Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in delivering the Dreadnought submarine programme; and when they estimate that programme will complete.

The Dreadnought submarine programme entered a new three-year phase of work, to be conducted in tranches, in spring this year. The design and build of the first of class, Dreadnought, continues and she remains on track to enter service in 2030. The build phase for the entire class will take approximately 20 years. The Dreadnought programme will ensure the United Kingdom has a credible, independent and capable nuclear deterrent out to the 2060s.

The seventh Annual Update to Parliament on the United Kingdom's Future Nuclear Deterrent will be published later this year.