Nuclear Submarines: Decommissioning

(asked on 26th February 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Integrated Security, Defence and Foreign Policy Review will tackle the timeline and delivery of the recycling of the retired nuclear submarines stored at (a) Devonport and (b) Rosyth.


Answered by
Jeremy Quin Portrait
Jeremy Quin
This question was answered on 4th March 2020

The Ministry of Defence is fully committed to its part in supporting the successful delivery of the Government's ambition for the Integrated Review.

We remain committed to the disposal of our decommissioned submarines in a safe, secure, cost-effective and environmentally sound manner, as soon as practicably possible.

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