Trident

(asked on 11th July 2014) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the cost to the public purse of the removal of Trident from Scotland.


Answered by
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Julian Brazier
This question was answered on 21st July 2014

The UK Government has no plans to move the strategic nuclear deterrent from Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde, and has not considered options for moving the deterrent. Any alternative solution would come at huge cost to the taxpayer.

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