United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 80596
USA: Nuclear Weapons
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10 October 2025
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17 October 2025 · Answer
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether US nuclear weapons based in the UK are under the sole command of US military authorities.
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10 October 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether US nuclear weapons based in the UK are under the sole command of US military authorities.
Source: Commons
17 October 2025
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It remains longstanding UK, US and NATO policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons at any location. US nuclear weapons forward-deployed in Europe remain under US custody and control, in full compliance with the Treaty on the Non-Pr...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-10-10/80596
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1839246
- uk · wq-1839246 · source updated 17 October 2025