Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Royal Navy has budgeted for the integration of the Mk41 VLS into the Royal Navy’s future Type 31 frigates; and how much and what proportion of that budget it has spent as of 9 January 2023.

I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave on 20 July 2023 to Question 194355 to the hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Jones).