§ Ann ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the current expected cost to completion of the Challenger II programme and the change which represents in real terms over the original estimated cost of the programme. [39269]
§ Mr. SpellarThe current estimate of the cost of completion of the Challenger II programme is £2,156 million, compared with the original estimated cost of £2,162 million, both at 1996–97 prices. A detailed breakdown of these figures is contained in Appendix 1 of "Major Projects Report 1996", a copy of which is in the Library of the House.