Written question asked by Richard Holden (Conservative) on Monday, 24 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 26 November 2025. It was answered by Luke Pollard (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 December 2025 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Warships: Repairs and Maintenance
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out the (a) frigate and (b) destroyer refit programmes that have been (i) cancelled and (ii) deferred on grounds of cost since July 2024.
- Answer
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The Royal Navy constantly reviews maintenance and refit requirements across the fleet to achieve maximum availability of its platforms for operational tasking.
No Type 45 refit programmes have been cancelled or deferred on the grounds of cost since July 2024.
In November 2024, the Secretary of State for Defence announced that the Type 23 frigate HMS Northumberland was to be retired due to the structural damage discovered during refit which rendered the vessel uneconomical to repair.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 93791
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Costs Procurement Repairs and maintenance Destroyers Frigates
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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