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	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Submarines
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Commanding Officers of nuclear submarines have access to a military lawyer about the law of armed conflict.
	tabling member printed	Lord Judd
	uin	HL11260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>All Service personnel, including Commanding Officers of ballistic missile submarines, receive training on the law of armed conflict (LOAC), including during initial basic training phases, staff courses and promotion courses. Personnel are also required to undertake annual LOAC training to agreed standards.</p><p>Her Majesty's Government, which receives legal advice, is clear that the use of nuclear weapons - like all weapons - would be subject to the requirements of the LOAC. Only the Prime Minister can authorise the firing of nuclear weapons and the Commanding Officer of the ballistic missile submarine must confirm that the authorisation to fire meets the rigorous authentication processes in place.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 13/11/2018 15:49:28 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

1281379

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Submarines
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Goldie on 25 January (HL Deb, col 1377), what discussions there have been as part of the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy on separating the capital costs of nuclear deterrent submarine replacements from the defence budget.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL12682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2021 answer text <p>There have been no discussions on removing the capital costs of the Dreadnought submarine build programme from the defence budget. The Dreadnought programme is rightly funded as part of the Ministry of Defence’s budget, as it has always been.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 10/02/2021 12:52:52 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

176255

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Submarines
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the report in the<i> Scottish Daily Mail</i> on 28 January, whether they have considered moving Britain's nuclear armed submarines from Scotland to Wales.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL4513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government is not considering moving the strategic nuclear deterrent to Wales. Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde will become the Royal Navy's Submarine Centre of Specialisation, and home to all Royal Navy submarines by 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 10/02/2015 16:14:10 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

388465

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Submarines
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there has been any decision on the storage of nuclear reactor compartments from the growing number of decommissioned nuclear submarines in United Kingdom ports; and when those submarines will be broken up.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL1240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>A public consultation about the location of an interim store for intermediate level radioactive waste removed from decommissioned nuclear submarines concluded on 20 February 2015. The Ministry of Defence expects to announce the site location during 2016.</p><p> </p><p>A submarine at Rosyth will undergo initial dismantling, to demonstrate and refine the process. The first stage is removal of low level radioactive waste, which is planned for 2016, subject to approval from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 16/07/2015 15:28:29 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

437874

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Submarines
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 and the revised time and cost estimates to the Trident programme, when the next major orders will be placed for long lead items and hull fabrication.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL4576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>In 2016, we expect to approve the next stage of the programme to replace the Vanguard Class submarines and to commit to further investment to demonstrate the ability of the submarine enterprise to deliver the programme to time and cost. Long lead materials procurement continues within the on-going Assessment Phase.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL4577 question first answered 18/12/2015 12:36:16 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

437875

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Submarines
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there will still be a main gate decision for the Vanguard-class replacements.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL4577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>In 2016, we expect to approve the next stage of the programme to replace the Vanguard Class submarines and to commit to further investment to demonstrate the ability of the submarine enterprise to deliver the programme to time and cost. Long lead materials procurement continues within the on-going Assessment Phase.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL4576 question first answered 18/12/2015 12:36:16 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

443602

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Submarines
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 8 December 2015 (HL4047), whether the build time of HMS Vanguard from beginning of whole boat construction to commissioning was six years 11 months; and, if so, why the first Vanguard replacement will take in excess of 14 years, as laid out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL4886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The Vanguard class were built at the end of an extensive period of UK submarine production. UK industrial capacity diminished following the subsequent 10 year gap in submarine building, which is a key factor in the Successor build schedule. Additionally, the Vanguard build duration, which was more than eight years in duration, did not include sea trials, which take several years. The dates for Successor reported in the Strategic Defence and Security Review do include that activity.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 19/01/2016 16:31:48 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1646754

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Submarines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department expects service costs for the nuclear deterrent to remain at six per cent.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
	uin	190891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>The six percent figure was calculated for the Defence White Paper “The Future of the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Deterrent” in December 2006.</p><p> </p><p>Due to restructuring of both the Submarine Enterprise and the Defence Nuclear Enterprise, an equivalent comparison is not available.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 27/06/2023 16:15:03 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1646755

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Submarines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's estimated expenditure is for the defence nuclear enterprise (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of total departmental expenditure, in each year from 2023-24 to 2027-28.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
	uin	190892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 21 June 2023, to Question 189997.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 27/06/2023 14:44:21 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name UIN 189997.docx title Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons: Costs
	tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1646756

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Submarines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to figure 3 of the report from the National Audit Office entitled The Defence Nuclear Enterprise: a landscape review, published on 22 May 2018, HC 1003, if he will publish a breakdown by programme of forecast expenditure for that Enterprise in 2023/24.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
	uin	190893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>In collaboration with HM Treasury, the Ministry of Defence is in the process of establishing a definition of the nuclear enterprise for reporting purposes that will encompass the majority of the Ministry of Defence nuclear spend. This spend will form a separate line in the department’s Supply Estimates.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 27/06/2023 14:20:58 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan