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Everyone accepts that our armed forces need to train at Shoeburyness. However, many of the explosions are caused not by our armed forces' training, but by commercial waste disposal from which big corporate interests profit. Will the Minister give an undertaking for full transparency, so that local people are made aware of which explosions are being caused in the interests of our armed forces and which in the interests of crony capitalists?
Everyone accepts that our armed forces need to train at Shoeburyness. However, many of the explosions are caused not by our armed forces' training, but by commercial waste disposal from which big corporate interests profit. Will the Minister give an undertaking for full transparency, so that local people are made aware of which explosions are being caused in the interests of our armed forces and which in the interests of crony capitalists?
Asked by
Douglas Carswell
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
29 March 2010
I know that the hon. Gentleman is not a great supporter of our defence industries in this country, but let me tell him that the amount of ordnance exploded at Shoeburyness that is not related to training—this is, the disposal of ordnance that is out of date or that the MOD needs to get rid of in a controlled way—comes to 5 per cent. That is done in partnership with QinetiQ, a world-beating company that we should be proud of. As for trying to hamper us and put more in the way of our training, I am sorry, but that would be a misuse of the MOD's time.
Subjects
Firing ranges; Shoeburyness
Date
29 March 2010
Reference
508 c489
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
What representations he has received on provision of compensation to people whose properties have been damaged by explosions at Shoeburyness.
What representations he has received on provision of compensation to people whose properties have been damaged by explosions at Shoeburyness.
Asked by
Douglas Carswell
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Beamish
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 March 2010
For answer on
29 March 2010
Answered on
29 March 2010
The work at Shoeburyness is directly linked to saving the lives of service personnel on operations in Afghanistan, providing, among other things, essential pre-deployment training in the safe and controlled disposal of improvised explosive devices and similar ordnance. In 2009, I received three representations, with a further two so far this year, from people claiming that their properties had been damaged by noise and vibrations caused by activities at MOD Shoeburyness.
Subjects
Firing ranges; Shoeburyness
Date
29 March 2010
Reference
508 c489; 324443
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
In evidence to the Defence Committee, the Minister confirmed that at the start of the 2009 planning round the deficit in the equipment budget was £21 billion, and that at the start of the 2010 round it was £6 billion. What is the present value of the deficit and how does he explain the £15 billion reduction?
In evidence to the Defence Committee, the Minister confirmed that at the start of the 2009 planning round the deficit in the equipment budget was £21 billion, and that at the start of the 2010 round it was £6 billion. What is the present value of the deficit and how does he explain the £15 billion reduction?
Asked by
Douglas Carswell
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
22 February 2010
Those are two separate questions. We are not in a position to go beyond the £6 billion figure at the moment, but we are working on the figures as part of the present planning round at the end of the financial year. This is a netting exercise as the hon. Gentleman will understand. There may be some projects for which we have over-provided and will be able to write back some provision, and some projects will be descoped for operational or other reasons, or cancelled for non-performance. It is therefore impossible to predict the exact position at the end of the financial year.
As for the reduction in the forward projected deficit of £21 billion last year to £6 billion, that £15 billion was accounted for by several factors. In some cases, projects were repositioned in the pipeline until some later date, forgoing that capability for the time being. In the majority of cases, the reduction was because of the descoping of the programmes that we were undertaking anyway or an agreement to reduce the capability that we intended to order—
Subjects
Defence; Procurement
Date
22 February 2010
Reference
506 c3
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
What his most recent estimate is of the level of projected cost overruns in the defence equipment budget; and if he will make a statement.
What his most recent estimate is of the level of projected cost overruns in the defence equipment budget; and if he will make a statement.
Asked by
Douglas Carswell
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Davies of Stamford
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
10 February 2010
For answer on
22 February 2010
Answered on
22 February 2010
The most recent audited estimate of projected cost overruns in the defence equipment budget is a forecast increase of £1.242 billion in the financial year 2008-09, as reported in the 2008-09 annual report and accounts. These cost increases were virtually entirely attributable to two projects—the A400M aircraft and the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers. I have no reason to suppose that this year there will be any such serious cost overruns. Nearly 90 per cent. of projects in the past two years have been delivered to cost.
Subjects
Defence; Procurement
Date
22 February 2010
Reference
506 c3; 317437
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons