§ Mr. SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list all the exchange of information and visit reports that have occurred in the last five years as part of the 1958 United States/United Kingdom mutual defence agreement, the Polaris sales agreement and the Trident sales agreement.
§ Mr. FreemanThis information could be produced only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British personnel are stationed in the United States as part of(a) the 1958 United States/United Kingdom mutual defence agreement, (b) the Polaris sales agreement and (c) the trident sales agreement; and where they are located.
§ Mr. FreemanThe number of British personnel stationed in the United States as part of the 1958 United States/United Kingdom mutual defence agreement is five; they are located in the United Kingdom embassy, Washington DC. There are 20 British personnel stationed in the United States as part of the Polaris sales agreement, as amended for Trident; they are located as follows:
Number of Personnel Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory —1 Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia —15 King's Bay, Georgia —1 New London, Connecticut —1 Laurel, Maryland —1 Dahlgren, Virginia —1
§ Mr. SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel were employed in the renegotiation of the 1958 United States/United Kingdom mutual defence agreement; and what was the total cost of the renegotiation.
§ Mr. FreemanA number of officials were involved in the amendment to the 1958 United States/United Kingdom mutual defence agreement. It is not possible to identify separately the costs of this work.
§ Mr. SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list all the joint working groups that are at present operating as part of the 1958 United States/United Kingdom mutual defence agreement, the Polaris sales agreement and the Trident sales agreement.
§ Mr. FreemanThe joint working groups are the means for technical exchanges under the 1958, United States/United Kingdom mutual defence agreement. Full details of their activities are classified, but I can confirm that the current programme of exchanges includes the following subject areas: 823W
- Neutron Sources
- Irradiation Effects on Materials and Components
- High Explosives for Nuclear Weapons
- Chemistry and Compatibility of Materials
- Test Diagnostics
- Test Monitoring
- Metallurgy of Weapons Materials
- Non-Nuclear Components
- Underground Effects Testing
- Non-Metallic Materials
- Weapons Material Management
- Nuclear Weapons Engineering
- Physics Design
- Weapons Hydrodynamics
- Computational Technology
- Penetration Aid Technology
- Aircraft Hardening
- Nuclear Weapons Physics
- Nuclear Forces and Counter Proliferation Studies
- Manufacturing Technology
- Experimental Activities
- Nuclear Warhead Accident Response Technology
- Nuclear Weapon Computer Code Development
- Nuclear Weapon Environment and Damage Effects
There are separate arrangements for exchanges under the Polaris sales agreement, as amended for Trident.
§ Mr. SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people have visited(a) the Pantex plant in America, (b) the Sandia national laboratories, (c) the Los Alamos national laboratories, (d) the Lawrence Livermore national laboratories, (e) the Nevada test site and (f) the Rocky Flats plant on behalf of the United Kingdom Government in each of the last five years as part of the 1958 United States/United Kingdom Mutual Defence Agreement.
§ Mr. FreemanThis information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.