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AWE: Contracts

Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 154064, tabled on 14 April 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid to AWE Management Ltd under the Atomic Weapons Establishment management and operation contract in each year since 2000.

Answered on

25 April 2022

The following table shows the costs of AWE ML under the Management and Operations contract for each financial year since 2000-01, at outturn prices.

Financial Year

£ million

2000-01

275

2001-02

264

2002-03

258

2003-04

286

2004-05

354

2005-06

493

2006-07

687

2007-08

894

2008-09

800

2009-10

870

2010-11

944

2011-12

941

2012-13

830

2013-14

901

2014-15

921

2015-16

887

2016-17

815

2017-18

867

2018-19

901

2019-20

994

2020-21

984

2021-22

266*

*On 1 July 2021 the contract between AWE ML and MOD ended as AWE ML reverted to direct Government ownership, becoming a Non-Departmental Public Body wholly owned by the MOD.