§ Mr. CohenTo 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. FreemanThe 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.