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1011669

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Clyde Naval Base: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear safety events have occured on vessels other than submarines at Faslane in each year since 2006.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	194233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The historical nature and scope of the information requested is such that it will take time to collate. Once this process is completed I will write to the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 194234 194235 194236 194237 194238 194239 194783 194788 question first answered 29/11/2018 15:55:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1011671

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Clyde Naval Base: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear safety events have occured at Faslane in a location other than on board a vessel in each year since 2006.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	194234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The historical nature and scope of the information requested is such that it will take time to collate. Once this process is completed I will write to the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 194233 194235 194236 194237 194238 194239 194783 194788 question first answered 29/11/2018 15:55:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1011672

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Clyde Naval Base: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many leaks of radioactive coolant there have been from vessels other than submarines at Faslane in each year since 2006.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	194235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The historical nature and scope of the information requested is such that it will take time to collate. Once this process is completed I will write to the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 194233 194234 194236 194237 194238 194239 194783 194788 question first answered 29/11/2018 15:55:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1011673

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Clyde Naval Base: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many leaks of radioactive coolant there have been at Faslane in locations other than on board a vessel in each year since 2006.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	194236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The historical nature and scope of the information requested is such that it will take time to collate. Once this process is completed I will write to the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 194233 194234 194235 194237 194238 194239 194783 194788 question first answered 29/11/2018 15:55:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1011675

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Powered Vessels: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear safety events there have been on board vessels at sea in each year since 2006.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	194237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The historical nature and scope of the information requested is such that it will take time to collate. Once this process is completed I will write to the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 194233 194234 194235 194236 194238 194239 194783 194788 question first answered 29/11/2018 15:55:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1011676

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Powered Vessels: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many leaks of radioactive coolant there have been on vessels at sea in each year since 2006.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	194238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The historical nature and scope of the information requested is such that it will take time to collate. Once this process is completed I will write to the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 194233 194234 194235 194236 194237 194239 194783 194788 question first answered 29/11/2018 15:55:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1011678

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	RNAD Coulport: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear safety events there have been at Coulport in each year since 2006.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	194239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The historical nature and scope of the information requested is such that it will take time to collate. Once this process is completed I will write to the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 194233 194234 194235 194236 194237 194238 194783 194788 question first answered 29/11/2018 15:55:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1012480

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Clyde Naval Base and RNAD Coulport: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many accidents were reported under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 at (a) HM Naval Base Clyde and (b) Royal Navy Armaments Depot Coulport in each of the last five years; and what the circumstances of each such accident were.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	194783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The historical nature and scope of the information requested is such that it will take time to collate. Once this process is completed I will write to the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 194233 194234 194235 194236 194237 194238 194239 194788 question first answered 29/11/2018 15:55:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1012481

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Disarmament
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on meeting the commitment in the Strategic Defence and Security Review, published in 2010, to reduce the UK's nuclear warhead stockpile ceiling from not more than 225 to not more than 180 by the mid 2020s.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	194784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>We continue to keep our nuclear posture under constant review in the light of the international security environment and the actions of potential adversaries.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 04/12/2018 15:57:36 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson previous answer version 88255 answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1012482

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	AWE: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid to AWE Management Ltd under the Atomic Weapons Establishment management and operation contract in each year since 2000.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	194785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The following table shows payments to AWE Management Ltd under the Management and Operations contract for each financial year since 2000-01, at outturn prices:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000-01</p></td><td><p>275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001-02</p></td><td><p>264</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>258</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td><p>286</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>493</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>687</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>894</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>944</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>941</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>861</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>961</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>998</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>970</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>938</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1,020</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 29/11/2018 15:44:06 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1012483

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Air Force: Deployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times quick reaction alert aircraft were launched to intercept aircraft in each of the last five years; and from which nations the intercepted aircraft originated.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	194786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of days on which Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) Typhoon aircraft launched each year since 2014 is given below. Not every launch resulted in an interception as some incidents were resolved prior to interception.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of days QRA was launched</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018<sup>*</sup></p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* 1 January to 22 November 2018</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I am withholding further details as deterrence is a principal function of QRA and QRA is in turn an integral part of the air defence of the UK. The disclosure of information that might compromise the QRA deterrent capability would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/11/2018 15:44:21 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1012484

