Written question asked by Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 30 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 1 February 2006. It was answered by Lord Reid of Cardowan (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 February 2006 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

HELEN Laser

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much (a) revenue and (b) capital expenditure has been allocated to the HELEN laser at AWE Aldermaston in each of the last five years.

Answer

The expenditure allocated to the HELEN laser in each of the last five years is set out in the following table:

		£ million
	Capital	Revenue
2000–01	0	4
2001–02	0	4
2002–03	1	4
2003–04	3	4
2004–05	3	5
Note: All figures are at out-turn prices.

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