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.