Nuclear Weapons: Finance

(asked on 15th July 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to benchmark the cost effectiveness of the UK nuclear deterrent programme by comparison with the French.


Answered by
Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 2nd September 2026

There are significant differences in how the UK and French nuclear enterprises are organised and structured which would render such a comparison meaningless.

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