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1489994

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the announcement of the £55 million contract to regenerate HMS Quorn, a former Royal Navy mine-hunting vessel, what plans they have for further refurbishment of naval vessels to bolster NATO’s maritime capability.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Exeter
uin	HL1850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2022 answer text <p>There are currently no plans for the refurbishment of any former naval vessels.</p><p>The Royal Navy routinely sells its surplus units to key allies and partners as new capabilities are brought into service.</p><p>HMS Quorn is well suited to the Lithuanian Navy's requirements and will continue to support NATO maritime capability for many years to come.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 01/08/2022 14:26:50 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	4929 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Exeter

1456859

registered interest
date	04/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the refreshed Shipbuilding Strategy intends to (1) enhance, and (2) grow, the UK ship repair capability.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL7665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2022 answer text <p>The National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh sets out a vision that by 2030, we will be a globally successful, innovative and sustainable UK shipbuilding enterprise. Ship repair is a key part of this enterprise and the Refresh aims to tackle barriers to growth, further develop our capability and support the creation of skilled jobs across the UK shipbuilding enterprise.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 20/04/2022 10:39:30 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1358449

registered interest
date	04/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to enhance the (1) armament, and (2) defensive, capability of the Royal Navy's Forth class offshore patrol vessels.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL2887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>In line with procedures for any deploying ship, the armament and defensive capabilities of the Batch 2 River Class Offshore Patrol Vessels are adjusted as required to ensure the ships can operate safely in accordance with their intended tasking.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 18/10/2021 15:00:30 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1358450

registered interest
date	04/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to stripping laid-up (1) Hunt class, and (2) Sandown class, Mine Counter Measure Vessels and using them as patrol vessels in UK waters.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL2888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2021 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to repurpose Mine Counter Measure Vessels for UK Maritime Security duties, which are delivered by a range of assets including Royal Navy vessels assigned to operations within the United Kingdom Marine Area.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 14/10/2021 12:16:19 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1142448

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Royal Navy ships are currently undergoing repair; and how many were out of service for repairs in each of the last ten years.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL17522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>All Royal Navy (RN) ships rotate through planned operating cycles involving maintenance, repair, training, deployment, leave and upgrades. This results in individual ships being at various levels of readiness at any one time in accordance with the long-term operating schedule and operational needs; they remain in service during these periods. These periods are necessary for any highly complex system maintenance and are essential to ensure ships are fit for purpose in the most hostile of operational environments. In addition, the periods provide an opportunity to complete modifications and to fit essential upgrades to systems.</p><p> </p><p>Repair work on individual ships and their systems takes place during both planned maintenance periods and operational deployments. It is our policy to not disclose the readiness state of individual ships as this would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces. However, currently the following RN ships are undertaking routine docking or their deep refit period and are therefore unavailable for operational tasking:</p><p> </p><p>HMS RICHMOND; HMS DAUNTLESS; HMS PEMBROKE; HMS LANCASTER; HMS SOMERSET; HMS PORTLAND; HMS MIDDLETON; HMS IRON DUKE; HMS DARING</p><p> </p><p>Maintenance of Royal Navy warships is funded through an In Service Support allocation of Naval funds through a Maritime Support Delivery Framework contract.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL17523 question first answered 02/08/2019 12:15:48 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1142449

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of repairing Royal Navy ships currently unfit for action.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL17523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>All Royal Navy (RN) ships rotate through planned operating cycles involving maintenance, repair, training, deployment, leave and upgrades. This results in individual ships being at various levels of readiness at any one time in accordance with the long-term operating schedule and operational needs; they remain in service during these periods. These periods are necessary for any highly complex system maintenance and are essential to ensure ships are fit for purpose in the most hostile of operational environments. In addition, the periods provide an opportunity to complete modifications and to fit essential upgrades to systems.</p><p> </p><p>Repair work on individual ships and their systems takes place during both planned maintenance periods and operational deployments. It is our policy to not disclose the readiness state of individual ships as this would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces. However, currently the following RN ships are undertaking routine docking or their deep refit period and are therefore unavailable for operational tasking:</p><p> </p><p>HMS RICHMOND; HMS DAUNTLESS; HMS PEMBROKE; HMS LANCASTER; HMS SOMERSET; HMS PORTLAND; HMS MIDDLETON; HMS IRON DUKE; HMS DARING</p><p> </p><p>Maintenance of Royal Navy warships is funded through an In Service Support allocation of Naval funds through a Maritime Support Delivery Framework contract.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL17522 question first answered 02/08/2019 12:15:48 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham