Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the military projects undertaken by the Government in the Falkland Islands and the cost of each to date both in current and 1988 prices.
§ Mr. Ian Stewart[holding answer 20 May 1988]: The two major military works projects were the construction of the airfield at Mount Pleasant, and the works undertaken to concentrate the garrison at Mount Pleasant, for which the cash costs were about £300 million and £110 million respectively. The costs at September 1987 prices were about £370 million and £130 million respectively.