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many posts for nuclear-qualified and experienced staff in his Department have been advertised in each of the last three years; and how many of those posts were vacant at each Departmental location on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	194787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 29/11/2018 15:37:26 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1012485

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Submarines: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fires have taken place on UK (a) nuclear-powered and (b) nuclear-armed submarines in the last five years; and how many of those fires on submarines occurred (a) at sea and (b) while berthed.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	194788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The historical nature and scope of the information requested is such that it will take time to collate. Once this process is completed I will write to the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 194233 194234 194235 194236 194237 194238 194239 194783 question first answered 29/11/2018 15:55:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1012486

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the inventory of his Department is; and what proportion of that inventory is obsolete.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	194789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The value of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) inventory is shown in Note 11 to the MOD Annual Report and Accounts which is published on gov.uk at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-defence-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018.</p><p>A detailed breakdown of obsolete equipment is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The MOD continually reviews inventory holdings and, where stock is identified as surplus and no longer in use or obsolete, there are a number of disposal options, including via the Defence Equipment Sales Authority.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 29/11/2018 15:47:43 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1013149

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Leuchars Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civilian and (b) service personnel are based at Leuchars.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	195118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>There are currently around 100 civil servants and 750 UK Regular Forces, supported by around 30 Full Time Reserve Service personnel, based at Leuchars.</p><p>These figures have been rounded to the nearest 10; where the number ended in a 5 it has been rounded to the nearest 20 to avoid systematic bias. UK Regular Forces includes Military Provost Guard Service personnel, but excludes Gurkhas, mobilised Reservists, Locally Engaged Personnel and Non-Regular Permanent Staff.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 03/12/2018 15:47:02 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1017352

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Leidos
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what sums his Department has paid to Leidos to operate the logistics, commodities and services transformation programme in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	197457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The sums that the Department has paid Leidos (Europe) to operate the Logistics, Commodities and Services Transformation programme are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>£million (ex-VAT)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>268</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>326</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>253</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures for 2018-19 cover the period 1 April 2018 to 30 November 2018.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/12/2018 16:41:26 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1017353

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the affordability gap in the Equipment Plan 2017-2027.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	197458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The Equipment Plan financial summary 2017-2027 set out the Department's plans for spending on equipment procurement and support in the 10-years from 2017-18 as at April 2017. The Department successfully delivered the first year of this plan within budget, as presented in the Department's annual report and accounts 2017-18. We reported our latest estimate of the affordability of the Equipment Plan in the Defence Equipment Plan financial summary 2018, published on 5 November 2018. Our central estimate of the forecast cost variance to budget was £7.0 billion over the 10 years from 2018-19, on base cost of £193.3 billion, which includes the remaining nine years of the Equipment Plan 2017-2027 period.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/12/2018 16:42:05 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1017482

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Navy: Radiation Exposure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether radiation checks are carried out on submariners at the end of a tour of duty.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	197642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>All Royal Navy submariners wear occupational dosimeters while serving on submarines and assessments of occupational radiation exposure are routinely carried out for all submariners employed on operational submarines. This is as required by regulation 36 of the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017, which are available at:</p><p>http://www.hse.gov.uk/radiation/ionising/</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 06/12/2018 16:36:57 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1020009

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 12 May 2014 to Question 188387, on Nuclear Reactors, how many nuclear-qualified and experienced personnel have been required by his Department in each of the last three years; and how many such posts were vacant at each location on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	198864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 29 November 2018, to Question 194787.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/12/2018 16:42:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 29 November 2018 UIN 194787.docx title 194787 - Ministry of Defence: Recruitment
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1029450

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
	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 11 December 2018 to Question 198864 on Ministry of Defence: Staff, for what reason that information which was available for the Answer of 12 May 2014 to Question 188387 on Nuclear Reactors is not available now.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	204524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is undertaking a new project to collect data. This will support future workforce planning across the nuclear community.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/01/2019 16:18:24 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1061032

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Public Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many records his Department holds that have reached the time limit for their transfer to the National Archives but have not been transferred.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	221664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Some 9.8 million records have reached the time limit for their transfer to The National Archives. Of these, some 9.5 million are historic Service personnel records held under a Retention Instrument from the Advisory Council on National Records and Archives until 2028.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/02/2019 16:00:05 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1105984

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many financial mitigation payments have been made to MoD personnel based in Scotland in relation to the Scottish rate of income tax; and at what salary level those payments began.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	238377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>No financial mitigation payments have yet been made to Ministry of Defence personnel resident in Scotland in relation to higher rates of Scottish income tax. Mitigation payments for Tax Year 2018-19 will be made in June 2019 to those with taxable earnings of £27,200 or more. Mitigation payments for Tax Year 2019-20 will be made in June 2020 to those with taxable earnings of £28,193 or more. It is estimated that up to 8,000 payments will be made in June 2019 and up to 7,000 payments in June 2020.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/04/2019 14:43:24 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1109005

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Dounreay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Defence on 6 March 2014, Official Report column 1085, corrected on 11 March 2014, whether there had been a measurable change in the radiation discharge other than the alpha-emitting particulate discharge.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	240026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>There was no measurable change in the alpha emitting particulate discharge from the Naval Reactor Test Establishment (NRTE). There was a measurable increase in the already very low levels of radioactive noble gases discharged; however, all discharges remained well below the levels authorised by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency. The Shore Test Facility reactor at the NRTE ceased operations in July 2015.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 10/04/2019 14:18:37 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1109006

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Dounreay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear safety incidents were recorded in each of the last ten years of operation of the naval reactor test establishment at Dounreay.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	240027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>In each of the last ten years of operation (from 2006 to 2015), no nuclear safety incidents have been recorded at the nuclear reactor test establishment at Dounreay.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence is using the definition of an &quot;incident&quot; as that meeting Level 1 of the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INRS). The International Atomic Energy Agency established the INRS as an international standard to define the severity of nuclear accidents.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 10/04/2019 16:22:54 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1109171

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Exercises
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what notices his Department issues to civilian transport operators on potential interruptions to schedules as a result of military training exercises; how many notices were issued in each of the last five years; and what the locations were in relation to those notices.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	240031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The information on how many notices were issued and their locations is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Notice to Mariners can be found on The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ukho.gov.uk/nmwebsearch/" target="_blank">https://www.ukho.gov.uk/nmwebsearch/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Army works in conjunction with Highways England to ensure that traffic disruption caused by military activity is kept to a minimum. If members of the public wish to check their route to identify any traffic disruptions they can do so via Traffic England: http://www.trafficengland.com, Traffic Scotland: http://www.trafficscotland.org or Traffic Wales: <a href="https://traffic.wales/" target="_blank">https://traffic.wales/</a></p><p> </p><p>Notice to Airmen procedures are well established and details can be found on the Civil Aviation Authority website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/public/index.php%3Foption=com_content&amp;task=blogcategory&amp;id=166&amp;Itemid=4.html" target="_blank">http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/public/index.php%3Foption=com_content&amp;task=blogcategory&amp;id=166&amp;Itemid=4.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that a user name and password is required to allow access.</p><p>The Defence Infrastructure Organisation regularly put out newsletters and guidance on when exercises are taking place, and when the public can and cannot access the training estate. these can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/search/advanced?group=guidance_and_regulation&amp;page=1&amp;topic=%2Fdefence%2Fdefence-armed-forces-ministry-of-defence-estate-public-access</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 09/04/2019 14:47:46 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1109397

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Submarines: Decommissioning
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear-powered submarines have been dismantled under the Submarine Dismantling Project.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	240572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The National Audit Office published a report on 3 April 2019, following their investigation into submarine defueling and dismantling. The report acknowledges the complex nature of activities to defuel and dismantle our decommissioned submarines and includes the most recent information on the status of the submarines and projects involved.</p><p> </p><p>The details can be found in Figure 5 of the report which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Investigation-into-submarine-defueling-and-dismantling.pdf</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to the safe, secure and cost-effective defuelling and dismantling of our nuclear submarines as soon as is practically possible. This commitment is illustrated by the recent success with commencement of the initial dismantling of the submarine Swiftsure, which has been followed immediately by commencement of the initial dismantling of Resolution.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 240573 240574 question first answered 11/04/2019 13:22:36 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1109398

