Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 47089

Submarines: Decommissioning

Tabled: 22 April 2025
Answered: 30 April 2025

Question

Graeme Downie

LabourDunfermline and Dollar

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to announce next steps for the Submarine Dismantling Programme.

Answer

Maria Eagle
The demonstrator submarine, SWIFTSURE, remains on track to be fully dismantled by the end of 2026. There are six further defueled Pressurised Water Reactor 1 (PWR1) submarines awaiting dismantling in Rosyth. Further announcements about dismantling the rem...

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