Tag: Lord Moonie

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Moonie on 2016-10-03.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of their decision to buy Apache AH-64E helicopters through a foreign military sale with the United States government, how many UK companies are part of the AH-64E global supply chain; and by value, what proportion of the total cost of an AH-64E their goods and services represent.

Earl Howe

The UK’s Apache AH-64E helicopters are being bought from the US Government through their Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme. As such, the UK Government does not have a direct contractual relationship with the Apache AH-64E supply chain. It is understood, however, that at least five UK companies have been successful in securing sub-contracts from Boeing, the helicopter manufacturer and lead system integrator, on the Apache programme. Together, these contracts represent about 5 per cent by value of Boeing’s contribution to the global Apache programme.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Moonie on 2016-03-01.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many live births there were in 2015 at 23 and 24 weeks gestation.

Lord Bridges of Headley

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Moonie on 2016-10-03.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government on how many occasions over each of the last five years Network Rail has been fined for breaches of health and safety legislation; and what safeguards are in place to ensure that fines are not passed on to the taxpayer or passengers.

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

Network Rail has been fined fifteen times over the last five years for breaches of health and safety legislation, however the incidents that these fines correspond with took place over the last thirteen years (2003-2016). All fines must be paid out of existing budgets and no additional funding will be made available by government and no extra can be raised from track access charges.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Moonie on 2015-01-14.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to issue an operational medal for service in Operation Kipion.

Lord Astor of Hever

There are no plans to issue an operational medal for Operation Kipion. All operational activity undertaken by UK personnel is subject to regular review by Commander Joint Operations in the Permanent Joint Headquarters. Amongst other things, this routine review considers whether deployments might warrant medallic recognition.

Operation Kipion has been kept under review, but it has been consistently assessed that, whilst conditions are challenging, personnel are not exposed to levels of risk and rigour that are in excess of what Service personnel might reasonably be expected to face on operational service.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Moonie on 2015-01-14.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the cause of the accident involving a British Royal Air Force Airbus A330-200 (RRR2740) from Royal Air Force Brize Norton at St John’s, Newfoundland; what was the cost of repairing the damage; and what additional costs were incurred while it was out of service.

Lord Astor of Hever

The RAF is undertaking an Occurrence Safety Investigation (OSI) into the incident involving Voyager ZZ331 at St John’s International Airport on 19 December 2014. Whilst taxiing to its parking bay under the guidance of ground handling staff, the aircraft’s wing struck a hangar. It would be inappropriate to comment further on the cause until the OSI is completed.

The costs incurred as a result of the incident are still to be finalised, but the damage caused was relatively minor.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Moonie on 2014-06-17.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the annual savings arising from the Warship Support Modernisation Initiative introduced in 2005–06.

Lord Astor of Hever

The Warship Support Modernisation Initiative (WSMI), introduced in 2002, encompasses three separate contracts between the Ministry of Defence and the operators within Her Majesty’s Naval Bases (HMNB) at Clyde, Devonport and Portsmouth.

Figures on savings are provided in the tables below. These are broken down on an annual basis where information is held in that format.

Annual Savings from the WSMI arrangement with Babcock Marine Ltd at HMNB Clyde

Based on the contractual share-line arrangements and the final/interim cost settlements the savings to MOD are as attached.