WARSHIPS

17th January 2017

Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when construction is planned to commence on the new Fleet Solid Capital Support ships; how many such ships there are planned to be; and when those ships will enter service.

Harriett Baldwin, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Procurement: The programme for three Fleet Solid Support Ships was announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015. It is currently in its Assessment Phase.

The date from which the ships will enter service will be determined at the main investment decision point.

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