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805200

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date	12/12/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	EU Defence Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what representations he has made to the European Commission on UK participation in the European Defence Industrial Development programme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	118872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>As outlined in the Government future partnership paper on foreign policy, defence and development, we are open to considering options and models for participation in the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) after we have left the EU. Any decisions on the terms of UK participation in the EDIDP will form part of our wider negotiations.</p><p>We have argued strongly during the current negotiations of the EDIDP draft regulation that it should be open to third country industrial participation, and that it complements other cooperative programmes, including those developed through NATO. The General Affairs Council endorsed its general approach to the draft regulation on 12 December 2017.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 18/12/2017 17:06:47 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

804458

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2017 to Question 116427, on defence: finance, which sections and sub-heads within his Department's Estimates have been subject to virement in the last financial year; and what the value was of any transferred budget.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	118661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>These virements were reflected in the Department's 2016-17 published Annual Report and Accounts on pages 117 to 120, which is available on the gov.uk web site at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-defence-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 20/12/2017 15:23:15 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

802716

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Hyde Park Barracks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has reversed its decision to sell Hyde Park Barracks; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	118265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is investigating how best to deliver State Ceremonial and Public Duties in London. We are currently conducting detailed assessment studies to determine the best way forward.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 118267 question first answered 14/12/2017 17:22:54 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

802717

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of potential savings to his Department from (a) the better defence estate strategy and (b) the potential sale of Hyde Park Barracks.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	118266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Defence Estate Optimisation Programme which is delivering the Better Defence Estate Strategy is a 25-year programme which is forecast to save £140 million in running costs over ten years, rising to nearly £3 billion by 2040.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence is investigating how best to deliver State Ceremonial and Public Duties in London. We are currently conducting detailed assessment studies to determine the best way forward.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 14/12/2017 17:20:04 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

802718

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Hyde Park Barracks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has any plans (a) to sell Hyde Park barracks and (b) to relocate the Household Cavalry and the location for state ceremonial and public duties in London.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	118267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is investigating how best to deliver State Ceremonial and Public Duties in London. We are currently conducting detailed assessment studies to determine the best way forward.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 118265 question first answered 14/12/2017 17:22:54 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

802721

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Hyde Park Barracks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) officers and (b) soldiers are currently based at Hyde Park Barracks.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	118270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>At present, there are 21 officers and 268 soldiers based at Hyde Park Barracks. This includes personnel that are permanently based at Hyde Park Barracks for duty purposes, but does not include personnel that reside at Hyde Park Barracks but work elsewhere.</p><p>Figures are single service estimates and not produced by official statistics.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/12/2017 17:19:33 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

801106

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Exercises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Infantry, (b) Royal Artillery, (c) Royal Corps of Signals, (d) Army Medical Services, (e) Adjutant General's Corps, (f) Royal Armoured Corps, (g) Army Air Corps, (h) Royal Engineers, (i) Royal Logistics Corps, (j) Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and (k) Intelligence Corps overseas training exercises have been (i) held and (ii) cancelled in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	117665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The number of overseas training exercises held and cancelled for the Corps requested in the last five years is provided in the attached table. In addition to the exercises shown in the attachment, a number of overseas collective training exercises, which contain elements of numerous cap badges, based upon an Infantry or Armoured Brigade, will have also taken place during the requested period.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 13/12/2017 15:31:04 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name 20171208-PQ Answer Commons Written_PQW_17-19_2017_12737- KJ.docx title Overseas Training Exercises
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

801107

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on external website design consultants in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	117666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/12/2017 15:02:16 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

801108

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Babcock International: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department plans to offer to Babcock employees at Rosyth dockyard who are to be made redundant as a result of the completion of work on the UK’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier programme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	117667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence will remain closely engaged with Babcock throughout the consultation period to understand the impact of the potential reductions. Support to those facing redundancy will be provided by the Department for Work and Pensions Rapid Response service through the Scottish Government's Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE) initiative.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 14/12/2017 10:55:26 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

801109

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Syria: Chemical Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to make representations to his Russian counterpart Russia’s veto of the UN Security Council draft resolution on extending the mandate of the Joint Investigative Mechanism investigating use of chemical weapons in Syria.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	117668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has strongly condemned repeated Security Council vetoes by Russia - on 24 October, 16 and 17 November - which have blocked the renewal of the mandate for the UN Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (UN-OPCW) Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM). In a written statement to Parliament on 30 November, the Foreign Secretary condemned Russia's &quot;overriding determination to protect their allies in the Syrian regime, whatever the crimes committed.&quot; The UK remains determined to continue to seek accountability for the use of chemical weapons in Syria and continues to raise the issue with Russia bilaterally.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/12/2017 11:40:35 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones