§ Mr. David Howellasked the President of the Board of Trade what is the cur- 404W rent estimate of the final total capital cost of the combined Linesman and Mediator air defence and traffic control systems; and what is the total expenditure to date.
§ Mr. William Rodgers:As regards Linesman I would refer the hon. Member to the Answer given by the Minister of Defence for Equipment in reply to the hon. Member for St. Albans (Mr. Goodhew) on 9th December. As for Mediator, subject to the difficulty of separating the cost of the two elements of this integrated system the estimated total cost of the system (which is itself designed for both Military and Civil Air Traffic Control) will be of the order of £45 million of which £17 million has been committed to date.—[Vol. 775, c. 58–9.]