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1568378

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to upgrade the Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft; and what are the numbers per annum for the type leaving service in future.
tabling member printed	Lord Goddard of Stockport
uin	HL4852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Withdrawing the Tranche 1 Typhoon aircraft enables the reinvestment required in the rest of the Typhoon fleet out to its out of service date. There are 30 Typhoon in Tranche 1. On current plans, the bulk of the Typhoon Tranche 1 aircraft will go out of service on 31 March 2025, whilst four will be retained until 2027.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 25/01/2023 12:58:13 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	4334 label Biography information for Lord Goddard of Stockport

1565724

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to upgrade the Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft; and how many of those aircraft left service in each of the past five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Goddard of Stockport
uin	HL4609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>In July 2022, the Ministry of Defence announced a further £2.35 billion investment in Typhoon, including fitting an electronically scanned radar, the European Common Radar System (ECRS) Mk2, as well as other improvements under the Phase 4 Enhancement aircraft upgrade package.</p><p>On current planning the bulk of the Typhoon Tranche 1 aircraft will go out of service on 31 March 2025, whilst four will be retained until 2027. As the Tranche 1 fleet draws down, aircraft will undergo a Reduce To Produce programme to strip them of useable parts after which they will be sent for disposal action.</p><p>The retirement of Typhoon Tranche 1 will enable further investment in Typhoon Tranche 2 and 3.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 24/01/2023 14:40:22 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	4334 label Biography information for Lord Goddard of Stockport

1565244

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many Typhoon aircraft were in service with the Royal Air Force at the end of 2022; how many were at readiness for use; and how many were in deep maintenance or mothballed.
tabling member printed	Lord Goddard of Stockport
uin	HL4553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The number of aircraft in the Typhoon fleet as at 31 December 2022 broken down between the Forward and Sustainment Fleets is given below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Forward Fleet</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sustainment Fleet</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>137</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Forward Fleet comprises serviceable and short-term unserviceable aircraft. Typically, the short-term unserviceable fleet aircraft are undergoing minor works, forward maintenance or other unforeseen rectification or technical inspection that can arise on a day-to-day basis. The sustainment fleet includes aircraft airframes undergoing upgrade or maintenance or being held in storage. The number of aircraft varies day-to-day, according to normal flight management activities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 23/01/2023 16:07:23 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	4334 label Biography information for Lord Goddard of Stockport

1565245

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many Typhoon aircraft, in service with the Royal Air Force, were deployed abroad at the end of 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Goddard of Stockport
uin	HL4554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>As at 13 January 2023 a total of 27 RAF Typhoon aircraft are deployed overseas. In addition, further Typhoon aircraft are conducting operational missions from their home bases in the UK, undertaking Quick Reaction Alert and contributing to the security of NATO's Eastern flank.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 20/01/2023 13:33:51 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	4334 label Biography information for Lord Goddard of Stockport

1565246

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many Royal Air Force pilots were qualified to fly Typhoon aircraft operationally at the end of 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Goddard of Stockport
uin	HL4555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>I am withholding the information requested as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or the security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 20/01/2023 13:16:37 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	4334 label Biography information for Lord Goddard of Stockport

1565247

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many Royal Air Force reservists at the end of 2022 had qualified to fly Typhoon aircraft during their service.
tabling member printed	Lord Goddard of Stockport
uin	HL4556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>I am withholding the information requested as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or the security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 20/01/2023 13:10:43 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	4334 label Biography information for Lord Goddard of Stockport

1565248

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many hours were flown by Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft during 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Goddard of Stockport
uin	HL4557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The number of hours flown by the RAF Typhoon fleet is given below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Flying Hours<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>21,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>15,710</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>1 April to 31 December 2022.</li></ol> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 23/01/2023 16:06:09 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	4334 label Biography information for Lord Goddard of Stockport

1565249

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their current estimate of the support costs for Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft per flying hour; and how this compares with the original estimate when the aircraft were procured.
tabling member printed	Lord Goddard of Stockport
uin	HL4558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lord to the Answer I gave to the Noble Lord, Lord Moonie on 8 October 2020, to Question HL 8679. Support costs are based on engineering and support requirements and are not correlated with flying hours.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 23/01/2023 16:08:56 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie attachment 1 file name HL8769.docx title TyTAN Typhoon aircraft programme
tabling member	4334 label Biography information for Lord Goddard of Stockport

1540399

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Patrol Craft: North Sea
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of enhancing River-Class Offshore Patrol Vessels to protect Critical National Infrastructure in the North Sea and environs.
tabling member printed	Lord Goddard of Stockport
uin	HL3240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The Royal Navy constantly assess the optimal mix of platforms and capabilities required to deliver its outputs, including Homeland defence and underwater and seabed infrastructure protection. The Royal Navy's Offshore Patrol Vessels safeguard our territorial waters, protect fishing stocks and perform constabulary duties both in UK waters and overseas. They are not currently assessed as the optimal means of protecting our underwater and seabed infrastructure, but we keep this under constant review.</p><p>The Government have accelerated the acquisition of two Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance ships in order to protect Critical National Infrastructure such as subsea cables and pipelines.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 15/11/2022 14:01:17 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	4334 label Biography information for Lord Goddard of Stockport

1540400

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Patrol Craft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the number of River-class patrol vessels.
tabling member printed	Lord Goddard of Stockport
uin	HL3241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to increase the number of River-class Offshore Patrol Vessels. The National Shipbuilding Strategy sets out the pipeline of future Royal Navy procurements.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 15/11/2022 11:55:52 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	4334 label Biography information for Lord Goddard of Stockport