§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 2 July,Official Report, column 387, if he will give a breakdown of the £700 million yet to be spent on the Trident programme. [36231]
§ Mr. ArbuthnotThe £700 million of committed expenditure which has yet to be spent forms part of an estimated £1.61 billion of remaining expenditure on the Trident acquisition programme. A breakdown of the estimated remaining expenditure figure is:
£ million Submarine 487 Strategic weapon system 516 Tactical weapon system 70 Buildings/works 11 Dockyards 266 Warhead/miscellaneous—unallocated contingency 260