HC Deb 11 March 1986 vol 93 cc419-20W
16. Mr. Stott

asked the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to conclude the contracts for the Trident submarine.

Mr. Norman Lamont

It is hoped to conclude shortly with the new owners of VSEL the contract for the first Trident submarine.

44. Sir John Farr

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is his latest estimate of that portion of the Trident contract which will be made in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Norman Lamont

Approximately 55 per cent., or some £5,400 million by value, of the total estimated cost of Trident (£9,869 million at 1985–86 prices and at £1=$1.28) is planned to be spent in the United Kingdom.

54. Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what are the latest estimates of the cost of the Trident programme; and what proportion is of British manufacture.

Mr. Norman Lamont

I refer to the answers which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State gave to the hon.

the population. Statistical information about leukamia in respect of the age group is currently being validated and updated.

The following table shows the actual and expected numbers of registrations of both leukaemia and all cancers except leukaemia in the Dunoon area and in Scotland as a whole.

Member for Suffolk, South (Mr. Yeo) and which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Harborough (Sir J. Farr) earlier today.

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