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1701418

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	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, how long the vanguard-class submarines have been on patrol at sea on average in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	22043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The Royal Navy has successfully maintained Operation RELENTLESS, the Continuous At Sea Deterrent, for an unbroken 55 years. We do not disclose details of the Operation, including the duration of time spent at sea, as such information could be used to undermine the security and capability of the mission and our personnel.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 25/04/2024 14:39:15 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1700262

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Submarines: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear site events there were at (a) Coulport and (b) Faslane in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	21095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of Nuclear Site Event Reports (NSERs) at Coulport and Faslane recorded between January 2023 to April 2024. These are shown according to their categorisation using criteria agreed locally in 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nuclear Site Events- 2023</p></td><td><p>Category A</p></td><td><p>Category B</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>Category D</p></td><td><p>Below Scale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coulport</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nuclear Site Events- 2024</p></td><td><p>Category A</p></td><td><p>Category B</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>Category D</p></td><td><p>Below Scale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coulport</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In line with Industry Good Practice and in common with other defence and civil nuclear sites, His Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde has a well-established system for raising NSERs.</p><p> </p><p>NSERs are raised to foster a robust safety culture that learns from experience, whether that is equipment failures, human error, procedural failings, documentation shortcoming or near-misses.</p><p> </p><p>The safety significance of all reported events remains low and are below Level 1, the lowest of the seven-point Internal Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES).</p><p> </p><p>None of the events caused harm to the health of any member of staff on the Naval Base or to any member of the public or have resulted in any radiological impact to the environment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 22/04/2024 15:23:58 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1610295

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Submarines: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear site events there were at (a) Coulport and (b) Faslane in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	180428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of Nuclear Site Event Reports (NSERs) at Coulport and Faslane recorded between January 2022 to March 2023. These are shown according to their categorisation using criteria agreed locally in 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nuclear Site Events- 2022</p></td><td><p>Category A</p></td><td><p>Category B</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>Category D</p></td><td><p>Below Scale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coulport</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nuclear Site Events- 2023</p></td><td><p>Category A</p></td><td><p>Category B</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>Category D</p></td><td><p>Below Scale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coulport</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In line with Industry Good Practice and in common with other defence and civil nuclear sites, His Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde has a well-established system for raising NSERs.</p><p> </p><p>NSERs are raised to foster a robust safety culture that learns from experience, whether that is equipment failures, human error, procedural failings, documentation shortcoming or near-misses.</p><p> </p><p>The safety significance of all reported events remains low and are below Level 1, the lowest of the seven-point Internal Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES).</p><p> </p><p>None of the events caused harm to the health of any member of staff on the Naval Base or to any member of the public or have resulted in any radiological impact to the environment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/04/2023 12:12:14 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1506986

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Navy: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2022 to Question 154058 on Clyde Naval Base and RNAD Coulport: Navy, and with reference to the Answer of 27 April 2021 to Question 184494 on Navy: Scotland, for what reason providing the information requested would incur disproportionate cost.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	51736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>In preparation for the answer of 21 April 2022 to Question 154058 the Department understood that a manual trawl through personnel files would be required to answer the question, which resulted in a disproportionate cost response. A different methodology was used for the answer in April 2021 and using that same approach I am now able to provide the following information in answer to the hon. Member's Questions 154058, 154059 and 154060 of 14 April 2022.</p><p>At 1 April 2022, a total of 3,751 uniformed Royal Navy Service Personnel were stationed at locations in Argyll and Bute, which comprise the Faslane and Coulport sites. Of these, 1,367 personnel were Scottish taxpayers, which translates to 36% of the total.</p><p>At 1 April 2022, 534 uniformed contractors were employed at Faslane. Of these, 478 were Scottish taxpayers, which translates to 90% of the total.</p><p>At 1 April 2022, 409 uniformed contractors were employed at Coulport. Of these, 364 were Scottish taxpayers, which translates to 89% of the total.</p><p>These figures reflect Ministry of Defence Police and Ministry of Defence Guard Service employees, who are Ministry of Defence civilian employees. The term 'uniformed contractor' has been translated to mean those employees who are neither civilian contractor, non-uniform civilian, or Service Personnel.</p><p>At 1 April 2022, 1,026 civilian employees who are not contractors were employed at Faslane. Of these, 942 were Scottish taxpayers, which translates to 92% of the total.</p><p>At 1 April 2022, 479 civilian employees who are not contractors were employed at Coulport. Of these, 434 were Scottish taxpayers, which translates to 91% of the total.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 28/09/2022 15:22:12 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1457856

