§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department's policy to use RN submarines to collect climatic change data from beneath the Arctic ice cap costs each year. [18845]
§ Mr. SoamesThe Ministry of Defence does not specifically fund the collection of climatic change data 127W by Royal Navy submarines. As part of my Department's commitment to the environment, however, data obtained from Royal Navy submarine deployments to the Arctic have been made available to the Scott Polar Research Institute.