Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 July 1996. It was answered by Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom (Conservative) on Wednesday, 17 July 1996 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: Pursuant to his Answer of 10th July, Official Report, column 184W, how much of the remaining expenditure on the Trident programme will be spent in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the United States of America. - Includes table.

Answer: Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 10 July, Official Report, column 184, how much of the remaining expenditure on the Trident programme will be spent in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the United States of America.[37426] Mr. Arbuthnot: The estimated £1.61 billion of remaining expenditure on the Trident acquisition programme is planned to be spent as follows: £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. UK USA Submarine 475 12 Strategic weapons system 21 495 Tactical weapons system{1} 68 1 Building works 11 -- Dockyards 266 -- Warhead/miscellaneous: Unallocated contingency{1} 206 55 Total 1,047 563 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} The apparent variation from the answer given to the hon. Member on 10 July 1996, Official Report, column 184, results from rounding of figures.

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