§ Mr. TrotterTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what are the annual running costs to the Royal Navy of(a) an Invincible class carrier, (b) a type 42 destroyer, (c) a type 21 frigate, (d) a type 22 frigate (batch 1), (e) a type 22 frigate (batch 2 and batch 3), (f) a type 23 frigate, (g) an S Clan submarine, (h) a T Class submarine, (i) an Upholder class submarine, (j) a Hunt class MCMV and (k) a Sandown class MCMV.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe annual running costs for individual vessels within a class will vary according to the vessel's operating and maintenance programme. Average annual running costs however, for each of the classes of ship listed for 1991–92, the latest year for which information is available, based on ships' activities over the past six years, are as follows:
Officers Other ranks Men Women Men Women Royal Corps of Transport 880 42 7,362 661 Royal Army Ordnance Corps 935 39 4,204 360 Royal Pioneer Corps 100 (nil) 1,151 (nil) Army Catering Corps 151 11 3,577 458 Postal and Courier Service of the Corps of Royal Engineers 56 2 469 184 Sub-total 2,122 94 16,763 1,663