Linked Data API

Filter

These are the filters currently being used to limit the search results. Click on the remove filter icon to remove the filter.

answering dept id	11
question text	To ask Her Majesty%27s Government what consideration, if any, was given to (1) replacing, or (2) refurbishing, the Vigilant airframes;%C2%A0and if any such consideration was given, why were both options rejected.

Sort by

This list shows the properties that you can sort by. Click on to sort in ascending order and to sort in descending order. The properties that you're currently sorting by are shown at the top of the list. Click on remove this sort to remove a sort and or to reverse the current sort order. Click on the remove all sorting icon to remove all the sorting. Note that sorting can significantly slow down the loading of the page.

View

Choose what information you want to view about each item. There are some pre-defined views, but starred properties are always present no matter what the view. You can star properties by clicking on the icon. The currently starred icons have a icon; clicking on it will unstar the property.

AnsweredQuestions
all
basic
description

Items per page

Choose how many items to view on each page. The more items you view, the longer the page will take to load.

Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest

date

exactly:

or between:
and

answering body

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

hansard heading

house id

legislature


pref label

question text

tabling member printed

uin

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

exactly:

or between:
and

answer text

answering member printed

question first answered

question first ministerially corrected

answering member


label

previous answer version

answering member printed

answering member


label

tabling member


label

1220859

registered interest

date

06/07/2020

answering body

Ministry of Defence

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Defence

answering dept sort name

Defence

hansard heading

Military Aircraft

house id

legislature

25277

	pref label	House of Lords

question text

To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration, if any, was given to (1) replacing, or (2) refurbishing, the Vigilant airframes; and if any such consideration was given, why were both options rejected.

tabling member printed

Baroness Garden of Frognal

uin

HL6463

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

13/07/2020

answer text

<del class="ministerial">Officials have now developed a number of options to be considered. The full financial and legal implications of these options are being explored so that the Defence Secretary can decide how to proceed. Work on this is continuing at pace both in the Ministry of Defence and across Government.</del><ins class="ministerial">The Vigilant T1 originally had an Out-of-Service Date of 2019; this was brought forward to May 2018 in order to refocus resource for the benefit of the Cadets, extending the life of the Viking conventional glider and investing in the wider Air Cadet Aerospace Offer.</ins><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><ins class="ministerial">The glider recovery programme from 2014-2018 covering both Viking Conventional glider and Vigilant motor-glider was subject to routine investment appraisal processes. This showed that substantial operational, technical and commercial negotiations with a range of aerospace leaders in this field had failed to find a value for money approach to successfully repair and recover or replace all the gliders. Therefore, in line with the available technical and commercial capacity the value for money was in restructuring the Aerospace Offer for cadets.</ins><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><ins class="ministerial">The recovery programme of both glider types was resourced within wider support contracts which also supported the operation of the active fleets with Volunteer Gliding Squadrons. Consequently, we cannot separately identify the resource used for the recovery of the six Vigilant airframes which were successfully recovered prior to the Out-of-Service date.</ins><ins class="ministerial">The Vigilant fleet was disposed of to Aerobility. I am withholding the value of the disposal sale as it would prejudice commercial interests.</ins>

answering member printed

Baroness Goldie

question first answered

13/07/2020 10:59:00

question first ministerially corrected

17/07/2020 13:31:41

answering member

4306

	label	Biography information for Baroness Goldie

previous answer version

36431

answering member printed

Baroness Goldie

answering member

4306

	label	Biography information for Baroness Goldie

tabling member

3842

	label	Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal