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1624707

registered interest
date	28/04/2023
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 the sea-going status is of Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels; and which of those ships are (a) operationally available, (b) undergoing maintenance or a refit and (c) temporarily unavailable due to mechanical problems.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	183243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is as follows and is accurate as of 3 May 2023. ‘Available’ is defined as ships not undergoing 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>1</p></td><td><p>3</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 Docks</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RFA Amphibious Support Ship</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RFA Fort Class Multi-Purpose Auxiliary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</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.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 09/05/2023 08:02:39 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1504863

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
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 assessment he has made of the potential impact of the National Strategy for Maritime Security, published on 15 August 2022, on (a) operational capacity and (b) crewing levels in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	47554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>There has been no direct assessment of the impact of the National Strategy for Maritime Security against the operational capacity or crewing levels for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). The RFA 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 Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 08/09/2022 16:58:31 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1463144

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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 total annual crewing levels were on the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in each year since 2010-11 to date.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	2493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>The Royal Fleet Auxiliary crewing levels requested are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Crewing Levels</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Apr 2010 – 31 Mar 2011</p></td><td><p>2,297</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Apr 2011 - 31 Mar 2012</p></td><td><p>1,954</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Apr 2012 - 31 Mar 2013</p></td><td><p>1,879</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Apr 2013 - 31 Mar 2014</p></td><td><p>1,859</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Apr 2014 - 31 Mar 2015</p></td><td><p>1,941</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Apr 2015 - 31 Mar 2016</p></td><td><p>1,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Apr 2016 - 31 Mar 2017</p></td><td><p>1,955</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Apr 2017 - 31 Mar 2018</p></td><td><p>1,924</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Apr 2018 - 31 Mar 2019</p></td><td><p>1,887</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Apr 2019 - 31 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>1,861</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Apr 2020 - 31 Mar 2021</p></td><td><p>1,876</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Apr 2021 - 31 Mar 2022</p></td><td><p>1,831</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data up to 31 March 2014 was recorded through a legacy Human Resources (HR) system and as such can no longer be validated.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 23/05/2022 13:07:24 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1463145

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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 will publish the total annual funding allocated to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in each year since 2010-11 to date.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	2494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>From the information held centrally[RHC(A1] within the Royal Navy, the annual funding allocated to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) for six years from financial year 2016-17 to date, rounded to the nearest million, are provided below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Budget (£ million)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>156</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>225</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>207</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>251</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>230</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>230</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 23/05/2022 15:51:52 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1463147

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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 steps he is taking to ensure that the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s vessels will remain civilian crewed.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	2496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>The Royal Navy’s Annual Budget Cycle (ABC), which looks ahead over the next ten years, has ensured that Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) vessels will remain operated by civilian crew.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is currently conducting a procurement process for three Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships, for which the RFA are the planned crewing solution.</p><p> </p><p>We remain confident that the Royal Navy has sufficient civilian seafarers within the RFA, to operate its current fleet of vessels necessary to fulfil operational requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 23/05/2022 10:51:38 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1463195

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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 steps he is taking to ensure that the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s vessels will remain civilian crewed.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	2632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>The Royal Navy's Annual Budget Cycle (ABC), which looks ahead over the next ten years, has ensured that Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) vessels will remain operated by civilian crew.</p><p> </p><p>We remain confident that the Royal Navy has, and will continue to have, sufficient civilian seafarers within the RFA, to operate its current fleet of vessels necessary to fulfil operational requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 23/05/2022 16:06:21 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1433993

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
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, when the conversion bay class support ship committed to in the Defence Command Paper of 2021 will be delivered.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	127375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Minister for the Armed Forces to the Rt hon. Member for North Durham (Kevan Jones) on 9 December 2021 in response to Question number 87610.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 25/02/2022 10:17:46 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name UIN 87610.docx title Navy; Littoral Warfare
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1231555

registered interest
date	04/09/2020
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 days each Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel spent at sea in the each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	84976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2020 answer text <p>It has not been possible to collate the information in the time given. I will write to the hon. Member when it is available.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 11/09/2020 06:43:08 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1183213

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will procure another helicopter training vessel before the retirement of RFA Argus in 2024.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL2305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>RFA ARGUS is the Ministry of Defence's Primary Casualty Receiving Ship. The consideration of options to deliver the capabilities provided by ARGUS after she leaves service remains ongoing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL2304 question first answered 10/03/2020 12:27:48 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1182480

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the three new Fleet Solid Support Ships for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary will be ordered; and what are the estimated in-service dates for each of those new ships.
tabling member printed	Lord MacKenzie of Culkein
uin	HL2182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is currently assessing the options for the fleet Solid Support ship programme, and as part of this process will review the requirement and any procurement strategy. It is not possible to provide any further details until this work has been completed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 10/03/2020 12:53:23 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	2507 label Biography information for Lord MacKenzie of Culkein