Type 26 Frigates: Iron and Steel

(asked on 8th March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much UK manufactured steel is being used in the production of Type 26 frigates.


Answered by
Jeremy Quin Portrait
Jeremy Quin
This question was answered on 14th March 2022

For the Batch 1 Type 26 frigates, almost 50% by value of the steel is UK sourced. This is equivalent to about 35% by tonnage, or 1,400 tonnes per ship.

Steel is procured in accordance with Cabinet Office guidelines and steel for our major defence programmes is generally sourced by our prime contractors from a range of UK and international suppliers. Many defence programmes require specialised steels that are not currently manufactured in the UK; nevertheless, we encourage the sourcing of UK steel wherever it is technically and commercially feasible.

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