Asked by: Graeme Downie (Labour - Dunfermline and Dollar)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps has his Department taken to ensure that construction of the Common Combat Vessels outlined in the Defence Investment Plan is timed to coincide with the completion of orders of the Type-31 frigate program.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
Common Combat Vessel (CCV) will be the Royal Navy’s first ‘Hybrid’ warship, coordinating uncrewed systems in the air, on the surface and under the sea to deliver more resilient air defence at the centre of the Hybrid Navy. Whilst the CCV remains in the initial stages of design, the Navy’s aspiration is to sequence the arrival of the CCV and wider Hybrid Navy Integrated Air and Missile Defence capability with the out of service dates of the T45s in the mid-2030s onwards.
There are options for hull forms we are exploring and announcements will be made in the usual way as the project progresses.
Asked by: Graeme Downie (Labour - Dunfermline and Dollar)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the timescales for procurement of the Common Combat Vessels outlined in the Defence Investment Plan.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
Common Combat Vessel (CCV) will be the Royal Navy’s first ‘Hybrid’ warship, coordinating uncrewed systems in the air, on the surface and under the sea to deliver more resilient air defence at the centre of the Hybrid Navy. Whilst the CCV remains in the initial stages of design, the Navy’s aspiration is to sequence the arrival of the CCV and wider Hybrid Navy Integrated Air and Missile Defence capability with the out of service dates of the T45s in the mid-2030s onwards.
There are options for hull forms we are exploring and announcements will be made in the usual way as the project progresses.
Asked by: Graeme Downie (Labour - Dunfermline and Dollar)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of whether the design of the Common Combat Vehicles outlined in the Defence Investment Plan will be based on the Type-31 frigate.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
Common Combat Vessel (CCV) will be the Royal Navy’s first ‘Hybrid’ warship, coordinating uncrewed systems in the air, on the surface and under the sea to deliver more resilient air defence at the centre of the Hybrid Navy. Whilst the CCV remains in the initial stages of design, the Navy’s aspiration is to sequence the arrival of the CCV and wider Hybrid Navy Integrated Air and Missile Defence capability with the out of service dates of the T45s in the mid-2030s onwards.
There are options for hull forms we are exploring and announcements will be made in the usual way as the project progresses.
Asked by: Graeme Downie (Labour - Dunfermline and Dollar)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, is he will define the meaning of "sub threshold" in relation to Russian threats and offensive action against UK people and interests.
Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
Recent publications, including the House of Common’s Defence Committee ‘Defence in the Grey Zone’ report and the Strategic Defence Review, highlight the breadth and depth of threats posed by sub-threshold activity. Russia remains the most pressing and immediate threat in this space, conducting malign sub-threshold activities which actively threaten the UK and our allies.
States who operate in this way below the threshold of armed conflict are seeking to exploit every potential weakness in our societies and alliances to gain an advantage.
Asked by: Graeme Downie (Labour - Dunfermline and Dollar)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what activities would not be considered "sub threshold" in relation to Russian threats and offensive action against UK people, businesses and interests.
Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
We cannot provide detail on how the MOD would respond to certain activities versus others as this would assist our adversaries.
Asked by: Graeme Downie (Labour - Dunfermline and Dollar)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Quick Reaction Alerts launches there were from (a) RAF Lossiemouth and (b) RAF Conningsby in each month in (i) 2025 and (ii) 2026.
Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
The number of Quick Reaction Alert launches from either RAF Coningsby or RAF Lossiemouth in each month in 2025 and 2026 can be found below.
| Number of days QRA launched each month. 2025 | Number of days QRA launched each month. 2026 |
Jan | 1 | 1 |
Feb | 0 | 0 |
Mar | 0 | 0 |
Apr | 2 | 1 |
May | 0 | 1 |
Jun | 0 | 0 |
Jul | 0 |
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Aug | 1 |
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Sep | 2 |
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Oct | 0 |
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Nov | 0 |
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Dec | 0 |
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