Type 26 Frigates
(asked on 3rd March 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be created by the construction of the next generation of Royal Navy frigates on the River Clyde.
This question was answered on 9th March 2015
The Ministry of Defence has agreed a contract worth £859 million for the Type 26 Global Combat Ship programme's Demonstration Phase, which will start on 1 April 2015. This investment will sustain around 1,700 jobs across the UK.
The number of jobs required for the Manufacture Phase, which on current plans is scheduled to start in 2016, will be assessed at the programme's main investment decision.