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Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 19488, tabled on 21 June 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) anticipated out-turn cost and (b) projected in-service date of each of the projects in the Atomic Weapons Establishment Site Development Context Plan.

Answered on

24 June 2021

The currently approved cost and in-service dates for AWE infrastructure projects, are as follows:

Project/Programme

Approved Cost

Approved In-service Date

MENSA

£1806 million

2023

PEGASUS

£634 million

Material Handling Store- 2025 Manufacture Capability - 2030

All outstanding infrastructure related projects at AWE remain in pre-approval stage and approved outturn cost and in-service dates are not available.

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