§ Mr. RookerTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 16 October,Official Report, column 36, if he will make a statement outlining the procedure enabling students at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, to train for the management and operation of diesel powered submarines. [39959]
§ Mr. SoamesThis is a matter for the Naval Recruiting and Training Agency, NRTA, under its framework document. I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from A. D. Ferguson to Mr. Jeff Rooker, dated 30 October 1995:
The Secretary of State for Defence has asked the Chief Executive of the Naval Recruiting and Training Agency (NRTA) to reply to your Parliamentary Question, pursuant to the Answer given on 6 October, about the procedures that enable students at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth to train for the management and operation of diesel powered submarines. I am replying on behalf of the Chief Executive who is away.
You will wish to be aware that the Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth, which is part of the NRTA, provides initial training to newly entered Royal Naval Officers (as part of the Naval General Training syllabus) and to International students from Foreign and Commonwealth navies. The NRTA does not, however, provide training in support of the management and operation of diesel powered submarines, since such submarines are no longer in operational use by the Royal Navy.