§ Mr. Andrew F. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what is the estimated cost of removal of a decommissioned nuclear submarine reactor compartment from the submarine;
(2) what is the annual estimated cost of storage afloat of each of the submarines HMS Conqueror, HMS Churchill and HMS Warspite;
(3) what has been the annual cost of storage afloat of the submarine HMS Dreadnought for each of the years it has been stored at Rosyth;
(4) what is the estimated cost of preparing each of the submarines HMS Conqueror, HMS Churchill and HMS Warspite for storing afloat.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThis information is commercially confidential.
§ Mr. Andrew F. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the total cost of preparing HMS Dreadnought for storage afloat.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThis work was carried out a number of years ago. The information requested, insofar as it may be available, could be assembled only at disproportionate cost.