Question follow-through · 97148
Type 26 Frigates: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding is in place for the Ministry of Defence to purchase 8 Type-26 ships.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 9 Dec 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding is in place for the Ministry of Defence to purchase 8 Type-26 ships.
9 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Dec 2025
Answer published
A £3.7 billion contract was signed with BAE Systems on 29 June 2017 to manufacture the first batch of three Type 26 frigates and a £4.2 billion contract amendment was signed for Batch 2 of the ships on 1 November 2022. A total funding provision of £7.9 bi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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