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Written question asked by Fabian Hamilton (Labour) on Monday, 21 February 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 February 2022 (named day). It was answered by Jeremy Quin (Conservative) on Thursday, 24 February 2022 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


AWE

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 24 June 2021 to Question 19488 and 6 December 2018 to Question 198373, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) anticipated out-turn cost and (b) projected in-service date of each of the approved and planned projects in the Atomic Weapons Establishment Site Development Context Plan.

Answer

The currently approved cost and in-service dates for AWE infrastructure projects, are as follows:

Project/Programme

Approved Cost

Approved In-service Date

MENSA

£1996 million

2024

PEGASUS

£634 million

Material Handling Store - 2025 Manufacture Capability – 2030

Project MENSA received a revised approval to its cost and in-service date in February 2022 reflecting, inter alia, the impacts of COVID-19 and amendments to the project to support the future warhead programme.

All outstanding infrastructure related projects at AWE are still subject to internal departmental approval processes and approved outturn cost and in-service dates are not yet available.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
126551
Session
2021-22
Related items
AWE
Thursday, 6 December 2018
Written questions
House of Commons
AWE
Thursday, 24 June 2021
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Costs AWE
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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