§ Dr. Julian LewisTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the planned service life of(a) HMS London, (b) HMS Beaver, (c) HMS Boxer and (d) HMS Brave; and what was the forecast date for withdrawal from Royal Navy service, prior to the decision in the Strategic Defence Review to dispose of them. [121704]
§ Mr. SpellarThe planned service for each ship was 18 years. The additional information is given in the table.
Ship Pre-SDR date for withdrawal HMS London 28 February 2005 HMS Beaver 31 December 2002 HMS Boxer 31 January 2002 HMS Brave 29 February 2004
§ Dr. Julian LewisTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what have been the running costs of each of the Royal Navy's Type 42 destroyers for each of the past five years. [121706]
§ Mr. SpellarThe running costs of each of the Royal Naval's Type 42 destroyers for each of the past five years are contained in the following table. This includes repair and maintenance, manpower, fuel and other costs such as port and harbour dues. Year-on-year variations are largely attributable to refit periods.
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£ million Ship 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 HMS Birmingham 32.28 16.92 17.38 13.38 10.39 HMS Cardiff 19.86 41.2 28.86 13.20 17.87 HMS Newcastle 32.60 31.60 18.57 13.90 13.73 HMS Glasgow 14.70 29.47 26.36 13.61 12.65 HMS Exeter 19.46 15.72 40.83 12.76 14.48 HMS Southampton 16.53 20.37 17.91 39.09 18.79 HMS Nottingham 18.70 17.24 19.08 13.08 32.74 HMS Liverpool 16.92 20.75 14.59 14.79 14.63
£ million Ship 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 HMS Manchester 17.99 19.40 14.58 12.22 12.69 HMS Gloucester 19.33 19.40 13.89 21.49 15.77 HMS Edinburgh 35.27 19.29 22.50 13.00 12.28 HMS York 20.48 19.79 17.50 11.78 21.88