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1168968

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Aircraft Carriers: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the use of floating docks for the maintenance of Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
	uin	468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2020 answer text <p>The Royal Navy and Defence Equipment &amp; Support are working together to develop a long-term dry docking plan for the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers. The use of floating dry docks was reviewed early in these deliberations; however, they were rejected on infrastructure, security and access grounds.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 09/01/2020 14:35:28 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1171886

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Early Warning Systems
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, recent assessment he has made of the effect of potential delays to the Crowsnest radar system on the ability of Carrier Strike to operate (a) safely and (b) effectively.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
	uin	5522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department's approach to capability delivery places safety foremost, through strict compliance to policy, regulation and certification requirements. There are regular updates on the progress of the CROWSNEST programme. The schedule provides an incremental build-up of CROWSNEST to support Initial Operating Capability for Carrier Strike in December 2020 and the inaugural Carrier Strike Group deployment in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 23/01/2020 13:43:49 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1171887

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Early Warning Systems
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the timely completion of the (a) Carrier Strike project and (b) Crowsnest radar function.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
	uin	5523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence continues to work closely with its contractors to manage programme performance and the remaining schedule of activity for Carrier Strike and CROWSNEST. Initial operating capability for Carrier Strike remains on track for December 2020 and all components of the programme, including F-35 and CROWSNEST, are due to deploy on the inaugural Carrier Strike Group deployment in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 23/01/2020 13:49:42 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1171888

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Queen Elizabeth: Radar
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Crowsnest radar system will be operational when the Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier deploys.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
	uin	5524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence remains confident that the Merlin Mk2 helicopter, fitted with the Crowsnest system, will be available to support the first operational deployment of HMS Queen Elizabeth in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 22/01/2020 16:23:56 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1177425

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Navy: Labour Turnover
	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 staff retention in the Royal Navy.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
	uin	14787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>Staff retention trends in the Royal Navy have remained stable with between 7.8% and 9.1% leaving annually over the last five years.</p><p>The Royal Navy has introduced a number of initiatives to improve retention. These include targeted retention incentives and career extensions along with rebalancing current uniformed roles ashore to sea-facing roles creating better predictability and stability for frontline personnel and their families.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 14788 question first answered 13/02/2020 13:48:35 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1177426

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Navy: Labour Turnover
	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 recent trends in the level of staff retention in the Royal Navy.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
	uin	14788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>Staff retention trends in the Royal Navy have remained stable with between 7.8% and 9.1% leaving annually over the last five years.</p><p>The Royal Navy has introduced a number of initiatives to improve retention. These include targeted retention incentives and career extensions along with rebalancing current uniformed roles ashore to sea-facing roles creating better predictability and stability for frontline personnel and their families.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 14787 question first answered 13/02/2020 13:48:35 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1178338

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Prince of Wales: Portsmouth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to give Portsmouth residents the opportunity to go onboard HMS Prince of Wales while she is docked in the city.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
	uin	2023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>While there are currently no plans for HMS PRINCE OF WALES to be opened to members of the public while berthed in HM Naval Base Portsmouth, the Royal Navy will continue to consider opportunities in the future.</p><p>Portsmouth is a complex industrial and operational Naval Base and a key engineering support hub for the Royal Navy. As such, ships alongside will always have some sort of engineering, training or refit activity being undertaken.</p><p>With the number of Naval and Defence assets within the Base, and taking account of the current security climate and posture, scheduling dates in a ship's programme can be disruptive to operational output. This is especially the case with ships as complex and in demand as the Queen Elizabeth Class.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey grouped question UIN 2024 question first answered 24/02/2020 14:52:02 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1178339

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Prince of Wales: Portsmouth
	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 merits of allowing Portsmouth residents to go onboard HMS Prince of Wales while docked in the city to showcase the vessel.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
	uin	2024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>While there are currently no plans for HMS PRINCE OF WALES to be opened to members of the public while berthed in HM Naval Base Portsmouth, the Royal Navy will continue to consider opportunities in the future.</p><p>Portsmouth is a complex industrial and operational Naval Base and a key engineering support hub for the Royal Navy. As such, ships alongside will always have some sort of engineering, training or refit activity being undertaken.</p><p>With the number of Naval and Defence assets within the Base, and taking account of the current security climate and posture, scheduling dates in a ship's programme can be disruptive to operational output. This is especially the case with ships as complex and in demand as the Queen Elizabeth Class.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey grouped question UIN 2023 question first answered 24/02/2020 14:52:02 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1178995

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Queen Elizabeth: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the HMS Queen Elizabeth returned to Portsmouth on 14 February 2020 due to a fault.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
	uin	18889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH returned to HM Naval Base Portsmouth on 14 February after successfully completing her operational activities.</p><p>Between January and December 2019, HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH was scheduled for 24 weeks of maintenance; this included her planned dry-docking period in Rosyth. She underwent no additional days of maintenance while alongside. Maintenance work on individual ship systems takes place during both these scheduled periods alongside and operational deployments. Information on maintenance conducted while deployed is not collated centrally.</p><p>We do not disclose the materiel states of individual ships for operational security reasons, as this would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 18890 18891 18892 question first answered 26/02/2020 15:59:04 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1178996

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Queen Elizabeth: Repairs and Maintenance
	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 effect of reported maintenance matters on HMS Queen Elizabeth on the operational capability of that vessel.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
	uin	18890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH returned to HM Naval Base Portsmouth on 14 February after successfully completing her operational activities.</p><p>Between January and December 2019, HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH was scheduled for 24 weeks of maintenance; this included her planned dry-docking period in Rosyth. She underwent no additional days of maintenance while alongside. Maintenance work on individual ship systems takes place during both these scheduled periods alongside and operational deployments. Information on maintenance conducted while deployed is not collated centrally.</p><p>We do not disclose the materiel states of individual ships for operational security reasons, as this would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 18889 18891 18892 question first answered 26/02/2020 15:59:04 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan