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61649

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	AWE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 22 November 2011, Official Report, column 272W, 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.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	200428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The tables show the current new build projects, with approved costs and in-service dates, at the Atomic Weapons Establishment.</p><p> </p><p>Projected 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 approved.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 - current new build projects that have been through the Ministry of Defence approval process</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Ongoing projects</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Function</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Projected </strong></p><p><strong>In-Service Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Approved cost</strong></p><p><strong>£million</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conventional Manufacturing - Phoenix</p></td><td><p>Manufacturing/production</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hydrodynamics trials-Technology Development Centre</p></td><td><p>Testing/research</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Explosives fabrication – Circinus</p></td><td><p>Manufacturing/Production</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>231</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warhead assembly/disassembly – Mensa</p></td><td><p>Manufacturing/production</p></td><td><p>2016-20</p></td><td><p>734</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uranium components – Pegasus</p></td><td><p>Manufacturing/production</p></td><td><p>2016-20</p></td><td><p>634</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2 - projects currently planned for but which have yet to go through the formal Ministry of Defence approvals process</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Ongoing projects</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Function</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Projected In-Service Period</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salts Processing - Octans</p></td><td><p>Testing/research</p></td><td><p>2020-25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Initiator system manufacture-Taurus</p></td><td><p>Manufacturing/production</p></td><td><p>2020-25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Large Scale formulations-Scorpius</p></td><td><p>Manufacturing/production</p></td><td><p>2025-30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Small Scale formulations-Cepheus</p></td><td><p>Manufacturing/production</p></td><td><p>2025-30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Plutonium (Pu) Facility – not yet named</p></td><td><p>Manufacturing/production</p></td><td><p>2025-30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New depleted Uranium Facility</p></td><td><p>Manufacturing/production</p></td><td><p>2025-30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assembly for Trials-Columba</p></td><td><p>Testing/research</p></td><td><p>2025-30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Explosive Climatic Trials</p></td><td><p>Testing/research</p></td><td><p>2025-30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Metallics &amp; materials R&amp;D-Libra</p></td><td><p>Testing/research</p></td><td><p>2025-30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chemical processing-Astra</p></td><td><p>Manufacturing/production</p></td><td><p>2025-30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 02/07/2014 15:44:06 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 4724 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

63208

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is of each Lightning II his Department has ordered to date.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
	uin	201930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Lightning II aircraft are being procured incrementally. To date the UK has ordered four F-35 B aircraft, three of which have been delivered. The approved cost for the production of the four aircraft, including initial spares provision, risk, concurrency, necessary programme and support arrangements, long lead items and our contribution to the composite share ratio for the next batch of aircraft is £999 million, as detailed in the National Audit Office Major Projects Report 2013.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 02/07/2014 15:45:07 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 7467 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

61617

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	AWE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons a review of the scope of Project Pegasus is being undertaken at the Atomic Weapons Establishment; and what changes he expects to be made to the scope of the project as a result of the review.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	200410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>Pegasus is the replacement highly enriched uranium component manufacturing and storage facility, and forms part of the Government's programme of investment in the Atomic Weapons Establishment sites. <br><br>In accordance with normal industry best practice, the project is under regular review to ensure that the facility will meet the Ministry of Defence's requirements while also achieving the optimum balance of performance, cost and schedule. No changes to the approved scope of the project have been made.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 02/07/2014 15:45:49 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 4722 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas