Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what practical fire and rescue safety exercises have been undertaken with the involvement of all the relevant agencies as contingency planning for maximum credible incidents at (a) HM Naval Base Clyde and (b) Royal Naval Armaments Depot in each of the last five years.

Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde, in conjunction with external authorities, routinely conduct practical Emergency Arrangements exercises which cover maximum credible incidents and meet statutory and regulatory requirements, at both Faslane and Coulport.

Over the last 12 months, exercises have included nine independently controlled and assessed fire exercises, involving vessel crews and on-site Fire and Rescue Services.

There have been structured table-top exercises and four successful practical demonstrations of the revised on-site Fire and Rescue crews' response in November 2020, to the satisfaction of the MOD specialist authority.

In August 2021, a practical Naval Base fire and rescue exercise was conducted jointly with Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.