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Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Dennis Canavan (Labour). It was answered by Lord King of Bridgwater (Conservative) on Tuesday, 17 December 1991 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Untitled Oral question

Question
What is now estimated total cost of acquiring & maintaining Trident nuclear weapon system. - Current estimated cost of acquiring is #9,863m. & expect running costs to be well below 2% of defence budget. -

Secondary information

Type
Oral question
Reference
201 c139 
Session
1991-92
Oral question type
Lead
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Defence Costs Procurement Trident Operating costs
Contains statistics
Yes