Written question asked by Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party) on Monday, 13 June 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 June 2016. It was answered by Philip Dunne (Conservative) on Tuesday, 21 June 2016 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Trident

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual cost is of safeguarding the Trident nuclear deterrent.

Answer

The Department does not cost the safeguarding and security of individual capabilities. Given the multi-layered make up of security arrangements protecting the deterrent, overlapping with those of wider defence personnel and capabilities, identifying accurate costs could be achieved only at disproportionate cost.

The in-service costs of the UK's nuclear deterrent, including the costs of safeguarding, is estimated to be around six per cent of the annual defence budget.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 40417
Session: 2016-17
Subjects: Costs Security Trident
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Trident

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