Mr Martin Butcher 4th November 2009
Ref: 08-10-2009-123117-002
Dear Mr Butcher,
Request for Information: Release of Information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000
Thank you for your email which we received on 7 October 2009 in which you
made the following request:
Dear Sir or Madam,
This is a Freedom of Information request. Has the Secretary of State for Defence
made the 'initial gate' decision to proceed with the replacement programme for the
Vanguard class nuclear missile submarines?
If so, have any contracts been issued pursuant to the 'initial gate' decision, and at
what cost?
Yours faithfully,
Martin Butcher
As at 4 November 2009 the Initial Gate decision for the future Ship
Submersible Ballistic Nuclear (SSBN) has yet to be taken. Therefore, no
contracts pursuant to that decision have been issued.
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Mark Taylor
Cap DUW Prog SR
