§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the expenditure on the Trident programme in each year since the beginning of the programme expressed in(a) then year prices and (b) current prices.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkExpenditure each year since the beginning of the Trident programme is as follows:
£ million Financial year Historical (Outturn) prices Constant 1991–92 prices and £1 = $1.59 1980–81 3 7 1981–82 30 55 1982–83 69 110 1983–84 92 128 1984–85 162 212 1985–86 264 352 1986–87 369 495 1987–88 579 738 1988–89 713 859 1989–90 923 1,073 1990–91 993 1,080 11991–92 1,155 1,155 1 The figure for 1991–92 is an estimate.