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Written Question
Fires: Moorland
Monday 10th September 2018

Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the Ministry of Defence Fire Services undertook during firefighting operations near Saddleworth Moor between June 2018 and July 2018; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton

Defence provided approximately 100 soldiers from 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland, to support the Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service operation responding to the Saddleworth Moor fires between June and July 2018. The Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation (DFRMO) oversaw the training and equipment requirements for the Defence personnel involved.


Written Question
Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation
Monday 11th June 2018

Asked by: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative - The Cotswolds)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what time period was his Department's tender validity on the Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation contract extended; and when he plans to announce the winning tender.

Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton

The Defence Fire and Rescue project remains subject to an on-going approvals process. Bidders have accepted extensions to the bid validity period to accommodate this; these extensions are confidential between the bidders and the Department. An announcement on the outcome of the project will be made in due course.


Written Question
Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation
Monday 11th June 2018

Asked by: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative - The Cotswolds)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what time period was his Department's tender validity on the Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation contract extended; and when he plans to announce the winning tender.

Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton

The Defence Fire and Rescue project remains subject to an on-going approvals process. Bidders have accepted extensions to the bid validity period to accommodate this; these extensions are confidential between the bidders and the Department. An announcement on the outcome of the project will be made in due course.


Written Question
Cyprus: Military Bases
Tuesday 8th May 2018

Asked by: Lord Northbrook (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to use current pension rights as a baseline for the new arrangements following the privatisation of the Sovereign Base Area's Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation, or to apply the provisions of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations to the Sovereign Base Area as they apply in the UK.

Answered by Earl Howe - Deputy Leader of the House of Lords

The Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation (DFRMO) is not being privatised. Elements of the Defence Fire and Rescue capability are already delivered by contractors at a number of Defence's fire stations. The Defence Fire and Rescue Project is examining the provision of this capability worldwide to assess whether there are alternative ways to deliver the capability at improved value for money, including the extension of contractor involvement, whilst ensuring continued protection of key military activities. The process is currently at the stage where final approvals to award a contract are being sought.

Details of the Bidders' proposals for Cyprus are commercially sensitive but all employees' rights and employer responsibilities, including pension provision for the DFRMO Locally Employed Civilians in Cyprus, have been considered throughout the competition. Members of the Defence Fire and Rescue Service and their trade union representatives have been consulted at all stages of the project.


Written Question
Cyprus: Military Bases
Tuesday 8th May 2018

Asked by: Lord Northbrook (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the pension rights of those employed at the Sovereign Base Area's Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation of the proposed privatisation of that organisation; and whether there are any precedents for the proposed privatisation.

Answered by Earl Howe - Deputy Leader of the House of Lords

The Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation (DFRMO) is not being privatised. Elements of the Defence Fire and Rescue capability are already delivered by contractors at a number of Defence's fire stations. The Defence Fire and Rescue Project is examining the provision of this capability worldwide to assess whether there are alternative ways to deliver the capability at improved value for money, including the extension of contractor involvement, whilst ensuring continued protection of key military activities. The process is currently at the stage where final approvals to award a contract are being sought.

Details of the Bidders' proposals for Cyprus are commercially sensitive but all employees' rights and employer responsibilities, including pension provision for the DFRMO Locally Employed Civilians in Cyprus, have been considered throughout the competition. Members of the Defence Fire and Rescue Service and their trade union representatives have been consulted at all stages of the project.


Written Question
Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation: Staff
Tuesday 8th May 2018

Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been recruited into civilian posts in the Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation in each of the last five years.

Answered by Tobias Ellwood

The number of personnel recruited into civilian posts in the Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation in the last five years is given below:

Year

Total

2017-18

47

2016-17

34

2015-16

20

2014-15

0

2013-14

9


Written Question
Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation: Staff
Tuesday 8th May 2018

Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military and (b) civil service staff the Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation employs at which locations.

Answered by Tobias Ellwood

The Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation employs 575 military firefighters and 778 Civil Service firefighters and support staff. These are broken down by location below:

Military Firefighters

Location

Strength

Army HQ Andover

5

Brunei Garrison

7

Manston

20

Mount Pleasant Airfield

32

HQ Joint Forces Command

1

Portsmouth (HQ & training)

17

RAF Akrotiri

52

RAF Benson

31

RAF Brize-Norton

80

RAF Coningsby

35

RAF Halton

1

RAF High Wycombe

2

RAF Honnington

4

RAF Marham

39

RAF Northolt

34

RAF Odiham

38

RAF Lossiemouth

31

RAF Waddington

58

RAF Wittering

4

RNAS Culdrose

36

RNAS Yeovilton

42

RNAS Culdrose & Yeovilton

6

Total

575

Civil Servant firefighters & support staff

Location

Strength

Aldergrove Flying Station

25

DFTDC Manston

38

Defence Munitions Longtown

24

HMNB Clyde

61

Leuchars Station

28

Middle Wallop Airfield

39

MOD Biecester

27

MOD Corsham

33

MOD Credenhill

22

MOD Donnington

30

MOD Kineton

23

RAF Alconbury

35

RAF Boulmer

22

RAF Croughton

16

RAF Cosford

13

RAF Fairford

19

RAF Fylingdales

22

RAF Lakenheath

19

RAF Leeming

29

RAF Linton-on-Ouse

26

RAF Lossiemouth

29

RAF Menwith Hill

37

RAF Mildenhall

18

RAF Shawbury

28

RAF Spadeadam

10

Wattisham Airfield

28

HQ & Safety cells

77

Total

778


Written Question
Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation: Staff
Tuesday 8th May 2018

Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation staff have been deployed in support of local authority fire services in each of the last five years.

Answered by Tobias Ellwood

Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation personnel and assets deployed to support local authority fire services within the UK on the following number of occasions in the last five years:

Year

Total

2017

27

2016

30

2015

24

2014

36

2013

43

Any future contract will retain similar provision to support local authority fire services.


Written Question
Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation
Thursday 8th February 2018

Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans to postpone the award of the contract for the management of the Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation as a result of the profits warning issued by Capita.

Answered by Tobias Ellwood

The process for awarding the contract for the management of the Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation is subject to the standard Departmental, Treasury and Cabinet Office rules. This process is ongoing.


Written Question
Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation
Wednesday 25th October 2017

Asked by: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative - The Cotswolds)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for awarding the Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation contract; and when the successful bidder of that contract will commence mobilisation.

Answered by Tobias Ellwood

The final bids in respect of the Defence Fire and Rescue Project were received on 19 September 2017. These bids are now being assessed and, subject to receiving the necessary approvals, the contract is expected to be awarded in 2018.