Warships
Commons · Question 1368 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 22 May 2026
Question
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his oral contribution during Oral Questions on 27 April 2026, Official Report column 568, which destroyers and frigates he was referring to; and how he calculated the 25% figure.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 22 May 2026
The Ministry of Defence publishes annual statistics on UK armed forces equipment and formations, including statistics on frigate and destroyer numbers. Statistics from 2016 can be found on Gov.uk here and the 2010 statistics here. These show that in 2010,...