Type 26 Frigates: Procurement
2026-07-08 · Ministry of Defence · 17553 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in Glasgow supported by contracts for the Royal Navy Type-26 frigate programme.
Answer
The Type 26 programme supports approximately 2,000 jobs at BAE Systems' Glasgow shipyards and further jobs in the supply chain.