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Redcliffe Bay Oil Storage Depot: Security
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 15 May 2008, Official Report, column 180W, on fuels, how many incidents of security breaches at the Redcliffe Bay oil storage depot site near Portishead have been reported in the last five years; and on what date each such breach was identified. [211488]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: During the period 1 June 2003 to 1 June 2008, two security breaches have been reported on 15 July 2005 and 15 April 2008 respectively.
Reserve Forces: Recruitment
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what (a) target and (b) actual recruitment to the (i) Territorial Army, (ii) Royal Marines Reserves, (iii) Royal Navy Reserve and (iv) Royal Air Force Reserves was in each year since 1997. [210694]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The following table shows intake to the Territorial Army. Calendar year 2004 is the earliest year for which reliable TA intake data are available. Recruitment targets are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
| Intake( 1) against target for the Territorial Army( 2) | ||
| Intake | Target( 3) | |
| (1) Intake figures include all intake e.g. intake from civil life and intake from other parts of the armed forces, but does not include the inflow of personnel returning from mobilisation. (2) The data exclude Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS), Non-Regular Permanent Staff (NRPS) and Mobilised TA but includes the Officer Training Corps (OTC). (3) Territorial Army targets were the responsibility of individual units and not held centrally until 2007. (4) Due to ongoing data validation following the introduction of the new Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) System, there is no TA intake information available since 1 March 2007. As such the figure for 2007 represents the period 1 January 2007 to 28 February 2007. Note: Data have been rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in ‘5’ have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias. Source: DASA (Army) | ||
The following table shows intake to the Royal Naval Reserve and Royal Marine Reserve against target intake.
| Intake against target for the Royal Naval Reserve( 1) and Royal Marine Reserve( 2) | ||||
| Royal Naval Reserve | Royal Marine Reserve | |||
| Intake | Target | Intake | Target | |
| n/a = Not available (1) Royal Naval Reserve intake data are not held centrally prior to April 2001. Recruitment targets are not held centrally prior to April 2006. (2) Royal Marine Reserve data are not held centrally prior to April 2006 Note: Data have been rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in ‘5’ have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias. Source: Fleet DNPERS | ||||
The following table shows intake to the Royal Auxiliary Air Force against target intake.
| Intake( 1) against target for the Royal Auxiliary Air Force | ||
| Financial year | Intake | Target |
| (1) Royal Auxiliary Air Force intake data are not held centrally and consequently recruitment data against targets are not available prior to April 2003 without incurring disproportionate cost. Note: Data have been rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in ‘5’ have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias. Source: Air Personnel | ||
Type 45 Destroyers
Dr. Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the latest date is by which a seventh Type 45 destroyer would have to be ordered to avoid an interruption in production. [206627]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth [holding answer 22 May 2008]: Following the Department's 2008 planning round, we no longer intend to take up the option to place orders for further Type 45 warships beyond the six already on contract. Instead, we plan to bring forward the timetable for the introduction of the Future Surface Combatant which is intended to provide replacements for the Type 22 and Type 23 frigates. This, together with the Carrier and Astute programmes, will balance the volume of construction workload across maritime programmes to ensure retention of key capabilities and viability of the business that delivers them.
Type 45 Destroyers: Deployment
Dr. Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Type 45 destroyers will be able to be deployed simultaneously if the total built is (a) six, (b) seven and (c) eight; and if he will make a statement. [206329]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth [holding answer 20 May 2008]: For a fleet of six Type 45 destroyers we would expect that one ship would usually be in deep maintenance, leaving up to five available for deployment at various states of readiness. Following the Department's 2008 planning round, we no longer intend to take up the option to place orders for further Type 45 warships.
Warships: Guided Weapons
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence from which ships he plans to remove Sea Dart missiles in the next 12 months. [211394]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: I am withholding the information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the armed forces.
Written Questions: Government Responses
Dr. Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he will answer question 206627 on 14 May 2008, on Type 45 destroyer production. [210751]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth [holding answer 13 June 2008]: I replied to the hon. Member today.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Bangladesh: Elections
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the progress of the caretaker government towards holding free and fair elections in Bangladesh. [211950]
Meg Munn: We welcomed the announcement by the Chief Adviser last month that elections will take place in the third week of December. It is vital that those elections are free and fair. We call on all sides now to show a spirit of co-operation and a commitment to ensure that the elections take place on time and with full participation.
Departmental ICT
Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information technology projects are being undertaken by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies; what the (i) start date, (ii) original planned completion date, (iii) expected completed date, (iv) originally planned costs and (v) estimated costs are of each; and if he will make a statement. [209689]
Meg Munn [holding answer 9 June 2008]: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is running a wide range of information technology-enabled projects. Some are managed centrally while others are initiated and managed by the holders of devolved budgets, both in the UK or at posts overseas. For those centrally managed projects, and groups of projects marshalled together as programmes around a significant business change, the requested details are shown in the following table:
Departmental Internet
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the (a) consultancy, (b) design and development and (c) other costs of redesigning his Department's website were. [211890]
Mr. Jim Murphy: The breakdown of costs involved in setting up the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's new departmental website was given in my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary's written response of 15 May 2008, Official Report, columns 1772-73W.
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