Asked by: Peter Dowd (Labour - Bootle)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the total cost to the public purse of the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin
The approved cost of the programme to build both Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers is £6.2 billion. The Department keeps costs within the programme under very close scrutiny, and industry is incentivised to manage cost pressures.
Asked by: Peter Dowd (Labour - Bootle)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces received an operational allowance in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The total number of members of the Armed Forces who received an Operational Allowance in the years requested is shown below:
Financial Year | Number of Service Personnel receiving an Operational Allowance |
2014-15 | 15,592 |
2015-16 | 4,729 |
2016-17 | 5,994 |
Asked by: Peter Dowd (Labour - Bootle)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people received a war widows pension in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The numbers of people in receipt of a War Widow(er)s pension in the years requested are provided below.
31 March 2014 | 22,446 |
31 March 2015 | 20,533 |
31 March 2016 | 18,950 |
31 March 2017 | 17,311 |