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Nuclear Submarines: Finance

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 7 September 2025UIN 72213

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the size of the budget contingency for the Dreadnought nuclear submarine programme is.

Answered by Luke Pollard

I refer the hon. Member to page 11 of the Defence Nuclear Enterprise 2025 Annual Update to Parliament, which was published on 22 May 2025. The publication is available at the following location:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/682f01c2e9440506ee95398c/20250522-Defence-Nuclear-Enterprise-2025-Annual-Update-to-Parliament-v10.pdf

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