Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list all repair and refit tasks carried out by Babcock for the Royal Navy in the last 10 years, including for each such task (a) vessel name, (b) projected estimated length of time to complete the work,( c) actual time taken to complete the work and (d) fee paid to Babcock for completing that work.

It is not certain that the information requested by my right hon. Friend will be ascertainable for the entire 10-year period and such information would only be able to be provided after a significant commitment of resource. This is because the data required would need to be collated from a variety of sources, including the Maritime Delivery Support Framework contract, the data from which will be highly commercially sensitive.

I will write to him with further detail on his request with a focus on providing as much detail as possible for the recent period and I will place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.