§ Lord Kennetasked Her Majesty's Government:
What stockpiles of fissile material are available in the United Kingdom; and what provision do they think should be made concerning such stockpiles of fissile material.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Henley)It is not our practice to comment on the stocks of fissile material held for military purposes. Details of civil plutonium holdings are published annually by the Department of Trade and Industry and a copy is placed in the Library of the House. In addition, stocks of uranic material, containing either high or low enriched uranium, are held at Springfields, Capenhurst and Dounreay. All stocks of civil fissile material in the United Kingdom are held in secure conditions under international safeguards.