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Written question asked by Derek Twigg (Labour) on Monday, 24 July 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 October 2000. It was answered by Geoffrey Hoon (Labour) on Monday, 30 October 2000 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Ministry of Defence

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, What the total value is of the contracts awarded to date for the design of the future generation of aircraft carriers. (Failed OPQ). - Inc figures.
Answer

Mr. Derek Twigg: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total value is of the contracts awarded to date for the design of the future generation of aircraft carriers. [133009] Mr. Hoon: Two contracts, each potentially worth up to £30 million, for work to investigate options for the design of the future aircraft carrier have been awarded to BAE Systems and Thomson-CSF Naval Systems. In addition a number of parallel contracts, worth up to a further £3 million, have been placed with DERA and the US Authorities for a variety of support tasks.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
355 c269W; 133009
Session
1999-00
Question not reached
Yes
Subjects
Contracts Procurement Aircraft carriers BAE Systems Thomson-CSF
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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