Three senior ministry of defence officials have received more than £200,000 in performance bonuses despite not being able to get a Scottish-based nuclear submarine back in service more than seven years after it started undergoing a refit and refuelling.
The MoD had hoped that HMS Vanguard would be returned to Royal Navy service at Faslane last summer but The Sunday Times has learnt that the repair and refuelling project for the Trident missile-armed vessel has hit new snags.
However, the three top executives at the ministry’s Submarine Delivery Agency, which is responsible for keeping the navy’s submarines in working order, were paid performance bonuses last year. Its chief executive, Ian Booth, received £95,000 on top of his £290,000 salary before he retired just before Christmas,
