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<p>We have delivered our 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR15) commitment
to establish the Defence Nuclear Organisation, the Submarine Delivery Agency and the
Dreadnought Alliance to strengthen our organisational, industrial and commercial arrangements
for the Dreadnought submarine programme.</p><p>The Programme remains on track to deliver
on schedule and within the estimated cost of £31 billion stated in the SDSR15, which
also set a contingency of £10 billion.</p><p>As the Prime Minister announced in Parliament
on 28 March 2018 (Official Report, column 756), the Ministry of Defence has been given
access to £800 million in Financial Year 2018-19, which will contribute to the Dreadnought
programme. This will enable us take opportunities to drive out cost and risk later
in the programme and ensures best value for the taxpayer.</p>
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