Question follow-through · 1368

Warships

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.

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 14 May 2026
Target answer date: 18 May 2026
Answer: 22 May 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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14 May 2026
Question tabled
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.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 May 2026
Answer published
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,...

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