§ Mr. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if the figure given for the annual operation and maintenance costs of Polaris to the Defence Committee on 30 January 1985, HC 37 (1984–85), p159, 935, included(a) the cost of refits, (b) a share of the running costs of the Clyde submarine base, Faslane, (c) manpower and related costs of the crew and associated civilian staff, (d) a share of the intramural and extramural running costs of the atomic weapons establishments and (e) the cost of stores, personnel and the transport of stores.
§ Mr. HanleyIt would not be possible to carry out a detailed examination of the basis for the figure given in 1985 without incurring disproportionate cost.