Written question asked by Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 5 October 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 16 November 2004. It was answered by Geoffrey Hoon (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 November 2004 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on missile defence in each of the last three years; and what the spending plans are for future years. - Including figures and ref to 19 January 2004 416 c920W.

Answer: Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been spent on missile defence in each of the last three years; and what the spending plans are for future years. [190185] Mr. Hoon: For the period up to 31 March 2004 I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 19 January 2004, Official Report, column 920W, to the hon. Member for Hereford (Mr. Keetch). For financial year 2004-05 expenditure on research specific to ballistic missile defence technology will be in the order of £6 million. The Ministry of Defence plans to spend similar sums in the following four years.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 426 c1287W;426 c1291W; 190185
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Defence Expenditure Military alliances Technology Research USA Ballistic missile defence Guided weapons
Contains statistics: Yes
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