Trident (Hansard, 6 March 1990)

§ 20. Mr. Allen McKay
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much of the cost of the Trident programme is still to be expended; and what is his estimate of the annual running cost of one Trident submarine.

§ 67. Mr. Madden
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much of the cost of the Trident programme is still to be expended; and what is his estimate of the annual running cost of one Trident submarine.

§ 100. Mr. Patchett
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much of the cost of the Trident programme is still to be expended; and what is his estimate of the annual running cost of one Trident submarine.

§ 114. Mr. Graham
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much of the cost of the Trident programme is still to be expended; and what is his estimate of the annual running cost of one Trident submarine.

§ Mr. Alan Clark
Of the total currently estimated cost, about £6,000 million has yet to be spent, although some £2,000 million of that is already contractually committed. It is too early to say with any precision the likely running costs of the Trident force. They are not, however, expected to be significantly different from those of Polaris.

§ 85. Mr. Sumberg
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress is being made on the construction of the first two Vanguard-class Trident submarines.

§ Mr. Neubert
Construction of the first two Vanguard-class submarines at Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd. is well advanced.

§ 22. Mr. Franks
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the current progress of the Trident programme.

§ Mr. Alan Clark
As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence told the House when announcing the revised Trident cost estimate on 31 January, the Trident programme continues to progress to time and budget towards its in-service date of the mid–1990s.