Speeches

Emily Thornberry – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what amount was spent on the maintenance and repair of (a) HMS Daring, (b) HMS Dauntless, (c) HMS Diamond, (d) HMS Dragon, (e) HMS Defender and (f) HMS Duncan for (i) planned maintenance and (ii) repair work in each of the last six years.

Mr Philip Dunne

The amount spent on Maintenance and Repair for the six Type 45 Destroyers is detailed in the table below rounded to the nearest half million:

Name of Ship

In-Service Date

Maintenance/Repair

Cost (£ million)

HMS DARING

July 2010

Programmed Maintenance

£7

Unprogrammed Work/Repair

£4.5

HMS DAUNTLESS

November 2010

Programmed Maintenance

£4.5

Unprogrammed Work/Repair

£4.5

HMS DIAMOND

July 2011

Programmed Maintenance

£9.5

Unprogrammed Work/Repair

£3.5

HMS DRAGON

April 2012

Programmed Maintenance

£7

Unprogrammed Work/Repair

£2

HMS DEFENDER

March 2013

Programmed Maintenance

£2

Unprogrammed Work/Repair

£3

HMS DUNCAN

December 2013

Programmed Maintenance

£1.5

Unprogrammed Work/Repair

£2

The table below reflects the number of planned maintenance days per ship over the six year period. Repair work on individual ship systems takes place during both planned maintenance periods and operational deployments and data relating to the number of days’ worth of repair work is not collected. Unprogrammed work/repair figures shown cover the extension of maintenance periods.

Name of Ship

In-Service Date

Maintenance/ Repair

Duration

HMS DARING

July 2010

Programmed Maintenance

360

Unprogrammed Work/Repair

105

HMS DAUNTLESS

November 2010

Programmed Maintenance

215

Unprogrammed Work/Repair

20

HMS DIAMOND

July 2011

Programmed Maintenance

350

Unprogrammed Work/Repair

0

HMS DRAGON

April 2012

Programmed Maintenance

250

Unprogrammed Work/Repair

0

HMS DEFENDER

March 2013

Programmed Maintenance

100

Unprogrammed Work/Repair

0

HMS DUNCAN

December 2013

Programmed Maintenance

130

Unprogrammed Work/Repair

0