Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of refitting the six Type 45 destroyers with intercoolers capable of operating in warm climates.

We announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 that we would improve the availability of our Type 45 Destroyers. As part of the Power Improvement Project for Type 45, the Ministry of Defence is planning to improve system resilience by adding upgraded diesel generators to provide further electrical generation capacity.

For current cost estimates, I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave on 16 September 2016 (to Question 46180) to the hon. Member for Strangford (Mr Shannon).