Asked by: Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the amount that will be spent on Trident renewal in financial years 2023-40.
Answered by Alex Chalk - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
The Dreadnought Class submarine build programme remains on track to deliver within the estimated budget, announced in the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, of £31 billion with an additional £10 billion contingency. It is too early to provide cost estimates for the Replacement Warhead programme as much will depend on the eventual design requirements, and work is underway to agree cost estimates and funding arrangements.
Asked by: Kevan Jones (Labour - North Durham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the £5 billion funding for his Department announced on 13 March 2023 will be allocated to the Dreadnought programme.
Answered by Alex Chalk - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Of the £5 billion announced by the Prime Minister, £3 billion in additional funding will be invested across the defence nuclear enterprise.
The Department is currently working through the allocation of this funding, but the existing funding mechanism for Dreadnought is already well established.
Asked by: Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department will provide for the renewal of Trident.
Answered by Alex Chalk - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
The Dreadnought Class submarine build programme remains on track to deliver within the estimated budget, announced in the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, of £31 billion with an additional £10 billion contingency. It is too early to provide cost estimates for the Replacement Warhead programme as much will depend on the eventual design requirements, and work is underway to agree cost estimates and funding arrangements.
Mentions:
1: None Currently, with the support of the United States, we have a fleet of five Astute-class submarines, with - Speech Link
2: None The United States has also signalled her intention to provide Virginia-class attack submarines to the - Speech Link
3: Lord Lee of Trafford (LDEM - Life peer) yesterday’s Times from Rear Admiral Philip Mathias, a former director of nuclear policy and of the Trident - Speech Link
4: Baroness Goldie (CON - Life peer) Some £2 billion was announced last year to support the Dreadnought class of submarines. - Speech Link
5: Lord Mountevans (CB - Excepted Hereditary) How will it affect the design of the new AUKUS submarines? - Speech Link
Mar. 15 2023
Source Page: The United Kingdom's future nuclear deterrent: 2022 update to Parliament. 5p.Found: The Dreadnought Class submarines, and the Replacement Warheads are being desi gned and constructed in
Asked by: Tobias Ellwood (Conservative - Bournemouth East)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what proportion of time the UK's Vanguard-class submarines have been (a) at sea and (b) in refit in the last five years.
Answered by Alex Chalk - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
The Royal Navy has provided the Continuous At Sea Deterrent for an unbroken 54 years with Operation RELENTLESS. However, we do not disclose these details for operational security reasons as to do so could or would prejudice the capability of our Armed Forces.
Mar. 08 2023
Source Page: The United Kingdom’s future nuclear deterrent: the 2022 update to ParliamentFound: The Dreadnought Class submarines, and the Replacement Warheads are being desi gned and constructed in
Asked by: Damien Moore (Conservative - Southport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support the (a) production and (b) development of the Dreadnought-class ballistic missile submarines; and whether he is taking steps to accelerate the programme.
Answered by Alex Chalk - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Like all major defence programmes, the Dreadnought Class submarine programme is regularly assessed for opportunities to de-risk schedule and improve performance. The programme remains within its overall budget and on track for the First of Class, HMS Dreadnought, to enter service in the early 2030s.
Feb. 08 2023
Source Page: UK Radioactive Waste and Material Inventory 2022Found: UK Government policy is to maintain Trident and the nuclear deterrence programme to underpin national
Feb. 08 2023
Source Page: UK Radioactive Waste and Material Inventory 2022Found: UK Government policy is to maintain Trident and the nuclear deterrence programme to underpin national