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<br /><p>As set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review (Cm9161), the Ministry
of Defence (MOD) will establish a new team headed by an experienced commercial specialist
to act as the single sponsor for all aspects of the defence nuclear enterprise, from
procurement to disposal, with responsibility for submarines, nuclear warheads, skills,
related infrastructure and day-to-day nuclear policy.</p><p>We will strengthen our
arrangements for the procurement and in-service support of nuclear submarines, establishing
a new delivery body with the authority and freedom to recruit and retain the best
people to manage the submarine enterprise. Options for the new organisation will be
developed and assessed for a decision in 2016. The MOD will remain in control of the
Successor submarine programme.</p>
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