§ Mr. OttawayTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what is the current operational availability of each of the Royal Navy's Type 22 frigates; [96740]
(2) what is the current operational availability of each of the Royal Navy's Type 42 destroyers; [96742]
(3) what is the current operational availability of each of the Royal Navy's Type 23 frigates. [96741]
§ Mr. SpellarOf the Royal Navy's 32 frigates and destroyers, 27 are operationally available and the remaining five are in refit or protracted maintenance. A breakdown of their employment as at 29 October 1999 is set out in the table.
£ million RAF Basic Flying Training (Bulldog Replacement) 30 RAF Cosford/Shawbury—Family Quarters 13 RAF Fylingdales (Power Station) 7 RAF Lossiemouth Family Quarters 24 RAF Lyneham Sewerage 5 RAF Mail 12 Tidworth Garrison Provision of Sewerage Services 6 Tornado GR4 Simulator 65 Yeovilton Family Quarters 8 79 further PFI projects are in procurement or under consideration as follows:
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£ million Abbey Wood Family Quarters 50-60 Accommodation Services in Cyprus NYK Adjutant General's Corps Training Group 25 Aerial Targets NYK Aldershot Barracks NYK Archer Class Support NYK Armoured Fighting Vehicles (RAC Bovington) 122 Army Foundation College 33 Ascension Petroleum Supply Depot NYK Astute Trainers 50 AWE Aldermaston Site Heating 18 AWE Management and Operation NYK Base Ordnance Depot Bicester NYK Battle Group Thermal Imaging 140 Bowman Training NYK "C" Vehicles NYK
£ million Central Britain White Fleet 60 Colchester Garrison 180 Corsham Estate NYK Defence Animal Centre 9 Defence Housing Executive Information Systems 80 (whole life) Defence NBC Centre NYK Defence Storage and Distribution Agency Marketing Partner NYK Defence Vetting Agency NYK Devonport Support Services NYK E3D Sentry Aircrew Training Service 10 Electronic Commerce Service (DECS) NYK Eurofighter Mission Support Centre 55 Expeditionary Camp Infrastructure 45 Falkland Island Communications Project 15 Field Electrical Power Supplies 65 Future Cargo Vehicle 350 Future Command and Liaison Vehicle 370 Future Fuel Vehicles 96 Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft 2,500 Future Wheeled Recovery Vehicle 160 Heavy Equipment Transporters 93 High Frequency/Low Frequency Communications 40 HMS Nelson NYK Infantry Training Centres NYK Initial Training Group (excluding Army Foundation College) NYK Inmarsat 6 Inner London Barracks 36 Joint Rapid Reaction Force Roll-on Roll-off Ferries 140 Joint Services Parachute Centre NYK Land Command Training Ranges NYK London District White Fleet 12 Main Building Refurbishment 175 Marchwood Military Port NYK Marine Service Vessels NYK Marketing Training Group Defence Agency Ground Training NYK MOD-wide Water and Sewerage Project Acquatrine 100 Multi-Engine Pilot and Rear Crew Training NYK Northern Calibration Facility NYK Northwood Estates Development Plan 38 Pay As You Dine 25 Petroleum Supply/Bulk Fuel Installation 17 Porton Down Power Station 4 Principal Casualty Recovery Ships NYK RAF Fire Training NYK RAF Halton NYK RAF Infrastructure NYK RAF Wyton Water and Sewerage 2 Records Storage and Management 15 Royal Logistics Corps Training Group Accommodation/Training Facilities 48 Royal School of Military Engineers 49 Royal School of Signals 5 Satellite TV 6 Scotland White Fleet 35 Skynet 5 750 South West White Fleet 24 Southern Britain White Fleet 50 Submarine Rescue NYK Surgeon General and Defence Secondary Care NYK Tidworth Garrison 150 Tri-Service Airfield Support Services 350 Tri-Service Materials Handling Service 39-50 Wattisham Family Quarters 5-60 Wattisham/Woodbridge Redevelopment NYK Note:
Capital values assessed against the estimated cost of public provision (the public sector comparator)
218WThese projects will be pursued to completion if they can deliver best value for money for the tax payer. In a number of cases, it is premature to assign estimated capital values to them.
Additional Public Private Partnerships (PPP) and other PFI projects are likely to emerge in due course.