Asked by: Stephen Gethins (Scottish National Party - North East Fife)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what further investment he plans to provide for the hardened aircraft shelters used by the Quick Reaction Alert at the former RAF base at Leuchars.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The Ministry of Defence is planning to undertake £100,000 of safety compliance related work over the next 12 months, on top of the regular levels of service and maintenance for the hardened aircraft shelters.
Asked by: Stephen Gethins (Scottish National Party - North East Fife)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK military personnel have been deployed in Chad since October 2014.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
Three Tornado GR4 aircraft were deployed to Chad, from late August to mid October 2014 as part of the international effort to locate and retrieve the abducted Chibok schoolgirls in North East Nigeria. Up to ninety-one UK military personnel were in Chad supporting the Tornado aircraft, and those personnel had all returned to the UK by 17 October.
We learned a range of lessons from the Tornado GR4 deployment in Chad in 2014, not least in terms of the challenges associated with deploying fast jet aircraft to a new and austere location.
Since October, four UK military personnel have deployed to Chad in support of French counter-extremist activity in the region.
Asked by: Stephen Gethins (Scottish National Party - North East Fife)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many aircraft were deployed in Chad in 2014.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
Three Tornado GR4 aircraft were deployed to Chad, from late August to mid October 2014 as part of the international effort to locate and retrieve the abducted Chibok schoolgirls in North East Nigeria. Up to ninety-one UK military personnel were in Chad supporting the Tornado aircraft, and those personnel had all returned to the UK by 17 October.
We learned a range of lessons from the Tornado GR4 deployment in Chad in 2014, not least in terms of the challenges associated with deploying fast jet aircraft to a new and austere location.
Since October, four UK military personnel have deployed to Chad in support of French counter-extremist activity in the region.
Asked by: Stephen Gethins (Scottish National Party - North East Fife)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the lessons learnt were from the deployment of the RAF in Chad in 2014.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
Three Tornado GR4 aircraft were deployed to Chad, from late August to mid October 2014 as part of the international effort to locate and retrieve the abducted Chibok schoolgirls in North East Nigeria. Up to ninety-one UK military personnel were in Chad supporting the Tornado aircraft, and those personnel had all returned to the UK by 17 October.
We learned a range of lessons from the Tornado GR4 deployment in Chad in 2014, not least in terms of the challenges associated with deploying fast jet aircraft to a new and austere location.
Since October, four UK military personnel have deployed to Chad in support of French counter-extremist activity in the region.
Asked by: Stephen Gethins (Scottish National Party - North East Fife)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect on the local economy of the departure of RAF personnel from Leuchars.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
RAF personnel based at Leuchars will be replaced by the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards from summer 2015. This decision is based on the interests of the defence of the whole of the United Kingdom, rather than on the basis of the impact on a specific region.