Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to (1) the Written Answer from Baroness Goldie on 22 September (HL2312), and (2) programme data released by the Ministry of Defence indicating a reduction in tonnage of 65,000 tons, whether they can now provide a detailed breakdown of how they calculated an increase of 59,000 tons.

Tonnage was calculated in 2020 as 799,000, with a total of 88 platforms.

By 2030, we expect growth in tonnage to increase to 858,000 with a total of 83 platforms.

Increases in tonnage is expected for eight platforms by 2030. Decreases in tonnage is expected for nine platforms by 2030.