HC Deb 10 May 1994 vol 243 c127W
16. Mr. McAllion

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the annual cost to the defence budget of maintaining four Trident submarines in operation and in readiness to launch a nuclear strike against another country.

Mr. Aitken

The average annual running cost of Trident over its life is expected to be about £200 million, at 1991–94 prices.