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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-07-17more like thismore than 2019-07-17
answering body
Ministry of Defence more like this
answering dept id 11 more like this
answering dept short name Defence more like this
answering dept sort name Defence remove filter
hansard heading Astute Class Submarines remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) procurement and (b) life-cycle costs are for a Royal Navy Astute Class submarine. more like this
tabling member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford more like this
tabling member printed
Mr Mark Francois more like this
uin 278417 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-07-22more like thismore than 2019-07-22
answer text <p>It is not possible to identify a single unit cost for an Astute Class submarine as Boats one to three (Astute, Ambush, and Artful) were contracted as a batch, with the rest of the class subject to separate contractual arrangements. However, as an example of the main costs involved, the whole-boat contract for Agincourt, the seventh and last boat in the class, announced in May 2018, was £1.5 billion. This covers the totality of work involved in the boat build, including test and commissioning. The procurement costs include initial support provisioning, however, in-service support costs of a submarine will vary with the individual platform material state. These costs form part of wider submarine maintenance contracts and are not easily identifiable separately and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Pudsey remove filter
answering member printed Stuart Andrew more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-07-22T16:10:58.367Zmore like thisremove minimum value filter
answering member
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label Biography information for Stuart Andrew more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois more like this