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Rosyth Dockyard: Nuclear Submarines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish which submarines are laid up in afloat storage at Rosyth waiting for dismantlng under the Submarine Dismantling Project; and on what date each of those submarines was laid up.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	240573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The National Audit Office published a report on 3 April 2019, following their investigation into submarine defueling and dismantling. The report acknowledges the complex nature of activities to defuel and dismantle our decommissioned submarines and includes the most recent information on the status of the submarines and projects involved.</p><p> </p><p>The details can be found in Figure 5 of the report which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Investigation-into-submarine-defueling-and-dismantling.pdf</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to the safe, secure and cost-effective defuelling and dismantling of our nuclear submarines as soon as is practically possible. This commitment is illustrated by the recent success with commencement of the initial dismantling of the submarine Swiftsure, which has been followed immediately by commencement of the initial dismantling of Resolution.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 240572 240574 question first answered 11/04/2019 13:22:36 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1109410

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Devonport Dockyard: Nuclear Submarines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which submarines are laid up in afloat storage at Devonport waiting for dismantlement under the Submarine Dismantling Project; and on what date each of those submarines was laid up.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	240574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The National Audit Office published a report on 3 April 2019, following their investigation into submarine defueling and dismantling. The report acknowledges the complex nature of activities to defuel and dismantle our decommissioned submarines and includes the most recent information on the status of the submarines and projects involved.</p><p> </p><p>The details can be found in Figure 5 of the report which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Investigation-into-submarine-defueling-and-dismantling.pdf</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to the safe, secure and cost-effective defuelling and dismantling of our nuclear submarines as soon as is practically possible. This commitment is illustrated by the recent success with commencement of the initial dismantling of the submarine Swiftsure, which has been followed immediately by commencement of the initial dismantling of Resolution.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 240572 240573 question first answered 11/04/2019 13:22:36 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1109500

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Rosyth Dockyard: Nuclear Submarines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear safety incidents were recorded at Rosyth in each of the last 20 years.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	240575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested will take time to collate and I will write to the hon. Member when this has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 240576 question first answered 10/04/2019 14:20:07 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1109501

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Devonport Dockyard: Nuclear Submarines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear safety incidents were recorded at Devonport in each of the last 20 years.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	240576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested will take time to collate and I will write to the hon. Member when this has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 240575 question first answered 10/04/2019 14:20:07 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1109950

	registered interest
	date	05/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Radioactive Waste: Dalgety Bay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what radiation remediation works have so far been carried out at Dalgety Bay; what further works are planned ;and when the works are expected to be complete.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	241447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence, the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency and Fife Council continue to work together to implement the agreed Management Strategy for the long-term management of radium contamination at Dalgety Bay.</p><p>Remediation is due to physically begin in April 2020 and be completed in September of the same year. The second phase of work is planned to begin in April 2021 and be completed in September 2021. Work cannot take place outside of these periods due to the disturbance that may be caused to wintering birds.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 15/04/2019 16:12:05 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1123605

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Scotland
	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 4 April 2019 to Question 238377, whether he plans to make mitigation payments to lower-paid MoD personnel based in England in relation to the Scottish rate of income tax.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	248706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>Our approach to mitigation payments was in direct response to concerns expressed by Service personnel adversely affected as Scottish taxpayers. Similar concerns were not raised by others living outside Scotland. Accordingly, there are no plans to provide any form of financial mitigation for those Service personnel outside Scotland who found themselves, for example in Tax Year 2018-19, paying slightly more tax (up to £20 a year) than their equivalents who are resident in Scotland and, therefore, Scottish taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 08/05/2019 13:35:44 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1123988

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ammunition: Beaufort's Dyke
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what monitoring the Government undertakes of the munitions in Beaufort Dyke.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	249327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not undertake any monitoring of the munitions in Beaufort Dyke.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/05/2019 15:07:57 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1124362

