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822946

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Redundancy Pay
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 13 December 2017 to Question 117143, whether any redundancies made by contractors as a result of the implementation of Project Hestia have been funded in full or in part by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	122629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>It will take time to gather the information to answer your question. I will write to the hon. Member shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/01/2018 17:44:52 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

800522

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Redundancy Pay
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 3 November 2017 to Question 110195, whether his Department funds redundancy payments to staff employed by his Department's contractors when redundancies are made as a direct result of the termination or change to a Government contract; and whether those costs were included in that answer.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	117143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) may fund redundancy costs to contractors in certain circumstances. The nature of the contract and the specific circumstances of the termination or change would determine exactly how compensation, including any potential redundancy costs, would be calculated. Such costs were not included in the previous answer as that referred solely to the MOD's civilian employees.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/12/2017 14:56:37 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

782266

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships: Spare Parts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy ships cannot currently be operated due to being cannibalised to support another vessel.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	110917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The Royal Navy (RN) continues to deliver their operational commitments at home and overseas. Cannibalisation is a recognised Defence practice for satisfying a materiel demand within a required delivery date and has been in place for many years in the Armed Forces. It is used only when all other sources of supply have been explored and is essential to protecting the operational programmes of our units.</p><p>The operational imperative for the RN often dictates that cannibalisation remains the best solution. While it is the case that the percentage of cannibalisation has risen over the period of the report, it represents only 0.4% of all equipment issued to the RN.</p><p>The RN is working closely with other organisations within the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to optimise the balance between equipment and system reliability and the purchase of spares and stock inventory. The RN has introduced an &quot;in Service Capability Management&quot; organisation which clearly attributes accountability and responsibility for platform performance, driving improvements in availability, reliability, sustainability and affordability.</p><p>The RN will now use the information from the Report to monitor trends more closely, review the impact of cost saving decisions, aiming to improve support and greater efficiency.</p><p>The MOD continues to invest in advanced modelling of their inventory requirement to ensure that the requirements of complex operations, technologically advanced equipment and high tempo programmes are achieved. This investment ensures that cannibalisation remains a last resort option. However, there is no evidence that this recognised practice is having a demoralising effect on members of the RN.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 110912 110913 110918 111135 111188 question first answered 08/11/2017 15:50:15 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

782267

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy ships the Government has ordered since May 2010; and how many such ships have been brought into full operational service since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	110915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>Since May 2010, orders have been placed for three Type 26 Frigates, five Offshore Patrol Vessels and four Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability Tankers, the first of which, RFA TIDESPRING, is due to enter service later this year. The Ministry of Defence has also placed a contract for up to 38 workboats to assist Royal Navy ships in the UK and overseas. One of these will enter service next year as the replacement for the survey ship HMS GLEANER.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 08/11/2017 16:12:45 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

782268

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy ships have been taken out of operational service, sold, disposed of or decommissioned since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	110916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>I have interpreted “taken out of operational service” or “decommissioned” to be ships’ out of service dates.</p><p> </p><p>Royal Navy ships that have reached their out of service date and those that have been disposed of since May 2010 are listed below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Ship</p></td><td><p>Year of Out of Service Date from May 2010 to October 2017</p></td><td><p>Year of Disposal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS ROEBUCK</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RFA OAKLEAF</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS WALNEY</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RFA LARGS BAY</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS INVINCIBLE</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS EXETER</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS NOTTINGHAM</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS SOUTHAMPTON</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS CHATHAM</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS CAMPBELTOWN</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS CUMBERLAND</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS CORNWALL</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RFA BAYLEAF</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RFA FORT GEORGE</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS ARK ROYAL</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS MANCHESTER</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS GLOUCESTER</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS LIVERPOOL</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS YORK</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS EDINBURGH</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS ENDURANCE</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS ILLUSTRIOUS</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RFA ORANGELEAF</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RFA DILIGENCE</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RFA BLACK ROVER</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RFA GOLD ROVER</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS SEVERN</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Some ships disposed of since May 2010 will have reached their out of service dates prior to May 2010.</p><p> </p><p>2. HMS ENDURANCE was effectively out of service following her incident in 2008.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 08/11/2017 16:26:50 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

782269

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Spare Parts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Audit Office Report entitled Investigation into equipment cannibalisation in the Royal Navy, HC525, what steps he plans to take to address the increase in the level of equipment cannibalisation in the Royal Navy over the past five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	110912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The Royal Navy (RN) continues to deliver their operational commitments at home and overseas. Cannibalisation is a recognised Defence practice for satisfying a materiel demand within a required delivery date and has been in place for many years in the Armed Forces. It is used only when all other sources of supply have been explored and is essential to protecting the operational programmes of our units.</p><p>The operational imperative for the RN often dictates that cannibalisation remains the best solution. While it is the case that the percentage of cannibalisation has risen over the period of the report, it represents only 0.4% of all equipment issued to the RN.</p><p>The RN is working closely with other organisations within the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to optimise the balance between equipment and system reliability and the purchase of spares and stock inventory. The RN has introduced an &quot;in Service Capability Management&quot; organisation which clearly attributes accountability and responsibility for platform performance, driving improvements in availability, reliability, sustainability and affordability.</p><p>The RN will now use the information from the Report to monitor trends more closely, review the impact of cost saving decisions, aiming to improve support and greater efficiency.</p><p>The MOD continues to invest in advanced modelling of their inventory requirement to ensure that the requirements of complex operations, technologically advanced equipment and high tempo programmes are achieved. This investment ensures that cannibalisation remains a last resort option. However, there is no evidence that this recognised practice is having a demoralising effect on members of the RN.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 110913 110917 110918 111135 111188 question first answered 08/11/2017 15:50:15 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

