Written question asked by Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 15 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 5 January 2010. It was answered by Bill Rammell (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 January 2010 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Radioactive Materials: Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which of his Department's previous convoy support operations are now undertaken by the Atomic Weapons Establishment.

Answer: There has been no recent change to the scope of the tasks undertaken by the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in support of convoy operations. Plans are in place however to transfer to the AWE contractor, during the second quarter of 2010, the responsibility for managing four areas of support. These are administrative support of the Special Safety Cell, maintenance of the fleet of escort vehicles, documentation management and training. The Ministry of Defence retains control of all these tasks.

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