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1715218

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
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, whether the Royal Fleet Auxiliary will be exempt from the Government's proposed cuts to the civil service to fund the increase in defence spending.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	24522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The RFA will continue to recruit until it reaches its agreed full time equivalent headcount and is therefore currently exempt from further reductions in numbers.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 13/05/2024 16:51:16 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

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

1690426

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
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, with reference to page 120 of his Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023, HC 1468, how the constructive loss related to Fort Austin and Rosalie withdrawal from service arose.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	14809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>RFA Fort Austin and RFA Fort Rosalie were decommissioned in 2021 as a savings measure. A constructive loss is not a cash loss and does not cost the department. The constructive loss refers to this early retirement, which allowed resources to be invested into new capabilities rather than the increasing costs of maintaining an aging vessel.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 26/02/2024 13:16:08 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1688597

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
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, what the status is of each ship in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	13713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is as follows and is accurate as of 12 February 2024. ‘Available’ is defined as ships not undergoing deep maintenance or preparing to undergo deep maintenance.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Class</p></td><td><p>Not Available</p></td><td><p>Available</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RFA Tide Class Tanker</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RFA Wave Class Tanker</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RFA Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RFA Primary Casualty Reception Facility</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RFA Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RFA Offshore Support Vessel</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The normal operating cycle of every ship involves them entering different readiness levels depending on their programmes, periods of refit and Departmental planning requirements. To maintain operational security, these figures cannot be broken down into any further level of detail, however, I can confirm that these figures do include the new RFA Offshore Support Vessel class.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 13/03/2024 12:13:18 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1682464

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
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, if he list the readiness of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary's ships and their target readiness days for 2024.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	9744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the response to the right hon. Member’s Question 188829 that was provided on 13 November 2023. A copy of my letter was placed in the Library of the House. As I mentioned in my letter the Ministry of Defence will provide a Written Ministerial Statement on an annual basis which confirms the readiness days for the Surface Fleet for the preceding year. It would therefore not be appropriate to give any updated figures at this time.</p><p> </p><p>The normal operating cycle of every ship involves them entering different readiness levels depending on their programmes, periods of refit and Departmental planning requirements. To avoid compromising operational security, the Ministry of Defence does not routinely disclose planned readiness profiles to avoid revealing elements of the Fleet's long-term schedule.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 9745 question first answered 24/01/2024 15:40:10 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1682465

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
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, what his Department's readiness days target is for (a) the Royal Navy and (b) Royal Fleet Auxiliaries ships.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	9745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the response to the right hon. Member’s Question 188829 that was provided on 13 November 2023. A copy of my letter was placed in the Library of the House. As I mentioned in my letter the Ministry of Defence will provide a Written Ministerial Statement on an annual basis which confirms the readiness days for the Surface Fleet for the preceding year. It would therefore not be appropriate to give any updated figures at this time.</p><p> </p><p>The normal operating cycle of every ship involves them entering different readiness levels depending on their programmes, periods of refit and Departmental planning requirements. To avoid compromising operational security, the Ministry of Defence does not routinely disclose planned readiness profiles to avoid revealing elements of the Fleet's long-term schedule.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 9744 question first answered 24/01/2024 15:40:10 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1682466

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
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, what the status of each of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Wave-class tankers is as of 16 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	9746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave to him on 15 June 2023 to Question 188827.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 24/01/2024 15:40:26 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name UIN 188827.docx title RFA Wave Knight and RFA Wave Ruler
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1682468

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
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, what the Royal Fleet Auxiliary's (a) staffing requirement is and (b) headcount as of 16 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	9748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The staffing requirement for Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Personnel for Financial year 2023-24 is 1,713 personnel.</p><p> </p><p>The headcount of the (RFA), as at 1 October 2023 was 1,675.</p><p> </p><p>This is the most recently assured figure from Analysis-Navy and was published in the MOD Biannual Civilian Personnel Report October 2023 and can be located at the following website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-biannual-civilian-personnel-report-october-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-biannual-civilian-personnel-report-october-2023</a></p><p>This figure includes personnel undergoing professional training before being considered fully deployable in their primary role.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 24/01/2024 15:41:25 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1682469

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
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, what the (a) target and (b) actual number of personnel recruited into the Royal Fleet Auxiliary was in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	9749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The Royal Navy (RN) continues to meet its operational commitments, but tackling the recruitment challenge is a top priority</p><p> </p><p>The recruitment target and number of personnel recruited into the RFA is detailed below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>RFA Total Intake vs Recruiting Targets, 01 April 2010 to 31 March 2023</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Recruiting Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Intake</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Recruitment Target</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>177</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>122</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>336</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p>218</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>166</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>231</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>201</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Total intake data prior to 1 April 2015 has been provided, however this has come from a different data source and cannot be validated by Navy Analysis. Caution is advised when comparing to data across the two different sources.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 24/01/2024 15:44:04 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1643715

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Royal Navy's operational staffing levels for Wave class tankers.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	188828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>The Royal Fleety Auxiliary continues to deliver against its commitments for defence, and adjusts its workforce structure accordingly to meet the current and future operating plan.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 15/06/2023 13:49:26 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey