Trident Missiles: Procurement
Commons · Question 109795 · Tabled 30 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Mark Pritchard
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will increase stockpiles of the component parts of the D5 Trident II.
Answer
Answered by Luke Pollard, 9 Feb 2026
Enabled by the 1963 Polaris Sales Agreement, as amended for Trident in 1982, the United Kingdom buys title to an agreed number of a shared stock of Trident II D5 missiles from the United States of America (US). These missiles are maintained at the Kings B...