HC Deb 05 April 1995 vol 257 c1148W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the total cost of running the Atomic Weapons Establishment in(a) the current financial year and (b) the financial year 1995–96; and from which subheads of which votes this expenditure is taken. [18129]

Mr. Freeman

The costs of the defence nuclear programme have been regarded by successive Governments as inappropriate for public disclosure. With contractorisation, AWE operating costs have also become commercially sensitive.