§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the estimated present value of HMS Kent, HMS Jupiter and HMS Hermione; and what amounts have been spent on(a) maintenance and (b) refits of each ship in the last 10 years. [18849]
§ Mr. SoamesWhile my Department is attempting to sell these vessels any estimate of their value remains commercially confidential. Approximate known costs of major maintenance and refits carried out over the last 10 years are set out. Details of routine and operational maintenance and the costs of refit and maintenance work carried out before the royal dockyards passed into commercial management in April 1987 are no longer available.
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Vessel Major maintenance Refits HMS Kent £240,000 None in the period HMS Jupiter £13,000,000 £8,000,000 HMS Hermione 1£4,000,000 £8,000,000 Note:
1 Excludes cost of a maintenance period undertaken in 1985 which is not available.