Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve road safety.

Answered by Guy Opperman

Although by global standards, roads in the UK are very safe, every road death and injury is a tragedy for the families involved and we are working on a number of measures to keep our roads and road users safe. This Government has updated The Highway Code to improve road safety for people walking, cycling and riding horses, tightened up the law to target the most dangerous drivers and closed the loophole in the offence of driving while using a mobile.

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Found: Declaration of interests Joanna Cherry and Sir Jeremy Quin declared interests, in accordance with the

Found: and Nick Smith be discharged from the Committee of Public Accounts and Paula Barker, Sarah Owen, Jeremy

Found: Mortimer (Conservative, Hartlepool) (added 6 Dec 2022; removed 11 Dec 2023) 0 of 10 (0.0%) Sir Jeremy

Found: Equalities— Rt Hon Caroline Nokes MP (Conservative, Romsey and Southampton North) Defence— Rt Hon Sir Jeremy

Found: Chair Sarah Atherton Martin Docherty- Hughes Richard Drax Mark Francois Jesse Norman Sir Jeremy

Found: Resolved , That Sir Jeremy Quin and Sarah Atherton visit the Defence Serious Crime Unit and Victim Witness

Found: Question for Ministry of Defence, UIN 157504, tabled on 21 April 2022 by Dave Doogan and answered by Jeremy

Found: Defence Select Committee Chair, Rt Hon Sir Jeremy Quin MP Committee Office, House of Commons, London

Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Sir Jeremy Quin (Chair); Sarah Atherton; Richard Drax; Mr Kevan

Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Sir Jeremy Quin (Chair); Sarah Atherton; Richard Drax; Mark Francois

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff are seconded to 10 Downing Street from outside Government; what roles those people perform; from which outside body each has been seconded; and what the length of each secondment is.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

For management and staffing purposes the Prime Minister’s Office is part of the Cabinet Office.

I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer given by then Cabinet Office Minister Jeremy Quin on 15 June 2023, Official Report PQ 188973

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) direct ministerial and (b) other public appointments to his Department and associated bodies have (i) been (A) removed from their posts and (B) asked to resign and (ii) made since 4 July 2024.

Answered by Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)

The Department has not removed any direct Ministerial appointees or public appointees from their posts.

No direct Ministerial appointees or public appointees have been asked to resign.

The Department has made no statutory direct Ministerial appointments.

The Department has made eight non-statutory direct Ministerial appointments.

These are as follows:

Strategic Defence Review (SDR) 2024

Lead reviewer- Lord Robertson of Port Ellen

Reviewer - Dr Fiona Hill

Reviewer - General Sir Richard Barrons

Review Team Expert - Rt Hon Sir Jeremy Quin

Review Team Expert - Edward Dinsmore

Review Team Expert - Robin Marshall

Review Team Expert - Grace Cassy

AUKUS

UK Government’s AUKUS Adviser - Sir Stephen Lovegrove

The Department has made four other public appointments.

These are as follows:

Atomic Weapons Establishment

Non-Executive Director - Mark Wild

Defence Infrastructure Organisation

Non-Executive Director - Sarah Albon

Non-Executive Director - Eloise Francis

UK Hydrographic Office

Non-Executive Director - Tom Betts

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory direct ministerial appointments excluding special advisers she has made; and (i) who the appointee was and (ii) what the (A) remuneration, (B) title and (C) terms of reference was for each appointment.

Answered by Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)

The Department has not made any statutory direct Ministerial appointments.

The Department has made eight non-statutory direct Ministerial appointments. These are as follows:

Strategic Defence Review (SDR) 2024

Reviewers:

• Lead reviewer- Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
• Reviewer - Dr Fiona Hill
• Reviewer - General Sir Richard Barrons
• Review Team Expert - Rt Hon Sir Jeremy Quin
• Review Team Expert - Edward Dinsmore
• Review Team Expert - Robin Marshall
• Review Team Expert - Grace Cassy

Remuneration rates have not yet been finalised.

All these appointments are subject to the Terms of Reference for the SDR which is available on GOV.UK.

AUKUS

• UK Government's AUKUS Adviser - Sir Stephen Lovegrove

Un-remunerated. Appointment's Terms of Reference available on GOV.UK.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what system the E7 Wedgetail uses for mid-air refuelling.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Shadow Secretary of State for Defence

I refer the right hon. Member to the answer my right hon. Friend (Sir Jeremy Quin) the then Minister for Defence Procurement gave to the right hon. Member for North Durham (Kevan Jones) on 27 July 2021 to Question 35542.

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Found: Strategic Defence and Security Review , HC 345 2010–11, 15 September 2010 1.1 Defence Committee Chairs Jeremy

Found: Cabinet Office, New procurement rules will strengthen our n ational securit y, an Op -Ed by Ministers Jeremy

Found: report of the Committee of Public Accounts, “ MoD Equipment Plan 2023 - 33” ( HC 45 1) Lead Member: Jeremy

Found: Jeremy Quin MP , HM Paymaster General, to William Wragg MP , Chair of PACAC, 6 July 2023.

Found: They are: Rt Hon Sir Jeremy Quin – He is a former Defence Minister in the previous Government and former

Found: Nil Nil Nil Full year equivalent salary Minister of State for Defence Procurement The Rt Hon Jeremy

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Found: Written Statement of Jeremy Quin paras 8-9 WITN7526002.

Found: The expectation of the then Paymaster General, Jeremy Quin, as at 25 July 2023 was that the full report

Found: Hon Jeremy Quin MP (Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office) from 25 October 2022 to

Found: Written Statement of Jeremy Quin paras 8-9 WITN7526002.

Found: The expectation of the then Paymaster General, Jeremy Quin, as at 25 July 2023 was that the full report

Found: Haemophiliac litigation 11 December 1990 DHSC0003654_029 220 Commons Hansard: Infected Blood Inquiry Jeremy

Found: Letter dated 28/05/2024 from Grant Shapps MP to Jeremy Quin MP regarding the Royal Navy and shipbuilding