782270

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Spare Parts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Audit Office Report entitled Investigation into equipment cannibalisation in the Royal Navy, HC525, what steps he is taking to address the risk to operational capability posed by a lack of spare parts in the Royal Navy and its demoralising effect on personnel described in that report.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	110913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The Royal Navy (RN) continues to deliver their operational commitments at home and overseas. Cannibalisation is a recognised Defence practice for satisfying a materiel demand within a required delivery date and has been in place for many years in the Armed Forces. It is used only when all other sources of supply have been explored and is essential to protecting the operational programmes of our units.</p><p>The operational imperative for the RN often dictates that cannibalisation remains the best solution. While it is the case that the percentage of cannibalisation has risen over the period of the report, it represents only 0.4% of all equipment issued to the RN.</p><p>The RN is working closely with other organisations within the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to optimise the balance between equipment and system reliability and the purchase of spares and stock inventory. The RN has introduced an &quot;in Service Capability Management&quot; organisation which clearly attributes accountability and responsibility for platform performance, driving improvements in availability, reliability, sustainability and affordability.</p><p>The RN will now use the information from the Report to monitor trends more closely, review the impact of cost saving decisions, aiming to improve support and greater efficiency.</p><p>The MOD continues to invest in advanced modelling of their inventory requirement to ensure that the requirements of complex operations, technologically advanced equipment and high tempo programmes are achieved. This investment ensures that cannibalisation remains a last resort option. However, there is no evidence that this recognised practice is having a demoralising effect on members of the RN.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 110912 110917 110918 111135 111188 question first answered 08/11/2017 15:50:15 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

782271

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Submarines: Spare Parts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the report entitled Investigation into equipment cannibalisation in the Royal Navy, HC525, what the total cost was of the 59 cannibalisation instances per submarine that was quoted in that report.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	110914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The 59 instances the Report refers to are the National Audit Office's calculations of the average level of the redistribution of parts across the Astute Class submarine fleet. The costs of in-service support for the submarine fleet are not captured in the format requested.</p><p>Across the Maritime Domain work is under way to deliver improved effective and efficient support. The Royal Navy will use the information from the Report to monitor trends more closely and review the impact of cost saving decisions to inform their through life management approach.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 110919 question first answered 08/11/2017 16:01:17 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

782272

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships: Spare Parts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department forecasts an increase in cannibalisation over the next 12 months in order to maintain key Royal Navy assets at sea or in a state of readiness.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	110918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The Royal Navy (RN) continues to deliver their operational commitments at home and overseas. Cannibalisation is a recognised Defence practice for satisfying a materiel demand within a required delivery date and has been in place for many years in the Armed Forces. It is used only when all other sources of supply have been explored and is essential to protecting the operational programmes of our units.</p><p>The operational imperative for the RN often dictates that cannibalisation remains the best solution. While it is the case that the percentage of cannibalisation has risen over the period of the report, it represents only 0.4% of all equipment issued to the RN.</p><p>The RN is working closely with other organisations within the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to optimise the balance between equipment and system reliability and the purchase of spares and stock inventory. The RN has introduced an &quot;in Service Capability Management&quot; organisation which clearly attributes accountability and responsibility for platform performance, driving improvements in availability, reliability, sustainability and affordability.</p><p>The RN will now use the information from the Report to monitor trends more closely, review the impact of cost saving decisions, aiming to improve support and greater efficiency.</p><p>The MOD continues to invest in advanced modelling of their inventory requirement to ensure that the requirements of complex operations, technologically advanced equipment and high tempo programmes are achieved. This investment ensures that cannibalisation remains a last resort option. However, there is no evidence that this recognised practice is having a demoralising effect on members of the RN.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 110912 110913 110917 111135 111188 question first answered 08/11/2017 15:50:15 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

782273

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Submarines: Spare Parts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of cannibalisation involving Astute Class submarines.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	110919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The 59 instances the Report refers to are the National Audit Office's calculations of the average level of the redistribution of parts across the Astute Class submarine fleet. The costs of in-service support for the submarine fleet are not captured in the format requested.</p><p>Across the Maritime Domain work is under way to deliver improved effective and efficient support. The Royal Navy will use the information from the Report to monitor trends more closely and review the impact of cost saving decisions to inform their through life management approach.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 110914 question first answered 08/11/2017 16:01:17 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman