Angus Robertson
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Defence), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Office), Shadow SNP Westminster Group Leader
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many suitably qualified and experienced personnel staff are currently required and how many such positions are vacant in (a) Astute, (b) Vanguard and (c) Trafalgar class submarine crews.
Anna Soubry
The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
The information requested, as at 8 September 2014, is shown in the following table:
REQUIRED POSITIONS (LIABILITY) | VACANT POSITIONS | |
A Class (Astute, Ambush only) | 280 | 25 |
T Class (Torbay, Trenchant, Talent, Triumph only) | 620 | 65 |
V Class (Vanguard, Victorious, Vigilant only) | 1,080 | 120 |
Note: All figures are rounded in accordance with the Defence Statistics rounding policy. All numbers over 100 are rounded to the nearest 10 with numbers ending in 5 rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid bias. Numbers under 100 are rounded to the nearest 5. | ||
None of the existing vacancies is in a post categorised as safety critical and no submarine would go to sea without the minimum required complement of suitably qualified and experienced personnel.
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