Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list details of all accidents on roads in Scotland involving a transporter vehicle carrying(a) nuclear warheads, (b) defence nuclear materials or (c) rocket or missile delivery vehicles.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThere have been no incidents during the movement of nuclear warheads or defence nuclear materials in the United Kingdom which have given rise to a radiological risk to members of the public. For security reasons, however, I cannot comment on whether 51W nuclear weapons or defence nuclear materials are present in particular vehicles at particular times, and therefore I cannot comment on whether there have been any road accidents involving such vehicles. The Ministry of Defence has no record of any road accidents in Scotland involving transporter vehicles carring unarmed nuclear delivery vehicles.