To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the forecast cost of the Naval Extremely High/Super High Frequency Communications Terminals programme from his Department’s (a) direct resource departmental expenditure limit (DEL), (b) indirect resource DEL and (c) capital DEL was on 31 March (i) 2001, (ii) 2002, (iii) 2003, (iv) 2004, (v) 2005, (vi) 2006, (vii) 2007, (viii) 2008 and (ix) 2009. (275023)

Prior to 31 March 2004 the information is not held in the format requested, and therefore could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

For the period 31 March 2004 to 31 March 2008 I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 27 February 2009, Official Report, column 1144W.

For 31 March 2009, the information requested is shown in the following table. The figures include the cost of the assessment, demonstration and manufacture phases.