HC Deb 19 June 1996 vol 279 cc481-2W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assistance he has given to countries of the former Soviet Union to assist with the dismantling of their nuclear weapon stocks. [33190]

Mr. Arbuthnot

The UK has supplied the Russian Government with 250 armoured supercontainers, 20 heavy-duty vehicles and spares to assist with the safe and secure dismantlement of their surplus nuclear warheads. The cost of this programme to the UK has been approximately £35 million.