§ Mr. SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list all the foreign submarines which have visited the Faslane submarine base since 1993 and the candidates on which they visited the bas. [32488]
§ Mr. SoamesThe information requested is as follows:
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Date Vessel Nationality 1993 8–9 January USS BALTIMORE USA 19–22 February HNLMS ZELLEEUW Netherlands 6–13 April HNLMS TIJGERHAAI Netherlands 19–20 April HNLMS TIJGERHAAI Netherlands 21–23 April HNLMS TIJGERHAAI Netherlands 10–17 May USS SAN JUAN USA 21–24 May HNLMS ZWAARDVIS Netherlands 25–28 May HNLMS DOLFIJN Netherlands 27–29 May HNLMS BRUINVIS Netherlands 31 May-1 June HNLMS ZWAARDVIS Netherlands 31 May-2 June HNLMS DOLFIJN Netherlands 2–3 June HNLMS ZWAARDVIS Netherlands 3 June HNLMS DOLFIJN Netherlands 3–7 June HNLMS BRUINVIS Netherlands 4 June HNLMS DOLFIJN Netherlands 20–22 August USS ALEXANDRIA USA 30 August FS AMETHYSTE France 13 September-5 October FS AGOSTA France 14–16 October USS DALLAS USA 14–18 October HNLMS DOLFIJN Netherlands 19–22 October USS DALLAS USA 25–28 October HNLMS DOLFIJN Netherlands 31 October-1 November USS DALLAS USA 23–30 December USS ALBANY USA 1994 18–22 February HNLMS TIJGERHAAI Netherlands 13–17 March USS PHOENIX USA 31 March-1 April HNLMS WALRUS Netherlands 11–12 April HNLMS WALRUS Netherlands 23–27 May HNLMS ZEELEEUW Netherlands 3–6 June KNM UTSIRA Norway
Date Vessel Nationality 10–13 June KNM UTSIRA Norway 23–25 June USS WHALE USA 6–11 July USS DALLAS USA 16–19 August USS DALLAS USA 21–22 August USS BALTIMORE USA 1–2 September USS BALTIMORE USA 22–27 September USS CINCINNATI USA 4–7 October HNLMS BRUINVIS Netherlands 12–19 December USS PHOENIX USA 1995 16–17 February HMCS OKANAGAN Canada 21–26 February USS AUGUSTA USA 10–13 March HMCS OKANAGAN Canada 20–24 March USS AUGUSTA USA 8–12 May USS NEBRASKA USA 22–26 May FS RUBIS France
§ Mr. SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the annual running cost of(a) RNAD Coulport and (b) CSB Faslane. [32489]
§ Mr. SoamesAs explained in this year's "Statement on the Defence Estimates", in 1994 the Department's running cost regime was replaced by a much broader operating costs limit covering all front-line and support expenditure. The provisional outturn figures, representing total operating costs for these establishments, for financial year 1994–95 are as follows:
- RNAD Coulport: £57,889,000
- CSB Faslane: £107,363,000
§ Mr. SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will provide a list of all United Kingdom and foreign submarines which have visited and the dates on which they have visited(a) Portland naval base, (b) Portsmouth naval base and (c) the naval base at Plymouth. [32491]
§ Mr. SoamesThis information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.