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172169

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Helicopters: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which sites are used by his Department for helicopter maintenance.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>While Helicopter platforms are flown by all three Services their support funding is programmed only by the Army and Royal Navy. The costs incurred with industry for helicopter support in financial year 2013-14 - the last year for which audited costs exist - was £253 million for the Army and £461 million for the Royal Navy. This includes all spend with industry associated with the delivery of our helicopter activity, including the cost of repair and overhaul of aircraft and capital spares, replenishment of consumable items, technical advice, post design services and, for some platforms, the provision of synthetic and other training services. As these services are typically contracted together, with payment primarily linked to the achievement of flying activity, the costs are not separately recorded. These support services are primarily delivered at contractor sites (including in Yeovil, Gosport, Almondbank and Oxford) and at helicopter main operating bases, with repair and overhaul of sub-components taking place at numerous sub-contractor locations in the UK and abroad. Maintenance services are also provided by military manpower at operating locations in the UK and abroad, but the costs associated with this are not included in the above figures as this information is not routinely collected.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of support activity associated with our helicopter fleets - not including the contribution made by military manpower - is delivered through long-term availability contracts where payment is largely linked to flying output. As such, we do not routinely collect data that would enable the separation of maintenance costs from the costs of repairing aircraft and capital spares, replenishment of consumable items, technical advice and post design services. However, all of these other activities contribute towards the overall helicopter maintenance effort.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the main Operating Bases at which maintenance activities are conducted is attached.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 219941 question first answered 14/01/2015 17:39:59 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name 219943 - Main Operating Bases at which maintenance activities are conducted.doc title 219943 - Operating Bases - Maintenance Conducted previous answer version 37740 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172170

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Helicopters: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the existing MoD or private sites with helicopter simulation facilities are; which services use such sites; and what the annual operating cost of each such site is.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>A list of those Ministry of Defence establishments at which helicopter flight simulators are based is provided below. For the purposes of this answer, I have interpreted helicopter simulation facilities to mean only full-motion flight simulators.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to helicopter simulation, each establishment undertakes a range of defence activities and the full annual operating cost of each establishment could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p>Name of Establishment</p></td><td><p>Service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF Benson</p></td><td><p>Tri-Service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MOD Boscombe Down<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Empire Test Pilots School</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RNAS Culdrose</p></td><td><p>Royal Navy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army Aviation Centre - Middle Wallop</p></td><td><p>Army</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF Shawbury</p></td><td><p>Tri-Service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF Valley</p></td><td><p>Royal Air Force</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RNAS Yeovilton</p></td><td><p>Royal Navy and Army</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wattisham</p></td><td><p>Army</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1 - A generic flight simulator that can be configured to represent a helicopter.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 14/01/2015 17:34:35 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 37739 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172171

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Helicopters: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy spend on helicopter maintenance annually.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>While Helicopter platforms are flown by all three Services their support funding is programmed only by the Army and Royal Navy. The costs incurred with industry for helicopter support in financial year 2013-14 - the last year for which audited costs exist - was £253 million for the Army and £461 million for the Royal Navy. This includes all spend with industry associated with the delivery of our helicopter activity, including the cost of repair and overhaul of aircraft and capital spares, replenishment of consumable items, technical advice, post design services and, for some platforms, the provision of synthetic and other training services. As these services are typically contracted together, with payment primarily linked to the achievement of flying activity, the costs are not separately recorded. These support services are primarily delivered at contractor sites (including in Yeovil, Gosport, Almondbank and Oxford) and at helicopter main operating bases, with repair and overhaul of sub-components taking place at numerous sub-contractor locations in the UK and abroad. Maintenance services are also provided by military manpower at operating locations in the UK and abroad, but the costs associated with this are not included in the above figures as this information is not routinely collected.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of support activity associated with our helicopter fleets - not including the contribution made by military manpower - is delivered through long-term availability contracts where payment is largely linked to flying output. As such, we do not routinely collect data that would enable the separation of maintenance costs from the costs of repairing aircraft and capital spares, replenishment of consumable items, technical advice and post design services. However, all of these other activities contribute towards the overall helicopter maintenance effort.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the main Operating Bases at which maintenance activities are conducted is attached.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 219943 question first answered 14/01/2015 17:40:00 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name 219943 - Main Operating Bases at which maintenance activities are conducted.doc title 219943 - Operating Bases - Maintenance Conducted previous answer version 37737 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

167454

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Portsmouth Dockyard
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the power supply improvements and additional investment needed to prepare HM Naval Base Portsmouth to support two Queen Elizabeth class carriers; what options are under consideration; and what estimate he has made of the investment required in HM Naval Base Portsmouth as a result of such changes.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	216860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 12 November 2013, (Official Report, column 562W) to the hon. Member for Portsmouth South (Mike Hancock).</p><p>The Ministry of Defence continues to prepare Portsmouth for the arrival of the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, and an investment of more than £120 million over the next six years will be made in new infrastructure, including the installation of new power supplies, to ensure that the carriers can be properly maintained and supported.</p><p>I will not disclose further detail on the options being considered as that would prejudice the commercial interests of the Department and its suppliers.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 10/12/2014 17:31:25 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name 20131112 Hansard extract Portsmouth Dockyard.doc title 20131112 Hansard extract previous answer version 32645 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

93495

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	MOD Ashchurch
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the study by the Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Logistics Operations) into the railhead at Ashchurch is still pending; and when he expects to receive the report of that study.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	210804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>In April 2014 the Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Logistics Operations) commissioned a Capability Investigation into future defence rail in order to inform future investment decisions; this included a review of all railheads used by defence. A staff review of the investigation report is currently being completed – it is expected that this review will take up to 90 days to complete.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 24/10/2014 13:30:22 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 23153 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck