§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he made in 1979 of offset work generated by buying Trident; what is his latest estimate; and how much has been created to date.
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§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThere is no offset agreement and no estimate of offset work was made in 1979. I refer to the answer given at column 422 on 11 December 1984.
To date, United Kingdom companies have succeeded in winning 200 contracts from the United States Trident programme and these are valued at a total of $47 million.