§ Mrs. EwingTo 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. AitkenIt 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.