenue his Department has generated from interest rate payments from small and medium-sized enterprises for loans to fund defence projects in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	89724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has a single loan arrangement that has generated interest rate payments This has only been in place since August 2021 and generated the payments outlined below. There have been no other loans that have generated interest payments since 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022-23 (as at 31 Oct 22)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Working Capital Facility (WCF) Agreement with Sheffield Forgemasters International Limited - Commitment Fees/Interest</p></td><td><p>£139,429.26</p></td><td><p>£84,923.16</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 25/11/2022 15:02:08 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey