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92994

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he has received that holes in the rear section of Typhoon aircraft were not de-burred properly; what assessment he has made on the effect of this on aircraft lifespan; and whether he plans to halt delivery of new Typhoon aircraft.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	210204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>In June 2014, BAE Systems notified the Department of a manufacturing issue (de-burring) affecting Typhoon aircraft rear fuselages. Testing is currently under way to substantiate how this may affect the long-term fatigue life of the airframe, although we believe that there will be little impact on the lifespan of the aircraft. Deliveries of new aircraft will continue as planned.</p><p> </p><p>Typhoon remains safe and is continuing normal operations without any performance impact or limitations. It has a service life of six thousand hours per airframe.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 23/10/2014 15:38:55 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 23158 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

92995

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current service life in flight hours is of Typhoon aircraft.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	210205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 23 October 2014 to Question 210204. This can be found at the following link;</p><p>http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=210204</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 05/11/2014 16:33:27 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 23156 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

92996

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Military Bases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much will be spent in each location under the Maritime Support and Delivery Framework with Babcock in each of the next six years.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	210206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The predicted spend profile (in £ millions) on the Maritime Support Delivery Framework contracts is shown in the table. The contracts provide flexibility within the overall totals to adjust the spend profiles to ensure the support provided is aligned with the needs of the Royal Navy.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FINANCIAL YEARS </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>BAE Systems</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth Naval Base</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>Note 1</p></td><td><p>601</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Babcock</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clyde Naval Base</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devonport Naval Base</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>374</p></td><td><p>359</p></td><td><p>339</p></td><td><p>356</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>1,980</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>487</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>456</p></td><td><p>472</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>2,612</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p> </p><p>1. The Ministry of Defence has an option to extend the contract with BAE Systems for a further year beyond 2018-19, but support for financial year 2019-20 was not contracted for at the point of contract award on 1 October 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 210207 question first answered 20/10/2014 15:46:09 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

92997

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Military Bases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much will be spent in each location in the Maritime Support and Delivery Framework with BAE Systems in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	210207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The predicted spend profile (in £ millions) on the Maritime Support Delivery Framework contracts is shown in the table. The contracts provide flexibility within the overall totals to adjust the spend profiles to ensure the support provided is aligned with the needs of the Royal Navy.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FINANCIAL YEARS </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>BAE Systems</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth Naval Base</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>Note 1</p></td><td><p>601</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Babcock</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clyde Naval Base</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devonport Naval Base</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>374</p></td><td><p>359</p></td><td><p>339</p></td><td><p>356</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>1,980</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>487</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>456</p></td><td><p>472</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>2,612</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p> </p><p>1. The Ministry of Defence has an option to extend the contract with BAE Systems for a further year beyond 2018-19, but support for financial year 2019-20 was not contracted for at the point of contract award on 1 October 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 210206 question first answered 20/10/2014 15:46:09 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

92998

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Military Bases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place a copy of the Maritime Support and Delivery Framework in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	210208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>To place copies of the contracts with BAE Systems and Babcock Marine in the Library would require a thorough review of both contracts, which together comprise thousands of pages. This review process could only be carried out at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 22/10/2014 16:18:15 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 23157 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

92999

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Military Bases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what companies bid for a proportion of the Maritime Support and Delivery Framework.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	210209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>Companies were not required to bid for work under the Maritime Support and Delivery Framework (MDSF), which replaces three Warship Support Maintenance Initiative contracts, ship services contracts with BAES and Babcock, and contracts for a range of support activities. The contracts were awarded to our industrial partners at the UK’s naval bases to support the management of the bases and to maintain and repair the Royal Navy’s warships.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence is able to deliver £350 million of savings under the MSDF over four and a half to five and a half years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 23/10/2014 15:38:16 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 23154 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

93000

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Military Bases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts the Maritime Support and Delivery Framework replaces; who previously held those contracts; and how much was spent in each such contract in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	210210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Maritime Support Delivery Framework (MSDF) contracts replace the three Warship Support Maintenance Initiative (WSMI) contracts with Babcock Marine and BAE Systems covering HM Naval Bases (HMNBs) Clyde, Devonport and Portsmouth. Under WSMI, industry was contracted to provide engineering support to Royal Navy ships and submarines, waterfront support services, logistics management, along with estates and facilities management and maintenance.</p><p> </p><p>The MSDF contracts also replace ship services contracts with Babcock Marine and BAE Systems and contracts for a range of other support activities.</p><p> </p><p>The expenditure incurred by the Ministry of Defence in each of the last five years (in £ million) is shown in the tables. The tables include only those contracts that are within the current scope of the MSDF contract.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1 – Expenditure on Contracts Replaced by the MSDF contract awarded to BAE Systems (figures are rounded to the nearest £ million).</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FINANCIAL YEARS </strong></p><p><strong>(£ million)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WSMI Contract – HMNB Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>517</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ship Services Contract</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Design Management Services</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p><p>See Note 1</p></td><td><p>0</p><p>See Note 1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Contracts for Ship Refits and Upkeeps</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enabling contract for Works Projects at HMNB Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enabling contract for Enhancement and Urgent Operational work on HM Ships at HMNB Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2 - Expenditure on Contracts Replaced by the MSDF contract awarded to Babcock Marine (figures are rounded to the nearest £ million).</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FINANCIAL YEARS </strong></p><p><strong>(£ million)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WSMI Contract – HMNB Clyde</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>498</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WSMI Contract – HMNB Devonport</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>786</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ship Services Contract</p></td><td><p>0</p><p>See Note 1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Design Management Services</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p><p>See Note 1</p></td><td><p>0</p><p>See Note 1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ship Refits and Upkeeps</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fixed Cost Element of Contracts for Long Overhaul Periods (Refuelling) for HM Submarines Vengeance and Vigilant</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>229</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. Expenditure was incurred in the financial year but as it was below £0.5 million, it appears in the table as a zero when the rounding policy is applied.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 11/11/2014 17:27:13 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 23155 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

