Question to the Ministry of Defence:
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.
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
In the preparation of this response for the hon. Member it came to light that in response to two previous PQs (on 22 November 2018 and 3 February 2015, Questions 194785 and 222312) the amount stated as paid to AWE ML was erroneously overstated in respect of the financial years 2012-13 to 2017-18.