§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Energy, pursuant to his answer of 27 March,Official Report, column 556, how many departmental civil servants are currently employed in negotiations with the European Commission on safeguards arrangements; and how many meetings, and on what dates, have been held between the United Kingdom and the European Commission on the safeguarding of the joint civil-military material balance area at Sellafield.
§ Mr. GoodladThe Department of Energy safeguards office includes four scientific civil servants who carry out the detailed negotiations with the European Commission on safeguards matters, in consultation with others as appropriate. The number of meetings held has been numerous, but over the period April 1985 to April 1986 20 meetings took place in London, Sellafield and Luxembourg on the subject of the civil-military interface at BNF Sellafield.