House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 26 Feb 2009 (pt 0037)

26 Feb 2009 : Column 1056W—continued

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the estimated cost of the Terrier programme was on 31 March (a) 2003, (b) 2004, (c) 2005, (d) 2006, (e) 2007 and (f) 2008, broken down by (i) direct resource departmental expenditure limit (DEL), (ii) indirect resource DEL and (iii) capital DEL. [257770]

Mr. Quentin Davies: The information requested is shown in the following table. The figures include the cost of the assessment, demonstration and manufacture phases.

£ million
	31 March 2003	31 March 2004	31 March 2005	31 March 2006	31 March 2007	31 March 2008
Direct Resource DEL	17	⁽¹⁾—	19	17	17	17
Indirect Resource DEL	10	⁽¹⁾—	11	8	11	18
Capital DEL	290	⁽¹⁾—	286	288	288	295

Total	317	312	316	313	316	330
⁽¹⁾ Breakdown not available

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the estimated cost of the Typhoon programme was from the (a) direct resource departmental expenditure limit (DEL), (b) indirect resource DEL and (c) capital DEL at 31 March (i) 2001, (ii) 2002, (iii) 2003, (iv) 2004, (v) 2005, (vi) 2006, (vii) 2007 and (viii) 2008. [257771]

Mr. Quentin Davies: The information you requested is shown in the following table, which includes the cost of the assessment, demonstration and manufacture phases.

£ million
As at 31 March:	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Direct Resource DEL	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78
Indirect Resource DEL	2,469	2,338	2,987	2,328	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—
Capital DEL	16,400	16,295	16,683	16,686	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—

Total	18,947	18,711	19,748	19,092	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—
⁽¹⁾ The costs of Typhoon for these years are not included as the information is commercially sensitive.

26 Feb 2009 : Column 1057W

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the estimated cost of the Watchkeeper programme was on 31 March (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008, broken down by (i) direct resource departmental expenditure limit (DEL), (ii) indirect resource DEL and (iii) capital DEL. [257774]

26 Feb 2009 : Column 1058W

Mr. Quentin Davies: The information requested is shown in the following table. The figures include the cost of the assessment, demonstration and manufacture phases.

£ million
	31 March 2006	31 March 2007	31 March 2008
Direct Resource DEL	65	65	65
Indirect Resource DEL	60	54	50
Capital DEL	847	847	848
Total	972	966	963

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the estimated cost of the Sting Ray life extension and capability upgrade programme was on 31 March (a) 2001, (b) 2002, (c) 2003, (d) 2004, (e) 2005, (f) 2006, (g) 2007 and (h) 2008, broken down by (i) direct resource departmental expenditure limit (DEL), (ii) indirect resource DEL and (iii) capital DEL. [257777]

Mr. Quentin Davies: The information the hon. Member requested is shown in the following table and reflects demonstration and manufacture costs. There were no assessment phase costs, as the equivalent of the assessment phase occurred within a number of studies undertaken between 1993 and 1995, at a cost of £2.6 million, under the wider Sting Ray Post-Design Services contract.

£ million
	As at 31 March each year
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Direct Resource DEL	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indirect Resource DEL	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	82	54	47	56	51	51
Capital DEL	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	743	740	552	538	526	525
Total	189	190	825	794	599	594	577	576
⁽¹⁾ Breakdown not available.

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the estimated cost of the Type 45 Destroyer programme was on 31 March (a) 2001, (b) 2002, (c) 2003, (d) 2004, (e) 2005, (f) 2006, (g) 2007 and (h) 2008, broken down by (i) direct resource departmental expenditure limit (DEL), (ii) indirect resource DEL and (iii) capital DEL. [257778]

Mr. Quentin Davies: The information requested is shown in the following table. The figures include the cost of the assessment, demonstration and manufacture phases.

£ million
	As at 31 March each year
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Direct Resource DEL	242	454	245	274	272	274	261	261
Indirect Resource DEL	—	—	875	646	820	833	797	797
Capital DEL	5837	5045	4649	5136	5033	5234	5638	5638
Total	6079	5499	5769	6056	⁽¹⁾6126	⁽¹⁾6342	6696	6696
⁽¹⁾ Due to rounding, the total figure does not equal the sum of the parts. Note: Due to rounding, the figure for 2005 and 2006 do not exactly equal the overall total programme cost published in the Major Project Report of the same year.

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the forecast cost of the Future Joint Combat Aircraft programme was from (a) direct resource departmental expenditure limit (DEL), (b) indirect resource DEL and (c) capital DEL at 31 March (i) 2001, (ii) 2002, (iii) 2003, (iv) 2004, (v) 2005, (vi) 2006, (vii) 2007 and (viii) 2008. [257780]

Mr. Quentin Davies: The information requested is shown in the following table. The figures include the cost of the assessment and demonstration phases. JCA has a tailored Main Gate for Demonstration only and approval was for CDEL only. Assessment phase included as RDEL.

26 Feb 2009 : Column 1059W

26 Feb 2009 : Column 1060W

	31 March 2001	31 March 2002	31 March 2003	31 March 2004	31 March 2005	31 March 2006	31 March 2007	31 March 2008
Direct Resource RDEL	⁽¹⁾—	144	144	144	144	144	144	144
Indirect Resource DEL	⁽¹⁾—	311	306	194	239	239	287	283
Capital DEL	⁽¹⁾—	2,021	2,021	2,378	1,675	1,677	1,571	1,551
Total	2,380	2,476	2,471	⁽²⁾2,716	2,058	2,060	2,002	1,978
^{(1 )}Breakdown not available. ^{(2 )}Due to rounding, the figure does not exactly equal the overall total programme cost published in the Major Project report of the year in question.

Next Section

Index

Home Page