Frigates
(asked on 28th February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has taken recent steps to increase the number of frigates available to the Royal Navy.
This question was answered on 6th March 2023
The Royal Navy (RN) continues to ensure that it has sufficient assets available to deliver its operational outputs. In the coming years, the make-up of the RN will change as it transitions from Type 23 Frigates to Type 26 Anti-Submarine Warfare and Type 31 General Purpose Frigates.
The Integrated Review conducted in 2021 provided an additional £1.8 billion for shipbuilding to grow the Royal Navy over the coming decades.