Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of the £10 billion contingency provided by the Treasury for the Dreadnought programme has been spent as of 19 May 2022.

The contingency draw-down figure for Financial Year 2021-22 will be included in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Annual Report and Accounts after the conclusion of the annual audit.

Up to March 2021, the MOD has drawn-down £865 million, just under nine per cent, of the HMT-held Dreadnought contingency.