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Written Question
Defence Equipment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Monday 22nd November 2021

Asked by: Ian Murray (Labour - Edinburgh South)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the greenhouse gas emissions emitted by UK military equipment manufacturers in each of the last five years.

Answered by Jeremy Quin

The emissions associated with military equipment manufacture in the UK are captured by BEIS, the lead Department for UK greenhouse gas emissions reporting, as part of the UK carbon budget sector figures.


Written Question
Armed Forces: Carbon Emissions
Monday 22nd November 2021

Asked by: Ian Murray (Labour - Edinburgh South)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK emissions emitted by armed forces operations.

Answered by Jeremy Quin

In 2019, net territorial emissions in the UK of the basket of seven greenhouse gases covered by the Kyoto Protocol were estimated to be 454.8 million tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent. The proportion of UK emissions emitted by and in support of the Armed Forces as currently reported is 0.6%


Written Question
Armed Forces: Carbon Emissions
Monday 22nd November 2021

Asked by: Ian Murray (Labour - Edinburgh South)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of levels of direct emissions from the operations of the armed forces.

Answered by Jeremy Quin

The Ministry of Defence reports its carbon emissions in line with the guidance provided by Central Government, publishing emissions associated with energy consumption on the UK defence estate, domestic business travel and global operational fuels consumption in its Annual Report and Accounts. The total figure for 2019-20 was 2,609,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.


Written Question
Scotland; Armed Forces
Thursday 25th March 2021

Asked by: Ian Murray (Labour - Edinburgh South)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction in armed forces personnel on (a) total armed forces numbers in Scotland, (b) individual regiments in Scotland and (c) the sustainability of all of Scotland's current regiments.

Answered by James Heappey

The hon. Member will be fully aware of the commitment made to the House by the Defence Secretary on Monday 22 March that the transformation of the Armed Forces will see no redundancies of our personnel or deletion of capbadges. He was also clear that there would be no further major unit deletions beyond those announced to the House. Whilst the announcement sets out some of the structural changes which will be implemented, this transformation requires significant reorganisation of force structures and so the Army will use the next several months to refine its work before releasing more detail.


Written Question
Military Aid: Coronavirus
Tuesday 19th January 2021

Asked by: Ian Murray (Labour - Edinburgh South)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Scottish Government has made any request to the armed forces for support in the covid-19 vaccine rollout in Scotland.

Answered by James Heappey

Yes. The Ministry of Defence has received a Military Aid to Civil Authorities (MACA) request from the Scottish Government for 88 Service Personnel to support the identification and operationalisation of vaccination sites across Scotland.


Written Question
Military Aid: Coronavirus
Tuesday 19th January 2021

Asked by: Ian Murray (Labour - Edinburgh South)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many troops are available to support the covid-19 vaccine rollout in Scotland.

Answered by James Heappey

At present, 11 teams of 8 Service personnel have deployed to support the NHS Scotland Health Board in order to identify and operationalise vaccination centres across Scotland.

Defence stands ready to provide further support to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Scotland, as and when requested by the Scottish Government.


Written Question
Military Aid: Coronavirus
Tuesday 19th January 2021

Asked by: Ian Murray (Labour - Edinburgh South)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the capability is of each army medic team to support the covid-19 vaccine rollout.

Answered by James Heappey

The initial tranche of Defence Vaccination Teams include 1 Doctor, 2 Registered Health Professionals and 3 Medics from across all three Services. On top of their professional training, teams will undergo NHS Region-specific induction packages to ensure they are current with local policies and protocols. Further teams may be constructed differently depending on the setting within which they will operate and the clinical capabilities of those they are operating alongside.


Written Question
Aircraft Carriers: Repairs and Maintenance
Thursday 5th July 2018

Asked by: Ian Murray (Labour - Edinburgh South)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 27 June 2018 to Question 158218 on Aircraft Carriers: Repairs and Maintenance, when he is planning for a contract to be awarded.

Answered by Guto Bebb

We plan to award the contract for the first dry docking of HMS Queen Elizabeth in the final quarter of 2018.


Written Question
Aircraft Carriers: Repairs and Maintenance
Monday 2nd July 2018

Asked by: Ian Murray (Labour - Edinburgh South)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which dry dock facilities in the UK are under consideration as a future maintenance base for the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers.

Answered by Guto Bebb

The following dry-dock facilities in the UK are of a sufficient size to accommodate the Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers:

Able UK, Seaton Port, Teeside; Babcock, Rosyth; Cammell Laird, Birkenhead; Cammell Laird, Greenock (Inchgreen); Harland and Wolff, Belfast.

Plans for the dry-docking of QEC aircraft carriers are currently under consideration as part of a commercial competitive process. It would be inappropriate to comment on which locations are under consideration until that process has been concluded and a contract has been awarded, as to do so would prejudice commercial interests. For the same reason I cannot comment on any engagement with industry in relation to the dry-docking of QEC aircraft carriers.


Written Question
Aircraft Carriers: Repairs and Maintenance
Monday 2nd July 2018

Asked by: Ian Murray (Labour - Edinburgh South)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which dry dock facilities in the UK are of sufficient size to house the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers.

Answered by Guto Bebb

The following dry-dock facilities in the UK are of a sufficient size to accommodate the Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers:

Able UK, Seaton Port, Teeside; Babcock, Rosyth; Cammell Laird, Birkenhead; Cammell Laird, Greenock (Inchgreen); Harland and Wolff, Belfast.

Plans for the dry-docking of QEC aircraft carriers are currently under consideration as part of a commercial competitive process. It would be inappropriate to comment on which locations are under consideration until that process has been concluded and a contract has been awarded, as to do so would prejudice commercial interests. For the same reason I cannot comment on any engagement with industry in relation to the dry-docking of QEC aircraft carriers.