Asked by: Melanie Onn (Labour - Great Grimsby)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to ensure that those who tender for government contracts for his department are kept informed of the status of their tender throughout the process.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Standard documentation outlining the tendering process, including anticipated key activities and dates, is provided to all suppliers tendering for Ministry of Defence contracts. If there are successive rounds of negotiation or dialogue, tenderers are notified after each successive stage whether they have been selected to continue. All tenderers are subsequently notified of the final contract award decision.
Asked by: Melanie Onn (Labour - Great Grimsby)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme Quinquennial Review.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The Ministry of Defence conducted a Quinquennial Review of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme. This was published in February 2017 and can be found at the following address:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-armed-forces-compensation-scheme-quinquennial-review
Asked by: Melanie Onn (Labour - Great Grimsby)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has awarded any commercial contracts to iNHouse Communications Ltd in the last five years.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin
The Ministry of Defence has not awarded any contracts, or made any direct payments, to iNHouse Communications Ltd in the last five years.
Information concerning communications on current tenders is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Melanie Onn (Labour - Great Grimsby)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has had any communications with iNHouse Communications Ltd in connection with any current commercial tender process.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin
The Ministry of Defence has not awarded any contracts, or made any direct payments, to iNHouse Communications Ltd in the last five years.
Information concerning communications on current tenders is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Melanie Onn (Labour - Great Grimsby)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual cost is of the veterans badge.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The annual cost of Armed Forces Veterans' Badges from November 2014 to October 2015 was £44,655.
Asked by: Melanie Onn (Labour - Great Grimsby)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to introduce a National Defence Medal for all veterans.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals (HD Committee) examined the proposals to institute a National Defence Medal (NDM) as part of the independent Military Medals Review in July 2014. The Committee was not persuaded that a strong enough case could be made at the time. Therefore the Department has no current plans to introduce a NDM for veterans.
At the conclusion of Sir John Holmes review, a series of papers were placed in the Library of the House (http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2014-07-28&td=2014-07-29#toggle-1168). One of these, ‘Revised National Defence Medal – Updated’, contains an estimate of the potential cost of awarding a NDM to all veterans who have completed four years of regular or Reserve Service or completed national service (back to 9 September 1945). Based on an approximate figure of seven million recipients the cost was estimated to be £475 million.
Asked by: Melanie Onn (Labour - Great Grimsby)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential annual cost of awarding a National Defence Medal to all veterans.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals (HD Committee) examined the proposals to institute a National Defence Medal (NDM) as part of the independent Military Medals Review in July 2014. The Committee was not persuaded that a strong enough case could be made at the time. Therefore the Department has no current plans to introduce a NDM for veterans.
At the conclusion of Sir John Holmes review, a series of papers were placed in the Library of the House (http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2014-07-28&td=2014-07-29#toggle-1168). One of these, ‘Revised National Defence Medal – Updated’, contains an estimate of the potential cost of awarding a NDM to all veterans who have completed four years of regular or Reserve Service or completed national service (back to 9 September 1945). Based on an approximate figure of seven million recipients the cost was estimated to be £475 million.