Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) Team UK, (b) Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, (c) Fincantieri, (d) Navantia, and (e) Japan Marine United Corporation remain in the competition to tender for the Fleet Solid Support Ship design and build contract.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Yes.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timeframe is for a decision on an upgrade for the Sting Ray torpedo.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given in the House of Lords by my right hon. Friend, the Minister of State for the Ministry of Defence (Earl Howe) on 26 February 2019 to Question HL13684 to the Noble Lord, Lord West of Spithead.
A submarine launched heavy-weight torpedo development roadmap is in place.
A roadmap for a replacement lightweight torpedo is subject to the decision on programme timing.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has agreed a torpedo development road-map.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given in the House of Lords by my right hon. Friend, the Minister of State for the Ministry of Defence (Earl Howe) on 26 February 2019 to Question HL13684 to the Noble Lord, Lord West of Spithead.
A submarine launched heavy-weight torpedo development roadmap is in place.
A roadmap for a replacement lightweight torpedo is subject to the decision on programme timing.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the integration of Sting Ray onto the Boeing Poseidon P-8A.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given in the House of Lords by my right hon. Friend, the Minister of State for the Ministry of Defence (Earl Howe) on 16 March 2018 to Question HL6179 to the Noble Lord, Lord West of Spithead.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what weighting his Department will apply to the national security objective 3 on UK prosperity in future torpedo procurement decisions.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
As with all procurement decisions, our investment appraisals process follows HM Treasury Green Book rules, which allow consideration of a range of factors including those within the scope of National Security Objective 3, if relevant, robust data is available.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which firms are actively bidding for the Fleet Solid Support Ships contract.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The following companies/consortia have been selected to tender for the Fleet Solid Support ship design and build contract: Team UK (a UK consortium consisting of Babcock International, BAE Systems, Cammell Laird and Rolls-Royce), Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (Republic of Korea), Fincantieri (Italy), Navantia (Spain), and Japan Marine United Corporation (Japan).
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the outturn budget for the Type 31e programme is maintained at £1.25 billion for five ships.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
As announced in the National Shipbuilding Strategy, we want five ships at an average price of £250 million per ship. In common with all procurement projects the overall Type 31e programme cost will be determined at the main investment decision point.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the contracts his Department has awarded to subsidiaries of Serco Limited since January 2000 to date; and what the total value of each contract was.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Serco Limited is a subsidiary of the Serco Group. From available records, the Ministry of Defence has held no contracts with subsidiaries of Serco Limited since 2010. Information concerning contracts prior to 2010 is no longer held unless the contract was still open from 2016 onwards.
It should also be noted that since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:
https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive
Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of annual payments made by his Department to Serco Denholm Marine Services Limited under the Future Provision of Marine Services contract to date.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Records available show that annual payments by the Ministry of Defence to Serco Denholm Marine Services Limited under the original Future Provision of Marine Services contract, up to 31 December 2018, total £716 million.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the (a) date and (b) location of new vessels introduced by Serco Denholm Marine Services Limited under the Future Provision of Marine Services contract since the start of that contract.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Serco Denholm Marine Services Limited have introduced 29 new vessels under the Future Provision of Marine Services contract:
Location | Vessel | Year |
Clyde | SD OILMAN | 2009 |
Clyde | SD EVA | 2009 |
Clyde | SD CLYDE RACER | 2008 |
Clyde | SD CLYDE SPIRIT | 2008 |
Clyde | SD DEPENDABLE | 2009 |
Clyde | SD RELIABLE | 2009 |
Clyde | SD RESOURCEFUL | 2010 |
Clyde | SD JUPITER | 2009 |
Clyde | SD NORTHERN RIVER | 2010 |
Kyle | SD RAASAY | 2009 |
Portsmouth | SD VICTORIA | 2008 |
Portsmouth | SD OCEANSPRAY | 2010 |
Portsmouth | SD NAVIGATOR | 2009 |
Portsmouth | SD SOLENT RACER | 2008 |
Portsmouth | SD SOLENT SPIRIT | 2008 |
Portsmouth | SD CHRISTINA | 2010 |
Portsmouth | SD SUZANNE | 2010 |
Portsmouth | SD INDEPENDENT | 2009 |
Portsmouth | SD INDULGENT | 2010 |
Portsmouth | SD TEMPEST | 2018 |
Portsmouth | SD BOUNTIFUL | 2010 |
Devonport | SD TAMAR RACER | 2008 |
Devonport | SD TAMAR SPIRIT | 2008 |
Devonport | SD EILEEN | 2010 |
Devonport | SD DEBORAH | 2010 |
Devonport | SD TILLY | 2008 |
Devonport | SD MARS | 2008 |
Devonport | SD HERCULES | 2009 |
Devonport | SD WATERPRESS | 2010 |