Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on publication of the results of the Royal Navy SSBN and Trident II D5 demonstration and shakedown operations.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 31 January to the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (Ms Ferrier) to Question 61464. HMS Vengeance successfully concluded her Demonstration and Shakedown Operation and returned to the operational cycle.