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Nuclear Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department will publish the 2024 update to Parliament on the United Kingdom’s future nuclear deterrent.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
4 Mar 2025
Target answer date
6 Mar 2025
Answer
11 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department will publish the 2024 update to Parliament on the United Kingdom’s future nuclear deterrent.

  2. 6 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The scheduled annual update to Parliament on the United Kingdom’s future nuclear deterrent is undergoing final clearance procedures and will be published in due course.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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