Defence Equipment: Procurement
(asked on 29th November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 45 of the Defence Equipment Plan 2022-2032, published in November 2022, what the 19 projects with aggregate forecast cost increases are; and what the cost increases are for each programme.
The 19 projects in the Defence Equipment Plan 2022-2032 with aggregate forecast cost increases are outlined in the table below with the total cost variation to completion listed. All figures are as at 31 March 2022.
Project | Total cost variation to completion (£million) | |
1 | AJAX (Specialist Vehicles) | 24 |
2 | Apache Capability Sustainment Programme | -10 |
3 | Challenger Life Extension Programme | -14 |
4 | E7 Wedgetail | -194 |
5 | Brimstone Capability Sustainment Programme | 1 |
6 | Brimstone 3B | 11 |
7 | Spear Capability 3 | -5 |
8 | ASRAAM Sustainment (MG1) | 1 |
9 | Marshall | -19 |
10 | Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV) | 543 |
11 | Protector | -15 |
12 | Sky Sabre | 0 |
13 | Type 26 Frigates | 259 |
14 | Type 31 Frigates | 2 |
15 | Astute Boats 4-7 | 10 |
16 | Core Production Capability | 46 |
17 | Dreadnought | 0 |
18 | New Style of IT (Deployed) | 35 |
19 | SKYNET 6A | -28 |
Total | 647 | |
The AJAX (Specialist Vehicles) figure excludes the initial support contract forecasted costs