Maria Eagle corrected a written answer on Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Expenditure

16 December 2024 · Commons written answer · Ministry of Defence

James Cartlidge (Conservative, South Suffolk) asked written question 17841 on 4 December 2024. Maria Eagle answered on 13 December 2024 for the Ministry of Defence, and Maria Eagle corrected the answer on 16 December 2024. The corrected text no longer gives the figures 0.1, 0.3, 0.4, 0.9, 1.2, 1.4. Altogether 105 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost has been of (a) capital and (b) non-capital expenditure on (i) HMS Albion, (ii) HMS Bulwark, (iii) HMS Northumberland, (iv) RFA Wave Knight and (v) RFA Wave Ruler in each of the last five financial years.

Original and corrected answer

Struck through: original only. Bold: correction only.

Original	Corrected
A breakdown of the costs requested is set out ~~below.~~ \| ~~19/20~~ \| ~~20/21~~ \| 21/22 Non-Capital \| ~~Capital~~ \| ~~Non-Capital~~ \| ~~Capital~~ \| ~~Non-Capital~~ \| Capital £M \| £M \| £M \| £M \| £M \| £M HMS Northumberland \| - \| - \| - \| - \| - \| - HMS Albion \| ~~0.3~~ \| - \| ~~0.4~~ \| - \| ~~0.4~~ \| - HMS Bulwark \| - \| - \| - \| - \| - \| 1.2 RFA Wave Knight \| ~~2.0~~ \| ~~1.4~~ \| ~~3.9~~ \| ~~9.9~~ \| ~~1.6~~ \| - RFA Wave Ruler \| ~~2.5~~ \| ~~0.1~~ \| ~~2.0~~ \| ~~- 0.1~~ \| ~~2.0~~ \| - \| ~~22/23~~ \| ~~23/24~~ \| ~~Non-Capital~~ \| ~~Capital~~ \| ~~Non-Capital~~ \| ~~Capital~~ \| £M \| £M \| £M \| £M HMS Northumberland \| - \| - \| - \| 5.5 HMS Albion \| - \| - \| - \| - HMS Bulwark \| - \| ~~28.0~~ \| - \| 28.3 RFA Wave Knight \| ~~2.0~~ \| - \| ~~0.9~~ \| 0.1 RFA Wave Ruler \| ~~2.7~~ \| - \| ~~2.4~~ \| -	A breakdown of the costs requested is set out in the attached table. \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|

Original

Corrected

A breakdown of the costs requested is set out ~~below.~~
| ~~19/20~~
| ~~20/21~~
| 21/22
Non-Capital
| ~~Capital~~
| ~~Non-Capital~~
| ~~Capital~~
| ~~Non-Capital~~
| Capital
£M
| £M
| £M
| £M
| £M
| £M
HMS Northumberland
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
HMS Albion
| ~~0.3~~
| -
| ~~0.4~~
| -
| ~~0.4~~
| -
HMS Bulwark
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 1.2
RFA Wave Knight
| ~~2.0~~
| ~~1.4~~
| ~~3.9~~
| ~~9.9~~
| ~~1.6~~
| -
RFA Wave Ruler
| ~~2.5~~
| ~~0.1~~
| ~~2.0~~
| ~~- 0.1~~
| ~~2.0~~
| -
| ~~22/23~~
| ~~23/24~~
| ~~Non-Capital~~
| ~~Capital~~
| ~~Non-Capital~~
| ~~Capital~~
| £M
| £M
| £M
| £M
HMS Northumberland
| -
| -
| -
| 5.5
HMS Albion
| -
| -
| -
| -
HMS Bulwark
| -
| ~~28.0~~
| -
| 28.3
RFA Wave Knight
| ~~2.0~~
| -
| ~~0.9~~
| 0.1
RFA Wave Ruler
| ~~2.7~~
| -
| ~~2.4~~
| -

A breakdown of the costs requested is set out in the attached table.
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The question and answer on the Parliament website.

Receipt

Read from	https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1747067?expandMember=true
Date read	15 October 2026
SHA-256	`e7469d8eba2737060d31bd13b999f432f308c8266399863fd6bdeea1d8a1dc56`