Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the in-year spends on the Type 26 frigate have been since that project's commencement.

Expenditure for the Manufacture phases for the Type 26 and Type 31 frigate programmes (rounded to the nearest million) is detailed in the table below. Costs incurred against the Assessment Phase have not been included, in line with normal reporting against Business Case approvals. The costs Spend data for the current financial year (FY2022-23), is excluded as this is incomplete.