Astute Class Submarines
(asked on 5th September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of each of the five boats of the Astute class delivered to his Department; and what estimate he has made of the cost of each of the remaining Astute class boats .
This question was answered on 12th September 2023
It is not possible to identify a single unit cost for the first three Astute Class submarines (HMS ASTUTE, HMS AMBUSH, and HMS ARTFUL) as they were contracted as a batch.
As previously announced, contract awards for Boats four to seven are as follows:
Boat Name | Contract Value (£billion) |
HMS AUDACIOUS | 1.2 |
HMS ANSON | 1.3 |
Agamemnon | 1.4 |
Agincourt | 1.5 |
The current value of the Astute programme is £11.4 billion.