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1507891

registered interest
date	23/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Christopher Pincher
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September 2022 to Question 47378, whether steps were taken to assess whether communications were made by his Department to the BBC between 29 June 2022 and 3 July 2022 concerning the conduct of the Rt hon. Member for Tamworth.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	55028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2022 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has examined its official records and found no communication with the BBC regarding the Rt Hon. Member for Tamworth between 29th June and 3rd July.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/10/2022 14:29:31 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1507219

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Hercules Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected out-of-service date is for Hercules C-130J aircraft.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	53303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>The RAF's fleet of Hercules C-130J aircraft is due to go out of service in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 29/09/2022 10:43:58 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1507220

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	A400M Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the (a) roles and (b) missions previously performed by the Hercules C-130J have transitioned to the Airbus A400M as of 20 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	53304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2022 answer text <p>The Hercules C-130J remains in service with RAF into 2023. The Atlas A400M is a more modern and capable aircraft, offering the opportunity to approach those tasks carried out by the Hercules C-130J in a different manner so will not simply replicate how the Hercules C130J currently delivers the mission set.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 05/10/2022 15:08:52 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1507221

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	A400M Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how he has measured the (a) level of availability and (b) reliability of the Royal Air Force A400M fleet over the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	53305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>The RAF measures availability by the number of aircraft held within the Forward Available Fleet. Reliability is measured by the Mean Time between Unscheduled Removal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 29/09/2022 10:43:24 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1506567

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Funerals: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making costs associated with the organisation of remembrance services exempt from VAT.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	51458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>VAT has been designed as a broad-based tax on consumption, and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to the vast majority of goods and services.</p><p> </p><p>It would be administratively challenging for suppliers to identify and apply a different VAT treatment to supplies based on the type of event and for HMRC to ensure that the VAT treatment and VAT accounting is applied correctly throughout the supply chain. Businesses and organisations in the supply chain are normally able to recover VAT on costs. However, they are unable to recover the VAT on costs used in making exempt or out of scope supplies.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes under review and welcomes representations to help inform future decisions on tax policy, as part of the tax policy making cycle and Budget process.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 23/09/2022 13:26:09 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1506883

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF College Cranwell: Public Statues
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the RAF has spent on maintaining the Trenchard Statue at RAF Cranwell.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	51459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The Royal Air Force has spent no money on maintaining the Trenchard Statue at RAF Cranwell.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 23/09/2022 08:26:39 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1504696

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Harland and Wolff: 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 announcement on 14 July 2022 that British shipyard, Harland & Wolff, has been awarded a £55 million contract to regenerate a former Royal Navy mine-hunting vessel, whether it is Harland & Wolff, the wholly owned subsidiary, Harland & Wolff Group Holdings plc, or another corporate entity which now holds that contract.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	47375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The contract for the regeneration of HMS Quorn was awarded to Harland and Wolff Appledore Limited.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 20/09/2022 10:27:46 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1504699

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Harland and Wolff: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government conducted capital adequacy tests on Harland & Wolff before it was awarded the contract to regenerate the former Royal Navy mine-hunting vessel, HMS Quorn.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	47376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>A capital adequacy test was conducted as part of the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire process and risk mitigations were enacted where necessary, which were fed through into the contracting process.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 20/09/2022 10:28:33 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1504702

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Quorn: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the competitive tendering process for the award of the contract to overhaul the former Royal Navy mine countermeasures vessel, HMS Quorn.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	47377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>A formal competitive process was run by the Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA) under the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations on behalf of the Lithuanian Defence Materiel Authority (LTU DMA). During the bid process all but one of the bidders withdrew from the process. The competitive process was brought to a conclusion with the single remaining bidder as permitted by the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations. The contract was placed with Harland and Wolff (Appledore) Limited and immediately novated to LTU DMA and is proceeding in accordance with its terms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 20/09/2022 10:30:40 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1504714

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Christopher Pincher
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what communications were made by his Department to the BBC between 29 June 2022 and 3 June 2022 concerning the conduct of the Rt Hon. Member for Tamworth.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	47378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>There is no record of any communication from the Cabinet Office to the BBC regarding the Rt Hon. Member for Tamworth between 29 June and 3 July.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/09/2022 16:27:00 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones