Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 2 July 2014, Official Report, column 676W on AWE, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) anticipated out-turn cost and (b) projected in-service date of each of the new build projects in the Atomic Weapons Establishment Site Development Context Plan.

The approved costs and in-service dates of the current new build projects at the Atomic Weapons Establishment, are shown below.

In-service dates are shown in bandings to avoid prejudice to national security and defence. No costs are attributed to projects detailed in Table 2 as these have yet to be formally approved.

Table 1 - Approved new-build projects

Table 2 – Planned projects not yet approved