Nuclear Stocks (Hansard, 30 July 1998)

§ Mr. Chaytor
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the stocks of tritium currently held by his Department. [51683]

§ Mr. Spellar
No. To reveal such information would be contrary to national defence and security interests. I am therefore withholding details under Exemption 1 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.

§ Mr. Chaytor
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if the stock of plutonium and highly enriched uranium listed in the Strategic Defence Review included the armoury currently located in operational nuclear weapons. [51684]
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§ Mr. Spellar
The details of defence stocks of plutonium and highly enriched uranium published in the Strategic Defence Review included material in our nuclear weapons and nuclear submarine reactors.