Nuclear Weapons
(asked on 27th January 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his written statement of 20 January 2015, HCWS210, what progress has been made towards meeting the commitment made in the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review to reduce the UK's overall nuclear warhead stockpile ceiling from not more than 225 to not more than 180 by the mid 2020s.
This question was answered on 3rd February 2015
As set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review, we will reduce the overall stockpile of nuclear warheads to no more than 180 by the mid 2020s. The Government does not comment upon the operational programme.