Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the US B61-12 is able to operate as a GPS guided bomb; for what reason it is to be deployed in NATO bases in Europe; and whether he has had recent discussions with his US counterparts about the deployment of B61-12 at RAF Lakenheath.

The Ministry of Defence is unable to comment on the capabilities of US nuclear weapons, which is a matter for the US Government.

To guarantee the security of its NATO Allies, the United States has deployed a limited number of B-61 nuclear weapons to certain locations in Europe. These remain under US custody and control in full compliance with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

It remains longstanding UK and NATO policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons at a given location.