Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Q97 of the oral evidence given by Stephen Lovegrove to the Public Accounts Committee on 14 March 2018, HC 880, what assessment his Department has made of the likelihood of the projected costs of funding the UK’s warhead programme, the Trident II missile programme and the common missile compartment programme increasing.

The Ministry of Defence conducts rigorous analysis before taking investment decisions, and our costings are frequently revised to reflect the latest and best available information.

The Department manages its programmes to achieve value for the taxpayer.