Warships: Repairs and Maintenance

(asked on 31st March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost was to his Department for the maintenance of Royal Navy Boats for each year, for the years 2010 to 2021.


Answered by
Jeremy Quin Portrait
Jeremy Quin
This question was answered on 19th April 2022

The table below sets out the total annual cost, by financial year, of maintenance of Royal Navy boats for the years 2012 to 2021. Data before 2012 is no longer held centrally. We have defined “boats” for this purpose as boats and small craft under 50 metres in length and have included boats used by UK Strategic Command.

Financial Year

Total expenditure (£ million)

2012-13

27.245

2013-14

23.762

2014-15

23.811

2015-16

29.849

2016-17

34.271

2017-18

25.636

2018-19

33.584

2019-20

28.060

2020-21

28.683

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