Type 32 Frigates
(asked on 21st April 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he expects to allocate additional funding to Babcock for the construction of the Type 32 frigates beyond that which was previously agreed.
This question was answered on 27th April 2023
The Type 32 frigate programme remains in the concept phase and has not yet reached the level of maturity for full budget allocation with only concept funding being allocated to the programme to date. As announced by my predecessor in the House on 30 January 2023, it remains the intent of the Ministry of Defence that 'the programme and procurement strategy will be decided following the concept phase.'