Defence written question – answered at on 21 January 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 13 December 2010, Official Report, column 458W, on nuclear weapons, if he will publish the letter to the hon. Member for Newport West on visits to US establishments by AWE personnel in the last three years.
Yes. A copy of my letter will be published in the Official Report and a copy will be placed in the Library of the House.
Substantive answer from Peter Luff to Paul Flynn:
In my answer to your Parliamentary Question on
This information has now been collated: the attached annex details the US establishments visited by AWE personnel in the years 2007, 2008 and 2009. This table covers those visits made under the terms of the US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement, which was the basis for the Answer to Caroline Lucas on
Annex-Breakdown of US establishments visited by AWE personnel in each of the last three years | |||
Number of visits by AWE staff to each establishment | |||
US establishments visited by AWE personnel under the terms of the US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
US Dept of Defence, Pentagon | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Los Alamos National Laboratory | 232 | 179 | 164 |
National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) HQ Washington DC | 33 | 66 | 29 |
Sandia National Laboratory, New Mexico | 179 | 187 | 189 |
Sandia National Laboratory California | 28 | 19 | 32 |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | 173 | 124 | 166 |
Honeywell Kansas City Plant | 31 | 45 | 24 |
Nevada Test Site | 13 | 52 | 41 |
Y12 Plant Oak Ridge | 31 | 18 | 23 |
ITT Crystal City | 15 | 15 | 6 |
BAE Washington DC | 4 | 6 | - |
Defence Threat Reduction Agency Washington | 19 | 25 | 12 |
NNSA Nevada Operations Office | 25 | - | 5 |
B&W Pantex Plant | 30 | 27 | 26 |
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space Sunnyvale | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Strategic Systems Programme US Navy | - | 13 | - |
Strategic Weapons Facility Atlantic | - | 6 | - |
Savannah River National Laboratory | 11 | - | 7 |
Defence Intelligence Agency | - | 6 | - |
Southern Research Institute | - | 3 | - |
Remote Sensing Laboratory Nevada | - | 5 | - |
Nevada Intelligence Centre | - | 26 | - |
Naval Surface Warfare Centre | 3 | 9 | 7 |
Pax River Naval Air Systems Command | - | 2 | - |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory | 9 | 12 | - |
Naval Research Laboratory | 2 | 4 | 6 |
DTI Associates | 6 | - | - |
Fort Bragg | - | 2 | - |
Systems Planning and Analysis | - | 1 | - |
Air Force Technical Applications Centre Patrick Air Force Base | 3 | 5 | - |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | 5 | - | 3 |
Kirtland Air Force Base | - | - | 9 |
Miramar Air Station | - | - | 3 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation Quantico | - | - | 2 |
National Security Agency Fort George | - | - | 1 |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station | - | - | 1 |
Wright Patterson Air Force Base | - | - | 5 |
Tonopah Test Range | - | - | 1 |
NNSA Service Centre Albuquerque | - | - | 5 |
Applied Physical Laboratory | 2 | - | - |
Northrop Grumman | 23 | - | - |
Lockheed Martin Missile and Space Company Cocoa Beach | 3 | - | - |
Idaho National Laboratory | 1 | - | - |
Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific | 3 | - | - |
Defence Threat Reduction Agency Albuquerque | 1 | - | - |
Applied Research Associates | 1 | - | - |
Central Intelligence Agency | 1 | - | - |
Savannah River Site | - | 2 | 6 |
Total | 900 | 876 | 787 |
The total numbers differ from those in the June 2010 answer as some staff visited more than one facility.
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