Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding he has allocated to the submarine dismantling programme for each of the next five years.

The Department does not release spending profiles for individual programmes. However, I can confirm the latest Whole Life Cost for the Submarine Dismantling Project, as published in the Department’s 2023 Government Major Projects Portfolio data, is £298 million. This figure includes costs associated with dismantling work in Rosyth and maintenance costs for decommissioned submarines in Devonport.