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Mr. Wilson
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what trends have been observed in the rate of production of nuclear-powered submarines by the Soviet Union since 1985.
Mr. Archie Hamilton
Following a low in the mid-1980s as newer types were introduced, Soviet output of nuclear-powered submarines recovered in 1987 and since then it has remained at about five a year.