Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current status is of the Dreadnought-class submarine programme.

The programme remains on track to manufacture four Dreadnought Class submarines within the original cost estimate of £41 billion, consisting of £31 billion and a contingency of £10 billion. The First of Class, HMS Dreadnought, will enter service in the early 2030s.