Question follow-through · 17841
Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost has been of (a) capital and (b) non-capital expenditure on (i) HMS Albion, (ii) HMS Bulwark, (iii) HMS Northumberland, (iv) RFA Wave Knight and (v) RFA Wave Ruler in each of the last five financial
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 13 Dec 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost has been of (a) capital and (b) non-capital expenditure on (i) HMS Albion, (ii) HMS Bulwark, (iii) HMS Northumberland, (iv) RFA Wave Knight and (v) RFA Wave Ruler in each of the last five financial
9 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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13 Dec 2024
Answer published
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16 Dec 2024
Answer corrected
A breakdown of the costs requested is set out in the attached table.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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