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Emerdata
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) his Department, (b) his Department's agencies and (c) his Department's associated public bodies have entered into contracts with Emerdata Limited in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	250039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has never entered into a contract with Emerdata Limited.</p><p>Records of Government contracts above £10,000 in central government and £25,000 in the wider public sector are published on Contracts Finder:</p><p>https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 13/05/2019 15:03:07 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1125391

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Radioactive Waste: Dalgety Bay
	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 15 April 2019 to Question 241447 on Radioactive Waste: Dalgety Bay, what those works will entail; what residents of Dalgety Bay and the surrounding area can expect in terms of disruption to their lives; and what visual remediation will take place on site at the end of each period of works.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	252067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The implementation of the agreed management strategy at Dalgety Bay involves the removal of radium sources; the reinforcement, replacement and extension of coastal armour stone and the construction of a replacement slipway at Dalgety Bay Sailing Club.</p><p>It is not possible at this time to determine the amount of disruption that may be caused by the work at Dalgety Bay as this has only recently gone to tender. Once a contractor has been appointed, a construction plan will be developed by them in consultation with the local council to minimise disruption.</p><p>Works on site will only be permitted between 1 April and 30 September each year. At the end of the first season any incomplete works will be protected and made safe, and will be completed in the following season.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 14/05/2019 15:19:03 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1132144

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Explosives: Waste Disposal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to her Department's archived document entitled British Isles Explosive Dumping Grounds, what records her Department holds on explosives dumped at the following areas and positions (a) Off the Continental Shelf 48 20 00 N 13 40 00 W (b) Beauforts Dyke 54 54 00 N 05 23 00 W (c) Beauforts Dyke 54 54 00 N 05 05 00 W (d) Inner Sound 57 19 00 N 05 51 00 W (e) Isle of May, Firth of Forth 56 10 45 N 02 30 15 W (f) Hurd Deep 49 30 00 N 03 34 00 W (g) St Catherines Deep 50 34 00 N 01 12 00 W (h) East of Orford Ness 52 07 00 N 01 55 00 E (i) East Swin (Kings Channel) 51 47 30 N 01 30 00 E (j) NW of Alderney 49 50 00 N 02 18 00 W (k) NW of Alderney 49 47 00N 02 17 00 W (l) SSW Guernsey 49 18 00 N 02 42 00 W (m) Whitesand Bay (Plymouth) 50 18 45 N 04 16 00 W (n) Milford Haven 51 34 30 N 05 01 00 W (o) Milford Haven 51 38 00 N 05 20 00W (p) Milford Haven 51 43 30 N 05 33 45 W (q) Beauforts Dyke 54 45 00 N 05 15 00W (r) Sound of Mull 56 30 00 N 05 37 00 W (s) Isle of May (Firth of Forth) 56 11 24 N 02 29 00 W (t) East of Aberdeen 57 09 00 N 01 58 30 W (u) Loch Linnhe 56 30 00 N 05 37 00 W.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	264427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The last at-sea disposal of explosives on the UK continental shelf took place in 1976. The last disposals of chemical weapons off the continental shelf took place in 1957 while disposals of munitions off the continental shelf ended in 1992. Information relating to events prior to 1989 has been destroyed or transferred to the National Archives in accordance with the Public Records Act. No information relating to later events is known to be held in Ministry of Defence archives. No central record exists of such information and to search for any previously unidentified information would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 265540 question first answered 20/06/2019 16:19:02 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1132413

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Explosives: Waste Disposal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to her Department's archived document entitled British Isles Explosive Dumping Grounds, what monitoring her Department undertakes of explosives dumped at the following areas and positions (a) Off the Continental Shelf 48 20 00 N 13 40 00 W, (b) East of Aberdeen 57 09 00 N 01 58 30 W, (c) Loch Linnhe 56 30 00 N 05 37 00 W, (d) Inner Sound 57 19 00 N 05 51 00 W (e) Isle of May, Firth of Forth 56 10 45 N 02 30 15 W, (f) Hurd Deep 49 30 00 N 03 34 00 W ,(g) St Catherines Deep 50 34 00 N 01 12 00 W, (h) East of Orford Ness 52 07 00 N 01 55 00 E, (i) East Swin (Kings Channel) 51 47 30 N 01 30 00 E, (j) NW of Alderney 49 50 00 N 02 18 00 W, (k) NW of Alderney 49 47 00N 02 17 00 W, (l) SSW Guernsey 49 18 00 N 02 42 00 W, (m) Whitesand Bay (Plymouth) 50 18 45 N 04 16 00 W, (n) Milford Haven 51 34 30 N 05 01 00 W, (o) Milford Haven 51 38 00 N 05 20 00W, (p) Milford Haven 51 43 30 N 05 33 45 W, (q) Sound of Mull 56 30 00 N 05 37 00 W and (r) Isle of May (Firth of Forth) 56 11 24 N 02 29 00 W.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	265539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence conducts no routine monitoring of these sea-dumping sites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 265541 266294 question first answered 25/06/2019 14:34:55 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1132414

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Chemical Weapons: Waste Disposal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to her Department's archived document entitled British Isles Explosive Dumping Grounds, what records her Department holds on chemical weapons dumped on the following dates and at the following areas and positions (a) 02.07.45, Lat 58 00.9 N, Lon 11 00.0 W, Empire Fal, 2000M, (b) 11.09.45, Lat 55 30.00 N, Lon 11 00.00 W, Empire Simba, 2500M, (c) 01.10.45, Lat 55 30.00 N, Lon 11 00.00 W, Empire Cormorant, 2500M, (d) 30.10.45, Lat 55 30.00 N, Lon 11 00.00 W, Wairuna, 2500M, (e) 30.12.45, Lat 55 30.00 N, Lon 11 00.00 W, Botlea, 2500M, (f) 25.08.46, Lat 47 57.00 N, Lon 08 33.24 W, Empire Peacock, 700-800M, (g) 03.09.46, Lat 48 03.00 N, Lon 08 09.00 W, Empire Nutfield, 500M, (h) 01.10.46, Lat 47 54.00 N, Lon 08 21.00 W, Kindersley, 1000M, (i) 02.11.46, Lat 59 00.00 N, Lon 07 40.00 W, Empire Woodlark, 800M, (j) 11.11.46, Lat 48 00.00 N, Lon 08 21.00 W, Lanark, 800-900M, (k) 05.02.47, Lat 47 40.00 N, Dora Oldendorf, 3500-4000M, (l) 27.07.47, Lat 47 55.00 N, Lon 08 17.00 W, Empire Lark, 750-800M, (m) 09.08.47, Lat 56 22.00 N, Lon 09 27.00 W, Leighton, 1300M, (n) 08.09.47, Lat 47 47.30 N, Lon 08 21.00 W, Thorpe Bay, 1500M, (o) 03.11.47, Lat 47 36.00 N, Lon 09 31.00 W, Margo, 4100M, (p) 01.03.48, Lat 47 55.00 N, Lon 08 58.00 W, Harm Freitzen, 2500M, (q) 22.08.48, Lat 47 16.30 N, Lon 09 24.00 W, Empire Success, 4200M, (r) 22.09.48, Lat 47 23.00 N, Lon 09 24.00 W, Miervaldis, 4000M, (s) 20.06.49, Lat 47 52.00 N, Lon 08 51.00 W, Empire Connyngham, 2000M, (t) 27.07.55, Lat 56 30.00 N, Lon 12 00.00 W, Empire Claire, 2500M, (u) 30.05.56, Lat 56 30.00 N, Lon 12 00.00 W, Vogtland, 2500M, (v) 23.07.56, Lat 56 31.00 N, Lon 12 05.00 W, Krotka, 2500M, (w) ??.06.56, Lat 56 00 N, Lon 10 00 W, UNKNOWN, 2000M and (x) ??.06-09.56, Lat 56 00 N, UNKNOWN, 2000M.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	265540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The last at-sea disposal of explosives on the UK continental shelf took place in 1976. The last disposals of chemical weapons off the continental shelf took place in 1957 while disposals of munitions off the continental shelf ended in 1992. Information relating to events prior to 1989 has been destroyed or transferred to the National Archives in accordance with the Public Records Act. No information relating to later events is known to be held in Ministry of Defence archives. No central record exists of such information and to search for any previously unidentified information would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 264427 question first answered 20/06/2019 16:19:02 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1132415

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Chemical Weapons: Waste Disposal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to her Department's archived document entitled British Isles Explosive Dumping Grounds, what monitoring her Department undertakes of chemical weapons dumped on the following dates and at the following areas and positions (a) 02.07.45, Lat 58 00.9 N, Lon 11 00.0 W, Empire Fal, 2000M, (b) 11.09.45, Lat 55 30.00 N, Lon 11 00.00 W, Empire Simba, 2500M, (c) 01.10.45, Lat 55 30.00 N, Lon 11 00.00 W, Empire Cormorant, 2500M, (d) 30.10.45, Lat 55 30.00 N, Lon 11 00.00 W, Wairuna, 2500M, (e) 30.12.45, Lat 55 30.00 N, Lon 11 00.00 W, Botlea, 2500M, (f) 25.08.46, Lat 47 57.00 N, Lon 08 33.24 W, Empire Peacock, 700-800M, (g) 03.09.46, Lat 48 03.00 N, Lon 08 09.00 W, Empire Nutfield, 500M, (h) 01.10.46, Lat 47 54.00 N, Lon 08 21.00 W, Kindersley, 1000M, (i) 02.11.46, Lat 59 00.00 N, Lon 07 40.00 W, Empire Woodlark, 800M, (j) 11.11.46, Lat 48 00.00 N, Lon 08 21.00 W, Lanark, 800-900M, (k) 05.02.47, Lat 47 40.00 N, Dora Oldendorf, 3500-4000M, (l) 27.07.47, Lat 47 55.00 N, Lon 08 17.00 W, Empire Lark, 750-800M, (m) 09.08.47, Lat 56 22.00 N, Lon 09 27.00 W, Leighton, 1300M, (n) 08.09.47, Lat 47 47.30 N, Lon 08 21.00 W, Thorpe Bay, 1500M, (o) 03.11.47, Lat 47 36.00 N, Lon 09 31.00 W, Margo, 4100M, (p) 01.03.48, Lat 47 55.00 N, Lon 08 58.00 W, Harm Freitzen, 2500M, (q) 22.08.48, Lat 47 16.30 N, Lon 09 24.00 W, Empire Success, 4200M, (r) 22.09.48, Lat 47 23.00 N, Lon 09 24.00 W, Miervaldis, 4000M, (s) 20.06.49, Lat 47 52.00 N, Lon 08 51.00 W, Empire Connyngham, 2000M, (t) 27.07.55, Lat 56 30.00 N, Lon 12 00.00 W, Empire Claire, 2500M, (u) 30.05.56, Lat 56 30.00 N, Lon 12 00.00 W, Vogtland, 2500M, (v) 23.07.56, Lat 56 31.00 N, Lon 12 05.00 W, Krotka, 2500M, (w) ??.06.56, Lat 56 00 N, Lon 10 00 W, UNKNOWN, 2000M and (x) ??.06-09.56, Lat 56 00 N, UNKNOWN, 2000M.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	265541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence conducts no routine monitoring of these sea-dumping sites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 265539 266294 question first answered 25/06/2019 14:34:55 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1132929

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: CTF Partners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether her (a) Department and (b) Department's agencies have entered into contracts with CTF Partners since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	266228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has never entered into a contract with CTF Partners.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 21/06/2019 13:21:53 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1133018

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Radioactive Waste: Hurd Deep
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether her Department monitors radiation levels around the radioactive waste disposal site at Hurd Deep.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	266294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence conducts no routine monitoring of these sea-dumping sites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 265539 265541 question first answered 25/06/2019 14:34:55 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1134817

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Warships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ships and submarines of each type are in service in each branch of the armed forces; and where each ship and submarine is based.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	269749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>The following table lists how many ships and submarines of each type are in service in the Royal Navy and where each ship and submarine is based as at 1 June 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Naval Vessels in Service as at 1 June 2019</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Type of Vessel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Based</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aircraft Carrier</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type 45 Destroyer</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type 23 Frigate</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hunt Class Mine Counter Measure Vessel</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offshore Patrol Vessel – River Class</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inshore Patrol Boat</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offshore Patrol Vessel - Helicopters</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Landing Platform Dock</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type 23 Frigate</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ocean Survey Vessel</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Survey Vessel Hydrographic/Oceanographic</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inshore Survey Vessel</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ice Patrol Ship</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ship Submersible Nuclear Trafalgar Class</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>HMNB Clyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandown Class Mine Counter Measure Vessel</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>HMNB Clyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane Patrol Boat Squadron</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>HMNB Clyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ship Submersible Nuclear Astute</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>HMNB Clyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>HMNB Clyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Gibraltar</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fleet Tanker</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Not base ported</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fleet Replenishment Ship</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Not base ported</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Landing Ship Dock</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Not base ported</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Primary Casualty Receiving Ship/Aviation Training Ship</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Not base ported</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>85</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 03/07/2019 14:35:36 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1136308

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Audacious
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when HMS Audacious will enter service.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	272211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 21 February 2019 to Question 220928 to the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife (Mr Chapman).</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/07/2019 16:52:20 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name 20190221_220928_HMS_Audacious.docx title 220928 - HMS Audacious
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1136326

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Talent and HMS Triumph
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when HMS Talent and HMS Triumph will be based at HMNB Clyde; and when and where those vessels will be decommissioned.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	272213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The planned out-of-service dates for Royal Navy submarines are withheld as disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p><p>An error has been identified in the answer given to the hon. Member to Question 269749 answered on 3 July 2019 which stated that the three Trafalgar Class submarines were based at Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde. While all Royal Navy submarines operate under the administrative command of the Submarine Flotilla, on current plans HMS Talent's base port change will take place in the next few weeks and HMS Triumph's in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 272215 question first answered 09/07/2019 15:24:00 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1136333

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Trafalgar Class Submarines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 1 July 2013 to Question 162999 on Trafalgar Class Submarines, whether those planned end of service dates remain the same for each boat.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	272215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The planned out-of-service dates for Royal Navy submarines are withheld as disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p><p>An error has been identified in the answer given to the hon. Member to Question 269749 answered on 3 July 2019 which stated that the three Trafalgar Class submarines were based at Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde. While all Royal Navy submarines operate under the administrative command of the Submarine Flotilla, on current plans HMS Talent's base port change will take place in the next few weeks and HMS Triumph's in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 272213 question first answered 09/07/2019 15:24:00 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1137202

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	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 many visits there have been to UK naval bases by foreign vessels carrying nuclear weapons in each of the last ten years; which bases those vessels visited; and what nations those vessels originated from.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	273805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>It is UK and NATO policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons onboard specific ships or submarines at any particular place or time, for the purposes of safeguarding national security and international relations.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/07/2019 13:46:58 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1142796

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to provide substantive answers to Questions 240575 and 240576, tabled by the hon. Member for Edinburgh North and Leith on 3 April 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	284446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>I responded to the hon. Member today.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 09/09/2019 16:13:04 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1142802

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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 many visits there have been to UK naval bases by foreign vessels capable of carrying nuclear weapons in each of the last ten years; which bases those vessels visited; and what nations those vessels originated from.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	284186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Many ships and submarines are theoretically capable of carrying nuclear weapons. Information regarding all visits to the UK by any nation's vessels over the last ten years could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 09/09/2019 10:00:06 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1142815

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Submarines: Decomissioning
	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 9 July 2019 to Questions 272213 and 272215, when it became his Department's policy to withhold the planned out-of-service dates for Royal Navy submarines.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	284215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>In February 2017, the Ministry of Defence determined that the in and out of service dates for submarines should be withheld as disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 09/09/2019 15:10:58 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1143437

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Cape Wrath
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will publish any environmental audit it has carried out on its activities on Cape Wrath.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	285057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Defence Infrastructure Organisation and its Industry Partner undertake routine internal audits of its Environmental Management Systems delivered across the UK Training Estate which includes Cape Wrath.</p><p>No additional audits are planned to be completed this year that specifically investigate the environmental impacts of military activity on Cape Wrath.</p><p>It is not routine for the Ministry of Defence to externally publish these internal environmental audits.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 09/09/2019 15:12:14 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock