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1124699

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident Submarines: Design
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of potential late changes to the Dreadnought submarine design.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	250770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The design and build of the Dreadnought class submarines continues. The programme remains on track to enter service in the early 2030s, it remains within its budget. The build phase for the entire class will take approximately 20 years. The Dreadnought programme will ensure the United Kingdom has a credible, independent and capable nuclear deterrent out to the 2060s.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 250776 question first answered 13/05/2019 14:53:58 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1124700

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether anticipated reductions in spending on the UK nuclear weapons programme from 2026 onwards are included in her Department’s budgetary costings.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	250771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Yes. Forecast costs for the Defence nuclear enterprise are included in the Department's forecast cost estimates, as published in the Equipment Plan.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 13/05/2019 15:00:57 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1124701

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Astute Class Submarines and Trident Submarines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment she has made of the effect of delays to the Astute submarine programme on the delivery of the Dreadnought programme.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	250772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Dreadnought submarine programme remains within budget and on track to deliver the first boat in the early 2030s.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 13/05/2019 14:54:33 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1124703

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident Submarines: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps her Department in taking to tackle delays to the Vanguard submarine maintenance schedule.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	250774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is committed to working closely with Babcock to safely deliver submarine support work, including our major planned maintenance projects. With Babcock, we are employing robust programme management techniques to deliver the HMS VANGUARD planned period of deep maintenance and refuel work. I am withholding the estimated cost as its disclosure would prejudice commercial interests.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 250775 question first answered 13/05/2019 15:02:02 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1124704

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident Submarines: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of delays to the Vanguard submarine maintenance schedule.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	250775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is committed to working closely with Babcock to safely deliver submarine support work, including our major planned maintenance projects. With Babcock, we are employing robust programme management techniques to deliver the HMS VANGUARD planned period of deep maintenance and refuel work. I am withholding the estimated cost as its disclosure would prejudice commercial interests.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 250774 question first answered 13/05/2019 15:02:02 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1124705

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
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 assessment she has made of the effect of delays to Dreadnought submarines on the out of service date for Vanguard submarines.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	250776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The design and build of the Dreadnought class submarines continues. The programme remains on track to enter service in the early 2030s, it remains within its budget. The build phase for the entire class will take approximately 20 years. The Dreadnought programme will ensure the United Kingdom has a credible, independent and capable nuclear deterrent out to the 2060s.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 250770 question first answered 13/05/2019 14:53:58 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1124706

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Submarines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether her Department has identified the fuel element breach problems in the PWR2 submarine reactor design.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	250777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The safety of all the United Kingdom's nuclear submarines is not in doubt and remains our highest priority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 13/05/2019 14:56:46 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1124707

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Devonport Dockyard: Trident Submarines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of upgrading docks at Devonport as part of the UK nuclear programme.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	250778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence continues to undertake work to define the future infrastructure requirements at Devonport to deliver the submarine programme safely and securely. We are currently conducting negotiations with industry partners.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 13/05/2019 14:59:45 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1124708

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Submarines: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent changes her Department has made to the estimated savings to be accrued from the Submarine Enterprise Performance Programme.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	250779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The estimated savings to be delivered under the Submarine Enterprise Performance Programme are included in the annual Defence Equipment Plan. The 2018 plan was published on 18 March 2019, and can be found here:</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/788481/20190318-EP18_v3.pdf</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 13/05/2019 15:01:28 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1124709

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if she will publish the full-life costings of all elements of the UK nuclear programme.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	250780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not, and has no plans to, routinely publish whole life costs for projects, nuclear or otherwise, beyond what is already published in reports such as the Defence Equipment Plan, Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts, and the Infrastructure and Projects Authority's Annual Report on Major Projects.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 13/05/2019 15:00:25 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards