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USA: Nuclear Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what protocols are in place over the deployment of US nuclear weapons stored at RAF Lakenheath.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
21 Jan 2025
Target answer date
23 Jan 2025
Answer
27 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what protocols are in place over the deployment of US nuclear weapons stored at RAF Lakenheath.

  2. 23 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    It remains longstanding UK and NATO policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons at any given location.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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