Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to increase the size of the Royal Navy fleet.

The Strategic Defence Review will determine the roles, capabilities and reforms required by UK Defence, including the Royal Navy, to meet the challenges, threats and opportunities of the twenty-first century, deliverable and affordable within the resources available to Defence within the trajectory to 2.5%. The review will report in the first half of 2025.