Trident Submarines

Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 16 April 2018.

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Photo of Nia Griffith Nia Griffith Shadow Secretary of State for Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Prime Minister of 28 March 2018, whether the £600 million for the Dreadnought program has been allocated from the centrally held £0.8 billion contingency for nuclear projects.

Photo of Gavin Williamson Gavin Williamson The Secretary of State for Defence

The Ministry of Defence will benefit from an extra £800 million in the next financial year, myself and the Chancellor have confirmed.

This includes access to £600 million from the Dreadnought contingency, announced in 2015, and will ensure that the UK's new world-class nuclear submarines are delivered on time and within the £31 billion budget agreed at the Strategic Defence and Security Review in 2015.

In addition £200 million was agreed at the Supplementary Estimates earlier in the year.

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