Minesweepers: Procurement

(asked on 8th June 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department has allocated for Block (a) One and (b) Two of the Mine Hunting Capability.


Answered by
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
This question was answered on 16th June 2023

The current estimated funding requirement for the procurement of Mine Hunting Capability (MHC) Block One is £330 million and this funding has been allocated.

The procurement of MHC Block 2 is at a commercially sensitive point in the acquisition cycle and the estimated value cannot currently be disclosed.

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