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417584

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Argyll and Bute
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total value of defence-related contracts placed by his Department with suppliers based in Argyll and Bute constituency was in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	9570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The value of Ministry of Defence (MOD) contracts placed in each of the last five years where work is undertaken in the Argyll and Bute constituency is provided below. The analysis includes work undertaken at Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde, but excludes work undertaken at HMNB Clyde under the £2.6 billion Maritime Support Delivery Framework with Babcock, as the work is split between HMNBs Devonport and Clyde.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Current total value of contracts (£ million)</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>171.4*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>40.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>19.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* The large increase in 2012-13 is due to a £162.2 million contract with AWE for Strategic Weapon Support.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 15/09/2015 15:12:34 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

417580

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Trident Submarines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what modifications will be needed at HMNB Clyde and RNAD Coulport to accept the successor submarine programme; what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of adapting the ship-lift facility at HMNB Clyde to accommodate the successor to the Vanguard class submarine; and how much of the money announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 31 August 2015 will be used to undertake that work.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	9569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>On 31 August 2015, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that at least £500 million would be made available for the Royal Navy's flagship submarine base HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane, securing 6,700 jobs and creating thousands more.</p><p>The project to make the necessary adaptations to accommodate the Successor submarine programme at Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde and Royal Naval Armament Depot Coulport is in its Assessment Phase. The number and scope of modifications will not be known until these assessments are complete.</p><p>Similarly, it is not possible to establish precise costings until the project is more mature.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 15/09/2015 14:59:27 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

417579

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Submarines: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what investigations were carried out by his Department prior to the statement that no UK submarines were within 150 miles of the incident involving the fishing vessel Karen.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	9568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The incident involving a Royal Navy (RN) submarine and the Fishing Vessel Karen took place on 15 April 2015. No other RN vessels were in the area at the time. On information available at the time, the RN was confident that no UK submarine was involved.</p><p>Detailed analysis of operational records is routine and this revealed that a UK submarine was involved in this incident. The submarine was not aware of the incident at the time and, therefore, did not surface.</p><p>Once this new information was confirmed, the Secretary of State for Defence, my right hon. Friend, the Member for Sevenoaks (Michael Fallon) was informed on 6 August.</p><p>During August, I held meetings to establish the facts, question the RN and discuss changes to policy to ensure the safety of fishing vessels. I then took the earliest opportunity to inform the House and put the public record straight on 7 September.</p><p>The RN is conducting an investigation of the circumstance surrounding this incident. Consideration will be given in due course to the information that could be released, within the bounds of operational security.</p><p>I am withholding further information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 9420 9421 9422 9423 question first answered 15/09/2015 15:15:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

417591

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Exercises
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets were involved in the Triplex Warrior exercise from (a) the UK, (b) NATO members and (c) non-NATO members in the (i) 2015 and (ii) 2014 exercise; what facilities in the North Sea were defended in the exercise; and if any maritime patrol aircraft took part.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	9435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The following assets were involved in the exercises Android Preference in 2014 and Triplex Warrior 2015:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2014 Ex Android Preference</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015 Ex Triplex Warrior</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RAF</strong></p></td><td><p>Typhoon</p><p>Tornado</p><p>E-3D Sentry</p><p>Sentinel</p><p>Voyager</p><p>Hawk</p><p>UK Air Surveillance and</p><p>Control System</p></td><td><p>Typhoon</p><p>Tornado</p><p>E-3D Sentry</p><p>Sentinel</p><p>Voyager</p><p>Hawk</p><p>UK Air Surveillance and Control System</p><p>Chinook</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Navy</strong></p></td><td><p>Sea King</p><p>Type-45</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Joint Tactical Air Controllers (JTAC)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>NATO</strong></p></td><td><p>United States Air Force (USAF) F-15C</p><p>USAF F-15E</p><p>USAF 321<sup>st</sup> Special</p><p>Tactics Squadron</p><p>Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF)</p><p>F-16AM</p></td><td><p>USAF F-15C</p><p>USAF F-15E</p><p>USAF KC-135</p><p>USAF F-22A</p><p>USAF C-17</p><p>USAF F-16C</p><p>USAF HH-60G</p><p>RNLAF F-16AM</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Non-NATO</strong></p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>No facilities were defended in the North Sea as the exercises used simulated military targets which did not physically exist.</p><p> </p><p>No maritime patrol aircraft took part in the training.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/09/2015 15:13:08 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

417590

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Russia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets are monitoring the deployment of Severomorsk to the Arctic Ocean.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	9425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>It has been the policy of successive Governments not to comment on the employment of UK intelligence or surveillance capabilities.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 16/09/2015 14:12:55 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

417595

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Submarines: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the incident involving a submarine and the fishing vessel Karen took place; and when his Department was first informed of the submarine's involvement.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	9423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The incident involving a Royal Navy (RN) submarine and the Fishing Vessel Karen took place on 15 April 2015. No other RN vessels were in the area at the time. On information available at the time, the RN was confident that no UK submarine was involved.</p><p>Detailed analysis of operational records is routine and this revealed that a UK submarine was involved in this incident. The submarine was not aware of the incident at the time and, therefore, did not surface.</p><p>Once this new information was confirmed, the Secretary of State for Defence, my right hon. Friend, the Member for Sevenoaks (Michael Fallon) was informed on 6 August.</p><p>During August, I held meetings to establish the facts, question the RN and discuss changes to policy to ensure the safety of fishing vessels. I then took the earliest opportunity to inform the House and put the public record straight on 7 September.</p><p>The RN is conducting an investigation of the circumstance surrounding this incident. Consideration will be given in due course to the information that could be released, within the bounds of operational security.</p><p>I am withholding further information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 9420 9421 9422 9568 question first answered 15/09/2015 15:15:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

417594

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Submarines: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the submarine involved in the incident with the fishing vessel Karen did not surface immediately.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	9422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The incident involving a Royal Navy (RN) submarine and the Fishing Vessel Karen took place on 15 April 2015. No other RN vessels were in the area at the time. On information available at the time, the RN was confident that no UK submarine was involved.</p><p>Detailed analysis of operational records is routine and this revealed that a UK submarine was involved in this incident. The submarine was not aware of the incident at the time and, therefore, did not surface.</p><p>Once this new information was confirmed, the Secretary of State for Defence, my right hon. Friend, the Member for Sevenoaks (Michael Fallon) was informed on 6 August.</p><p>During August, I held meetings to establish the facts, question the RN and discuss changes to policy to ensure the safety of fishing vessels. I then took the earliest opportunity to inform the House and put the public record straight on 7 September.</p><p>The RN is conducting an investigation of the circumstance surrounding this incident. Consideration will be given in due course to the information that could be released, within the bounds of operational security.</p><p>I am withholding further information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 9420 9421 9423 9568 question first answered 15/09/2015 15:15:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

417593

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Submarines: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the name was of the submarine involved in an incident with the fishing vessel Karen in April 2015; and which other Royal Navy vessels were in the area at that time.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	9421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The incident involving a Royal Navy (RN) submarine and the Fishing Vessel Karen took place on 15 April 2015. No other RN vessels were in the area at the time. On information available at the time, the RN was confident that no UK submarine was involved.</p><p>Detailed analysis of operational records is routine and this revealed that a UK submarine was involved in this incident. The submarine was not aware of the incident at the time and, therefore, did not surface.</p><p>Once this new information was confirmed, the Secretary of State for Defence, my right hon. Friend, the Member for Sevenoaks (Michael Fallon) was informed on 6 August.</p><p>During August, I held meetings to establish the facts, question the RN and discuss changes to policy to ensure the safety of fishing vessels. I then took the earliest opportunity to inform the House and put the public record straight on 7 September.</p><p>The RN is conducting an investigation of the circumstance surrounding this incident. Consideration will be given in due course to the information that could be released, within the bounds of operational security.</p><p>I am withholding further information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 9420 9422 9423 9568 question first answered 15/09/2015 15:15:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

417592

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Submarines: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the results of the Board of Inquiry into the incident involving a submarine and the fishing vessel Karen will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	9420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The incident involving a Royal Navy (RN) submarine and the Fishing Vessel Karen took place on 15 April 2015. No other RN vessels were in the area at the time. On information available at the time, the RN was confident that no UK submarine was involved.</p><p>Detailed analysis of operational records is routine and this revealed that a UK submarine was involved in this incident. The submarine was not aware of the incident at the time and, therefore, did not surface.</p><p>Once this new information was confirmed, the Secretary of State for Defence, my right hon. Friend, the Member for Sevenoaks (Michael Fallon) was informed on 6 August.</p><p>During August, I held meetings to establish the facts, question the RN and discuss changes to policy to ensure the safety of fishing vessels. I then took the earliest opportunity to inform the House and put the public record straight on 7 September.</p><p>The RN is conducting an investigation of the circumstance surrounding this incident. Consideration will be given in due course to the information that could be released, within the bounds of operational security.</p><p>I am withholding further information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 9421 9422 9423 9568 question first answered 15/09/2015 15:15:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

417357

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister's statement of 7 September 2015, how many of the at least six attempted terrorist attacks in the UK within the last 12 months were halted by drone strikes.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	9288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister stated on 7 September 2015 the police and security services have stopped at least six different attempts to attack the UK in the last 12 months. We cannot comment further on these sensitive operations.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/09/2015 16:37:55 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara