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1700157

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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	HMS Albion: Regeneration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's planned timetable is for the potential regeneration of HMS Albion.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	21207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>For reasons of operational security, we do not disclose timetables of future readiness levels for Royal Navy (RN) vessels. However, I can confirm that, as has been the case since 2010, one Landing Platform Dock (LPD) ship will be held in extended readiness so that she will be capable of being regenerated if we have strategic notice that she will be needed. As such, HMS Albion will take HMS Bulwark's place in extended readiness and HMS Bulwark will be regenerated from extended readiness and maintained so that she can be ready to deliver defence outputs if required.</p><p> </p><p>All discussions with Babcock International Group Plc on the LPD programme of work have related to the delivery of the original contract.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 21208 21289 question first answered 17/04/2024 14:40:16 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1698949

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Civil Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) men and (b) women have transferred from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary to the Civil Service in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	20518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Seafarers are employees of the Civil Service. Persons wishing to apply for and accept alternative employment are not obliged to inform the RFA of its details and therefore no accurate records are available.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 18/04/2024 09:12:17 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1699049

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Defence Procurement in response to the question from the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent on 25 March 2024, Official Report, column 1253, whether he expects the RAF to meet their quota for successfully trained pilots this year.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	20585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Yes.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 18/04/2024 09:12:55 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1699050

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Defence Procurement in response to the question from the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent on 25 March 2024, Official Report, column 1253, whether the RAF have met their quota for successfully trained pilots in (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	20586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Yes.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 18/04/2024 09:13:22 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1699080

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Minesweepers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release of 11 December 2023 entitled British minehunting ships to bolster Ukrainian Navy as UK and Norway launch maritime support initiative, whether the two Sandown Class minehunters procured by Ukraine through UK Export Finance have arrived in Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Alistair Strathern
uin	20830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>It would not be appropriate to discuss specifics of the vessels transiting to Ukrainian waters.</p><p> </p><p>The Ukrainian crew of the vessels are currently undergoing training around UK waters, which has included participation in a multinational Mine Counter Measures exercise. The Royal Navy will continue to support these efforts and remains ready to assist with the transit of the vessels to Ukrainian waters, when appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 18/04/2024 09:14:03 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	5000 label Biography information for Alistair Strathern

1695656

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on (a) fires, (b) infrastructure and (c) manoeuvre support in the Land Equipment directorate at Defence Equipment and Support in each financial year since 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	18380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The Fires, Infrastructure, and Manoeuvre Support (FIMS) delivery team total spend on equipment and support by financial year is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contract Spend</strong> <strong> £million</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>24.82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>56.66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>64.11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>390.42</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The FIMS delivery team total spend on operating costs by financial year is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total spend £million</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>8.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>8.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>17.86</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>FIMS is a specific project team in DE&amp;S and the figures above represent the total spend of that team. The figures do not represent the total spend on all fires, infrastructure and support across the Department which would not be held centrally and would not be answerable without a disproportionate cost. The substantial increase in costs in FY2022-23 is due to the Operational Infrastructure team being merged into the FIMS team in April 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/04/2024 14:51:03 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle