§ 38. Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the average distance between the place of deployment of British nuclear weapons and their refurbishment and maintenance depots.
§ Mr. StanleyAn average figure would not be meaningful without a statement of the basis on which it is 149W calculated, which could not be provided without conflicting with the practice of successive Governments in neither confirming nor denying the presence of nuclear weapons at specific locations, nor commenting on methods or routes used for transporting weapons.