Written question asked by Fabian Hamilton (Labour) on Monday, 21 June 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 June 2021 (named day). It was answered by Jeremy Quin (Conservative) on Thursday, 24 June 2021 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

AWE

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) anticipated out-turn cost and (b) projected in-service date of each of the 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	£1806 million	2023
PEGASUS	£634 million	Material Handling Store- 2025 Manufacture Capability - 2030

All outstanding infrastructure related projects at AWE remain in pre-approval stage and approved outturn cost and in-service dates are not available.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 19488
Session: 2021-22
Related items: AWE
Thursday, 24 February 2022
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Costs AWE
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk