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1247869

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Shipbuilding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the maritime industry in his capacity as Shipbuilding Tsar.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	110068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>I have regular conversations with maritime industry partners in my capacity as Shipbuilding Tsar as this Government works to reinvigorate the UK's shipbuilding industry.</p><p>Additionally, COVID restrictions not withstanding, I intend to visit a cross-section of the UK shipbuilding sector to discuss how best this Government can work alongside industry partners to deliver our ambitions for an innovative, competititve and thriving enterprise.</p><p>Through the Maritime Enterprise Working Group, industry have been working with academia and Government to take forward work to ensure the competitiveness of the sector and set out proposals for how this Government can provide additional support to the shipbuilding enterprise.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 04/11/2020 15:21:00 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1307396

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Shipbuilding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has plans to reaffirm the National Shipbuilding Strategy in 2021.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	178863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>On 16 March 2021, I announced that we are currently conducting a refresh of the National Shipbuilding Strategy which will be published this summer. This will set out this Government's commitment to the entire UK shipbuilding enterprise and the supply chain that underpins it.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 19/04/2021 10:56:50 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1386304

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Shipbuilding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his timescale is for publishing the National Shipbuilding Strategy refresh.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	89513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>The National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh will now be published early next year.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 14/12/2021 10:59:44 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 38773 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1168480

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Shipbuilding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any UK shipyard has the capability to build a Cantabria-class Combat Support Ship.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	48
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>The UK has capable shipyards that are able to build and maintain large complex warships and other classes of military and commercial vessels. The recent completion of the cutting-edge Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers are a clear example in this regard.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 07/01/2020 11:33:10 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1143151

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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	Shipbuilding
	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 steps the Government is taking to support the supply of skills and expertise to UK shipyards.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	284579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>Government is supporting the Maritime Enterprise Working Group (MEWG) to carry out an analysis of the shipbuilding skills requirements needed to meet future demand. The MEWG will use this analysis to inform the recruitment by the shipyards to meet their future delivery requirements.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Industrial Strategy “Building a Britain Fit for the Future” includes the commitment to support young people to develop the skills they need for jobs in the future. Government is committed to encouraging the take up of apprenticeships and has set a target of 3 million new apprenticeships by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/09/2019 13:48:20 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1143833

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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	Shipbuilding
	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 steps her Department is taking to increase the number of women entering the UK shipbuilding industry.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	285221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to encouraging more young people including women to consider a career in the engineering and manufacturing sector, including in shipbuilding. The Government has supported a year-long campaign to tackle the engineering skills gap and widen the pool of young people who join the profession.</p><p>The 2018 Year of Engineering was a national campaign to increase awareness and understanding of engineering among young people, their parents and their teachers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to working with the business community to create more inclusive workplaces from the shop floor to the boardroom. The Government has commissioned and supports several business-led, independent reviews on promoting diversity, including the Hampton-Alexander Review to increase the representation of women on boards and in senior leadership positions in FTSE 350 companies to 33% by 2020 and the Parker Review to increase the ethnic diversity of FTSE 350 boards by 2024. These reviews form part of the Government’s modern Industrial Strategy which aims to build an economy that works for all.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/09/2019 09:41:30 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1658135

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Shipbuilding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who the Shipbuilding Tsar is.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	197689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>In addition to being appointed Secretary of State for Defence, my right hon. Friend for Welywn Hatfield (Grant Shapps) will also be taking on the role of Shipbuilding Tsar.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 197668 question first answered 11/09/2023 11:46:01 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1353433

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Shipbuilding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's timescale is for the publication of the National Shipbuilding Strategy refresh document.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	44202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2021 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave on Wednesday 8 September to Question 43387 to the hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (Mr John Healey).</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 14/09/2021 10:19:07 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name 43387 - Shipbuilding.docx title 43387 - Shipbuilding
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones