HC Deb 27 May 1982 vol 24 c397W
Mr. Cryer

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the current replacement cost of a type 42 destroyer of the Sheffield class.

Mr. Wiggin

About £120 million.

Mr. Cryer

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the current replacement cost of an Antelope class of frigate.

Mr. Wiggin

Type 21s have been out of production for several years and I cannot, therefore, give an estimate of what they might cost today. HMS "Antelope" which was completed in 1975 cost £14.4 million in the prices of the day.

£ Million Cash
1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83
Central Government
CURRENT:
Goods and Services 312 352 407 479 609 695 750
Subsidies and grants 80 83 84 117 137 119 103
CAPITAL:
Goods and services 77 66 75 88 115 138 146
Grants 26 41 64 86 104 115 106
Net lending to nationalised industries and some public corporations — 5 5 3 1 2 3
Other net lending and capital transactions -3 -3 -3 -3 -2 — —
Total excluding debt interest and other adjustments 492 544 633 771 965 1,068 1,109
1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83
Local authorities
CURRENT:
Goods and services 488 530 598 690 821 912 950
Subsidies and grants 20 23 26 34 36 37 34
CAPITAL:
Goods and Services 189 156 158 202 229 140 175
Grants 9 8 11 15 15 19 22
Net lending and other capital transactions 7 5 13 15 2 41 68
Total excluding debt interest and other adjustments 713 722 808 956 1,103 1,149 1,249
1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–33
Certain public corporations
CAPITAL:
Goods and services 41 42 44 39 45 53 46
Grants — — — — — — —
Net lending and other capital adjustments 2 3 3 4 12 19 19
43 45 47 43 57 72 65
Total excluding adjustments Programme total 1,248 1,311 1,488 1,769 2,124 2,288 2,423

All totals have been derived from unrounded figures, but are expressed to the nearest £ million. Thus the components may not always add exactly to the total shown.