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Type 83 Destroyers: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has authorised a change to the timeline for delivering the Type 83 programme.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
26 Jun 2026
Target answer date
30 Jun 2026
Answer
6 Jul 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has authorised a change to the timeline for delivering the Type 83 programme.

  2. 30 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Defence Investment Plan sets out the Royal Navy’s (RN) approach to delivering the UK’s most advanced maritime air defence capability and the rationale for this approach. Rather than delivering this capability through a small number of large and expens...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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