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1150470

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Office for Veterans' Affairs: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of setting up the Office for Veterans Affairs.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	1606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>At the last Spending Round the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that £5 million is being made available for the Office for Veterans' Affairs in 2020/2021. The costs of setting up the Office for Veterans' Affairs were met from existing budgets in the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Defence, and included time from existing staff.</p><p>Furthermore, this does not represent the totality of government spend to support veterans. For example, we recently announced an additional £10 million to support veterans' mental health and wellbeing needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 22/10/2019 09:31:25 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1150019

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Office for Veterans' Affairs: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding from the public purse has been allocated to the new Office for Veterans Affairs.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>At the last Spending Round the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that £5 million is being made available for the Office for Veterans' Affairs in 2020/2021. The costs of setting up the Office for Veterans' Affairs were met from existing budgets in the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Defence, and included time from existing staff.</p><p>Furthermore, this does not represent the totality of government spend to support veterans. For example, we recently announced an additional £10 million to support veterans' mental health and wellbeing needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 21/10/2019 15:44:45 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1149337

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	Maritime Patrol Aircraft: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost was of purchasing nine P-8 Poseidon military aircraft.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The current forecasted cost of procuring our fleet of nine P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft is £2,207 million, as reported in the Project Performance Summary Table in the Defence Equipment Plan 2018:</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/788481/20190318-EP18_v3.pdf</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 21/10/2019 10:59:34 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1148909

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Fisheries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fishing protection vessels the UK operates; under whose jurisdiction those vessels operate; what the names are of those vessels; and how many days each of those vessels has had at sea in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	89
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The Royal Navy (RN) has four River-Class Offshore Patrol Vessels that also conduct fishery protection activities alongside their Defence tasking. They are HMS MERSEY, HMS TYNE, HMS SEVERN and HMS FORTH. They are used to fulfil the RN’s commitments under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Marine Management Organisation, for fishery protection tasking.</p><p> </p><p>These ships remain under RN Command.</p><p> </p><p>The days spent at sea between 1 January 2014 until 30 September 2019 for all tasking; including the activity under the MOU:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>SHIP</p></td><td><p>DAYS AT SEA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS MERSEY</p></td><td><p>1,271</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS TYNE</p></td><td><p>1,081</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS SEVERN (1)</p></td><td><p>848</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS FORTH (2)</p></td><td><p>268</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Footnote:</p><p> </p><ol><li>HMS SEVERN was decommissioned in October 2017. However, as my right hon. Friend, Gavin Williamson, announced onboard HMS TYNE on 22 November 2018, the three Batch One OPV (HMS MERSEY, HMS TYNE and HMS SEVERN) will be retained for at least two years and may return to the fisheries protection task if required.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>HMS FORTH’s Vessel Acceptance Date was February 2018.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/10/2019 14:24:29 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1143146

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Harland and Wolff: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government took into account Harland and Wolff's involvement in two bids for the Type 31a Frigate contract when taking the decision to refuse to offer temporary support to the shipyard prior to that company entering into administration.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	284814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The T31 frigate competition is ongoing and therefore due to commercial and legal sensitivities I cannot comment.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 05/09/2019 16:37:04 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1141484

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the statement by the right hon. Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip of 23 July 2019 that the UK will build more ships, what plans her Department has to expand the Royal Navy.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	281021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Our Royal Navy will soon take delivery of their second aircraft carrier, HMS PRINCE OF WALES, completing the Queen Elizabeth Class. She will be ably supported by cutting edge F-35 fighter jets. We are investing in a full new generation of submarines and Type 26 frigates which will equip the Royal Navy with world leading capabilities to defend British and our allies' interests. We have already committed to building new Batch 2 Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) and, as announced on 22 November 2018, will retain the Batch 1 OPVs. In addition, the winning bidder for the Type 31 will be announced shortly. The Government has also committed to increase the number of personnel in the Royal Navy, and will spend £64.1 billion on procurement and support of ships and submarines over the next decade.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 03/09/2019 13:36:23 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1137822

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what criteria or process her Department chose 82,000 as the optimum number of personnel for the army.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	275137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The proposal for a regular Army of 82,000 emerged from work that followed the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 15/07/2019 13:43:46 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1136610

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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: Pay
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 funding has been made available by the Post Office Ltd to pay for the outcome of the sub-postmasters pay review; and whether that funding is to be additional money to pay sub-postmasters.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	272784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the critical role that post offices play in communities and for small businesses across the UK. This is why the Government committed to safeguard the post office network and protect existing rural services. The overall number of post offices across the UK remains at its most stable in decades with over 11,500 branches thanks to significant Government investment of over £2 billion since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The postmasters pay review is being conducted internally by Post Office Limited. Post Office Limited has returned to profitability after 16 years of losses and the Company is now exploring ways to share the growing income more widely with postmasters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 10/07/2019 11:25:26 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1136611

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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: Pay
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 the Post Office Ltd will be required to ballot all postmasters on the outcome of the sub-postmasters pay review.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	272785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the critical role that post offices play in communities and for small businesses across the UK. This is why the Government committed to safeguard the post office network and protect existing rural services. The overall number of post offices across the UK remains at its most stable in decades with over 11,500 branches thanks to significant Government investment of over £2 billion since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>While the Government sets the strategic direction for the Post Office, it allows the company the commercial freedom to deliver this strategy as an independent business. The review of Postmasters Pay is being undertaken internally by Post Office Limited and is therefore an operational matter for Post Office Limited. I have asked Alisdair Cameron, the Group interim Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon Member on this matter. A copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 10/07/2019 11:25:34 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1135017

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Heart Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what her Department's policy is on screening new recruits to identify the risk of sudden cardiac death.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	269662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The full clinical history of recruits is considered. This includes smoking and family history, taking account of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Recruits also receive a full clinical examination.</p><p>In addition to this, Army recruits have an electrocardiogram and, when clinically indicated, a transthoracic cardiac echo is performed. This screening is designed to detect significant structural and electrophysiological abnormalities.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 01/07/2019 13:50:50 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones