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1123446

registered interest
date	26/04/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Heart Diseases: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the review into screening for risk of sudden cardiac death has commenced.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	247990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom National Screening Committee (UK NSC) is in the process of reviewing the evidence to screen for the major causes of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young people between the ages of 12 to 39 as per its three-yearly cycle and a public consultation will open in summer 2019. A wide range of relevant stakeholders will be consulted during the next SCD review.</p><p>The UK NSC is an independent committee that advises Ministers and the National Health Service in all four UK countries on all aspects of screening and supports implementation of screening programmes. Conditions are reviewed against evidence review criteria according to the UK NSC’s evidence review process.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 01/05/2019 15:26:40 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1123062

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Post Offices: Costs
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 the Answer of 16 April 2019 to Question 242045 on Post Offices: Costs, what the strategic parameters set by the Government are.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	247610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government requires the Post Office to maintain a national network of branches meeting minimum access criteria and delivering minimum services. The overall number of post offices across the UK remains at its most stable in decades with over 11,500 branches and with 99.7% of the population living within three miles of their nearest branch. There are no plans to change these strategic parameters, which received widespread public support in a 2017 consultation. ICT and the costs of running its business are operational matters for Post Office.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 247611 question first answered 02/05/2019 13:00:25 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1123063

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Post Office: ICT
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 the Answer of 16 April 2019 to Question 242042 on Post Office: ICT, what plans he has to change the strategic parameters set by the Government.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	247611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government requires the Post Office to maintain a national network of branches meeting minimum access criteria and delivering minimum services. The overall number of post offices across the UK remains at its most stable in decades with over 11,500 branches and with 99.7% of the population living within three miles of their nearest branch. There are no plans to change these strategic parameters, which received widespread public support in a 2017 consultation. ICT and the costs of running its business are operational matters for Post Office.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 247610 question first answered 02/05/2019 13:00:25 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1123065

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Post Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many times Ministers in his Department met the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	247613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>As the Special Shareholder of Post Office Limited, the Secretary of State appoints a Non-Executive Representative to the Post Office board to provide shareholder oversight of the company. Ministers have also met the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited twice in the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/05/2019 13:01:14 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1123069

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Post Office: Honours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether (a) Ministers or (b) senior officials in his Department made representations to the Honours Committee on the appointment of a CBE to the role of chief executive of the Post Office in 2019.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	247617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>Recommendations are made by independent specialist honours committees, who consider nominations put forward by members of the public and by Government departments. Each committee is chaired by and comprises a majority of independent members, all of whom were selected after open competition.’</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy fed Paula Vennells’s nomination in to the cross-Government process for honours, along with other citations for the round.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/05/2019 13:01:26 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1123070

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Tim Parker
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department made of any potential conflicts of interest arising from his chairmanship of Post Office Limited.prior to the appointment of Tim Parker as Chairman of the Board of HM Courts & Tribunals Service.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	247618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>Tim Parker was appointed Chairman of the HMCTS Board in April 2018 following an open and transparent recruitment process. As required under the terms of the HMCTS Framework Document, Tim’s appointment was made by the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice and the Senior President of Tribunals, following the unanimous recommendation made by the recruitment panel. All of those involved in the appointment were aware of the fact that Mr. Parker is also Chairman of the Board of Post Office Limited, which they concluded did not present any conflict. HMCTS manages the administration of courts and tribunals; it has no influence on the outcome of hearings, which are decisions entirely for the independent judiciary.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/05/2019 13:00:45 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1123204

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Post Office
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 the current reporting mechanism is between the Government and the Post Office.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	247619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>As per the Postal Services Act 2011, Post Office Limited must provide a yearly network report to the Shareholder to be laid before Parliament. Post Office Limited also provides a regular update to Government on the performance of its branch network.</p><p> </p><p>Post Office report to Government on their financial performance via an Annual Strategic Plan, a quarterly report on investment spending and monthly reports on financial information.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, officials regularly meet with Post Office to discuss a wide variety of matters.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/05/2019 13:01:35 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1122633

