United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 33690
Warships: Iron and Steel
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11 July 2022
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19 July 2022 · Answer
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much UK steel was used to construct (a) Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carriers, (b) Type 45 Destroyers, (c) Type 23 Frigates, (d) Vanguard class submarines, (e) Astute class submarines and (f) Trafalgar class subm
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11 July 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much UK steel was used to construct (a) Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carriers, (b) Type 45 Destroyers, (c) Type 23 Frigates, (d) Vanguard class submarines, (e) Astute class submarines and (f) Trafalgar class subm
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19 July 2022
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Steel for our major defence programmes is generally sourced by our prime contractors from a range of UK and international suppliers. Many defence programmes require specialised steels that are not currently manufactured in the UK; nevertheless, we encoura...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-07-11/33690
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1488015
- uk · wq-1488015 · source updated 19 July 2022