§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what are his Department's instructions for the future use of HMS Sirius; and if he will make a statement. [15444]
§ Mr. SoamesI refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for South Shields (Dr. Clark) on 15 December 1994,Official Report, columns 815–16. No decisions have yet been taken.
§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence when HMS Sirius was built and at what cost, together with the dates and costs of subsequent maintenance and refits. [15445]
§ Mr. FreemanHMS Sirius was accepted from the shipbuilder, HM Dockyard Portsmouth, in June 1966. Acquisition cost details for the ship are not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Dates of major maintenance and refits carried out on HMS Sirius are set out in the table. Details of routine and operational maintenance, and the costs of refit and maintenance work carried out before the royal dockyards passed into commercial management in April 1987 are not available. The total cost of her last major maintenance period, undertaken between October and December 1987, was some £1.2 million. The total cost of the final refit, undertaken between October 1989 and May 1991, was in the region of £25 million.
Major maintenane Periods
- 19 November 1967 to 5 January 1968
- 2 March 1970 to 23 March 1970
- 22 February 1971 to 19 March 1971
- 30 May 1973 to 22 June 1973
- 29 February 1980 to 31 March 1980
- 28 October 1987 to 11 December 1987
Refits
- 18 August 1969 to 12 December 1969
- 10 January 1972 to 26 May 1972
- 10 March 1975 to 10 February 1978
- 5 May 1981 to 30 June 1982
- 15 April 1985 to 6 December 1985
- 23 October 1987 to 19 May 1991