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Departmental Projects

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the total cost overrun on projects sponsored by his Department which are under construction. (219827)

The current estimate of the total cost overrun on major equipment projects is £3,036 million. We have taken major equipment projects to be all those with a procurement value greater than £20 million that have passed their main investment decision point but yet to reach their In-Service Dates.