HC Deb 04 June 1992 vol 208 c636W
Mr. Brazier

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what financial arrangements have been made about the package of assistance to the former Soviet Union for the dismantling and transportation of nuclear warheads.

Mr. Aitken

Further to my answer of 9 March,Official Report, column 428, the package of assistance is being provided to the former Soviet Union as a gift. The 1992–93 costs, of which £10 million is being charged to the reserve, will be met from class I, vote 2, subhead H8, subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary summer supplementary estimate.