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1700485

	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	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships have been placed at (a) extended readiness, (b) mothballed and (c) tied up alongside without a date to return to sea as of 12 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	21372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>As of 12 April 2024, RFA Wave Knight and Wave Ruler are currently in extended readiness. All other RFA platforms were either at sea or are planned to return to sea in future.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 22/04/2024 15:31:57 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1700377

	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	Navy: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many trained marine systems personnel the Royal Navy has; and what the target number is.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	21264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Marine Engineering branch is a vital part of the Royal Navy (RN) these are exceptionally skilled and highly valued personnel, crucial to ensuring the RN can continue to meet its commitments.</p><p> </p><p>The number of trained Marine Engineers (MEs) is a constantly fluctuating number, however as of 17 April 2024:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>ME General Service</p></td><td><p>ME Submariner</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Officer</p></td><td><p>276</p></td><td><p>248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rating</p></td><td><p>2,125</p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2401</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1318</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The forecast figures for April 2025 are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>ME General Service</p></td><td><p>ME Submariner</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Officer</p></td><td><p>298</p></td><td><p>283</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rating</p></td><td><p>2, 464</p></td><td><p>1,204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2762</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1487</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>*</strong>These figures do not include those currently in the training pipeline to join the branch.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 22/04/2024 14:58:39 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1701760

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	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 March 2024 to Question 19178 on Armed Forces: Housing, if he will provide a breakdown of this figure for Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	22381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>For the period 1 April 2023 to 29 February 2024, the Department spent £21,004 on housing Service personnel and their families in emergency accommodation in Scotland due to major repairs needed at their military accommodation.</p><p>Information for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 is not separately identifiable due to the way in which data was held at the time.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 22/04/2024 15:35:39 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1701767

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what data his Department holds on the number of compensation payments awarded to families living in service family accommodation in Scotland since April 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	22382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Since 1 April 2022 1,724 compensation claims have been paid to Service personnel living in Service Family Accommodation (SFA) in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 22/04/2024 15:39:07 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1700488

	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	Submarines: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on making additional payments to senior officers and shortage professions on board Royal Navy submarines to ensure submarines can put to sea.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	21375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Royal Navy has sufficient personnel to meet all of its operational commitments. However, the RN continues to work to identify innovative measures to recruit and retain the highest quality personnel.</p><p> </p><p>The Submarine Remuneration Review (SMRR) seeks to modernise the way in which the Royal Navy intends to remunerate all of it’s submariners by ensuring a new simplified scheme is implemented which improves both requirement and retention.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 22/04/2024 13:20:51 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1700489

	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	Submarines: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) additional to their wages and (b) deployment allowances that were made to the crew of submarines providing the continual at sea deterrent in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	21376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The tables below provide the data requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Table A – Cost for Submariner Recruitment &amp; Retention Pay [Paid Above Basic Salary]</em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023-24</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Recruitment &amp; Retention Pay [Submariner]</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,829,718</p></td><td><p>£6,020,589</p></td><td><p>£5,899,253</p></td><td><p>£6,338,728</p></td><td><p>£6,750,011</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Table B – Total Costs of Local Oversea Allowance (LOA) and Longer Separation Allowances (LSA) </em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023-24</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,136,491</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,682,940</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,105,415</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,396,261</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2,149,526</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 22/04/2024 13:19:41 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1700379

	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	Type 23 frigates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the operational status is of each of the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigates as of 12 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	21266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>As of 12 April 2024, five Type 23 Frigates were available. The remaining six were in various stages of refit and therefore were not available for operations.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 22/04/2024 15:27:21 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1700483

	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	RFA Tiderace
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects RFA Tiderace to next be put to sea.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	21370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) ships are adjusted to reflect operational requirements and to ensure outputs are optimised. Individual ships will be generated to different levels of readiness as required. As such, RFA Tiderace is currently alongside for a period and will be regenerated as needed.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 21371 question first answered 22/04/2024 15:29:47 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1700484

	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	RFA Tiderace
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether RFA Tiderace is being placed at extended readiness.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	21371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) ships are adjusted to reflect operational requirements and to ensure outputs are optimised. Individual ships will be generated to different levels of readiness as required. As such, RFA Tiderace is currently alongside for a period and will be regenerated as needed.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 21370 question first answered 22/04/2024 15:29:47 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1700491

	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	Rwanda: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a deployment of RAF Voyagers to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda would require an on the ground UK military presence in Rwanda to receive and refuel the RAF aircraft.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	21378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The RAF routinely flies to civilian airports around the world. As is common throughout the aviation industry, ground handling services at civilian airports are provided through the receiving aerodrome or civil fixed base operator.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 22/04/2024 13:22:55 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard