Nuclear Weapon Accident Response Exercises

HC Deb 22 March 2001 vol 365 c296W

Mr. Alan Simpson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the names, dates and locations of nuclear weapons convoy exercises in 2001.[153727]

Mr. Spellar

The following nuclear weapon accident response exercises are scheduled to be held during 2001:

Month	Name	Location
May	NW Convoy Group Standardisation	Lincolnshire
June	Exercise Bowline	Coulport
July	RAF Station NAR team Standardisation1	Wiltshire
September	MOD Police Nuclear Weapon Convoy	Standardisation	To be confirmed
October	RAF Station NAR team Standardisation1	Suffolk
November	RAF Station NAR team Standardisation1	Oxfordshire
November	Exercise Senator	Bedfordshire
1RAF Station Nuclear Accident Response (NAR) teams provide immediate response forces for the air transportation of nuclear weapons