Written questions

Type 83 Destroyers: Procurement

2026-06-25 · Ministry of Defence · 13505 · Official question

James Cartlidge

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has authorised a change to the timeline for delivering the Type 83 programme.

Answer

The Defence Investment Plan sets out the Royal Navy’s (RN) approach to delivering the UK’s most advanced maritime air defence capability and the rationale for this approach. Rather than delivering this capability through a small number of large and expens...