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Defence: Costs

Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 49564, tabled on 8 September 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) original and (b) current cost expectations for the AURORA programme.

Answered on

22 September 2022

Project AURORA, the replacement plutonium manufacturing capability at the Atomic Weapons Establishment is beginning its Initial Assessment phase. An Accounting Officer Assessment is currently being conducted by the Ministry of Defence in support of this, and the cost estimates for this phase of the project will be published once this assessment has been completed.