AWE Aldermaston and AWE Burghfield

(asked on 10th May 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) original and (b) current cost expectations are for the (i) MENSA and (ii) PEGASUS projects.


Answered by
Jeremy Quin Portrait
Jeremy Quin
This question was answered on 18th May 2022

The original and current approved costs and the current in-service dates for Project Mensa and Project Pegasus are as follows:

Project

Original Cost Approved in 2011

Current Approved Cost

Approved In-service Date

MENSA

£734 million

£1996 million

2024

PEGASUS

£634 million

£634 million

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