HC Deb 03 March 2003 vol 400 cc791-2W
Bob Spink

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 27 January 2003,Official Report, column 525W, what estimate was made of total costs of the former Marinair scheme, during the 'Preliminary Site Search of Options for New Airport Capacity to Serve the South East and East of England'. [94781]

Mr. Jamieson

The "Preliminary Site Search of Options for New Airport Capacity to Serve the South East and East of England" (published June 2001 and available in the Libraries of the House) estimated the total costs of the former Marinair scheme at nearly £20 billion pounds.

The estimate was based on a desk-top study that reviewed proposals submitted by supporters of Marinair in the early 1990s.

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