§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 10 July,Official Report, column 184, how much of the remaining expenditure on the Trident programme will be spent in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the United States of America. [37426]
§ Mr. ArbuthnotThe estimated £1.61 billion of remaining expenditure on the Trident acquisition programme is planned to be spent as follows:
£ million UK USA Submarine 475 12 Strategic weapons system 21 495 Tactical weapons system1 68 1 Building works 11 — Dockyards 266 — Warhead/miscellaneous: Unallocated contingency1 206 55 Total 1,047 563 1 The apparent variation from the answer given to the hon. Member on 10 July 1996, Official Report, column 184, results from rounding of figures.