§ Lady Saltoun of Abernethyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether decommissioned nuclear submarines will continue to lie at the Royal Navy Dockyard at Rosyth should the refitting of Trident nuclear submarines in the future be given to the dockyard at Devonport.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Viscount Cranborne)Our policy is to store decommissioned nuclear submarines afloat at the location where they are decommissioned, pending eventual disposal. We keep this policy under review.