Question follow-through · 105099
Nuclear Weapons
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who is next in the Nuclear Firing Chain after the Prime Minister; and under what circumstances is the Prime Ministerial Directive superseded.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 12 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who is next in the Nuclear Firing Chain after the Prime Minister; and under what circumstances is the Prime Ministerial Directive superseded.
15 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jan 2026
Answer published
As the honourable Member should know and in line with the policy under successive governments, the most sensitive operational details of our continuous at sea deterrent are obviously not disclosed publicly.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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