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Select Committee
Ministry of Defence
FAVC0023 - Future Aviation Capabilities

Written Evidence Mar. 26 2024

Inquiry: Future Aviation Capabilities
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Defence Committee (Department: Ministry of Defence)

Found: FAVC0023 - Future Aviation Capabilities Ministry of Defence Written Evidence


Non-Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Defence Nuclear Organisation

Mar. 25 2024

Source Page: Defence Nuclear Enterprise Command Paper
Document: Defence Nuclear Enterprise Command Paper: Delivering the UK’s Nuclear Deterrent as a National Endeavour (PDF)

Found: Defence Nuclear Enterprise Command Paper


Departmental Publication (Policy and Engagement)
Ministry of Defence

Mar. 25 2024

Source Page: Defence Nuclear Enterprise Command Paper
Document: Defence Nuclear Enterprise Command Paper: Delivering the UK’s Nuclear Deterrent as a National Endeavour (PDF)

Found: Defence Nuclear Enterprise Command Paper


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) Lady about the importance of sovereign defence capability, and not just because of the economic benefits - Speech Link
2: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) What assessment he has made of the security of the sovereign base areas and the armed forces in Cyprus - Speech Link
3: James Heappey (Con - Wells) The SBAs are sovereign bases, so of course we reserve the right to operate from them as needed, based - Speech Link
4: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) Of course, training is fundamental to bringing in the next generation to man our capability. - Speech Link


Select Committee
Fourth Special Report - Tilting horizons: the Integrated Review and the Indo-Pacific – Government Response to the Committee’s Eighth Report: Fourth Special Report

Special Report Mar. 22 2024

Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: The FCDO’s global network of 161 sovereign posts, our people and partnership with other HMG departments


Written Question
Defence: Procurement
Friday 22nd March 2024

Asked by: Sarah Atherton (Conservative - Wrexham)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's assessment of companies against its social value criteria gives equal weighting to benefits that are brought (a) direct to the UK and (b) overseas.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) applies the Social Value Model to all of its in-scope competitive procurements, in accordance with the Cabinet Office Social Value Policy. The MOD ensures correct and consistent application of the Social Value Model through additional policy, guidance, training and through engagement with industry through the Defence Supplier Forum. Its application is monitored through appropriate governance, reporting and reviews.

Weightings are applied to the award criteria, and supplier proposals are assessed qualitatively not quantitively in tender evaluation. The Social Value Model does not discriminate based on where social value is delivered. However where appropriate, and having due regard to UK market access obligations to our international fair-trade agreements (FTAs), procurements may specify, within their social value requirement, the social value to be delivered in specific geographical locations.

MOD currently applies Cabinet Office Social Value rules, and further, Defence specific values. For example, the New Medium Helicopter procurement has a strong weighting for UK workshare and exportability. To ensure the maximum impact of the Integrated Procurement Model, particular in supporting the development of sovereign capability, I will be undertaking a rapid review of how MOD applies social content rules on Defence Procurement.


Written Question
Ministry of Defence: Procurement
Friday 22nd March 2024

Asked by: Sarah Atherton (Conservative - Wrexham)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to ensure that the social value model is applied (a) correctly and (b) consistently in his Department's procurement processes.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) applies the Social Value Model to all of its in-scope competitive procurements, in accordance with the Cabinet Office Social Value Policy. The MOD ensures correct and consistent application of the Social Value Model through additional policy, guidance, training and through engagement with industry through the Defence Supplier Forum. Its application is monitored through appropriate governance, reporting and reviews.

Weightings are applied to the award criteria, and supplier proposals are assessed qualitatively not quantitively in tender evaluation. The Social Value Model does not discriminate based on where social value is delivered. However where appropriate, and having due regard to UK market access obligations to our international fair-trade agreements (FTAs), procurements may specify, within their social value requirement, the social value to be delivered in specific geographical locations.

MOD currently applies Cabinet Office Social Value rules, and further, Defence specific values. For example, the New Medium Helicopter procurement has a strong weighting for UK workshare and exportability. To ensure the maximum impact of the Integrated Procurement Model, particular in supporting the development of sovereign capability, I will be undertaking a rapid review of how MOD applies social content rules on Defence Procurement.


Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Ministry of Defence

Mar. 21 2024

Source Page: AUKUS Trilateral statement: 22 March 2024
Document: AUKUS Trilateral Statement: 22 March 2024 (PDF)

Found: Trilateral Statement 22 March 2024 The Honourable Richard Marles MP , Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence


Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Submarine Delivery Agency

Mar. 21 2024

Source Page: UK firm appointed to build Australian AUKUS submarines
Document: UK firm appointed to build Australian AUKUS submarines (webpage)

Found: Meeting in Australia, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles


Commons Chamber
Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Jeremy Quin (Con - Horsham) That has proved a timely intervention, placing more emphasis on building sovereign capacity and greater - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Quin (Con - Horsham) all the issues I have mentioned, we must also increase our fundamental defence production capability - Speech Link
3: Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) The defence equipment plan is the 10-year programme for the capability that the MOD says it requires - Speech Link
4: Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) There is also sometimes a risk to our own sovereign capability and the longevity of some of our defence - Speech Link
5: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) It shows why I want to see us supporting our sovereign capability, because where the Spitfire was there - Speech Link