Written question asked by John Healey (Labour) on Thursday, 20 April 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 April 2023 (named day). It was answered by James Heappey (Conservative) on Tuesday, 25 April 2023 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Russia: Warships
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions his Department has recorded Russian (a) military ships and b) suspected covert ships mapping (i) wind farms and (ii) undersea cables off the coast of the UK in each year since 2015.
- Answer
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The Ministry of Defence fully recognises the risk from hostile surface and sub-surface activities to the UK's critical national infrastructure and focuses on the full range of threats and hazards.
The Royal Navy maintains and protects the UK via the provision of a permanent 24/7/365 maritime presence and preparedness to ensure the security of the UK Marine Area.
You will understand that for reasons of National Security, Defence will not be able disclose the sensitive intelligence information you have requested - the disclosure of such information would provide hostile actors with insight into UK capability and preparedness and would therefore be contrary to section 24 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 181883
- Session
- 2022-23
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Electric cables Espionage Seas and oceans Wind power Warships Telecommunications cables Russia
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
- View this Written question on www.parliament.uk
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