Douglas Chapman – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Douglas Chapman on 2016-01-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what advisory notices of movements of nuclear material by road in Scotland his Department gives to (a) the Scottish Government and (b) Scottish local authorities in advance of any such movements.

Penny Mordaunt

The Scottish Government and local authorities are not given advance notice of movements that involve Defence nuclear material.

Police forces are always notified in advance of a convoy being routed through their area. Police may advise fire and rescue services of the presence of the convoy if it is moving into the vicinity of a fire service operation.