AWE

(asked on 20th July 2016) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much contingency funding has been allocated for (1) Project Mensa, and (2) Project Pegasus, at the Atomic Weapons Establishment.


Answered by
Earl Howe Portrait
Earl Howe
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
This question was answered on 27th July 2016

The anticipated outturn costs cannot be provided. The current approved costs and in-service dates for Project Mensa and Project Pegasus are shown below.

In-service dates are shown in bandings to avoid prejudice to national security and defence.

The Main Gate business cases for Projects Mensa and Pegasus include estimates for risk and uncertainty, which are contained within the approved costs.

Project

In-service period

Approved cost (£million)

Project Mensa (warhead assembly/disassembly)

2016-20

734

Project Pegasus (uranium components)

2016-20

634

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