Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston

HC Deb 18 April 1996 vol 275 cc583-4W

Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the expenditure by his Department in each of the last 10 years on studies on the decommissioning of facilities at AWE Aldermaston. [25396]

Mr. Arbuthnot

Individual studies are not conducted; decommissioning planning follows standard procedures designed to ensure the safe and complete implementation of the process. Such planning costs are not required to be separately identified.