PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Navy (4 July 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to expand the Royal Navy.
Asked by:
Bob Blackman (Conservative)
Asked by:
Bob Blackman (Conservative)
Answer
The Royal Navy is growing for the first time in a generation. The first of two new aircraft carriers, HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH, is at sea conducting trials. There will be new submarines; frigates – we have placed the contract for the first three Type 26s; aircraft; patrol vessels; support ships and tankers. We will increase Naval personnel numbers by 400 to 30,600 by 2025.
Answered by:
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Conservative)
10 July 2017
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