Question follow-through · 7775
Defence Nuclear Enterprise
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Committee of Public Accounts Fifth Report of Session 2026-27 (HC95), paragraph 11, what are the nine DNE programmes have whole-life costs of more than £10 billion.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 8 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 11 Jun 2026 · 3 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
8 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Committee of Public Accounts Fifth Report of Session 2026-27 (HC95), paragraph 11, what are the nine DNE programmes have whole-life costs of more than £10 billion.
11 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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11 Jun 2026
Answer published
The following nine Defence Nuclear Enterprise programmes have whole-life costs exceeding £10 billion: AstuteAstraeaClyde Transformation ProgrammeCore Production CapabilityDreadnoughtFuture Materials CampusNuclear Fuels ProgrammeSSNASubmarine Build Modern...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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