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	registered interest
	date	23/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Queen Elizabeth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of the build and commission for the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carriers.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	7177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>The final cost of the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier programme is the subject of ongoing commercial negotiations with the Aircraft Carrier Alliance, and I am therefore withholding our current cost estimate as its disclosure at this time would be prejudicial to the commercial interests of the Ministry of Defence.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 28/01/2020 12:10:52 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

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	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Queen Elizabeth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for the Armed Forces of 23 October 2017, Official Report, column 15, what enhancements the Government plans to make to the Queen Elizabeth class carriers to support the UK's amphibious capability; how much he estimates the cost of those enhancements to be; and when those enhancements will be delivered.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	123293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 allocated £60 million to further optimise a Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier to better meet the demands of the Landing Platform Helicopter role. This includes communications systems for amphibious operations, improving the domestic services in the aircraft carrier for Royal Marines, providing ammunition storage, increasing the number of helicopter operating spots and expanding the operating capacity for helicopters.</p><p>The Department will continue to explore a variety of options to augment both Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers with these capabilities in the future.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 22/01/2018 17:49:06 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith