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Written question asked by Lord Trefgarne (Conservative) on Thursday, 13 January 2022, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 27 January 2022. It was answered by Baroness Goldie (Conservative) on Thursday, 20 January 2022 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Trident Submarines: Deployment

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 12 January (HL Deb, col 1083), whether they have anything further to add about whether one of the UK's Trident submarines is always on patrol.

Answer

Since April 1969, there has always been at least one Royal Navy nuclear-armed submarine at sea keeping us safe from the most extreme threats to our national security and way of life. We will maintain four deterrent submarines to ensure at least one will always be on a Continuous At Sea Deterrence patrol.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL5407
Session
2021-22
Related items
Nuclear Weapons
Wednesday, 12 January 2022
Oral answers to questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Deployment Trident submarines
Link
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