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931814

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2018
	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, which dry dock facilities in the UK are under consideration as a future maintenance base for the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	158217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The following dry-dock facilities in the UK are of a sufficient size to accommodate the Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers:</p><p> </p><p>Able UK, Seaton Port, Teeside; Babcock, Rosyth; Cammell Laird, Birkenhead; Cammell Laird, Greenock (Inchgreen); Harland and Wolff, Belfast.</p><p> </p><p>Plans for the dry-docking of QEC aircraft carriers are currently under consideration as part of a commercial competitive process. It would be inappropriate to comment on which locations are under consideration until that process has been concluded and a contract has been awarded, as to do so would prejudice commercial interests. For the same reason I cannot comment on any engagement with industry in relation to the dry-docking of QEC aircraft carriers.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb grouped question UIN 158218 158219 question first answered 02/07/2018 15:34:29 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

931815

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2018
	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, which dry dock facilities in the UK are of sufficient size to house the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	158218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The following dry-dock facilities in the UK are of a sufficient size to accommodate the Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers:</p><p> </p><p>Able UK, Seaton Port, Teeside; Babcock, Rosyth; Cammell Laird, Birkenhead; Cammell Laird, Greenock (Inchgreen); Harland and Wolff, Belfast.</p><p> </p><p>Plans for the dry-docking of QEC aircraft carriers are currently under consideration as part of a commercial competitive process. It would be inappropriate to comment on which locations are under consideration until that process has been concluded and a contract has been awarded, as to do so would prejudice commercial interests. For the same reason I cannot comment on any engagement with industry in relation to the dry-docking of QEC aircraft carriers.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb grouped question UIN 158217 158219 question first answered 02/07/2018 15:34:29 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

931816

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2018
	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 discussions he has had with representatives of the Scottish shipyard industry on future maintenance of the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	158219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The following dry-dock facilities in the UK are of a sufficient size to accommodate the Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers:</p><p> </p><p>Able UK, Seaton Port, Teeside; Babcock, Rosyth; Cammell Laird, Birkenhead; Cammell Laird, Greenock (Inchgreen); Harland and Wolff, Belfast.</p><p> </p><p>Plans for the dry-docking of QEC aircraft carriers are currently under consideration as part of a commercial competitive process. It would be inappropriate to comment on which locations are under consideration until that process has been concluded and a contract has been awarded, as to do so would prejudice commercial interests. For the same reason I cannot comment on any engagement with industry in relation to the dry-docking of QEC aircraft carriers.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb grouped question UIN 158217 158218 question first answered 02/07/2018 15:34:29 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

933996

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2018
	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, pursuant to his Answer of 27 June 2018 to Question 158218 on Aircraft Carriers: Repairs and Maintenance, when he is planning for a contract to be awarded.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	159576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2018 answer text <p>We plan to award the contract for the first dry docking of HMS Queen Elizabeth in the final quarter of 2018.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 05/07/2018 15:08:58 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

713780

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Prestwick Airport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any military flights landing at Prestwick Airport since 2013 have had munitions on board.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	69095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>It is a requirement of the Diplomatic Flight Clearance (DFC) process to state whether an aircraft is carrying any dangerous air cargo and the next destination. However DFC is not required for all military flights. Therefore, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not hold a complete record of all military flights wishing to enter UK airspace, its cargo and/or its destination airport.</p><p>In addition, the MOD does not record whether a state aircraft flight has landed, which is a matter for individual airports.</p><p>For UK military flights using Prestwick, the information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 29/03/2017 15:33:49 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

713781

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department keeps records of the movements of foreign military flights that have landed in the UK after they leave UK airspace.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	69096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>For foreign military flights that are required to complete the Diplomatic Flight Clearance process prior to landing in the UK, it is a requirement of that process to state on the clearance request what the destination is for the next flight on departing UK Airspace.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 29/03/2017 15:44:53 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

720345

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Air Force: Anniversaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans are in place to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the RAF; and what discussions he has had with the RAF on the granting of posthumous awards for service personnel.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	70281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>Plans to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the RAF are well advanced. Events will take place across the UK throughout 2018 with the key event being a service taking place on 10 July 2018 at Westminster Abbey followed by a large flypast. Plans do not include the posthumous award of decorations for Service personnel.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 20/04/2017 15:09:20 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

720346

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Air Force: Anniversaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there are plans in place to use the 100th anniversary of the RAF to commemorate the financial contribution made to the RAF by Lady MacRobert.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	70282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to use the 100th anniversary of the RAF to recognise Lady MacRobert's financial contribution to the RAF. The connection between the RAF and the MacRobert family is already maintained through the MacRobert Prize for graduating officers at RAF Cranwell. The Lady MacRobert Trophy is awarded between contesting Air Training Corps (ATC) squadrons in the North East Scotland Wing whilst 49F (Greenock (MacRobert's Reply)) Squadron of the ATC bears the family name.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 20/04/2017 15:08:45 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

723119

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	World War II: Medals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2017 to Question 70281, if he will take steps to grant posthumous awards for (a) Lady MacRobert and (b) other non-service personnel.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	71640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>Further to my answer of 20 April 2017 to question 70281 I can confirm that there are no plans to grant posthumous awards to non-service personnel as part of the RAF's 100th anniversary commemorations.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/04/2017 09:31:26 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

723120

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2017 to Question 70279, if he will take steps to allow the posthumous naming of a current RAF Typhoon fighter aircraft, MacRobert's Spirit - not for self but for country, after Lady MacRobert in recognition of her philanthropic donation of four fighter aircraft during the Second World War.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	71664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>The RAF is rightly proud of its connections with the MacRobert family. Whilst there are no plans to name a Typhoon as &quot;MacRobert Spirit - Not For Self But For Country&quot;, the RAF will be naming a 6 Squadron Typhoon &quot;Sir Roderic&quot; after one of Lady MacRobert's fallen sons who served with the Squadron.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/04/2017 09:30:21 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray