Uranium (Hansard, 20 February 1992)

HC Deb 20 February 1992 vol 204 c288W 288W

§ Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence to which subheads of which votes costs are attributed by his Department for enrichment in the United States of British uranium for defence purposes.

§ Mr. Kenneth Carlisle
Such costs are attributed to class 1, vote 2—defence procurement. It would not be in the national interest to reveal further details of vote attribution.

§ Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether there are continuing exchanges of British military plutonium for United States highly enriched uranium.

§ Mr. Kenneth Carlisle
It would not be in the national interest to disclose such details of the nuclear procurement programme.