Jeremy Corbyn
Labour, Islington North
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department has assessed the merits of delivering the first boat in the Vanguard-successor class submarines before the completion of the final boats of the Astute-class order.
Peter Luff
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence
holding answer
The Astute and successor programmes are subject to the Strategic Defence and Security Review and value for money studies respectively.
Decisions regarding delivery schedules will be made on completion of both these studies, and will ensure a sustainable industrial programme to allow the retention and transfer of key industrial capabilities.
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