§ Mr. SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the average running cost of(a) Royal Naval Armaments Depot, Coulport and (b) Clyde Submarine Base, Faslane, in each of the past five years. [16812]
§ Mr. SoamesThis is a matter for the chief executive of the Naval Bases and Supply Agency. I have asked the chief Executive to write to the hon. Member.
£ million Running costs of: 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 forecast RNAD Coulport 54.119 58.797 62.010 59.372 52.005 HM Naval Base Clyde 89.322 107.465 113.219 121.544 142.745 I shall add that these figures reflect the impact of considerable changes over the last five years, which include the greater disaggregation of costs to Basic Level Budgets, the Defence Costs Studies which relocated Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland to HMNB Clyde, the migration of other tasks located at Rosyth to the Clyde and the reduction of the Polaris task at Coulport.