Defence written question – answered at on 30 January 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence
(1) which locations are being considered as an alternative operating base for the Vanguard class SSBN submarines;
(2) what criteria his Department plans to use to evaluate future locations for the operating base of Vanguard class SSBN submarines;
(3) which Royal Navy sites are equipped to become the operating base of Vanguard class SSBN submarines;
(4) if he will estimate the likely cost of developing a new operating base for the Vanguard class SSBN submarines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost of moving (a) T class and (b) Astute class submarines to Plymouth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department has made plans for the base porting of Royal Navy nuclear submarines in the case of future independence of Scotland and Scotland becoming a nuclear-free zone.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the possibility of Scottish independence, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of moving Vanguard class SSBN submarines from Faslane to Devonport.
holding answers 19, 20 and
The Ministry of Defence is not making plans to change the base ports of those classes of submarines currently base-ported at Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde. The Department does not therefore hold cost estimates or other information that would relate to such changes.
The Government are clear that Scotland benefits from being part of the UK and the UK benefits from having Scotland within it. The Government are not making plans for independence as we are confident that people in Scotland will continue to support the Union in any referendum.
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