HC Deb 26 July 1988 vol 138 c226W
91. Dr. Michael Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress he has made in achieving better value for money from his frigate and destroyer orders for the Royal Navy.

Mr. Sainsbury

The progress that is being made is demonstrated in the recent order for three type 23 frigates, where the average unit cost of each is about £10 million less than the average of the last three ordered in 1986.