Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the unit production cost for each ship in the Type 45 class was as calculated when they were accepted off contract; and if he will make a statement.

The unit production cost for a Type 45 Destroyer was calculated in 2013 at £633 million. This figure included the cost of the Type 45 platform and the Sea Viper missile system, but did not include the development costs of the Type 45 platform.