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 safety improvement notices have been issued by the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator in each year since 2010.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The table below provides the number of Improvement Notices issued by the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator since 2010.
2010 | 2 |
2011 | - |
2012 | - |
2013 | - |
2014 | - |
2015 | - |
2016 | 2 |
2017 | 1 |
2018 | 2 |
2019 | 2 |
2020 | 1 |
2021 | 1 |
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 3 July 2019 to Question 269749 on Trafalgar Class Submarines, what the latest information is on the base ports of those submarines.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The base port of HMS TALENT was transferred to Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde in July 19 however her base port is temporarily HMNB Devonport, whilst she undergoes a maintenance period. She will return to HMNB Clyde on completion of the maintenance.
The base port of HMS TRIUMPH will change to HMNB Clyde on completion of her refit, which is expected to be later this year.
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 recent progress has been made on the Submarine Dismantling Project.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
I refer the hon. Member to the information on the Submarine Dismantling Project provided in "The United Kingdom's future nuclear deterrent: the 2020 update to Parliament" published on 17 December 2020.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-united-kingdoms-future-nuclear-deterrent-the-2020-update-to-parliament/the-united-kingdoms-future-nuclear-deterrent-the-2020-update-to-parliament
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 nuclear safety events there have been at (a) Coulport and (b) Faslane in each of the last three years.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The table below provides the number of Nuclear Site Event Reports (NSERs) at Coulport and Faslane recorded for 2018, 2019 and 2020. These are shown according to their categorisation using criteria agreed locally in 2015.
Nuclear Site Events - 2018 | Category A | Category B | Category C | Category D | Below Scale |
Coulport | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
Faslane | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 86 |
Nuclear Site Events - 2019 | Category A | Category B | Category C | Category D | Below Scale |
Coulport | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
Faslane | 0 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 88 |
Nuclear Site Events - 2020 | Category A | Category B | Category C | Category D | Below Scale |
Coulport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
Faslane | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 96 |
In line with industry good practice, and in common with other defence and civil nuclear sites, Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde has a well-established system for raising NSERs and investigating and categorising them according to their safety significance, whether equipment failures, human error, procedural failings, documentation shortcomings or near-misses.
The safety significance of all reported events remains low and they are all below Level 1, the lowest level of the seven-point International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES).
None of the events caused harm to the health of any member of staff at the Naval Base or to any member of the public, and no event resulted in any unauthorised discharge of radioactive waste to the environment.
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, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2021 to Question 135975 on Armed Forces: Carbon Emissions, what the timetable is for the completion of the work on developing a methodology to expand the scope of defence greenhouse gas emissions reporting to include overseas activities.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is intending to extend the scope of defence greenhouse gas emissions reporting in the Department's Annual Report and Accounts for 2021-22.
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 Leidos to operate the logistics, commodities and services transformation programme in each year since 2015.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The Ministry of Defence has made the following payments to Leidos to operate the Logistics, Commodities and Services Transformation programme since 2015:
Year | £million (ex-VAT) |
2015-16 | 89 |
2016-17 | 268 |
2017-18 | 326 |
2018-19 | 385 |
2019-20 | 432 |
2020-21 | 355 |
2021-22 | 13 |
The cost for 2020-21 has yet to be finalised and fully paid. The figure for 2021-22 covers the period 1 April 2021 to 26 April 2021.
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; and (a) who the buyer was and (b) how much was paid in each case.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The names, locations, property descriptions and sale years for sites disposed of in Scotland from 2016 to 2021 are listed below:
Establishment Name | Property Description | Sale Year (By FY) |
TAYSIDE VOLUNTEER ESTATE | Army Reserve Centre | 2016 |
MORMOND HILL COMMS SITE - RETIRED | Former Forward Scatter Site | 2016 |
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 |
The purchaser details and sale prices for the disposed sites has been withheld in view of 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, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2020 to Question 285057 on Cape Wrath, who the industry partner is that undertakes routine internal audits of Environmental Management Systems delivered across the UK Training Estate including Cape Wrath.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation manage the Defence Training Estate across the UK in partnership with its industry partner, Landmarc Support Services Ltd. Landmarc Support Services Ltd is the company who undertakes internal audits of Environmental Management Systems across the UK Defence Training Estate, including Cape Wrath.
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 contractors based at (a) Faslane and (b) Coulport are Scottish taxpayers.
Answered by James Heappey
At 31 December 2020, 535 uniformed contractors were employed at Faslane. Of these, 470 were Scottish taxpayers, which translates to 88% of the total.
At 31 December 2020, 419 uniformed contractors were employed at Coulport. Of these, 370 were Scottish taxpayers, which translates to 89% of the total.
These figures reflect Ministry of Defence Police and Ministry of Defence Guard Service employees, who are Ministry of Defence civilian employees. The term 'uniformed contractor' has been translated to mean those employees who are neither civilian contractor, non-uniform civilian, or Service personnel.
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 James Heappey
At 31 December 2020, 1,015 civilian employees who are not contractors were employed at Faslane. Of these, 925 were Scottish taxpayers, which translates to 91% of the total.
At 31 December 2020, 475 civilian employees who are not contractors were employed at Coulport. Of these, 425 were Scottish taxpayers, which translates to 89% of the total.