Feb. 27 2024
Source Page: Chief of the Defence Chatham House Security and Defence Conference 2024 keynote speechFound: NATO has four times as many ships and three times as many submarines as Russia.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long the vanguard-class submarines have been on patrol at sea on average in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
The Royal Navy has successfully maintained Operation RELENTLESS, the Continuous At Sea Deterrent, for an unbroken 55 years. We do not disclose details of the Operation, including the duration of time spent at sea, as such information could be used to undermine the security and capability of the mission and our personnel.
Mentions:
1: Mark Francois (Con - Rayleigh and Wickford) Why do we have hardly any submarines that are now regularly put to sea? - Speech Link
2: Kevan Jones (Lab - North Durham) To be political, it was again the Conservative Government who stopped building submarines, so we had - Speech Link
3: Danny Kruger (Con - Devizes) We would all like to see these things, but let us actually do it and have more submarines, more escorts - Speech Link
4: Alec Shelbrooke (Con - Elmet and Rothwell) the way, I do not want the House to get excited and think I am saying that we do not need to renew Trident - Speech Link
Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when each Vanguard class submarine has been out of service.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The Royal Navy has provided the Continuous At Sea Deterrent for an unbroken 54 years with Operation RELENTLESS. However, we do not disclose these details for operational security reasons as to do so could or would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability and security of the Armed Forces.
Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the Vanguard class submarines are out of service.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The Royal Navy has provided the Continuous At Sea Deterrent for an unbroken 54 years with Operation RELENTLESS. However, we do not disclose these details for operational security reasons as to do so could or would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability and security of the Armed Forces.
Mentions:
1: Mark Francois (CON - Rayleigh and Wickford) Its record on submarines is even worse, taking seven years to refit a Trident boat. - Speech Link
2: James Cartlidge (CON - South Suffolk) Friend, but he will appreciate that we do not comment on the operational availability of submarines, - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) If he will make an estimate of the annual maintenance and running costs of the Trident nuclear programme - Speech Link
2: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) , she will not be surprised to hear that we do not comment on operational matters in respect of our submarines - Speech Link
3: Martin Docherty-Hughes (SNP - West Dunbartonshire) that there are no further cuts to conventional forces or elsewhere because of the uncapped, runaway Trident - Speech Link
Asked by: Owen Thompson (Scottish National Party - Midlothian)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of Trident renewal in the period between 2023 and 2050; and what proportion this would be of total Government spending in that period.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
As the replacement warhead programme is in its preliminary phases, it is too early to provide cost estimates for the programme. In the absence of these estimates, it is not possible to express deterrent renewal spend as a proportion of overall Government spending.
Jan. 26 2024
Source Page: Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA): Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023Found: of seven nuclear- powered attack submarines.
Jan. 26 2024
Source Page: Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA): Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023Found: of seven nuclear- powered attack submarines.