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<p>The total spent on the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier programme in each
of the last four financial years, as published in the National Audit Office’s Major
Project Report covering each of the relevant years, is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£630
million</p></td><td><p>£670 million</p></td><td><p>£712 million</p></td><td><p>£773
million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>I am withholding the breakdown of
the projected spend on the programme for each of the next four financial years as
its disclosure would prejudice commercial interests. The overall cost of the ship
programme, as announced by the then Secretary of State for Defence, my right hon.
Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), on 6 November 2013, (<em>Official
Report,</em> column 251-254), is £6.212 billion.</p><p> </p>
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