§ Sue DoughtyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate the total cost in the current financial year of providing and maintaining the Royal Navy's ballistic missile submarine fleet. [62041]
§ Mr. IngramThe estimated total cost for the current financial year of providing and maintaining the Royal Navy's ballistic missile submarine fleet including the costs of manpower and facilities is expected to be about 3 per cent. of the total defence budget.
§ Sue DoughtyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate the cost in the current financial year of maintaining the capability to research, design, produce, store, move and carry out decommissioning of the British stock of nuclear weapons. [62042]
§ Mr. IngramThe estimated cost for these items in the current financial year is about one per cent. of the total defence budget.