HC Deb 24 February 1997 vol 291 c113W
Mr. Simpson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the average annual running cost of a nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarine in each of the last five years. [16815]

Mr. Soames

The average annual operating costs for Swiftsure and Trafalgar class SSNs over the period 1992–3 to 1994–5 were broadly as follows (at mid-year prices):

Swiftsure (£ million) Trafalgar (£ million)
1992–93 19.1 11.1
1993–94 18.9 13.1
1994–95 24.8 19.3
Figures for 1995–96 and 1996–97 are not available.