Type 23 Frigates
(asked on 1st September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget is for the Life Extension programme of the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigates.
This question was answered on 6th September 2023
The Type 23 frigates are not the subject of a formal life extension programme. The ships undergo a planned series of Upkeep periods in order to maintain their condition and introduce capability updates. The current allocated funding to deliver all Type 23 frigate class Upkeeps to their out of service date is £676.7 million over 10 years, this includes the costs allocated in financial year 2023-24.