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Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Mr. Hoban:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what external consultancy costs have been incurred by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Support Integrated Project Team since 2002. [168759]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth:
Since 2005, £1.09 million has been spent on a range of external consultancies for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Support Integrated Project Team. Information prior to 2005 is not available as electronic information management systems do not separately identify external consultancy costs and manual records are no longer available.
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Submarines
Dr. Fox:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many months each Royal Navy attack submarine in service spent (a) on operations and (b) in maintenance in each year since 1997. [165880]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth:
Following the definitions of operations and maintenance I set out in my letter to the hon. Member on 5 November, the number of months each Royal Navy attack submarine spent on both in each year since 1997 were as follows:
| | FY 1997-98 | FY 1998-99 | FY 1999-2000 |
| Vessel | Op time | Maintenance | Op time | Maintenance | Op time | Maintenance |
|
Splendid
|
4
|
7
|
4
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
|
Spartan
|
6
|
3
|
6
|
4
|
0
|
12
|
|
Sovereign
|
0
|
12
|
3
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
|
Superb
|
0
|
12
|
3
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
|
Sceptre
|
1
|
11
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
12
|
|
Trafalgar
|
8
|
2
|
4
|
6
|
5
|
7
|
|
Turbulent
|
1
|
9
|
4
|
6
|
10
|
1
|
|
Tireless
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
11
|
6
|
5
|
|
Torbay
|
6
|
4
|
0
|
12
|
11
|
1
|
|
Trenchant
|
5
|
6
|
1
|
8
|
0
|
12
|
|
Talent
|
2
|
6
|
3
|
6
|
3
|
8
|
|
Triumph
|
8
|
2
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
6
|
| | FY 2000-01 | FY 2001-02 | FY 2002-03 |
| Vessel | Op time | Maintenance | Op time | Maintenance | Op time | Maintenance |
|
Splendid
|
3
|
7
|
4
|
8
|
8
|
2
|
|
Spartan
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
11
|
|
Sovereign
|
3
|
9
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
11
|
|
Superb
|
3
|
9
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
11
|
|
Sceptre
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
11
|
0
|
10
|
|
Trafalgar
|
0
|
9
|
8
|
4
|
2
|
10
|
|
Turbulent
|
2
|
10
|
0
|
9
|
11
|
1
|
|
Tireless
|
2
|
10
|
2
|
8
|
8
|
3
|
|
Torbay
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
|
Trenchant
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
12
|
|
Talent
|
0
|
12
|
3
|
6
|
2
|
8
|
|
Triumph
|
8
|
4
|
7
|
2
|
0
|
8
|
| | FY 2003-04 | FY 2004-05 | FY 2005-06 |
| Vessel | Op time | Maintenance | Op time | Maintenance | Op time | Maintenanc e |
|
Splendid
|
4
|
8
|
(1)—
|
(1)—
|
(1)—
|
(1)—
|
|
Spartan
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
7
|
2
|
|
Sovereign
|
2
|
6
|
1
|
11
|
2
|
6
|
|
Superb
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
11
|
|
Sceptre
|
1
|
3
|
9
|
2
|
4
|
8
|
|
Trafalgar
|
0
|
12
|
2
|
3
|
6
|
3
|
|
Turbulent
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
8
|
5
|
3
|
|
Tireless
|
6
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
12
|
|
Torbay
|
8
|
3
|
0
|
12
|
3
|
4
|
|
Trenchant
|
0
|
8
|
5
|
2
|
6
|
4
|
|
Talent
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
12
|
|
Triumph
|
8
|
1
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
12
|
6 Dec 2007 : Column 1411W
| | FY 2006-07 |
| Vessel | Op time | Maintenance |
|
Spartan
|
(1)—
|
(1)—
|
|
Sovereign
|
(1)—
|
(1)—
|
|
Superb
|
5
|
6
|
|
Sceptre
|
4
|
8
|
|
Trafalgar
|
5
|
7
|
|
Turbulent
|
7
|
3
|
|
Tireless
|
0
|
11
|
|
Torbay
|
7
|
3
|
|
Trenchant
|
0
|
11
|
|
Talent
|
0
|
8
|
|
Triumph
|
0
|
12
|
(1) Decommissioned
|