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many financial mitigation payments have been made to staff in his Department based in Scotland in respect of the Scottish rate of income tax; and at what salary level those payments began.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	154062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>It will take some time to collate the data required to answer the hon. Member's question. I will write with the requested information in due course.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 26/04/2022 10:23:24 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1457859

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Clyde Naval Base and RNAD Coulport: Radioactive Materials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear safety events there have been at (a) Coulport and (b) Faslane in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	154065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The safety significance of all reported events remains low and are below Level 1, the lowest of the seven-point International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES).</p><p> </p><p>None of the events caused harm to the health of any member of staff on the Naval Base or to any member of the public or have resulted in any radiological impact to the environment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the number of Nuclear Site Event Reports (NSERs) at Coulport and Faslane recorded for 2019, 2020 and 2021. These are shown according to their categorisation using criteria agreed locally in 2015.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nuclear Site Events - 2019</p></td><td><p>Category A</p></td><td><p>Category B</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>Category D</p></td><td><p>Below Scale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coulport</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nuclear Site Events - 2020</p></td><td><p>Category A</p></td><td><p>Category B</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>Category D</p></td><td><p>Below Scale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coulport</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nuclear Site Events - 2021</p></td><td><p>Category A</p></td><td><p>Category B</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>Category D</p></td><td><p>Below Scale</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coulport</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 26/04/2022 12:57:23 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1457851

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Leidos: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid to Leidos for the operation of the Logistics, Commodities and Services Transformation Programme in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	154057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 27 April 2021 to Question 185922.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-04-22/185922" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-04-22/185922</a></p><p> </p><p>Updated figures are shown below which indicate payments the Ministry of Defence has made to Leidos to operate the Logistics, Commodities and Services Transformation programme from 2020-21 to 2022-23 to date.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>£million (ex-VAT)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>355</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>416</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The cost for 2021-22 has yet to be finalised and fully paid. The figure for 2022-23 covers the period 1 April 2022 to 19 April 2022.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 25/04/2022 11:27:38 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name 185922 - Leidos Contracts.docx title Leidos Contracts
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1457857

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Radioactive Materials: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many safety improvement notices have been issued by the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	154063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of Improvement Notices issued by the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator since 2010.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 25/04/2022 14:49:03 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1457858

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	AWE: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid to AWE Management Ltd under the Atomic Weapons Establishment management and operation contract in each year since 2000.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	154064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The following table shows the costs of AWE ML under the Management and Operations contract for each financial year since 2000-01, at outturn prices.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000-01</p></td><td><p>275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001-02</p></td><td><p>264</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>258</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td><p>286</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>493</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>687</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>894</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>944</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>941</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>901</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>921</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>887</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>815</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>867</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>901</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>994</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>984</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>266*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*On 1 July 2021 the contract between AWE ML and MOD ended as AWE ML reverted to direct Government ownership, becoming a Non-Departmental Public Body wholly owned by the MOD.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 25/04/2022 11:26:13 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1457852

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Clyde Naval Base and RNAD Coulport: Navy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of uniformed Royal Navy personnel based at (a) Faslane and (b) Coulport are Scottish taxpayers.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	154058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The requested figures cannot easily be disaggregated due to the format the data is held in and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. However, it will be the case that anyone who works at these locations and has a Scottish address will pay tax in Scotland. It is estimated that c.90% of staff working at these sites will be Scottish taxpayers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 154059 154060 question first answered 21/04/2022 12:26:16 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock