Written question asked by Mark Hoban (Conservative) on Monday, 4 February 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 6 February 2008. It was answered by Lord Browne of Ladyton (Labour) on Monday, 18 February 2008 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Trident

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 21 January 2008, Official Report, column 1605W, on Trident, how much highly enriched uranium the UK had on the latest date for which data is available.

Answer: The most recent published figure for the Department's holdings of highly enriched uranium is 21.86 tonnes held as at March 2002. This figure was published in the ““Historical Accounting for UK Defence Highly Enriched Uranium”” report, in March 2006, which is available via the MOD website:"http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/CorporatePublications/HealthandSafetyPublications/Uranium/HistoricalAccountingForUkDefenceHighly EnrichedUranium.htm"

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 185356; 472 c112W
Session: 2007-08
Related items: Trident
Monday, 21 January 2008
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Radioactive materials Trident
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk