Lord Robertson of Port Ellen – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Robertson of Port Ellen on 2015-11-25.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the estimated cost of the nuclear deterrent successor programme has increased.

Earl Howe

Designing and building submarines is one of the largest programmes and one of the most complex activities that the Ministry of Defence and UK Industry undertakes. It is the purpose of a design phase to improve our understanding of costs and timescales, which we have now done. The current estimates reflect what we have learned since the design phase began.