Written question asked by Teddy Taylor (Conservative) on Monday, 27 July 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 30 July 1998. It was answered by Lord Spellar (Labour) on Thursday, 30 July 1998 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 27 July 1998, Official Report column 39, for what reasons in his summary of the income accruing to the various ranges, he included in note 1 the SPI total of £600,000 within the income of the Eskmeals range and in note 3 deducted the SPI total of £6,244,000 from the total income of the Shoeburyness establishment. - Includes figures.

Answer: Sir Teddy Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 27 July 1998, Official Report, column 39, for what reasons in his summary of the income accruing to the various ranges, he included in note 1 the SPI total of £600,000 within the income of the Eskmeals range and in note 3 deducted the SPI total of £6,244,000 from the total income of the Shoeburyness establishment; and if he will make a statement. [53821] Mr. Spellar: The reported income for the Eskmeals range of £8.759K included the Strategic Pricing Initiative, SPI, support of £600K as this was for a specific facility within the range. The reported income for the Shoeburyness range of £14,223K was reported net of the contribution from the SPI, as the support payment contributed to the costs of the Shoeburyness site which includes the Environmental Test Centre and the demilitarisation facility as well as the range.

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