Mark Francois MP: written questions 2025
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HMS AchillesMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the potential cost to the public purse was of renaming the new attack submarine from HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles.
Answer: Potential ship names are proposed by the Royal Navy's Ships Names and Badges Committee who make suggestions based on historical information and civic affiliations. The seventh boat in the Astute class is to be called “Achilles”. The name was proposed by t...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBoeing E-7: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2025 to Question 25651 on Boeing E-7, when he plans to complete the approval of the full business case for E7 Wedgetail.
Answer: The E-7 Full Business Case is being considered and a decision on approval will be made in due course.
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBoeing E-7Ministry of DefenceTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2025 to Question 25649 on Boeing E-7, what recent estimate she has made of when the E-7 Wedgetail will enter operational service.
Answer: The modification of the three E-7 Wedgetail aircraft continues at STS Aviation, Birmingham Airport, targeting an In-Service Date with the RAF in late 2025.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust: Annual ReportsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on when the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust plans to publish it's 2024-25 Annual Report.
Answer: The Annual Report and Accounts of the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust for 2024/2025 will be published ahead of the trust’s Annual General Meeting, which is usually held at the end of September. Publication can only take place after the Annual Rep...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent staff are employed by the NHS East of England headquarters.
Answer: The NHS England East of England regional whole time equivalent for this establishment is 637. This is the number of posts, rather than the number of staff currently employed. The data for the total number of full-time equivalent staff employed is unvalida...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the salary band is of the Chief Operating Officer of the NHS East of England.
Answer: The salary bands for the Regional Director, Finance Director, Strategy Director, and Chief Operating Officer for NHS East of England are as follows:Executive Senior Manager (ESM) Grade 3 for the Regional Director;ESM Grade 2 for the Finance Director;ESM G...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the salary band is of the Regional Director of Strategy and Integration for the NHS East of England.
Answer: The salary bands for the Regional Director, Finance Director, Strategy Director, and Chief Operating Officer for NHS East of England are as follows:Executive Senior Manager (ESM) Grade 3 for the Regional Director;ESM Grade 2 for the Finance Director;ESM G...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the salary band is for the Finance Director of the NHS East of England.
Answer: The salary bands for the Regional Director, Finance Director, Strategy Director, and Chief Operating Officer for NHS East of England are as follows:Executive Senior Manager (ESM) Grade 3 for the Regional Director;ESM Grade 2 for the Finance Director;ESM G...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the salary band is for the Regional Director of the NHS East of England.
Answer: The salary bands for the Regional Director, Finance Director, Strategy Director, and Chief Operating Officer for NHS East of England are as follows:Executive Senior Manager (ESM) Grade 3 for the Regional Director;ESM Grade 2 for the Finance Director;ESM G...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: British Indian Ocean TerritoryForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the total cost of (a) travel and (b) accommodation was for the Special Envoy for the Chagos negotiations during those negotiations.
Answer: It remains our intention to decide on publication of costs associated with Jonathan Powell's role as the Prime Minister's BIOT Envoy at a later date.
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyTreasuryTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25989More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an impact assessment of the potential financial implications of (a) the direct costs of negotiations, (b) the potential costs of implementing any resulting agreement and (c) other cos
Answer: The direct costs of negotiation are owned and monitored by the FCDO and MOD, and have all been met from within their budgets. Policy impact assessments are similarly owned by the FCDO and MOD. Any financial obligations arising from the finalised agreement...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to the public purse is of negotiations with the Government of Mauritius over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Costs, including those of staffing, legal counsel, travel and accommodation and other expenses arising from the negotiations have been incorporated into the budgets of those Departments involved in the negotiations. There has been no central aggregation o...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMerlin Helicopters: Early Warning SystemsMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25652More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned out of service date for the Royal Navy's Crowsnest AEW helicopter system is.
Answer: The CROWSNEST programme delivers the Royal Navy's Merlin Mark2 helicopter Airborne Surveillance and Control capability, which includes Airborne Early Warning. There has been no change to the current out of service date, and the planned retirement date rem...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBoeing E-7: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated whole-life cost is of the E-7 Wedgetail programme.
Answer: The estimated whole life cost of the E-7 Wedgetail remains subject to approval of the Full Business Case.
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBoeing E-7: RadarMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many radar units for the E-7 Wedgetail have been delivered to (a) Boeing and (b) the RAF by Northrop Grumman.
Answer: Three Multi-Role-Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) radars have been delivered to the Royal Air Force (RAF) at the UK production facility.The remaining two MESA radars are in production with Northrop Grumman and will be delivered to the RAF in Summer 202...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBoeing E-7Ministry of DefenceTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the E-7 Wedgetail is in operational service with the RAF.
Answer: The Wedgetail aircraft has yet to enter operational service.
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBoeing E-7: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25648More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Infrastructure and Projects Authority's annual report 2023-24, last updated 17 January 2025, for what reason the E-7 Wedgetail programme has received a Red rating.
Answer: Compared to the end of financial year 22/23, in the final quarter of 23/24 the Infrastructure and Project Authority's (IPA) Delivery Confidence Assessment (DCA) rating for E-7 Wedgetail decreased from Amber to Red. This was primarily due to affordability ...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24421More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role Price Waterhouse Coopers have been assigned in assisting with the financial management of the Mid & South Essex NHS Hospitals Trust; how long this task has been assigned for; what the cos
Answer: PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) received a direct award to undertake a nationally mandated Investigation and Intervention programme at the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board, to support it in delivering its financial plan.The programme lasted eight we...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust: EqualityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many equality, diversity and inclusion managers are employed by the Mid and South Essex Hospitals NHS Trust.
Answer: The Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust: MediaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) communications and (b) media staff are employed by Mid & South Essex Hospitals NHS Trust.
Answer: The Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the salary bands are for the Managing Director of (a) Southend Hospital, (b) Basildon Hospital and (c) Broomfield hospital; and when the people in these roles were appointed.
Answer: The Department does not hold the information requested. Information on the renumeration and biographies of senior staff are published by hospital trusts as part of their annual report and accounts. This information for the Mid and South Essex Hospitals Tr...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the salary bands are for the (a) Chief Executive, (b) Chief Operating Officer, (c) Finance Director and (d) Medical Director at Mid & South Essex Hospitals NHS Trust.
Answer: Information on the renumeration of senior staff is published by hospital trusts as part of their annual report and accounts. This information for the Mid and South Essex Hospitals Trust is available at the following link:https://www.mse.nhs.uk/trust-publi...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces and Defence EquipmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for publishing his Department's annual statistics on armed forces equipment and formations.
Answer: The UK Armed Forces Equipment and Formations 2024 publication has been delayed due to a data quality review and has a provisional release date of February 2025. This is stated in the Statistics release calendar: UK armed forces equipment and formations 20...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces and Defence EquipmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the annual armed forces equipment and formations statistics was not published on 31 October 2024.
Answer: The UK Armed Forces Equipment and Formations 2024 publication has been delayed due to a data quality review and has a provisional release date of February 2025. This is stated in the Statistics release calendar: UK armed forces equipment and formations 20...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21267 on Defence: Procurement, what plans he has to review the effectiveness of the NATO test once implemented; and with what metrics.
Answer: Implementation work is ongoing and will conclude as soon as possible. The detail on metrics or evaluation remains under active consideration, but the work overall is being conducted under close oversight by the Permanent Secretary and Ministers, including...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
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