| Heading: |
HMS Northumberland |
| Question ID: |
1746368 |
| UIN: |
17473 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5347 |
| Asking Member display name: |
David Reed
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
David Reed
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the (a) cost of repairing and (b) savings from the early decommissioning of HMS Northumberland. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-10 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
483 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Maria Eagle
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| Answering Member handle: |
meaglemp
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@meaglemp
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| Answer text: |
The cost of potential repairs for HMS Northumberland was estimated to be at least £120 million. The decision taken by the Secretary of State to decommission the ship early has avoided most of this cost, saving the taxpayer in the region of £105 million. |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |