Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Carver (Crossbench). It was answered by Lord Gilbert (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 December 1997.

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Gilbert, RtHonLord

Question

What is the estimated total cost in the current financial year of maintaining the capability to design, produce, maintain the safety of, store, move and dispose of nuclear weapons in the UK; and of providing, operating, maintaining and disposing of the Royal Navys ballistic missile submarine fleet, including its missiles. - Includes figure. -

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Secondary information

Type

Oral question

Reference

584 c4 

Session

1997-98

Oral question type

Lead

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Subjects

Defence Expenditure Nuclear weapons Statistics

Contains statistics

Yes