USA: AWE Management

Defence written question – answered at on 21 January 2011.

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Photo of Paul Flynn Paul Flynn Labour, Newport West

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.

Photo of Peter Luff Peter Luff The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence

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 13 December 2010, (Official Report: Column 458W), I undertook to write to you and provide details on the US establishments visited by personnel from the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE).

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 17 June 2010 (Official Report, column 503W).

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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