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1138708

registered interest
date	12/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money the Royal Fleet Auxiliary spent on vessel maintenance in each financial year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	276529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The amounts spent in each financial year on vessel maintenance for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (rounded to the nearest million) are shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total Spend (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">116</del><ins class="ministerial">74</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">56</del><ins class="ministerial">48</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">96</del><ins class="ministerial">95</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data for financial years 2009-10 to 2014-15 is no longer held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 17/07/2019 15:08:25 question first ministerially corrected 24/07/2019 16:02:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew previous answer version 129491 answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1125494

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government under what legal obligation, if any, they are required to procure the building of the new Royal Navy supply ships through open international competition.
tabling member printed	Lord Hoyle
uin	HL15589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the answer given by my hon. Friend, the then Minister for Defence Procurement (Guto Bebb), in the House of Commons on 19 June 2018 to the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife (Douglas Chapman) in response to Question 152792.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 15/05/2019 14:36:55 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 19 June, 2018, UIN 152792.docx title Royal Fleet Auxiliary
tabling member	1000 label Biography information for Lord Hoyle

947370

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on procuring (a) Type 31e frigates and (b) fleet support ships for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary; and if they will be built at UK shipyards.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	167908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>For the position on the Type 31e frigate programme, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for North Durham (Kevan Jones) on 5 September 2018 to Questions 167940, 167941, 167942 and 167945 and to the hon. Member for Glasgow South West (Chris Stephens) to Question 167315.</p><p>For the position on the Fleet Solid Support ships, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the then Minister for Defence Procurement (Guto Bebb) on 9 July 2018 to Question 906314 from the hon. Member for Glasgow South West (Chris Stephens).</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/09/2018 15:36:16 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name 906314_Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary_Fleet_Support_Ships.docx title RFA Fleet Support Ships
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

946994

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on procuring fleet support ships for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	167314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my hon. Friend the then Minister for Defence Procurement (Guto Bebb) on 9 July 2018 to Question 906314 and on 19 June 2018 to Question 152792 from the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife (Douglas Chapman).</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 167316 question first answered 05/09/2018 15:09:40 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name Hansard Extracts.docx title Royal Fleet Auxiliary
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

946996

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to restrict the competition of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary support ships being procured to UK-only bidders; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	167316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my hon. Friend the then Minister for Defence Procurement (Guto Bebb) on 9 July 2018 to Question 906314 and on 19 June 2018 to Question 152792 from the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife (Douglas Chapman).</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 167314 question first answered 05/09/2018 15:09:40 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name Hansard Extracts.docx title Royal Fleet Auxiliary
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

938494

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships have been utilised by the UK and its allies in support of counter-narcotics operations since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	163021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>As part of the enduring commitment to Atlantic Patrol Tasking (North), Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) ships continue to provide active support to counter-narcotic operations with the US Coast Guard. RFA ships may have undertaken additional support to such activity elsewhere To obtain specific details of all counter-narcotic operations would require examination of individual ship records and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 16/07/2018 16:52:31 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

922506

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the tender for Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet solid support ships includes the provision of Phalanx close-range guns and other weaponry; and whether the inclusion of that weaponry allow those ships to be defined as warships.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	152791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The procurement of the Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships through international competition reflects the fact that they are Naval Auxiliary Support Ships whose primary role is the replenishment of naval vessels with bulk stores. They are non-combatant ships, manned by civilian Royal Fleet Auxiliary crews and are equipped with weapons solely for self-defence. We are clear that FSS ships are not warships.</p><p>We are therefore required by law to procure them through international competition, under our obligations set out in the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 and as outlined in the National Shipbuilding Strategy. It would not be appropriate to comment on the procurement practices of other nations.</p><p>The forthcoming tender for the design and build of the FSS ships will not include the provision of the ships' self-defensive weaponry. Sensitive elements of the ships will be included in a customisation package to be procured through a separate competition later in the programme and restricted to UK companies.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb grouped question UIN 152792 question first answered 19/06/2018 15:02:52 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

905564

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the planned Royal Fleet Auxiliary Fleet solid support ships are planned to play in enabling future UK carrier strike capability.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	144850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The planned Future Solid Support ships, operated by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, will be critical to enabling the Maritime Task Group. They will deliver solid sustainment of food, stores and ordnance to the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers and supporting task groups.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 21/05/2018 15:49:25 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

905565

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what active weapon systems arm each vessel within the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	144851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>Determined by their tasking, Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) ships are armed with active weapon systems (AWS) for self-protection. Each ship is fit to receive Phalanx and 20mm or 30mm close range guns; with the exception of RFA TIDESPRING which is yet to be fitted for AWS. All RFA ships may also carry small arms.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 24/05/2018 14:59:07 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

905567

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what weapon systems are planned to arm each of the planned Royal Fleet Auxiliary solid support ships.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	144852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 27 April 2018 to Question 137603 to the hon. Member for Glasgow South West (Mr Stephens).</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 24/05/2018 14:59:43 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 27 April 2018 UIN 137603.docx title Royal Fleet Auxiliary
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones