United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 939
RAF Lakenheath: Nuclear Weapons
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11 May 2022
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16 May 2022 · Answer
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16 May 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost to the public purse of storing US nuclear weapons at USAF Lakenheath; and from which budget heading that funding would be drawn.
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11 May 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost to the public purse of storing US nuclear weapons at USAF Lakenheath; and from which budget heading that funding would be drawn.
Source: Commons
16 May 2022
Answer
The Ministry of Defence is unable to comment on US spending decisions and capabilities, which are a matter for the US Government. It remains longstanding UK and NATO policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons at a given location.
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-05-11/939
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1461960
- uk · wq-1461960 · source updated 16 May 2022