Asked by: Sandra Osborne (Labour - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there has been a change to the Government's policy that the type 26 frigates will be built in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Philip Dunne
The Government is committed to the future of shipbuilding in the UK. Complex warships for the Royal Navy are only built in UK shipyards.
The Type 26 Global Combat Ship programme is currently in its Assessment Phase. While the build contract has not yet been awarded, from 2015 the only shipyards in the UK that are able to build complex warships will be those on the Clyde.
Asked by: Sandra Osborne (Labour - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long each claimant has waited for the review and completion of a compensation claim under the War Pension and the Armed Forces Compensation System Schemes since the inception of those schemes.
Answered by Anna Soubry
The length of time each claimant has waited for the review and completion of a compensation claim under the War Pension and Armed Forces Compensation System since the inception of those schemes, in 1921 and 2005 respectively, is not available and can be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, the information below provides the average length of time taken to process claims under the War Pensions Scheme and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme in each year since 2009. Information before 2009 is not available.
WAR PENSIONS SCHEME
2009-10 45 working days
2010-11 39 working days
2011-12 51 working days
2012-13 82 working days
2013-14 110 working days
Year to date 103 working days
ARMED FORCES COMPENSATION SCHEME
2009-10 80 working days
2010-11 93 working days
2011-12 125 working days
2012-13 164 working days
2013-14 109 working days
Year to date 89 working days
Asked by: Sandra Osborne (Labour - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the cost to the public purse of the removal of Trident from Scotland.
Answered by Julian Brazier
The UK Government has no plans to move the strategic nuclear deterrent from Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde, and has not considered options for moving the deterrent. Any alternative solution would come at huge cost to the taxpayer.
Asked by: Sandra Osborne (Labour - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual cost to the public purse is of retaining and basing the nuclear deterrent at Faslane and Coulport.
Answered by Philip Dunne
The cost of retaining the nuclear deterrent at Faslane and Coulport cannot be separately identified from expenditure incurred for multiple activities at Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde.