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Ministry of Defence;Defence Evaluation and Research Agency

Answer

Mr. Ainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the total (a) income and (b) costs for the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency ranges at (i) Pendine, (ii) Eskmeals and (iii) Shoeburyness in each of the last five years. [27366] Mr. Spellar: [holding answer 4 February 1998]: This is a matter for the Chief Executive of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA). I have asked the Chief Executive to write to my hon. Friend. Letter from John Chisholm to Mr. Nick Ainger, dated 10 February 1998: I have been asked to reply to your question about the income and costs of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency's ranges at Pendine, Eskmeals and Shoeburyness in each of the last five years. The income and costs of the three ranges since 1995-96 is given below. Information on a comparable basis prior to the inclusion of the ranges in the Trading Agency is not available. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1995-96 £k 1996-97 £k 1997-98 £k (forecast) Pendine Income 4,092 8,075 5,360 Costs 6,274 7,050 6,741 Eskmeals Income 5,365 5,180 8,101 Costs 8,450 8,537 8,210 Shoeburyness Income 25,603 17,886 22,247 Costs 26,108 21,105 20,012 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The Ministry of Defence has provided £8.7 million in strategic pricing to land ranges at Shoeburyness for 1997/98. I hope this information is helpful.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

27366; 306 c194-5W

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Finance Firearms Testing Defence Evaluation and Research Agency

Contains statistics

Yes