HC Deb 03 December 1992 vol 215 c364W
Mrs. Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many SSNs and SSBNs will be decommissioned in the next five years; and what are the Navy's plans for laying up of these submarines.

Mr. Aitken

It is not our practice to reveal in advance details of plans for decommissioning nuclear-powered submarines. Our policy remains that when nuclear-powered sumarines have been decommissioned the hulls are stored afloat at a suitable berth, pending eventual disposal.