HC Deb 22 July 1988 vol 137 c864W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the latest estimated cost of the Trident programme, inclusive of all associated capital works costs; and if he will make it his policy to include the cost of such works in all future statements of expenditure on the Trident programme.

Mr. Sainsbury

As announced by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State on 21 January this year, the current estimate for the Trident programme is £9,043 million, at 1987–88 prices and an exchange rate of £1 = $1.62. This figure includes the proportion of costs of capital works properly attributable to Trident, as have all total programme cost estimates which have been announced in the past.