Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 2.11 of the NAO report entitled Improving the performance of major equipment contracts, published on 24 June 2021, what costs were incurred in upgrading the Type 23 frigates caused by delays in procurement of the Type 26 and Type 31e frigates.

I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 15 November in response to question 71268.