Submarines (Hansard, 4 July 2002)

§ Mr. Jenkin
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many fleet submarines are at sea. [66029]

§ Mr. Ingram
As of 2 July 2002 we had six fleet submarines operationally at sea, and one at sea conducting sea trials. The remaining five are either in extended periods of maintenance, or at extended readiness.

§ Mr. Jenkin
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Tomahawk armed SSNs will be operational in this and each of the next five years. [66035]

§ Mr. Ingram
On current plans, the number of Tomahawk-capable SSNs which will be operational in this and the next five years are as follows:

Year Number

2002 5

2003 4

2004 4

2005 5

2006 6

2007 6

This does not take into account maintenance periods.