Written question asked by Angus Robertson (Scottish National Party) on Tuesday, 27 January 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 29 January 2015. It was answered by Philip Dunne (Conservative) on Tuesday, 3 February 2015 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

AWE

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been paid annually by his Department to (a) AWE Management Ltd and (b) AWE plc under the Atomic Weapons Establishment management and operation contract for each year since 2000.

Answer

The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Management and Operations contract is with AWE Management Ltd (AWEML). As such, all payments are made to them and not AWE plc. AWE plc is the wholly-owned subsidiary of AWEML, responsible for the day-to day running of AWE.

The following table shows expenditure at AWE in each financial year since 2000-01, at outturn prices:

Financial Year	£ million
2000-01	275
2001-02	264
2002-03	258
2003-04	286
2004-05	354
2005-06	493
2006-07	687
2007-08	894
2008-09	800
2009-10	870
2010-11	944
2011-12	941
2012-13	861
2013-14	961

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Type: Written question
Reference: 222312
Session: 2014-15
Related items: AWE: Expenditure
Friday, 2 July 2021
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: AWE Finance
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

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