§ Mr. Alan SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will explain the purpose of payments made to the US Government under the heading Trident Refit Feasibility Study; and if he will provide the total cost of this item. [88144]
§ Mr. George RobertsonI refer my hon. Friend to the answers my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Defence gave him on 28 July 1998,Official Report, columns 200–02. The total we expect to pay for these studies remains in the region of £850,000, subject to exchange rate variations.