§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what sums have been(a) spent on and (b) committed to the Trident programme to date. [35002]
§ Mr. ArbuthnotAs at the end of January this year—the latest date for which aggregated figures are available—a total of £8.3 billion net at outturn prices had been spent on the Trident acquisition programme, from a commitment of £9 billion.