93001

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Patrol Craft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) manned aircraft and (b) unmanned aerial vehicles will be able to land and operate on the Batch 2 Offshore Patrol Vessels.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	210211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>I believe that the 29 design requirements the Honourable Member refers to are the differences between the Batch 2 Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) and those delivered to the Brazilian Navy, which were not the same design as the initial Batch. The new requirements were:<br><br>1 Watertight Integrity Modifications<br>2 Fire Safety Modifications<br>3 Enhanced firefighting facilities <br>4 Automatic Emergency Lights <br>5 Flight Deck Officer Position<br>6 Domestic refrigeration Modifications<br>7 Sewage Treatment Plant Modifications<br>8 Exhaust System Modifications – (No longer required)<br>9 Ballast Water Modifications<br>10 Merlin helicopter operation<br>11 Helicopter In-Flight Refuelling <br>12 Helicopter refuelling modifications<br>13 Changes to ship’s minimum operating temperature<br>14 Davit Modifications<br>15 Force Protection Weapon Modifications<br>16 Install WECDIS/WAIS<br>17 Install Combat Management System <br>18 Military communications modifications<br>19 Magazine Protection<br>20 Radio Equipment Room Modifications<br>21 Change lighting and domestic power voltage from 115v to 230v<br>22 Codification of equipment<br>23 Provision of life saving equipment<br>24 Replace navigation radars <br>25 Install Military GPS <br>26 Install flight deck landing grid<br>27 Fuel efficiency monitoring<br>28 Provide emergency communication equipment <br>29 Machinery Space Walkway <br><br><br><br>The manned aircraft able to use the Royal Navy’s new OPVs are Merlin and Wildcat helicopters. There are no current plans for the operation of unmanned vehicles from these vessels.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 210212 question first answered 20/10/2014 15:51:25 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

93002

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Patrol Craft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what 29 design requirements were requested by the Royal Navy for the Batch 2 Offshore Patrol Vessels not in the design of the initial batch of vessels.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	210212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>I believe that the 29 design requirements the Honourable Member refers to are the differences between the Batch 2 Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) and those delivered to the Brazilian Navy, which were not the same design as the initial Batch. The new requirements were:<br><br>1 Watertight Integrity Modifications<br>2 Fire Safety Modifications<br>3 Enhanced firefighting facilities <br>4 Automatic Emergency Lights <br>5 Flight Deck Officer Position<br>6 Domestic refrigeration Modifications<br>7 Sewage Treatment Plant Modifications<br>8 Exhaust System Modifications – (No longer required)<br>9 Ballast Water Modifications<br>10 Merlin helicopter operation<br>11 Helicopter In-Flight Refuelling <br>12 Helicopter refuelling modifications<br>13 Changes to ship’s minimum operating temperature<br>14 Davit Modifications<br>15 Force Protection Weapon Modifications<br>16 Install WECDIS/WAIS<br>17 Install Combat Management System <br>18 Military communications modifications<br>19 Magazine Protection<br>20 Radio Equipment Room Modifications<br>21 Change lighting and domestic power voltage from 115v to 230v<br>22 Codification of equipment<br>23 Provision of life saving equipment<br>24 Replace navigation radars <br>25 Install Military GPS <br>26 Install flight deck landing grid<br>27 Fuel efficiency monitoring<br>28 Provide emergency communication equipment <br>29 Machinery Space Walkway <br><br><br><br>The manned aircraft able to use the Royal Navy’s new OPVs are Merlin and Wildcat helicopters. There are no current plans for the operation of unmanned vehicles from these vessels.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 210211 question first answered 20/10/2014 15:51:25 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

92158

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) the current text of the 1958 UK-US Mutual Defence Agreement and its annexes, as subsequently amended since the Agreement originally entered into force and (b) any amendments to the Agreement and its annexes that the Government proposes for when they are renewed.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	209761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The 2014 Amendment to the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Purposes 1958, otherwise known as the Amendment Agreement to the 1958 UK-US Mutual Defence Agreement (MDA), has been laid before Parliament in accordance with the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010. This Amendment Agreement is intended to renew and update certain provisions in the MDA to ensure their continuing relevance and validity for a further period of 10 years until 31 December 2024. The original MDA and its subsequent amendments are available in the libraries, as they were previously laid under the Ponsonby Rule. In line with long-established practice, and as accepted by Parliament during the 2004 renewal, the annexes of the MDA cannot be placed in the libraries because of the sensitivity of their contents.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/10/2014 11:44:39 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson