Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the original Total Departmental Expenditure Limit was, established on the award of the initial contract, for Watchkeeper.

The current Total Departmental Expenditure Limit for Watchkeeper is £1096.5 million.

This includes:

Demonstration, Manufacture & Initial Support (DMIS) - £927 million

In Service Support (ISS) £147.6 million

Full Mission Simulator (FMS) - £21.9 million

The original approvals for award of the Watchkeeper DMIS contract in 2005 was £847 million. This was supported subsequently by approval of £131.2 million for a five year ISS contract and £21.9 million for FMS.