Question follow-through · 69740
Nuclear Weapons: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether B61-12 nuclear bombs have been delivered to the UK.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 22 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2025 · 51 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
22 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether B61-12 nuclear bombs have been delivered to the UK.
11 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2025
Answer published
It is longstanding UK and NATO policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons at any location.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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