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819060

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was paid from the public purse to civilian staff from (a) Network Rail and (b) the German Federal Railway Die Bahn to oversee the loading of armoured vehicles to trains and certifying them as safe to move in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	121737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 17/01/2018 15:22:37 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

819057

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department's Investment Approvals Committee plans to confirm its acquisition strategy for the planned Mechanised Infantry Vehicle programme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	121734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>An announcement on the acquisition strategy for the Mechanised Infantry Vehicle programme is expected shortly.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 17/01/2018 15:23:11 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

819058

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the first delivery of vehicles from the Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV) programme will take place in 2021; and whether the date for the first MIV-equipped battlegroup to reach an initial operational capability is set for the start of 2023.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	121735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The precise delivery schedule of the Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV) is yet to be confirmed. The project assessment phase will determine the timing and delivery sequence for the Army's new Strike Brigades.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 17/01/2018 15:23:40 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

825574

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's lower and upper cost estimates are for the Fleet Solid Support ships contract.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	123708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Cost estimates for the Fleet Solid Support project will be refined as part of the Assessment Phase, which on current plans is due to conclude in 2020.</p><p>I am withholding the current cost estimate as its disclosure would be prejudicial to the commercial interests of the Ministry of Defence.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 23/01/2018 17:42:19 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

825573

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships: Shipbuilding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 6 of the Independent Report to inform the UK National Shipbuilding Strategy, published 29 November 2016, and with reference to paragraphs 99 and 100 of the National Shipbuilding Strategy, published 06 September 2017, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's research on the socio-economic effects of Government funded shipbuilding in the UK.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	123707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The IPSOS Mori report undertaken in support of the National Shipbuilding Strategy was published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the gov.uk website alongside the Strategy. It is available at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/641541/uk-shipbuilding-prosperity-impacts-report.pdf</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 23/01/2018 17:43:56 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

77138

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on refurbishing (a) gym and leisure facilities, (b) cafeterias and (c) interior decoration within buildings (i) used and (ii) owned by his Department in (A) 2013 and (B) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	205239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) new gym facility within the King Charles Street office was part of a combined project which also delivered a new Diplomatic Service Language Centre. It has replaced the staff gym in the Old Admiralty Building office which has closed as part of the FCO's office relocation. Figures for the gym alone could not be extracted from these totals without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p>Expenditure on refurbishing cafeterias during 2013 was nil. During 2014 to date, the total was £189,682.</p><p>Expenditure on the refurbishment of interior decoration is not specifically identified as such within the Department’s records and could not be extracted without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p>Overseas, the FCO runs an estate in over 270 locations worldwide. It would not be possible to provide the information requested on overseas properties without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 21/07/2014 11:53:33 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

77135

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on (a) media training and (b) social media training for (i) him and (ii) other Ministers in his Department; and what specific training was provided in each such case.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	205242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Member for North West Norfolk (Mr Bellingham), on 16 July 2012, Official Report, column 569W.<br> <br>The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Boston and Skegness (Mr Simmonds), attended media training in July 2013. The cost was £1,150.<br> <br>Since then we have not provided any training on media or social media for any Ministers in the Department.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 21/07/2014 11:57:26 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

77144

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Mass Media: Subscriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what subscriptions to (a) magazines and (b) television channels his Department funds; and what the annual cost is of each of those subscriptions.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	205258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>(a) The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) reviews all magazine subscriptions annually. Titles are provided electronically wherever possible to ensure efficiency and best value for money.</p><p>The FCO does not hold centrally separate data on magazine subscriptions. The majority of decisions on subscriptions are made by the UK’s Embassies and diplomatic posts and are funded from within their delegated budgets, or by individual departments within the FCO on the same basis. As a result comprehensive information on individual publications is not centrally recorded and collating this information would incur disproportionate cost. The following is the list of magazines provided centrally, in the majority of cases in electronic format, as of July 2014:</p><p>American Journal of International Law, Civil Wars, Critical Studies on Terrorism, International Peacekeeping, Turkish Studies, Common Market Law Review, Current Legal Problems, Human Rights Quarterly, ICSID Review - Foreign Investment Law Journal, International Community Law Review, International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, Journal of Private International Law, Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, Legal Issues of Economic Integration : Academic – Government, Modern Law Review, Ocean Development and International Law, Military Balance, Global Governance, Journal of Common Market Studies, Project Manager Today, Eurasian Geography and Economics, Journal of Democracy, Post-Soviet Affairs, RUSI Journal and Whitehall Papers, Africa Confidential, Comparative Strategy, Conflict Management and Peace Science, Conflict Security and Development, Economic and Political Weekly, Eye Spy Magazine, IISS Publications Combined, Intelligence and National Security, International Affairs, International Journal of Human Rights, International Journal of Intelligence and Counter Intelligence, Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, Journal of Strategic Studies, Marston World Wide, Monde Diplomatique, Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law, Prospect, Science, Terrorism and Political Violence, Washington Quarterly, Inside Us Trade and World Trade, Jane's Defence News, Jane's Security News, Science Direct.</p><p>The breadth of magazines reflects the wide range of issues, events and crises the FCO’s staff around the world need to keep track of in order to protect Britain’s interests at home and overseas.</p><p>The total cost of these magazine subscriptions was £52,964. Total FCO expenditure on publications has fallen by 16% since 2010.</p><p>(b) The FCO does not spend any money on premium satellite television channels in the UK. The Digital television system used by the FCO is provided through our support agreement with FCO Services. It has been in place for five years and all 85 channels available are free to air and are therefore subscription free.</p><p>This does not capture subscriptions sourced locally overseas as it would incur disproportionate cost to obtain this information.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 21/07/2014 12:02:01 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

78182

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
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	Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Twitter accounts are run by his Department; how much his Department spends annually on (a) Twitter accounts and (b) all social media; and how many people in his Department are employed to work on social media.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	206051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has 17 corporate twitter accounts, including a central @foreignoffice account. The other accounts are for support to British nationals overseas, work on forced marriage, communications in Arabic and Urdu, and a range of other priorities such as recruitment, ending sexual violence in conflict and our policy on Europe. Six Ministers and the Permanent Under Secretary are also on twitter in an official capacity, as well as most of our 270 posts overseas, many of our Ambassadors and some other senior officials. The FCO does not spend anything on its Twitter accounts.</p><p>The FCO runs a range of other social media accounts such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Weibo, Flickr, Google+, YouTube but does not pay for any of these.</p><p>The FCO occasionally uses paid-for advertising on its social media channels to promote key content. Any such advertising is subject to Cabinet Office marketing and advertising spending controls and is cleared in line with Cabinet Office procedures. It is not possible to breakdown exact spending, although details of overall exemptions to marketing and advertising controls are available on GOV.UK. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/exceptions-data</p><p>One FCO official in London maintains the main Foreign Office corporate social media accounts. Staff from across the FCO contribute to other social media channels. For example, a number of staff in our Consular team contribute to the @FCOTravel twitter account as part of our customer service to British Nationals, and staff at posts contribute to overseas channels. It is not possible to give precise numbers across our network as this information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 22/07/2014 15:20:30 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

100805

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
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	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on security and hostile environment training in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	211815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office provides a wide range of security courses. Most are conducted in-house. A three-day Security Awareness in Fragile Environments (SAFE) residential training course, with an additional one-day SAFE+ Close Protection module, is provided by an external contractor.</p><p>Costs for all security and hostile environment training were as follows:</p><p>2010/11 : £414,028.32<br>2011/12 : £500,164.52<br>2012/13 : £484,826.55<br>2013/14 : £535,437.82</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 29/10/2014 15:52:55 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones