Astute Class Submarines

Dr. Fox
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the estimated cost of the Astute-class submarine from the (a) direct resource departmental expenditure limit (DEL), (b) indirect resource DEL and (c) capital DEL was at 31 March (i) 2001, (ii) 2002, (iii) 2003, (iv) 2004, (v) 2005, (vi) 2006, (vii) 2007, (viii) 2008 and (ix) 2009.

Mr. Quentin Davies
The information requested is detailed in the following table. The figures include the cost of the Assessment, Demonstration and Manufacture Phases.

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|                     |As at 31 March each year|
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|                     |2001                    |2002|2003|2004|2005|2006|2007|2008|
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|Direct Resource DEL  |29                      |29|29|29|29|29|29|29|
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|Indirect Resource DEL|442                     |471|694|667|666|651|655|663|
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|Capital DEL          |2,256                   |2,236|3,016|2,817|2,826|3,005|3,143|3,143|
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|Total                |2,727                   |2,736|3,739|3,513|3,521|3,685|3,827|3,835|
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I am withholding the figure for 31 March 2009 as this information is intended for future publication in the Major Projects Report 2009.