Question follow-through · 9539
Type 83 Destroyers: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total spend to date on the Type 83 Destroyer project, including pre-concept and early concept phases.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 15 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 17 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 24 Jun 2026 · 9 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
15 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total spend to date on the Type 83 Destroyer project, including pre-concept and early concept phases.
17 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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24 Jun 2026
Answer published
We inherited an underdeveloped concept for Type 83 when we took office. The Type 83 Destroyer forms part of a wider Future Air Dominance System (FADS) capability concept, making specific costs for the Type 83 element hard to differentiate from the wider w...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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