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Trident

Answer

Two members of staff are employed full time on the Trident Value for Money review, with a number of other Ministry of Defence staff providing significant input to the review within the scope of their existing posts. As at the end of August, the total cost of both officials assigned full time on the Trident Value for Money review is approximately £70,000. The final staff cost is estimated to be approximately £120,000. In addition, there has been some expenditure on external assistance and technical consultancy for the Value for Money review and linked aspects of the Strategic Defence and Security Review. It has not been possible, in the time available, to determine the precise amount attributable to the Trident Value for Money review and I will write to the hon. Member in due course. Substantive answer from Andrew Robathan to John Woodcock:"You recently asked how much has been spent to date on carrying out the Value for Money review of Trident; and how much we estimate the final cost will be.""While I was able to provide information on MOD staff costs I was unable to provide the total amount spent during the Value for Money review including external assistance or technical consultancy in the time available.""I am now in a position to provide that information. The total expenditure for the Value for Money review is expected to be some £320,000 against a saving of £3.2 billion from the next 10 years."

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

14335; 520 c226W

Session

2010-12

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Notes

Question originally printed on 9 September 2010 at 515 c626W

Subjects

Trident

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