Written question asked by Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 10 October 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 October 2007. It was answered by Lord Browne of Ladyton (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 October 2007 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Nuclear Weapons: Expenditure

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the projected expenditure is in the period covered by the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review on (a) the UK nuclear deterrent programme, including on the atomic weapons establishment and the future submarine programme, (b) the atomic weapons establishment and (c) the future submarine programme.

Answer

Projected expenditure on all aspects of the United Kingdom's independent nuclear deterrent—operation of and support to the current deterrent system, the costs of the atomic weapons establishment and expenditure on the programme to maintain the United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent capability beyond the life of the current system—over the next three years is expected to be:

	£ billion at outturn prices
2008-09	1.7
2009-10	2.0
2010-11	2.1

Expenditure at the Atomic Weapons Establishment is expected to be:

	£ million at outturn prices
2008-09	800
2009-10	900
2010-11	950

The estimated costs of the programme to maintain the United Kingdom's deterrent capability beyond the life of the current system, as set out in the December 2006 White Paper, 'The Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent' (Cm 6994) and endorsed by Parliament on 14 March 2007, over the next three years are:

	£ million at outturn prices
2008-09	200
2009-10	300
2010-11	400

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Type: Written question
Reference: 158335; 465 c1357-8W
Session: 2006-07
Subjects: Expenditure Nuclear weapons
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Nuclear Weapons: Expenditure

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