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people since 2016, who have been given a sentence of six months or less, have previously served (a) 20 short sentences of six months or less, (b) 50 short sentences six months or less and (c) 100 short sentences of 6 months or less.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	246959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>For those offenders sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence of six months or less between 1<sup>st</sup> January 2017 and 30<sup>th</sup> September 2018, 339 offenders had 20 previous custodial sentences of six months or less, 20 offenders had 50 previous custodial sentences of six months or less and 1 offender had 100 previous custodial sentences of six months or less.</p><p>There is a strong case to abolish sentences of six months or less, with some exceptions. We are exploring options to restrict the use of short custodial sentences, but we have not at this stage reached any conclusions.</p><p>There is persuasive evidence showing community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ study ‘The impact of short custodial sentences, community orders and suspended sentence orders on re-offending’ published in 2015 involved around 350,000 sentencing occasions over 4 years and used 130 different variables to construct matched groups of offenders and examine the effect of short sentences relative to community sentences. This study found a reduction of around 3 percentage points in proven reoffences if offenders receiving sentences of less than 12 months were to get a community order instead. This is statistically significant and equates to around 30,000 proven reoffences in total over a one-year period. This means fewer victims of crime.</p><p>Unless we tackle the underlying causes of offending, we cannot protect the public from being victims of crime. Effective community orders can address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, and provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/04/2019 16:47:45 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1122642

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 26 Frigates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK suppliers are supported during the manufacture of the Type 26 Frigate programme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	246960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Procurement programmes do not routinely set the requirements on where equipment or components are manufactured or assembled, unless there is a national security requirement to do so. This is a matter for the equipment and component suppliers, and the lead contractors.</p><p>In both cases, the Aircraft Carrier Alliance whose membership consists of BAE Systems, Babcock and Thales UK, and the lead contractor for the Type 26 Frigate programme, BAE Systems, have selected the majority of sub-contractors for the programmes through competition. UK suppliers have had an equal opportunity to bid for work on the two programmes, with selections based on price and the ability of suppliers to meet schedule and performance requirements.</p><p>The majority of the structural steel for the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier programme was supplied by Tata UK and the programme as a whole sustained thousands of jobs throughout the UK supply chain. On the Type 26 programme to date, 64 sub-contracts have been awarded to UK based companies including the gas turbines (Rolls Royce), propulsion system (General Electric) and gearboxes (David Brown Gear Systems) and air weapons handling system (Babcock). We anticipate that more UK based sub-contractors will continue to be appointed as the programme progresses.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 246961 question first answered 29/04/2019 15:23:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1122644

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Aircraft Carriers: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department took to ensure that UK suppliers were supported throughout the concept, development and manufacturing phase of the Aircraft Carrier Programme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	246961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Procurement programmes do not routinely set the requirements on where equipment or components are manufactured or assembled, unless there is a national security requirement to do so. This is a matter for the equipment and component suppliers, and the lead contractors.</p><p>In both cases, the Aircraft Carrier Alliance whose membership consists of BAE Systems, Babcock and Thales UK, and the lead contractor for the Type 26 Frigate programme, BAE Systems, have selected the majority of sub-contractors for the programmes through competition. UK suppliers have had an equal opportunity to bid for work on the two programmes, with selections based on price and the ability of suppliers to meet schedule and performance requirements.</p><p>The majority of the structural steel for the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier programme was supplied by Tata UK and the programme as a whole sustained thousands of jobs throughout the UK supply chain. On the Type 26 programme to date, 64 sub-contracts have been awarded to UK based companies including the gas turbines (Rolls Royce), propulsion system (General Electric) and gearboxes (David Brown Gear Systems) and air weapons handling system (Babcock). We anticipate that more UK based sub-contractors will continue to be appointed as the programme progresses.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 246960 question first answered 29/04/2019 15:23:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones