Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of civilian employees who are not contractors based at (a) Faslane and (b) Coulport are Scottish taxpayers.
Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
The requested figures cannot easily be disaggregated due to the format the data is held in and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. However, it will be the case that anyone who works at these locations and has a Scottish address will pay tax in Scotland. It is estimated that c.90% of staff working at these sites will be Scottish taxpayers.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of uniformed Royal Navy personnel based at (a) Faslane and (b) Coulport are Scottish taxpayers.
Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
The requested figures cannot easily be disaggregated due to the format the data is held in and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. However, it will be the case that anyone who works at these locations and has a Scottish address will pay tax in Scotland. It is estimated that c.90% of staff working at these sites will be Scottish taxpayers.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what surplus land in Scotland his Department has disposed of in each of the last five years; who the buyer of each of those areas of land was; and how much was paid for each of those areas of land.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The names, locations, property descriptions and sale years for sites disposed of in Scotland from 2017 to 2022 are listed below:
Establishment Name | Property Description | Sale Year (By Financial Year) |
STRATHCLYDE VOLUNTEER ESTATE | Disposal Part ATC Site, Hillington Park | 2017 |
LTPA LOCH GOIL | Remaining Land 0.164 to Community 0.046 to Castle Carrick | 2018 |
KIRKCUDBRIGHT TRAINING AREA | 25 sq m site for electricity sub station with associated servitude rights for overhead and underground cabling | 2018 |
GPSS LINKSWOOD | Part of field south of redundant GPSS site Linkswood | 2018 |
GPSS LINKSWOOD | Amenity land north of redundant GPSS site Linkswood | 2018 |
VULCAN NAVAL REACTOR TEST ESTABLISHMENT | Former family quarter | 2018 |
VULCAN NAVAL REACTOR TEST ESTABLISHMENT | Service Family Accommodation | 2018 |
VULCAN NAVAL REACTOR TEST ESTABLISHMENT | Single Living Accommodation | 2018 |
GPSS TURRIFF | Redundant GPSS site Turriff | 2019 |
GPSS LINKSWOOD | Redundant GPSS site, Linkswood | 2019 |
GPSS HEATHFIELD | Redundant GPSS site, Heathfield | 2019 |
GPSS FORFAR | Redundant GPSS site, Forfar | 2019 |
LEUCHARS STATION | Telecommunications Site, Outhmuir | 2019 |
GRAMPIAN VOLUNTEER ESTATE | Surplus land to rear of Army Reserve Centre | 2019 |
MOD CALEDONIA | Solum of Foreshore and Seabed | 2020 |
RRS SAXA VORD | Old Radar Station, Vallafield RAF | 2020 |
GARELOCHEAD TRAINING AREA | Land at Feorlinbreck and Carpark/Playpark at Upland Wynd, Garelochhead | 2021 |
The purchaser details and sale prices for the disposed sites has been withheld in view of the contractual confidentiality.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of submariners who have received radiation doses in excess of safe limits in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
No submariners have received radiation doses in excess of safe limits in any of the last ten years.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent estimate is for the date of completion of the dismantling work on the Revenge submarine and the removal of its component low level radioactive waste.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The removal of component low level radioactive waste has been successfully and safely completed on the submarine, REVENGE, marking the completion of its initial phase of dismantling work.
A demonstrator submarine is being used to define and refine the dismantling process. As the demonstrator programme progresses, the outcomes will provide more certainty in the date when REVENGE will be fully dismantled.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the national shipbuilding strategy refresh will be published.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 8 July 2021 to Question 27009 to the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (Mr John Healey).
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
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.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The following table shows the costs of AWE ML under the Management and Operations contract for each financial year since 2000-01, at outturn prices.
Financial Year £ million
2000-01 275
2001-02 264
2002-03 258
2003-04 286
2004-05 354
2005-06 493
2006-07 687
2007-08 894
2008-09 800
2009-10 870
2010-11 944
2011-12 941
2012-13 830
2013-14 901
2014-15 921
2015-16 887
2016-17 815
2017-18 867
2018-19 901
2019-20 994
In the preparation of this response for the hon. Member it came to light that in response to two previous PQs (on 22 November 2018 and 3 February 2015, Questions 194785 and 222312) the amount stated as paid to AWE ML was erroneously overstated in respect of the financial years 2012-13 to 2017-18.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 15 April 2019 to Question 241447 on Radioactive Waste: Dalgety Bay, whether the first stage of the remediations has been completed; and whether the second stage remains on target to be completed in 2021.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The first stage of the remediation work has not been completed; however work is underway on the site, following the granting of a licence by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, which was granted on 17 May 2021.
The target remains to complete all work by September 2022.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 15 April 2019 to Question 241447 on Radioactive Waste: Dalgety Bay, whether the first stage of the remediations has been completed; and whether the second stage remains on target to be completed in 2021.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
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.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.