To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the US Department of Defense's Military Construction Program FY 2023 Budget and the proposal it contains for infrastructure investment at a special weapons storage site in the UK, what discussions he has had with the US Government on the potential use of RAF Lakenheath as such a storage site.
Answered on
17 May 2022
The Ministry of Defence is unable to comment on US spending decisions and capabilities, which are a matter for the US Government. It remains longstanding UK and NATO policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons at a given location.
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