Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the in-year spending for the programmes listed in the Defence Equipment Plan 2017 as (a) Ajax, (b) Apache CSP, (c) Astute Boats 4-7, (d) Brimstone 2 Integration, (e) Brimstone CSP, (f) BVRAAM on Lightning II, (g) FASGW(H)/Sea Venom, (h) FASGW(L)/Martlet, (i) Sea Ceptor Type 23, (j) Sea Ceptor Type 26, (k) Spear Cap 3, (l) SRAAM Sustainment (MG1), (m) SRAAM Sustainment (MG2), (n) Core Production Capability, (o) Dreadnought, (p) Lightning II, (q) Marshall, (r) New Style of IT (Deployed), (s) P-8A Poseidon, (t) Protector, (u) QE Carriers, (v) Sky Sabre, (w) Tide-class Tanker, (x) Type 26 Frigate, (y) Meteor Integration (Typhoon), (z) Meteor Integration (Typhoon), (i) Brimstone 2 Integration (Typhoon) and (ii) Warrior CSP; and if he will make a statement.
Expenditure for the Demonstration and Manufacture phases for each of the listed projects (rounded to the nearest million) is detailed below. The information includes data for the Equipment Plan 2017.
Spend data for the current financial year (FY), which relates to Equipment Plan 2018, is excluded as this is incomplete.
Project name | FY 2017-18 (£ million) |
AJAX (formerly Scout Specialist Vehicle) | 377 |
Apache Capability Sustainment Programme | 30 |
Brimstone Capability Sustainment Programme | 58 |
BVRAAM on Lightning II | 17 |
Brimstone II integration | 0 |
Future Anti Surface Guided Weapon (Heavy) | 39 |
Future Anti Surface Guided Weapon (Light) | 25 |
Sea Ceptor on Type 23 Frigate | 60 |
Sea Ceptor on Type 26 Frigate | 8 |
Spear Capability 3 | 88 |
ASRAAM Sustainment – MG1 & MG2 | 55 |
Lightning II | 521 |
Marshall | 45 |
Tide Class Tanker | 49 |
Protector | 54 |
P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft | 57 |
Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers | 317 |
Sky Sabre (formerly GBAD) | 125 |
Type 26 Global Combat Ship | 378 |
Brimstone Integration onto Typhoon | 65 |
Stormshadow Integration on Typhoon | 25 |
Typhoon Meteor Integration Project | 9 |
Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme | 62 |
Astute 4-7 | 509 |
Core production capacity | 190 |
Dreadnought | 1,218 |
New Style of IT (Deployed) | 39 |